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

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

CHOOKSHED challenge July is # 9

 Okay. What is my # 9.. hang your britches on the line.

Oops. Haha. My inner child coming out.

Progress on my Farmers Wife quilt. I have not touched this since 19th July 2024. The concentration and time required to do these 6” blocks has not been with me with what I have been dealing with. At the moment things are in more of a routine. I have finished some quick finishes but it’s now time to make a little bit of a difference on this quilt. So here is where I am at now.

And here are some of the blocks

Now to work out where I’m up to.

Thanks for the push Deana 

https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2025/06/july-chookshed-challenge-number-is.html

What happened in May

 I don't know. Not much I suppose. I was missing in action. I found myself spending too much time reading blogs and watching Youtube. I was not getting anything else done apart from drs appointments. Ever since I got back from Scrub Stitchin' (post will still happen) my enthusiasm faded and I went down the technology rabbit hole. I did hide away and do some sewing which I will slowly post about during June.

It's a new month so I will do a post about my scrappy green mystery project (which I am still to complete) to link up with Scrap Happy Saturday. 

During May I did work on a mystery with Conquering Mount Scrapmore.

CHAOS MYSTERY QUILT

All the weekly clues make up this 20" block

So 16 blocks make an 80' * 80" quilt

I didn't have a big enough piece of fabric for the backing. I don't normally piece my backings. I thought because it is a scrappy block and a large block why not make an extra large block for the backing. So I made an 80" block like the 20' block. My rectangles were 16" * 32", 16" squares and instead of making large flying geese I made 1/2 square triangles measuring 16".

Now to assemble the pieces into the backing the same way as I made the block for the front.

I failed and didn't do anything with May's challenge, my Flip La K bag.

Chookshed Challenge June # 5

Hopefully I will have better luck this month. I will be working on making some more placemats for charity. 

Maybe I will do some in ORANGE. the colour for the month of June for RSC 

Scraphappy Saturday

***** EDITED ***** May CHOOKSHED challenge is # 8…. FlipLa K ruler bag

 Ok. So my challenge item this month is # 8… To make a bag for my Flip La K rulers. It was on last year’s list but never got done. I just went to get my fabrics out and the embroidered sign wasn’t in there. That’s 2 I have lost now. A friend did the signs for me. Mmmmmm

****** EDITED ******

Another friend had my embroidered sign mixed up with her sewing. AND it’s GREEN too.

You can read on my Previous 2024 post to learn more about it.

LINK UP

And it’s green month at RSC. Maybe this project will be green.

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/05/green-in-spring.html

I am doing a quick post before April ends.

 Wow, what a month April has been. I will need to do a few catch up posts since my last one as I have been a little bit cheeky. I did make a quick, sneaky trip to Scrub Stitchin with my hubby. Everyone was surprised. We had a great time, arrived home exhausted and burnt out. More posts will cover this.

I am going to do this post about my golf quilt. Blocks were decided upon getting what I could from the fabric I had. I had a large piece of the check fabric for the backing but I needed to cut into it to tie all the blocks together and get them to fit.

I had a small piece of burgundy I used for the border. I cut it out as wide as I could get for the fabric I had. It ended up cutting at 6.5”.

The quilting was decided. Foot width either side of the block seams. 

As well as diagonally both ways from corner to corner.

I didn’t have enough of the blue fabric left for the binding. But I did have these 1.5” strips left.

Mmmmm. So I cut some of the burgundy fabric

And sewed them together

Which made 2.5” strips perfect for binding. When machine sewn on the navy will show and the burgundy will be hidden.

My brother loves chillies and even grows his own so I thought this was a perfect label.

All binding is hand stitched down and completed. 

The quilt ended up being 68” * 80”.

The backing fabric I had left after cutting in to it ended up being 1” bigger all the way around.

 It was just meant to be.

Blowing in the breeze with the beautiful sky above

This is for my brother who is 6 foot 6” tall so it is a good size for him. He also loves golf. I love how his has worked out. Starting from a pile of fabrics, just cutting and sewing from what was there. Not knowing what size it would be. I am a very happy person.

My April CHOOKSHED challenge # 4 was completed early April. You can read about it HERE

Click on the link End of month link up to see what others sewed this month

CHOOKSHED Challenge April # 4 is already done…..

 Yes,, that’s right..

I have done the backing, prepared and delivered to Judy for quilting. 

Linking up with

 https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2025/03/chookshed-challenge-april-number-is-here.html#comment-form

I have a free month to finish up some other projects that are on my radar..

CHOOKSHED challenge finish.. Bookcase quilt

 Wow. I can’t believe my progress.

I have quilted a flower pattern around the border. FMQ different flowers. I have not done these before so don’t look too closely.

Then I tried a wood grain effect on the actual book case. Not too bad. Although I had trouble with my glide thread fraying. But only when I was going backwards. Obviously I couldn’t get my hand movement to match my foot speed.

I have trimmed the quilt

This was an international block swap organised through QATW. ( quilting around the world)

One of the blocks I received was a cat. Mmm how could I use this block. At first, I thought of putting it on the back as a label. As time and my thought process progressed this block will now be on the front.

I decided to remove the background pieces of the block and adhered vliesofix and iron on wadding.

Turned it over and ironed on to the front. I have already quilted the area behind where the cat was placed. This cat now sits in front of the book case.  Very pale and hidden though.

So I appliquéd a fancy stitch in a darker thread  to make it stand out. The stitch looks a bit like fuzzy fur.

I added google eyes and embroidered a face.

Next up was to finish off the quilting around the books.

The binding is attached. As is the label.

And hanging sleeve.

It is now all hand stitched and completed.

Here is the start date of when I joined all the blocks.

Now, how will I add the finish date?

The only thing I last added was a finished date embroidered. 

This quilt was started in 2019. The top done in 2020. Quilted started in 2021. And completed in 2025.

My quilt is done and I am so happy. Thankyou Deana for getting me inspired.

Have a look here  https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2025/03/chookshed-linky-for-march-maureens.html  to see what else has been achieved by others linking up.

Time to start quilting & NO COMMENTS are coming to my email

 Apologies if I haven’t got back to some of you if you have left comments. Blogger is not sending them through to my email again. Why do they keep changing things? It is so frustrating. I am checking every couple of days but it is more time consuming. So SORRY.

NOW FOR THE SEWING STUFF…..

Before I could start quilting I needed to give my machine some love

Look at that dust

I was in an international swap with some ladies in the USA back in 2019. We each had to make multiple book blocks and another item on a bookshelf block. In return I received many blocks from other people. I managed to finish the top in 2020. It was basted in 2021 and started quilted in December 2022.

I will have to do another label to show the completion date.

I had done more quilting on this quilt than initially thought.

Trouble was the bobbin thread was coming through to the front on the black fabric. The thread kept on breaking. This was probably the reason for putting it in the cupboard. 

So I got started.

Took my time and the sewing went much better. I have nearly finished the black background areas.

I am using glide thread which is very slippery. I found these little clips that fit onto bobbins. They keep the thread from unravelling 

I wound a couple of bobbins ready for a sewing session.

I tried a few flowers on the border. My machine was sewing well. I am not the most even quilters but I am happy with what I do. There are a mix of flowers. No set design. Just whatever happens.

This quilt might see a finish…