And my main aim was to get my selvedge tote bag finished - my Chookshed Challenge from February. And I did! I got the sewing machine out for a couple of hours in the afternoon and then spent the evening hand sewing down the bindings. Tah Dah
St Victor Quilts
Saturday, 22 March 2025
FNSI March
Sunday, 16 March 2025
Friday Night with Friends
A weeks delay for our FWWFs but thank you Cheryll for getting us organised this week. Sadly, having spent the day painting the garden fence all I could manage in the way of stitch was my Stitch Journal. Here is the last week
Saturday, 8 March 2025
A busy week...
... but quiet on the sewing front.
We have been celebrating Philips 80th birthday this week with family and friends. Starting last Sunday with a family lunch out at Dunster which was delicious and fun. Philips dessert plate was very tasteful I thought!
Rum and raisin ice cream and that little pot was full of rum!!! Good job I was driving.
It was a lovely sunny day too for a nice walk through the town and part of the castle grounds. You can see my suggestion of the castle in this weeks stitch journal.
I have been working on Wings again this week - down to the last 1/8th of the outer border and it will be finished this week! I need to get on with other things.
After a dry week and now that we have milder temperatures I need to get a few things done in the garden. Lovely to have spring here but winter is such a great time for sewing!
Have a good week everyone.
Saturday, 1 March 2025
March already!
February seems to have whizzed by, this last week especially. And now it is the 1st of March. The sun is shining! Well to be fair this is the third day in a row of sunshine and it looks set to continue for the next week. We have had a couple of very white frosty mornings - but I really don't mind when it is followed by sunshine.
My Stitch Journal has progressed this week - this was my week.
And here is the month of February.
I now have some nice new threads to use in my journal as I have opened up a few of the jars that have been stashed in my airing cupboard since the beginning of the month. Very happy with these!
Thursday, 27 February 2025
Chookshed Challenge #10
This is not a finish but, I am much further forward than I expected to be! All quilted now and ready to have straps added and binding across the top sections before closing up the sides.
I have a lovely wide Laura Ashley selvedge from the lining fabric which I am going to incorporate into the straps and more of the script fabric I have used for the gusset. I also have scraps of leftover binding which I can use along the top but will need to cut something wider for the sides to contain the bulk.
Happy to set this aside now for a little while and looking forward to getting started on next months challenge.
Saturday, 22 February 2025
FNSI February
I have spent the week mainly working on my selvedge blocks and finished the last one on Thursday evening. Just in time for me to spend my Friday afternoon trimming them and machining them together.
These are the two sides of my large tote bag - the blocks are 8" square finished so 24" x 16" - and I managed to get the base strip attached and everything layered for quilting before it was time to clear up. Lots of quilting to do next time I get the sewing machine out, but happy with my Friday progress.
My stitch journal progress for this week.
Saturday, 15 February 2025
Skipping over the weather....
..... we will start with my Stitch Journal for the week, and playing with Fly stitch variations for a few days.
A bit of lace going on today but I might fill in that gap around the heart and semi circle as well.
I finished the first of my Trailblazer socks (Winwick Mum pattern) and am very happy with the pattern and colour. It helps that it uses the Winwick Mum basic sock pattern which I pretty much know off by heart now.
But mainly this week I have been focussed on my Chookshed Challenge - selvedge blocks. I now I have eight blocks complete - 4 more to go!
We did pop out one day and stopped at the church of St Etheldreda at St Audries.