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  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 -  not yet started 10. Fussy cut thimb

 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, Morgan jeans 2.  Sew one or 2 new P

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

Last week has been busy with business travel and a very busy weekend so hardly any sewing time really. Hoping this week might be kinder. During the week-end I attended a baking class to make a black forest gateau. It was a real success, the gateau was as beautiful as it was yummy! 1.   Work on my Iris bag 2. Work on Modern City Scape block #24 3. Pick pattern for a new coat, print it and cut fabric   4. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting  Let's look at the week I had written last week... 1.  St art block F11  -  not started 2. Work on my Iris bag  -  no progress 3. Work on Modern City Scape block #23  -  done 4. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting  -  no progress 5. Decide whether to make a new coat and locate the fabric for it in my stash  - fabric found, need to pick the pattern Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline

  I have been travelling for work this week, that's why I am writing my new list only today... Of course, this also means there has been no sewing time yet... 1.  St art block F11  2. Work on my Iris bag  3. Work on Modern City Scape block #23  4. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting 5. Decide whether to make a new coat and locate the fabric for it in my stash Let's lo ok at the week I had written last week... 1.  Work on Modern City Scape block #22  -  done 2. Start working on Dear Jane F11  -  not started 3. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting  -  not started Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline

  I'm on a roll! Another Modern City Scape block finished already. Here is block #22 3 more to go!!! Linking to  Put your foot down ,  Brag about your Beauties ,  Off the wall Friday ,  Patchwork and Quilt ,  Design Wall Monday Céline 

  This one has been a very long time coming. I started it in June and I thought it would be finished easily and quickly over the summer but that didn't quite happen... I was working on it when travelling when I realise that I had cut 2 of the yellow triangles (around the middle square) too big so the  unit with the 2 blue triangles + yellow square couldn't be attached properly. I had to unpick and recut the triangles before sewing them back. Of course, this set me back for a while (I hate unpicking!) but I finally finished the block before the end of August. And once I finished I noticed that I had sewn the external strips to be mirror image from the original block, but never mind... this is my block! And this week I finally attached the sashing before adding the block to the rest of the row. One more F block missing. This block has 37 pieces and takes my DJ numbers to 144,8,0,3071 Linking to  Midweek Makers ,  Wednesday Wait Loss ,  Needle and Thread Thursday . Céline

Another week has passed and again I haven't had much time to sew really but I have stolen some very small pockets of time... Time to write a new weekly list! 1.  Work on Modern City Scape block #22 2. Start working on Dear Jane F11 3. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting Let's look at the week I had written last week... 1.  Add the sashing and attach block F8 to the rest of row  -  done 2. Start block F11 - not started 3. Work on my Iris bag -  not started 4. Work on Modern City Scape block #21 - done 5. Pull my fabric for the  Tambo star quilt along and start cutting -  not started Linking to  Carol's To Do Tuesday Linky party Céline