Espritpatch

  This one was started over a year ago. I joined an online class with Claire's Thread in May 2021 to sew the Ultimate Coat by the Maker's Atelier . I didn't quite manage to finish it during the sew-along but made quite great progress. The Coat was assembled and only needed the finishing touches.  Because this was running quite close to our move and all the end of school year sewing, I left it aside hoping it wouldn't be for too long... well in the end it took me well over a year to pick it up again. I knew one of the step that was left was to sew the drawstring chanel at the waist but somehow my markings didn't align so I wasn't sure how to make sure it would be sewn straight around the waist. That's probably why I wasn't that keen to dig it out again.  At long last, I got everything out last month and decided to sew the channel anyway. With that done, only the addition of the elastic around the wrists remained in terms of sewing. That alone again took ...

Today is the last day of the Mini blocks sew-along and I finished my last block in the morning. That wasn't the plan but the last 10 days have been particularly awful for our family so there had been no time/ energy or willingness to do anything more than the bare minimum... sewing will help healing I hope.  I finally ca ught up with the blocks on our return from the US, first with the criss-cross The curved log cabin, which I made 2 of: And the rainbow And 2 bonus blocks And one more triangle geese too that I had started a while back A grand total of 20 blocks so far... not sure what I'll do with them or if I'll make more.  Linking to  Design Wall Monday ,   Monday Making ,  Midweek Makers ,  Wednesday Wait Loss ,  Happy Needle and Threa d   Brag about your Beauties ,   Off the wall Friday ,   Finished or Not Finished Friday ,   Put your foot down ,  Peacock Party ,   Patchwork and Quil t

Hopefully this month should be a little quieter than the previous ones, I am even hoping for some real sewing time.... not just 5 minutes one evening! Who knows, it might finally happen. Let's make a list to keep focused, or not! Quilting 1. Mini series SAL - hoping to grow my collection and complete all the 12 blocks 2. Super Mario quilt -  needs binding finished off (not even the full binding! And gazillions of threads buried)  Will it finally be finished this year? 3. Farmer's Wife quilt - about 30 blocks needed still, it would be so nice to gift it to my mum for Christmas - I guess this is probably unrealistic but we'll see... 4. Storm at Sea - a small one to quilt but hopefully it will be done before the end of the year.  5. Dear Jane 6. Impromptu quilt - needs quilting. It is a very big quilt so I went to get it professionally quilted. Maybe it will get sent this month... or maybe not still Dressmaking 1 .  Utility coat - need   finishing -  I  w...

Another late review, I guess I might have an excuse since we were away until Monday afternoon and quite jet-lagged on our return. We were lucky enough to spend 5 days in New York City. We all had a fabulous time, busy sightseeing and walking around this most vibrant town. I even managed to visit a few fabrics and trimmings stores, after all our hotel was conveninently located in the Garment District (that wasn't on purpose, honest!) And for the rest of the month before our trip, we still had all the renovation work going on with 2 bedrooms (including ours) out of action and some flooring to lay down just before we jetted off. we managed to all sleep in our own bedrooms a few nights before our trip but there is still quite a lot of work and moving around to do before all is back to normal. So for sure, this was another busy month.  Early October, our company celebrated World Mental Health Day by giving staff the day off so I took advantage to pick up my Charlie blouse. And even thou...

 The Mini Series Sew Along is continuing and I have so far more or less managed to follow the schedule. I have even sewn extra blocks. I only really posted week 1 blocks in details here, so let's have a look at the others.  Week 2 was about the Courthouse step block and the diamond block.  I had already sewn those in September but here they are I also made an extra diamond and a distorted triangle this month.  The next series of block was the pineapple block and the hexagon step block which took forever to sew with so many tiny pieces (over 85 in the pineapple block) The following blocks were the triangle geese block and the bloom block And finally the stretched geese block I've made 13 mini blocks included 7 completed in October and I really like how they've turned out. Not sure what I'll end up doing with them but never mind! Linking to  Design Wall Monday ,   Monday Making ,  Midweek Makers ,  Wednesday Wait Loss ,  Happy Needle and Threa ...

  I know, summer is over,  although temperatures adding midday have been so mild recently that we could wonder! In any case I'm ready for summer weather with my new blouse! I cut it early September as part of a double challenge. The Charlie pattern was offered for free by the designer,  la Robe du Chat , new to me but a nice find! With a challenge to sew the pattern by mid September, which I failed! There was also the IG #magamsewalong challenge to make a shirt in September.  I started quite well really until I reached the step where the collar had to be attached to the blouse.  My first collar as well... so I set everything aside for later.... or for never!  Anyway we had a day off work for world mental health day early October so I decided to use some of it for me and to sew.  I picked up my blouse again. In the meantime, la Robe du Chat released an add-on to the pattern so I decided to add some short puffy sleeves which I hadn't initially planned...

The first week of the month is nearly over and I still haven't posted my plans for it, maybe a sign that I won't get that much done? It is going to be another busy month for sure, we will be shuffling furniture again as most of the insulation work should be completed. I'm still hopeful to steal some sewing time here and there so I'll write a list anyway! Quilting 1. Mini series SAL - hoping to grow my collection 2. Super Mario quilt -  needs binding finished off (not even the full binding! And gazillions of threads buried)  Will it finally be finished this year? 3. Farmer's Wife quilt - about 30 blocks needed still, it would be so nice to gift it to my mum for Christmas. 4. Storm at Sea - a small one to quilt but hopefully it will be done before the end of the year.  5. Dear Jane 6. Impromptu quilt - needs quilting. It is a very big quilt so I went to get it professionally quilted. Maybe it will get sent this month... or maybe not still Dressmaking 1 .  Utility coat...