TTS July Blocks Finished on time!!!!

Go Me!!!!! I have caught up....WooHoo!

A partridge in a pear tree.....

Santa's Boots....Too Cute! *Grin*

Sure feels good to be caught up and not be behind.....

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

"Simple PLeasures" Top Complete!

Rows are all joined and fabric cut for inner borders....

Triangles are all sorted for outer borders......

After ironing them into place I then hand stitched

 the 40 triangles to the outer borders....

The iron on interfacing made this job a lot easier

 and quicker than I thought......Yippee!!

Then I was back on my trusty Bernina sewing the final borders

 onto the quilt top(Happy dance around the sewing room)

Ta Dah!!!!! Finished Quilt Top....

 Because I doubled the size of this quilt it

 is 84 inches x 70 inches which is a great size.....

It suits me better than a wall hanging as we like

 to use as many quilts as we can in our house....

I am really happy with the colour combination.....

 I am going to bind it in the same red as the inner border.....

I stitched together all of my leftover fabric........

To make a scrappy backing........

I didn't want to waste any of this great fabric that

lots of you have asked me who it is by........

It is "Cottage Charm" by Heather Mulder Peterson

 for Henry Glass Fabric with some assorted dots.....

Now to see if Belinda can get it quilted before I go on retreat.....

I think I am pushing it but I will beg, plead,cry,

jump up and down,threaten, ask her nicely.....*Grin*

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Progress onTTS July Blocks

At night on the lounge I am getting some

 stitching done on my July blocks.....

I have joined 2 complete rows together.....

Starting to get a bit excited about how

 it will look all pieced together.....

It will also be good to be caught up!!!!

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

TOMG Christmas Swap Gift Sent!

I joined the Oz Material Girls Christmas swap....

I had to make something of any size and post it to

my swap partner on or before the 1st of August....

I have posted off my gift to my swap partner

"Janis" in New Zealand.....

I hope she likes it and I will post a pic

 after I know she has received her parcel.....

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

"Simple Pleasures" A work in progress!

After cutting lots of 6 1/2 inch squares from

 fabric and light weight interfacing.......

I stitched up lots of these....

Cut them on the diagonal and turned them so I had

 lots of these triangles for my borders.....

I cheated and used iron on interfacing so they

 would be easy to hold into place when I hand

stitched them to the borders later.....

Here they are all piled up after I finger pressed them all.....

Perfect Points and no turning over for applique.....

Gotta be happy with that!

Then there was lots more cutting of triangles to

 sew to either ends of the rows of blocks......

Now I am off to sew all of the rows together.....

Getting closer to a finished quilt top (Insert excited look here.)

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Working on "Simple Pleasures"

I have been spending some time sewing

 these 4 patch squares together......

To make 20 of these......

I then sewed far too many 80 of these triangles on....

And ended up with these.......

I also finished stitching my 12 stitcheries to

 the wool felt and then to the blocks......

I am happy with the result.....

The colours all look great together.....

I am now off to join the rows together.......

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

"A Christmas Story" Back from the Quilter

I decided not to quilt my "Christmas Story" by hand

 as I have a few things on the go at the moment

 and just wanted to have a finish.....

I tried a new quilter and am a bit disappointed with the result.....

He has gone off track with some of the stitch in the ditch bits.......

He also quilted squares over my squares

where I had asked for a "X"......Duh!!!

Anyway I have stitched the binding on......

And made a hanging rod........

Now just need to hand stitch it all down and make a label.....

Here is a shot of the squares....What the!!!

They weren't even straight, I have unpicked them

 all and will do something on them myself....

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Knitted Neck Warmer

A friend of mine gave me this great

 pattern for this knitted Neck Warmer.....

I haven't picked up a pair of knitting needles for years

so I dug out my old needles and headed to

Spotlight where I got this lovely cream wool and buttons.......

I think I will put 3 buttons on mine when it is finished.....

Can't wait to finish it and wear it!!!!

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Playing Around with "Simple Pleasures"

I have been having a play with my Simple Pleasures stitcheries and have decided to blanket stitch them to this wool felt and then stitch them to the bacground blocks with running stitch....

What do you think of that?

I think it should be effective.....

I was hoping to get this finished and quilted so

I could take it on retreat to Nowra in August.....

I think I may be pushing it!!!!!

I have made my thread choices.....

Now for some time to get stuck into it.....

Might need to burn the midnight oil for a few nights *Grin*

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Belated June Blocks

Yippee!!!!!.....June blocks all finished..........

Elfin Sleigh.......

And Christmas Joy.....

One month to go and I will be caught

 up to the Stitch-A-Long girls.....

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Another cushion for Nan

I made this cushion for my Nan for Mothers Day to match

the quilt that I had made her the previous year....

You can check out her quilt here:-

http://kate-showandtell.blogspot.com/2011/05/nans-quilt.html

I used the border fabric to make a flange instead of a ruffle....

I found the pattern in a Homespun Magazine

 and thought it would be perfect......

The embroidery detail is sweet.....

I stuffed it nice and tight to allow for squashing but  it is also

"too good to be used"

 so sits on her bed with her quilt.....Gotta love her....

*Grin*....Just had to share this......

I painted it for her a long time ago and it hangs

 above her chair in the loungeroom......

Not really much more to say as this says it all....

Love you Nan xo

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate