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  I thought I had started quite well, finally finding some little pockets of time to sew after a very unproductive month and then this happened.. . on 20th, which stopped me in my tracks in some ways.... At the beginning of the month I had managed to finally finish my Modern City Scape top. And I have even taken all the papers out now! I also made 3 more thimble blocks so I now have 5 one mini alphabet letter and a little tea cup that I am hoping to turn into a pouch And nothing more really. Everything is quite challenging at the moment with this metal frame around my little finger. Hoping this comes off soon-ish but it is already 10 days... Linking to  November Furtle Céline

  I am so happy that I have managed just a little sewing this week despit my injury. Not much really but 3 more paper piecing blocks are finished. One more thimble One Mini Alphabet block, the only one so far... and a mini tea cup block Can you believe that there are 13 pieces of fabric in this piece? Linking to  Design Wall Monday ,    Midweek Makers ,  Wednesday Wait Loss ,  Needle and Thread Thursday ,  Put your foot down ,  Brag about your Beauties ,  Off the wall Friday ,  Patchwork and Quilt Céline

 Well this last week has certainly not gone according to plan... there has been no sewing at all. Reason for it One fall past Wednesday morning while walking the 🐕 = one morning in A&E for a broken finger and a torn nail... I haven't even attempted to do anything creative since... not sure if I'll manage to do anything next week but my list for next week is still exactly the same as last week as I haven't progressed on anything...  1. Cut one or two PJs for the girls  2. Finish my alphabet block (C)  3. Make more thimble blocks  4. Make the hood of my Silvia coatigan, unpick the hem and sew it back 5. Make a tea cup block 6. Make a tea or coffee sleve Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline

  Just a little bit of time here and there but finally I have managed to sew a little... Here was my plan from last week 1. Find some fabric to make some PJs for the girls - got my stock out, now to get them to pick some maybe? 2. Make one alphabet block (C) - started 3. Finish the thimbles I had already started - finished 4. Work on the hood of my Silvia coatigan  -   no progress and now my plan for next week 1. Cut one or two PJs for the girls  2. Finish my alphabet block (C)  3. Make more thimble blocks  4. Make the hood of my Silvia coatigan, unpick the hem and sew it back 5. Make a tea cup block 6. Make a tea or coffee sleve Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline

  A few weeks back, a new sew along started to sew fussy cut mini thimbles with Happy Sew Lucky. I was hoping to keep the pace but failed miserably. I nearly made the first 2 blocks on time and then completely got lost... Finally this week I've finished 4 little thimbles I'm hoping I can make a few more here and there... Linking to  Design Wall Monday ,    Midweek Makers ,  Wednesday Wait Loss ,  Needle and Thread Thursday ,  Put your foot down ,  Brag about your Beauties ,  Off the wall Friday ,  Patchwork and Quilt , Céline 

  I am happy to say that I finally took some very little time to sew in the past week, at long last! Let's have a look at the list and draw a new one for this week, in case there was again some free time, one can dream :-) Here was my plan from last week 1.   Work on Modern City Scape block #24 & #25 - finished both and the quilt top too  2. Finish my Silvia coatigan - no progress 3.  Start the mini alphabet blocks -  no progress 4. Continue the fussy cut thimble blocks -  no progress 5. Make a new bag -  not started and now my plan for next week 1. Find some fabric to make some PJs for the girls 2. Make one alphabet block (C) 3. Finish the thimbles I had already started 4. Work on the hood of my Silvia coatigan Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline

 I haven't really posted anything new for so long but finally! Block #24 is finished and also block #25 Which means the last row could be put together And added to the other 4 rows. And with that my quilt top is complete! 🎉🎉 Now starts the joy of removing the papers... before one day finishing it! This was my OMG project Linking to  Patchwork and Quilt ,  Design Wall Monday ,    Midweek Makers ,  Wednesday Wait Loss ,  Needle and Thread Thursday ,  Put your foot down ,  Brag about your Beauties ,  Off the wall Friday . Céline 

  Wow it is a full month since I last wrote a weekly list... hopefully drawing a list will help me focus on a few projets when time allows... 1.   Work on Modern City Scape block #24 & #25 2. Finish my Silvia coatigan new coat  3.  Start the mini alphabet blocks  4. Continue the fussy cut thimble blocks  5. Make a new bag Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline

  Again m ore business travel this month as well as lots of other big projets going on so I'm not sure how much sewing time I'll be able to fit in. Still hoping to steal some little pockets of time! Qui lting 1.   Ravenbrook Scrap Quilt Along - February, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November blocks needed - nearly all of them really... 2. Dear Jane - hoping to finish row F... 1 block needed 3. Modern City Scape -  hoping to catch up and finish  this quilt along - only 2 more blocks needed. Hoping to finish the top this month -  this will be my   One monthly goal 4. Birthday blocks -  hoping to catch up and continue  with this quilt along or maybe not now. Decision needed! 5. Farmer's Wife - 1 or 2 blocks? But I guess highly unlikely 6. Harry Potter - a few more blocks needed to finish this top 8. Tambo star - hoping to start  this new quilt along, as I have already missed the boat. 9. Mini alphabet quilt along -...

 Another month which has disappeared VERY quickly with very little sewing really! And this partly because of a big trip that was scheduled late October... I had a business trip to Japan so took the opportunity to extend by a couple of days to enjoy Tokyo. So there has been a lot to prepare before and a lot to do... All I managed to achieve this month is to see these 2 thimbles for Happy Sew Lucky QAL And to add the button and sew the hems on my coat. Still no hood though.  I started block F11 for my Dear Jane while travelling but haven't yet finished it.  I cut the pieces for the last 2 Modern City Scape blocks, hoping that I'd have time to sew them up but that didn't materialise.  Linking to October Furtle Céline

  I was away for the first part of the week and the rest of the week and week-end we're so busy that I sadly hardly had time to sew. I'm really hoping that this week will offer more sewing time. Looking at my list for the week, hopefully I can pick at some of these projects.  1.   Work on my Iris bag 2. Work on Modern City Scape block #24  3. Finish my Silvia coatigan new coat  4.  Start the mini alphabet blocks  5. Continue the fussy cut thimble blocks  Let's look at the week I had written last week... 1.   Work on my Iris bag -  no progress 2. Work on Modern City Scape block #24 -  no progress 3. Finish my Silvia coatigan new coat -  no progress 4. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting -  no progress 5. Start the mini alphabet blocks -  no progress 6. Start the fussy cut thimble blocks -  started, 1 block done Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline

Another busy week when I stole a (too) little sewing time... I was also away on business for a few days so my list is late for this week.... 1.   Work on my Iris bag 2. Work on Modern City Scape block #24 3. Finish my Silvia coatigan new coat 4. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting  5. Start the mini alphabet blocks 6 Start the fussy cut thimble blocks Let's look at the week I had written last week... 1.   Work on my Iris bag   -  no progress 2. Work on Modern City Scape block #24   -  no progress 3. Pick pattern for a new coat, print it and cut fabric  - done 4. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting    -  no progress Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline

  More business travel this month so I'm not sure how much sewing time I'll be able to fit in. One can hope I guess, especially when there are 2 sew along that I would love to join this month... Qui lting 1.   Ravenbrook Scrap Quilt Along - February, April, May, June, July, August & September blocks needed  2. Dear Jane - hoping to finish row F... 1 block needed 3. Modern City Scape -  hoping to catch up and finish  this quilt along - 3 more blocks needed 4. Birthday blocks -  hoping to catch up and continue  with this quilt along 5. Farmer's Wife - 1 or 2 blocks? 6. Harry Potter - a few more blocks needed to finish this top 8. Tambo star - hoping to start  this new quilt along, as I have already missed the boat... 9. Mini alphabet quilt along - new quilt along starting October 10. Fussy cut thimbles sew along -  - new quilt along starting October Dressmaking / Sewing 1.  Sew a piece of clothing for me: blouse, trousers, summer dress...

Wow I can't believe we're about to start the last quarter of the year. Where does time go? Still a very busy month but I have taken some time to sew this month and I'm happy I did! I finally finished one Dear Jane block: F8 and I made 3 Modern City Scape blocks, 2 more to go for this one... I have also attended a class to make black forest gateau which was great and the result wes really yummy! And I also tried my hand at Ikebana with my first ever floral arrangement.  Finally I decided I needed to replace my trusted neoprene coat and that ideally I needed it before my next business trip that started today... so yes it is wearable, but doesn't have the hood yet, hems for the lining are not done and the button is not attached yet... Linking to September Furtle Céline