Early February SAS and a pin cushion.

 Hi everyone. I am going to be playing catch-up over the next couple of posts. I have had a good and not so good month and have not done anything to do with sewing. So now I will start with.

WHERE AM I AT WITH MY SAS.

I have turned both corners and it is looking good.

I got another row sewn together and another block laid out ready to sew but that has been put on hold until Scrub Stitchin. I think this is what I will be working on as everyone there wants to see it for show n tell.

Also ready for scrub Stitchin is this little pin cushion/clover clip holder. Last year when I was there Chooky gave me a pattern to try. Well, I finally got around to it. It was a tiny log cabin, paper pieced block. What to do with it stalled me but that is sorted now.

I dug into my scrap basket.

Started to sew.

Finished the block and removed the papers.

A pin cushion was made.

Then my clover clips added, ready for my sewing bag to take to Scrub Stitchin. The pattern wasn’t wasted.  It measures 5” finished.

Thanks Chooky

I'm putting on the binding FIRST

I have managed to machine sew on the binding on my BLUE HEARTS quilt.

I want to draw on a quilting pattern into the border and I didn't want it getting cut off when I trimmed up the quilt. So, as usual, I have done it back to front and now I am hand stitching it down today.
A relaxing day for Slow Stitching Sunday

My friend has sat down with me and done some hand quilting on her hexagon quilt.

This is her 1st quilt done by hand.

I'll post a photo of the whole quilt another day.

My hubby decided to surprise me and turn up at my friends for the weekend.
He brought some mail with him.
It was my block from Vicki from Albury. We were partners in the 12" block swap over at  QBSA

HAPPY EASTER

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy Easter.

My Sunday was spent doing more hand quilting on my BLUE HEARTS QUILT.

My evening, while quilting, was spent watching the first 2 episodes of DOWNTON ABBEY.

More of those log cabins have been done.

Look on over at   KATHY's QUILTS  and see who else was slow stitching

I am grateful for this link up. Now in am actually getting this quilt done.

HAND QUILTING on a Sunday

I sat down for a peaceful evening with my hand quilting.

I have been working on this for 10 years now.

So hopefully I will get it out a bit more often and finish it.

Anyway... I am still doing the quilting around the 4" log cabins. 

There are only 144.. Haha. Not many.

It is hard to see the quilting but has to be done. Each piece will have some stitching on it.

Here is a close up of the quilting

I have also found these great thimbles called COMFORT THIMBLES.

 They are made of rubber and shaped for finger nails. I have bought a few of these so I have them in all my sewing projects.

I am linking up with SLOW STITCHING SUNDAY with Kathy & many other talented people

Slow Stitching Sunday

I spent the early morning sorting out my cupboards, finding UFO's and listing them on another page 2014 UFO's

Then I realised how long I have been working on projects, how long it has been since I have touched the project. So when I came across Slow Stitching Sundays I thought it was about time I pulled out my hand quilting project. I haven't worked on this for a few years. I actually started this quilt 10 years ago. I bought this kit from a shop/house in  Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia called Chocolate Coated Fabrics. It was for my 40th birthday. I will be 50 soon so I should get back to it & get it finished.

It is Blue Hearts quilt with lots of machine pieced 4" log cabins, hand appliquéd hearts & hand stitched Celtic bias. I love it.

I have started to echo quilt around the fans. 

The centre hearts have quilting in the ditch.

What better project to spend my Sundays relaxing & hand quilting

Sewing with a friend

I had a friend over yesterday keeping me company. We had fun sewing together.

This is what she got done.