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We were travelling this weekend so I finally managed to finish C10 -  Patriots Lantern It was the last missing piece to finish Row C 1 more block and 1 more Row for my Dear Jane quilt! Baby steps for sure but progress is progress Linking  to   Monday Design Wall ,  We dnesday Wait Loss ,  Midweek Makers . Celine

She is finished! Pieced, quilted and binding on. And that brings a big smile to my face too 😊 Not sure why I parked these little squares for 3 full years. But a deadline to gift the quilt was the motivation to get me doing and keep in track. In just about 2 weeks I managed to make a full quilt, which hasn't happen for such a long time! I used only fabric from my stash, which makes me happy too! Quilt stat: 1296 squares 1'' finished for a 36'' square quilt Fabric for the top is Kona Cotton solid all from my stash Fabric for the back from my stash too, Hello Kitty by Kokka Quilted with King Tut #993 Started and finished in October 2019 Another OPAM for October and another one of my Q4 FAL as well as my October OMG . Linking to    We dnesday Wait Loss ,  Midweek Makers , Free Motion Mavericks ,  Needle and Thread Thursday ,  Whoop Whoop Friday Celine

Long post warning! Last weekend, I attended a 2-day sewing weekend locally. You might wonder why I put a question mark in the title of my blog post, well it is intentional! I decided that since I had 2 days  and some guidance,  I would tackle a "big" project. I picked the Jasika Blazer that I had intended to try and make during the online sew-along in spring. I never got further than cutting the pieces for a toile. Ideally I would have sewn the toile before the weekend but that didn't happen either... so armed with my sewing machine, my overlocker,  my toile pieces, my main fabric send lining, off I went on Saturday morning, full of expectations! I spent the morning assembling the toile. Then came the interesting (and scary) time to adjust the jacket... I didn't need that many tweaks but they made such a difference. Our tutor Sarah pointed out where I needed to make changes and which changes were needed. I have a sway back so had to take it up 1' in the middl

We have had a new addition in our close family so I wanted to make a little gift until I have time/ inspiration for a baby quilt. I saw some lovely baby rattles on IG made from a pattern by Make it, Love it  There are 3 little animals to choose from: a cat A mouse A rabbit I used some wrinkly paper in the ears and a little rattle in the head for added noise and my 3 baby rattles are ready to be gifted! My first OPAM for October and my first tick off my Q4 FAL list. Linking  to  Monday Design Wall ,  We dnesday Wait Loss ,  Midweek Makers . Celine

That's exactly that! 1296 squares each 1.5' in size. And these 1296 squares have been arranged in a quilt top! A Hello Kitty quilt top to be more precise! This is my second one from a pattern by Sukie (I don't think her blog is still available) I made the first one for my daughter in 2016 and parked the rest of the squares until earlier this month. Mainly because I didn't want to makea second identical quilt soon after three first one and mainly because I needed to cut the blue squares for the border. Anyway with an identified recipient and a deadline I was good to go. Plus my middle daughter kindly pre arranged the pieces for the blocks ready to be speed pieced. I made a few blocks every night last week and by Sunday night, I had my quilt top. Next step is to quilt of course but this has not yet happened since I was away for work all this week. Fabric, all from my stash, all Kona Cotton. And with that I've made 36 more blocks this month! Linking to

Not sure how that's happened? How can it already be the last quarter of the year? The busiest most probably too and I'm really not sure how much sewing time I'll fit but a girl can dream for sure? So the list is long once again and I really don't know how many projects I'll tick off in the end... I know which one I would really like to finish but we'll see how far that goes. Work will be busy too so I know sewing time will be limited.... never mind, let's make a list 😉 Quilts: 1.  Modern HST triangles (19 blocks are done), this one is hopefully also a serious contender for this quarter -  only one block left to do now  2. Project 48 quilt with a few Solstice challenge blocks (all blocks done, might need a few more???) 3. Farmer's Wife (not half way yet....)   4.  Farmer's Wife 1930 - only 24 blocks done 6. Hello Kitty quilt - partly cut 7. Gipsy Wife (in progress) - I have fallen off the band wagon again....  9. Enchanted St

When I made the Hello Kitty quilt for my daughter 3 years ago, I cut squares for 2 quilts with the idea of making one for my niece.  Of course that never happened because there's not much fun making 2 identical quilts one after the other. adding to it that my niece wasn't so much into Hello Kitty after all, motivation was quite low. So I parked my box of little squares for later.... and that later finally arrived last weekend, when I got the box out and started cutting out the missing blue pieces I started ploughing through the blocks at the weekend, with a little help for my daughter who has been preparing the blocks to speed me up! And I got to just over half way yesterday. I was hoping to be a lot further, a lot quicker but I always seem to have too ambitious timelines.... Anyway the plan is to finish the top before my next business trip so that I can quilt it on my return and gift it the following week. Nothing better than a tight deadline to keep me focused....

It feels like it has been forever since I made some patchwork blocks so this week I tried to catch up on the Vintage Kitchen blocks. I made the wooden spoon and the star the heart the measuring cups the fork and the spatula I am not quite there yet, I still need the house and the canisters but not far back now. It was quite fun to complete about once block every night.  Linking to  Monday Making ,  Monday Design Wall ,  Moving it Forward . 6 little blocks for October so far! Celine

I seem to have done well on small projects this term but not so well for bigger ones! My newly acquired massive faux leather stash has of course help to stir the course of my creativity. Anyway the massive long list is still massively long for next term I am sure.... Quilts: 1.  Modern HST triangles (19 blocks are done), this one is hopefully also a serious contender for this quarter -  only one block left to do now - no progress 2. Project 48 quilt with a few Solstice challenge blocks (all blocks done, might need a few more???)  - no progress 3. Farmer's Wife (not half way yet....)   - no progress 4.  Farmer's Wife 1930 - only 24 blocks done  - no progress 6. Black and white quilt - needs binding - finished 7. Gipsy Wife (in progress) - I have fallen off the band wagon again....  - no progress 9. Enchanted Stars 10. Underground railway - most blocks available from years ago   - no progress 11. 365-challenge - so many blocks still needed!  few bl