A few swaps I have been in

I have been getting into the Potato Chip blocks and been cutting up my scraps. I have used my GO cutter to cut all these. They measure 2.5” * 4.5”. I have a few hundred cut now.

 I joined up with Aussie Chippettes and put my name down for some swaps. These included 20 Potato Chip, 10 Terry Rowland, 10 * 4 patches and 3 house blocks.

Cute houses. I used my GO cutter to do the flying geese roof tops. They were oversized and I could trim them down to the perfect size. I always have trouble with flying geese measuring straight.

All ready to be posted out

I have returned from a 5 week holiday to Darwin and collected my mail. What a lovely surprise.

Look at all this happy mail. So many nice and pretty blocks.

Thank you everyone who took part.

Slow Stitching Sunday - Kawandi

 I have been working on my slow stitching Kawandi project I received at Aprils Scrub Stitchin retreat.

This is all the fabric I had left out of a charm pack.

I have now done all the stitching.

I wasn’t very even with lining up my edges with the next row of stitching. Kate was very careful with hers. So I added in some extra lines to catch down the folds.

The other way I tried was a bit of blind stitching. I want to see which one will stand out or look better in the finished project.

This is all the thread left too. I did my stitching half inch apart. If you do closer you will probably run out of thread. Here is my fat quarter that was in my welcome bag on the back of work and the label from the charm square pack.

Linking up with Kathy at Slow Stitching Sunday.

HERE

September CHOOKSHED challenge - # 3 SASHIKO

 I went on a sewing cruise back in 2014 for my birthday and did a class with Jane MacDonald.

Have a look HERE at the project she taught and I started.

I have done all the HEXIES. No I don’t like EPP.

So where am I now. A few blocks have been done, some started a lots still to do.

Some started

and a lot still to do

They really don’t take too long to stitch. Maybe after all this time I should get a move on.

I am linking up with Deana for this month’s start. I did not achieve August challenge as we have been away.

https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2025/09/september-chookshed-number-draw-and.html#comment-form

Scrub Stitchin Kawandi project progress

 At Scrub Stitchin this year we were all given goody bags. In this bag was our project to make. A Kawandi  using a charm square pack. There were a few different packs. Mine was mostly solids with some sparkles through it. I have cut some into pieces and laid them on to my fat quarter backing piece.

First row is now stitched and a thin lining has been put in the middle. Traditionally this centre piece is just fabric but I like the feel and ease of an iron on thin batting/pellon.

I have pinned all of my pieces on. Now ready for all the stitching.

 Okay, so I know it is hard for people to get inspired about this project. 

Kate got hers done during the week.

 What will it end up being? A placemat, table centre or ? 

Well I am travelling atm in our caravan and I took mine along to stitch.

 I have not added the pula flowers on the corners 

because they won’t work for the project I intend it to be. 

Here it is atm..

I will get this finished by the time I get home and will do something with it. 

What will it end up being?

Watch this space.

 If you want to make what I do I’ll let you know what you need 

and can show you at the next retreat 2026

Edited …. August is Aqua

  August over at Angela’s is AQUA. I received my Bordertown B’s back from Judy. She has done an amazing job at quilting it for me.

(Close up photos to come)

Now it is time to get the binding done. Trimming up.

I think I have enough of the aqua backing to do it. Time to measure and get started.

Yes, there was enough. I needed 11.5 metres of binding. 

It’s all sewn on and I have a few days of slow stitching to hand stitch it down then it will be a finish.

Of course there were leftovers so what did I do?

Make 2 more placemats.

This is now 39 out of 50 made.

Linking up with Kathy for Slow Stitching Sunday and Angela for Scrap Happy Saturday.

Now to get back to my binding.

Purple month is done

Back to my purple quilt and it’s time for borders.

 I have played with purples again while I had the mess out on my table

A scrappy stripped border is done

Then with the leftovers from the last group of placemats and this border I made this placemat.

Making this no. 38 out of 50. I’m getting closer.

I’m linking up with Angela

And now for the colour for AUGUST… it’s AQUA

August # 7 CHOOKSHED challenge - quilt my Dalmatian quilt

 My # 7 for this month’s challenge is to quilt my round robin Dalmatian quilt.

I finished this quite some time ago and started it in March 2020.We did a fun round robin where we worked on our own quilt but with monthly themes chosen. It was really fun to do. It has been basted since January 2023.

It’s time to get it quilted.

Linking up over at Deana’s https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/

Progress on my Farmers Wife quilt.

 Challenge #9 progress

After having it packed away for so long it took me quite a while to work out what size the pieces were and where I was up to. All sorted now though.

I have cut out the sashings and cornerstones and now am sewing the rows together.

And it is sewn together. I have reached the top right corner. 2 more rows and I will have the bottom left corner done. Then my rows will get smaller. 

So I did achieve my goal this month.

Thanks Deana

More purple play and placemats

I have been calculating amount of fabric required to make a quilt for a raffle. We have a certain amount of fabric so had to work out the best size we could get out of all the fabric.

We decided on working out a French braid with a piping strip. So off I went and had a play. Out came my purples.

Cut into 2.5” * 6.5” pieces. We need 7 strips of 50”. How many pieces do we need for each strip. Well, I am a visual person so I had a scrap piece of wadding about 60” long. Perfect. Sew, sew, sew. Quilt as you go technique.

Yes I counted correctly. We need 40 pieces per strip. I have drawn out a design and calculated fabric. Wonderful. We have enough for a quilt about 60” * 72”. Now to put this braid to good use. 

Trim the strip. Guess a rough size for some placemats. I can get 3 out of this piece.

I had a scrap of this fabric that is perfect for the backing. 3 across the width uses it up.

Now I’m late to the party. I was at my friends and talking about putting bindings on fully by machine. I do this quite a lot on placemats and charity quilts. Just to save time. She was saying she uses her stitch in the ditch foot on her Janome. I didn’t even know my machine had one. Yes, it sure does. Foot G. What a game changer. This was a perfect spot to give it a go. This will be getting used more often now.

3 pretty placemats

All together. This makes 37 out of 50 completed….

So I am linking up with

https://www.sugarlane-designs.com/ for FNSI..Friday Night Sew in

&

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/07/scraphappy-saturday-purple-passions.html

Clearing out my black and whites.

 After having a great weekend making this quilt top with friends.

It was time to work out the backing. I wanted to make it scrappy too. Out came the pen and paper.

I never used to piece backings together but with scrappy I now do not want to use meterage. So I’m having fun with designing the backs. The strips for borders are cut.

Here is the start of it. It just looks like a normal block but they are 10” squares in the 9 patch.

And here it is sewn

Here is a side by side to show that it actually looks like the quilt block on the front

Now this did use up so much of my blacks. I think I only have one piece left of a plain.

Now to quilt it. I have cut a striped fabric for the binding.