Progressing

I have been slowly working on my ongoing projects. Doing a little each day gets you there eventually! I finally put the rows and the blocks all together for Foxley Village.

 I have cut all the border fabrics and am making a few blocks each day.

 Yesterday was a home day so I put together the centre of Anderson's Farm. I had to cut and piece the little squares and then join up the blocks.

 My Splendid Sampler blocks are still coming along. I am 2 behind now so must get onto them soon.

 These t-shirts have kept me busy too. I stupidly asked Benny and Sammy what they would like on their shirts. And here they are! They wanted Peter Rabbit, Lily Rabbit (from the TV show), the very hungry caterpillar and a racing car!!!!

An outing and some sewing

Amy and her family gave me an afternoon out at high tea at the Hyatt for Christmas. What a delightful gift. We girls had such a lovely afternoon eating delicious goodies, chatting and playing ladies!

In these quiet weeks, I have been trying to get on with my ongoing projects! Here are a few more blocks of the Splendid Sampler.

 I managed to finish the final blocks of Foxley Village. Just need to sew the blocks all together and start the pieced borders.

 Two more corners blocks made for Anderson's Farm then piecing as well!

 In between, I enjoyed stitching another block of United stitches. These are fun to do as they are printed on the fabric.

 Lastly, I was a little naughty and couldn't resist starting Dancing Chickens and Flying Pigs by Anni Downs. This is so much fun.

Stitching progress

It has been very hot here lately and it is a bit draining. Luckily we have cooling so some stitching has still been done over these lovely quiet weeks. My most pressing finish was this lovely Tilda bag that Fiona designed for our retreat last year. We are making these projects in class at Hobbysew in a few weeks so I wanted it ready.

 I am a little behind in the Splendid Sampler but with only 10 blocks to go, I do need to keep going. I have enjoyed the process and have learnt lots but will be a little pleased when it is over so I can concentrate on my many other projects.

 I also worked on the last two hand stitched blocks of Foxley village. I do need to applique another fox but mostly it is machining to be done to get the quilt together.

 My other almost finished quilt is Anderson's Farm. These are two of the 4 corner blocks.

 It was lovely to go to stitching on Wednesday and catch up with the ladies. Donna has been making this amazing woollen blanket. She is so clever!

Ma came to visit

We have had a lovely few days with (Old) Ma coming to visit. So nice for her to catch up with us and with the great grandchildren. We didn't get too many pictures of Ma with the children as they are hard to catch! We had a nice time here and at Amy's and at Lyndal's too.

 Love these ones of Alice crocheting like Mummy!

Happy New Year

I have just enjoyed reading some of the New Year blog posts. Happy New Year everyone and thank you so much for visiting my blog. I so enjoy your comments and that you visit regularly. I write this blog for myself as it is such a special way to remember some of the highlights and even the ordinary things of daily life. Thanks for coming to share it with me. I also enjoy reading yours too.
We have had a very good 2016. We have been very lucky to have good health and to be able to enjoy our family, holidays and our many interests, especially stitching and patchwork for me. I don't make resolutions but I am hoping to work on some UFOs this year and finish off some of my many ongoing projects, in between playing with the grandchildren and going on holidays.
This week has been lovely to slowly catch up on a bit of stitching and tidying. But first, let me share some lovely handmade gifts that I received. Fiona sent me this gorgeous pouch in my favourite French general fabrics.

 Paddy made me this gorgeous little canvas work decoration!

 My daughter, Lyndal, is a fabulous crocheter and she created these decorations (note the hexi in the middle of the green one) and this lovely necklace! So spoilt!

 I did make one gift this year. I made this little rabbit for Jack.

 I have always wanted to have a go at a hexi necklace to finally made one for myself for Christmas.

 This week I have been working on these lovely stitcheries for the bag that Fiona created for our retreat in October. We are doing these projects in class at Hobbysew in February so I thought I have better get the sample made! I do love these Tilda colours and fabrics! I am busy making it up!