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We had a bank holiday and time off last week but in the end I didn't have much time to sew sadly.... On my list last week I had quite a lot in anticipation of having more time than usual too but that didn't quite work out. Although one thing I did was to tidy up my sewing area, which took quite some time I am ashamed to admit. 1.  Complete Dear Jane block F1 - little progress 2. M ake block #16 for the Modern City Scape  -  no progress 3.  Make Birthday block #17  -  no progress 4. Sew the Ravenbrook Scrap Quilt Along blocks for February, April and May  -  no progress 5.  Work on the Hexie blocks  -  no progress 6. Cut a dress or a nightdress or a PJ -  no progress 7. Maps  -  Done This week again I have managed only 3 days of sewing,  for   15 minutes to stitch with Kate More plans for this week where we will again have some time off.... 1.  Complete Dear Jane block F1 2. M ake blocks #16 & #17 for...

 May will have its flurry of bank holidays qnd maybe (hopefully) we will see the sun again soon... I don't know whether this will help find more sewing time or on the contrary will eat up into it? Regardless I hope to have more time doing more of what I like rather than continuing to cram too much in my head and trying to juggle so many balls at once... Qui lting 1.   Ravenbrook Scrap Quilt Along - February, April and May blocks needed - hoping to catch up and continue  -  One monthly goal 2. Dear Jane - hoping to finish row E... 3 blocks needed 3. Modern City Scape - hoping to continue with this quilt along  4. Birthday blocks -  hoping to  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. Jemina's hexagon quilt-long -  hoping to catch up and continue with this quilt along Dressmaking / Sewing 1.  Finish my Forester coat (started 2 years ago)? 2. Morgan jeans 3. ...

  Another busy month here which including a work trip in the UK for 4 days. I have managed some sewing but I've also felt really tired at times and found it difficult to find much energy. Maybe the lack of spring weather has not helped... I've managed to keep up with 2 of my quilt-along: the Modern City Scape and the Birthday blocks making a total of 11 blocks and I also made March blocks for the  Ravenbrook Scrap Quilt Along (still some catch up to do on this one...) I also finished the last block of row E (E13) for my Dear Jane quilt and attached row 5 to the first 4, which I am really happy about! And I made a new blouse out of my stash: the Drop Sleeve Top by Avid Seamstress All in all it has been a productive month considering everything else going on in the background, maybe sewing is what keeps me (relatively) sane! Linking to April Furtle Céline

Despite the hussle of activities at work and at home, I seem to have been able to steal some sewing time here and there. Not necessarily lots of time at once but some time anyway. The weather is still not very spring like so that probably helps to retreat to the sewing room. Let's look at the list from last week: 1. M ake block #15 for the Modern City Scape  -  Done 2.  Make Birthday blocks #16 & 17  -  Done 3. Sew the Ravenbrook Scrap Quilt Along blocks for February & April  -  no progress 4.  Work on the Hexie blocks  -  no progress 5. Cut blocks F for Dear Jane  -  Done 6. Sew the dropped sleeves blouse  -  Done This week again I have  managed 5 days of sewing,  for   15 minutes to stitch with Kate Time to plan for this coming week 1.  Complete Dear Jane block F1 2. M ake block #16 for the Modern City Scape  3.  Make Birthday blocks #17 4. Sew the Ravenbrook Scrap Quilt Along b...

  It seems that I hadn't made a garment for quite a while... The SewAprilBlouse24 challenge on IG was just what I needed to get going. And although I had planned/hoped to make 2 blouses, I finally completed one that I had cut earlier this month.  I found a lovely black broderie anglaise that I have had in my stash for quite a long while and settled on the  Drop sleeve top pattern by the Avid Seamstress , which is a free pattern on their website.  The top comes together rather easily and quickly and the instructions are clear enough. I cut a straight size 4 without any modification. Finished sewing the top yesterday and now all I need is some warmer weather to be able to wear it! And of course, it has a cute label too Linking to  to  Put your foot down ,  Patchwork and Quilt , Midweek Makers . Céline

  We spent quite a lot of time in the car this weekend so I had prepared some hand sewing before we left. I had block F1 already cut and ready to go for my Dear Jane so I took this block with me.  When sewing it on the go, I realised that I had cut the outside triangles too big. So I couldn't complete this block, first I need to redraw the triangles.  I also took with me the top so far with the 4 first rows and my newly completed row E. And I'm happy that I've managed to attach row E to the top, 5 rows together now Céline 

  Time for a post dedicated to this quilt-along as we have just completed block #15 this week With this block, row 3 is complete and we have 60% of the quilt top already.  I am really enjoying this one I must admit, even though there qre plenty of pieces and lots of colours too so it requires some concentration, i.e. there has been a fair share of unpicking! Linking to  Put your foot down ,  Off the wall Friday ,  Patchwork and Quilt , D esign  Wall Monday ,  Midweek Makers ,  Wednesday Wait Loss ,  Needle and Thread Thursday Céline