Espritpatch

Last few months before yet another year is finished. It usually gets busier and busier as we head towards Christmas so maybe I should bear that in mind in publishing my list! 1.Cat tote bag for Christmas present? 2.    Quilt for E - HK QAL  3.  Wanta Fanta - needs 8 more blocks 4.    Book Bee quilt - blocks ready 5.  Sashiko Along 6. Elephant quilt - only 2 blocks done  7.  Mod Mod Along - plenty more blocks are needed  8.  Impromptu along - abandoned 3 years ago! 9. PE bag C 10. PE bag A 11. Soaps to give at Christmas 12. A very merry Christmas Town 13. Summer Solstice cushion 14. Make up pouch as Christmas present 15. Dance bag for C Bonus/Joker project: Make one item of cloth for myself or someone else! And I need to add a seasonal project, one that has been abandoned at the cutting stage 2 years ago .... my Fair Isle quilt (if I can find the fabr...

So 3 quarters of the year are gone and Christmas will be upon us before we know it. We have had a mix summer in terms of weather but have found lovely weather on our holidays in Ardeche. And for once, I have crossed a bit off my list, including some selfish sewing, with 2 new bags for me! 8 out of 15 is not bad, considering we have been back and forth to France quite a few times. I must say I am really pleased to have made so much progress in my list! 1. Rock Star bag - finished 2. Quilt for my friend's 40th birthday -  finished 3.    X string quilt - finished 4.  Lap top bag - I have taken it apart and it needs to be fixed and sewn together again - all done 5.  Elephant quilt - only 2 blocks done  6.    Quilt for E - HK QAL -  fabric cut 7.  Mod Mod Along - more blocks are needed  8. Wanta Fanta - needs 8 more blocks 9. Maker's Tote for me - finished 10. Book Be...

And another month has passed... where does the time go really? Anyway, hoping to have more sewing time and less away time this month.... Hoping for finish 1. Summer Solstice Quilt Along -  need quilting and finishing - t his will be my choice in October  for the One Monthly Goal with  Heidi 2. Book bee blocks to make into a wall-hanging Bee Blocks  1.  Flower hexies for the Inchy Hexie Swap (October )  2.  Bee Hive ( September,  October) 3. Bubble Bee ( September, October )  4.  I love Lucy International (August, September,  October) 5. Scandi Bee ( September, October) 6. Fat Stash Bee (July)  7. Block lotto  WIP 1. Wanta Fanta - need 8 more blocks 2.  Elephant Parade  -  my  Lazy Bums  challenge for September was to make 10 blocks  3.   A very merry Christmas town  4.  Farmer's wife 1930 QAL and ori...

September is always a month of new starts but also back to routine! School started back earlier in the month, and work has been extremely busy. I have tried to concentrate on making overdue bee blocks but I am still behind. Hoping for finish 1.  Scrappy X block quilt  - only need quilting -  this will be my choice (again) in  September for the One Monthly Goal with  Heidi  - finished 2. Book bee blocks to make into a wall-hanging -   no progress Bee Blocks  1.  Flower hexies for the Inchy Hexie Swap (September ) - done 2.  Bee Hive ( September )  3. Bubble Bee ( August,  September ) - August done, September in progress 4.  I love Lucy International (August, September)  5. Scandi Bee (July, August,  September ) - July, August done 6. Fat Stash Bee (July)  7. Block lotto (3) WIP 1. Wanta Fanta - need 8 more blocks - no progress 2....

My X-strings quilt is finally finished! I can't believe it has taken so long, but here we are, at least it is finished and we can enjoy it for the winter! The blocks came from  Sew Euro Bee An  in April 2013 (!) and I was missing a couple to finish the top. Thank you to all my lovely bee mates for the fantastic scrap blocks they made for me. I had written a tutorial for the blocks here , if you are interested. After about 3 years of hibernation, I finally finished the last few blocks this spring to make the quilt top and quilted it in August All that was left was the binding. I had hoped to finish it in August but with the holidays, it didn't work out. Thankfully, with a new serie on TV (Victoria), a few Sunday evenings was all I needed to finally finished sewing the binding on. This is a fantastic scrap buster project if you have plenty of scraps that you want to use up/ So this is one more OPAM for September, one that I can cross off my Finish Alon...