Park Avenue

is the name of the UFO I am now trying

to finish, using delious Park Avenue by

3 Sisters for Moda.

It has been in this state for MONTHS.....

This is what I have to deal with

and what it should look like when finished

I now have 43 Civil War blocks done

so that means I have until Saturday to get the remaining 5 blocks done.

Very do-able I think

Tonight I am going to start block 6 of

In My Garden, Love making this quilt

and only 3 blocks to go after #6 is finished :)



On my Must do list

A couple of weeks ago I ordered myself a

just released at Houston book

all because of this quilt, I love it,

its high on my list of must make quilts

meanwhile I finished Block 5, except for the

'rails n nails' and some diamonds on the left

and I have some applique to do for my Civil War Quilts

they are on tonights stitching list in front of the tv

you never know I might even get to start block 6



36

Civil War quilt blocks are

now completed

Yesterday the weather man was spot on

we got 57 mm's of rain in just under 24 hours

perfect stitching weather

the girlies watched movies

I got to sew ALL DAY

sorry about the 2 photos but this is what my design wall

looks like at the moment and blogger won't post them

side by side for me :(

I need to change the 2nd row # 6 block

the background needs to blend in a

bit more, atm it sticks out.

Today was a gorgeous if not windy day

so

I weeded a garden bed today and we now have a

small vege patch with

sweetcorn

2 x chillies

2 x capsicum

snow peas

lettuce

bok choy

and then in another bed we have 4 different varities

of tomatoes.

I have also finished block 5 of

In My Garden

I am just adding the fence 'rails and nails'

the palings are all done and so is the gate

Friday night I stitched all the embroidery on the other 4

blocks, and added the needleturn bits that hadn't been done

dh printed some patterns for me at work yesterday

I also found the pattern online for a quilt I started at the begining

of the year, using yummy Park Avenue fabric, the original pattern went awol

in the move so I printed it

off and tomorrow will pull out all my bits and see where I am

up to, after the house gets a good clean between the rain, the dog

and the kids its much needed :)



It's Catch Up time

for me this weekend

its supposed to be wet and miserable so

that means it PERFECT sewing weather

and what am I catching up on

my Civil War Quilts quilt

I have 23 of the blocks sewn, 2 cut out ready

to be sewn and I have just spent the last 2 hours

printing off the remaining 22 blocks that I haven't made

If you would like to make the quilt, Barbara will be leaving all

the blocks and instructions on the CWQ blog until

July 1 2012 then they will be removed.

There are only 6 more blocks to be posted

So I have better get sewing .

Oooooh I finally finished the house last night

and started on the fence......

only 19 more palings to stitch and the gate......

Still Building

Block 5, its the biggest one

but the end is in sight, just 5 more flowers and 5 leaves

to applique on.

then I have a fence to build......

I went to Bega this morning, and picked up some

backing for my pies and tarts

and some black background fabric and fat 1/4's for

a new project for the lounge room wall

the reds aren't really that red

New project can be found withing these pages

and at Merimbula I picked up some new clover blue pens,

thread for hand quilting and a new cutter,

a  PINK one :)

and yesterday I managed to get this top together

very easy but very time consuming

and I love it :)



Busy Busy Busy

with housework and In My Garden

today I managed to clean the house and sew blocks 3 & 4 together

Block 4

Block 3

and all together

I even got time to stitch more of these together

the final row just needs to be sewn into the blocks

thats tomorrows job then I guess I will have to

sort them out and start sewing rows together.

I am still stitching block 5, I got the house finished at

quilting group yesterday, now I just have 2 giant trees

and the tree flowers and leaves and it will be done.

Its been a productive day for me.



Friday Night Sew In Progress

I know its Sunday night and I am

only just doing my FNSI post,

but better late than never

Suprise

I worked on block 4 of In My Garden

I know there are 3 flowers missing but I can't stitch them

on until the blocks are pieced

I got my flower pots, potted

and the ladybirds I did Thursday night

they are very cute and will be even cuter

when I embroider their legs.

Our weekend consisted of going to the beach yesterday it was warm

enough even for me to get in too.

Today it was overcast and wet, so dh went diving

the girlies played nicely (for once) and watched

the last Harry Potter movie

I got blocks 5 & 6 ready for stitching

caught up on my shows that I had recorded

and watched

Oranges and Sunshine.

Tonight I have been building a house (block 5)

Tomorrow is quilting group, so I will get to stitch the day

away with other likeminded ladies, even if I am the

baby of the group, its a great day out and

the ladies have lots of knowledge to share :)



I *heart* needleturn applique & FNSI

really I do, its my new favourite

the more I do to better I am getting

Block 3 of In My Garden

I have 2 squares to applique on, then I need to add legs, beaks,

tree trunks and they are done.

Yesterday I managed to finish watching Greys Anatomy

season 7 and trace out Block 4's pieces.

I got the ladybirds and 1 flowerpot stitched

last night after I finished off the pear tree and the

diamond blocks

Block 5 is traced and ready to go, it was sitting in

block 2's spot in the folder, it wasn't until I saw the

'Congratulations you are halfway' comment

that I realised I had gotten

very ahead of myself and then went to find block 2

lol

Tonight is the monthly online

Friday Night Sew-in

go add the link to your blog and join in

no surprises what I will be working on which is

 In My Garden

Some Days

You just shouldn't bother picking up your

rotary cutter, due to constant stuff ups....

That was my morning.

I decided I needed to sew the In My Garden blocks I had

appliqued into their blocks

it took me awhile and I had to use some of my

finishing kit fabrics, but I got there in the end

Block 1

Block 2

and both of them together

I just need to do a little bit of embroidery, things like

antenna's on the butterflies and snails and it will be done

I started stitching Block 3 yesterday, only 3 more to do

and block 3 will be complete too.

I am loving this quilt :)



In My Garden

I thought it was time to start working on

this BOM I collected over the past 11 months

lots of little pieces to needleturn, and I am

loving it. I also found my missing block 5
it was in block 2's pocket of the folder I keep them all in
Block 2 was in the tin with block 1 lol

My needleturn has improved so much over the last 12

months, I think its my new love.

and if I don't start a new night time stitching project

 my SKoW quilt will be finished, quilted and bound

by January

Block 1

there is another little block to add, I just need to applique 3 teeny

circles on, these have been finished for soooooo long

Block 2

the orchard

butterflies, the sun and ????

I still have dragonflies and snails to do then its onto block 3

and SKoW My Favourite Things progress

Packed my suitcase I am ready

chocolates anyone......

so that was my weekends stitching.

Some Kind of Wonderful Update

I am making steady progress

with my SKoW quilt.

and a sneaky peak at my SSCS pressie

thats it, that all I can show you

I am off to get my suitcase ready!

no I'm not going anywhere 

it's the suitcase for my SKoW quilt lol



A lovely Weekend

We have had a lovely weekend, productive for me, but lovely none the less

I have finished the quilting on the couch quilt, sewn the binding on and

half of it down, I cut 288 2" squares for my MIL's Christmas present

Yesterday is was a glorious 27degress, so we were at the beach by

9:30 dh went for a dive the girlie's played in the water

and I sat an read my book, we were there until 11 and look

what dh caught, we had fresh fish for tea last night yummo

I sorted through my fabrics for my SKoW quilt and

this is what I came up with I need a couple of browns though

so I will get them out of my repro stash

and the background fabrics

my 1st block

tonight I will do another block in front of the tv :)

I also got the last tart stitched down, I just need to get some backing fabric

and quilt it, but if I am going to quilt it how I want I either need some

serious circle work practise on the quilty beast or quilt it by hand

very undecided on which way to go.

I hope you all had a wonderfully warm

and productive weekend too