Chookshed Challenge UFO finished

I have finished the binding machined on to my placemats

I settled in for a slow Sunday stitching day and hand sewed the binding down. I got them all completed.

And placed on the table ready to be used.

It has only taken 6 years but it is one bag empty.

I am linking up with Deana for 

And Kathy for 

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2026/03/slow-sunday-stitching_0268792104.html

Chookshed Challenge this month is COMPLETED

I did it.

My February challenge is done. It took a while but I got there.

Oh I’ve twisted one of the handles. I’ll unpick and resew it later…

I pulled out my greens to get this made and I am really happy with it.

Have you noticed all the zips and pulls I have used.

There are 3 pockets in the centre. This has room for me to put all the patterns instructions so they are kept with the rulers.

I have machined the first side of the binding and started hand stitching to finish it. There is so much fabric and makes the edge very stiff.

Slow stitching the bindings down. The binding done this way also helps give the bag strength and stability.

Here it is all finished. The back of the bag.

The front of the bag with rulers in the pockets.

I inserted a cake board in the centre pocket to give it strength so the bag wouldn’t sag. The rulers are fragile and this will help protect them.

You can have a look at the rulers her.

https://fliplak.com.au/shop/ols/categories/piecing-templates

With this months finish I can link up with

Deana for February.. no. 8 UFO

Angela (RSC) Rainbow Scrap Challenge…  GREEN

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2026/02/last-greenday.html

Kathy on Slow Stitch Sunday

Embroidered bag is finished

I have finished this beautiful embroidered pouch.

I took a while to work out how to finish it. I didn’t have any more fabric and it was backed and quilted with satin. I wasn’t happy with seeing the exposed seams and didn’t want to just overlock them. I decided to do a French seam. The ribbon holes were machine stitched buttonholes. The top of the bag was folded over to create the casing. It is the size of a hot water bottle.

After threading the ribbon through I attached little flowers to finish it off.

I am so thrilled with how it turned out.

I’m linking up with 

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2026/02/slow-sunday-stitching_0378814912.html

I did it. Chookshed challenge is completed. Sashiko

 Yes, I did it. I started this quilt back in 2014. https://jobutterfield.blogspot.com/2014/02/sashiko-with-jane-macdonald.html

   It was with Jane MacDonald on a sewing cruise around New Zealand. It was so much fun about 12 years ago and it is finally finished.

I did do a simple machine quilting in the ditch as I didn’t want to take anything away from the sashiko. Next up was the binding decision. I didn’t want to frame the quilt and have always wanted to try a facing. After watching a few tutorials I decided on this one. You sew corner triangles to cover the ends of the side pieces. 

When folded over it looks very neat without a heap of bulk in the corners.

So I spent a couple of days hand stitching the facing down.

Next up I knew it needed a little bit more to lift is. It was supposed to be tied with red thread in the corners around the smaller blocks but as mine were all different sizes I decided to do some hand quilting with the red thread.

I put some masking tape, which was cut at 1/4”, around each block and went ahead with a running stitch

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I think it has worked out great. Just enough colour added. 

The backing was a Japanese print from my stash. Not enough of one so I had 2 * 1 metre pieces in similar colours. I had just enough to get all the facing too. 

I am so thrilled it is now completed 14 years later. 

Thanks to Deana & Chooky for the push with 

Jane’s finished quilt.

And slowing down to rest and stitch on a Sunday

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2026/02/slow-sunday-stitching.html

Progress on my sashiko project

 I have spent some time on my sashiko project. Had my brain working.

No. 3. Chookshed challenge is in full force. 

I have spent some time calculating cutting and placement. The pattern we received when doing this class was only a guideline. There were no definite measurements. So I finished the stitching, ironed and trimmed, then calculated the sashing and worked out the missing blocks.

And everything is cut ready to sew together 

I am excited to get this sewn together. It’s now together and I have these hexagons ready to stitch on.

So they are glued on ready to stitch

The baste it glue works well

Hand stitching the hexagons on.

Linking up with Slow Sunday Stitching.

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2026/01/slow-sunday-stitching_0209953682.html

I have just finished stitching all the hexagons.

No. 1 chookshed challenge

 I decided my Xmas stitchers project was to be one that I started about 2011.

The pattern was a Rosalie Quinlan design from 2010. The shop I used to go to often was Quilters Bazaar in Gisborne. They had a block of the month and I just had to do it.

All I had done is the 1st month and had started the 2nd month.

I stitched the wings and hair on this block. It just needs its little numbered pocket on it.

My daughter bought it too but didn’t sew very much at all. When she gave me back all her sewing supplies this was amongst it. At least it was altogether in a folder but no threads with it.

This 1st block is stitched. The pockets have not been attached.

The 2nd block was started.

Looks like I’ll be finishing both projects. 

These sew up to make a lovely advent calendar. Each block has a little pocket with the days number on it.

My grandsons are now 17 and nearly 15 so by the time these are finished they will make nice gifts for their homes in the future.

Linking up with https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2025/10/slow-sunday-stitching_01313302528.html

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.

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