FNWF - November

I had a FDandNWF!
I sewed all day with my Friday group (Needle Girls)...well apart from a lengthy discussion about what fabrics were needed fro a 2025 project!!!!  and tonight I sewed some more.

I did some of this block...a Fig 'n' Berry pattern

and then I worked on the current Winter Shop...the Pizzeria - not much to go on that . . .

Thanks Cheryll for hosting us, thanks all participants for the cyber company.  

Sunday Stitchers - October - UFO Challenge #8 - My Town

This quilt has been "hanging around" laying dormant in a cupboard for a very long time.

In 2011 - Homespun magazine had a BOM featuring buildings...(I am a sucker for projects with houses/buildings...snd trees).  It was called 'My Town".
There were 9 blocks published...but I wanted something smaller and I had a great fabric to use as the border, which was sufficient for a smaller version using 4 blocks..

By August 2013 I had 2 blocks made and was working on another - here

At a retreat at Glenrose in November 2016 - I had the top made.

I think I added some of the decorations and had it quilted...not sure when...a number of years ago that is for sure.

Finally - decorations added, binding done.  Did someone mention a label??...maybe later.

Some close-ups of the blocks...to show some of the do-dads I added and talked about in FNSI.

I had the wooden signs made at the local men's shed.

Very glad to tick that one off the list...not the oldest UFO I have....

And that is the end of my Sunday Stitchers Challenge for the year.
We did start with 12 projects - but the two remaining ones need a lot of work and I have other more urgent things.  So, I adopted Deana's approach for the Chookshed Challenge and am stopping at 10 projects.

How did I do?  Not as well as for the Chookshed Challenge...

#2 - I made a start but wasn't happy with it.

#3 - needs a lot more blocks made.

#7 - large applique shapes to be made into the top...but needs a lot of quilting.

Oh well, 7 x DONE, 1 x Good Progress...probably better than if I hadn't had the Challenge to keep me motivated.
We are keeping the 2025 SS Challenge to 10 projects!!!

Fishy Business - October

My Rainbow Scrap Challenge project this year was to make the blocks for Fishy Business.  The October colour was "lights".  I didn't think that was going to work well for my brightly colored fish, so RSC 2024 is over for me.  (The rest of the year is to make the quilt.)

So this month for my fish blocks,I picked colours/fabrics  that I haven't yet used.

FNSI - October

Oops, I am running behind on this post, and for record keeping as most of the activity happens in that other place. It's the dark side.....LOL

Friday was the day for Shop 4 in the Little Winter Shop series, so I made a start...mainly so it was ready for sewing at Sunday Stitchers on the weekend.

But I also needed to work on adding the final doo-dads to this quilt as it is my Challenge project at Sunday Stitchers for this month.

A cross for the top of a church

An umbrella stand outside a Tea Shop

There are 4 buildings in this quilt - what are the other two???
Bonus cyber points if you know what the quilt is...LOL

There were a number of bits to be added...stay tuned for a reveal of the quilt post.

Thanks Wendy for organising us again.

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - #8 - A Christmas Stitchery

When the group first discussed this Challenge... a few numbers were assigned to specific things - totally optional of course - but #8 was to be a Christmas stitchery and many of us decided to use a design from Anni Downs - the one she released for Christmas 2023. 

I had originally thought to enlarge it a bit and make it into a mini quilt to hang on a little wooden hanger I have - so it would need to be 12 x 14"....BUT I only have one hanger and several minis that fit, so I pondered . . Then Janice had another bright idea - to do this one and a few of the previous ones and make a larger, though still small, quilt.
At the moment - that is my plan...

Here is the 2023 Anni Downs Christmas Stitchery, using Anchor Variegated red (#1206)

I haven't trimmed it yet, pending a final decision on how I will use it.

And the 2024 Challenge is over.  Deana wisely restricted it to 10 projects - figuring that by November we were likely busy with Christmas projects.

So, How did I do?

I am happy to say that I completed 8 projects and for those that I didn't finish - I do have a finished top.  Finishing off will probably go on the 2025 list.

Huge thanks Deana for suggesting this and keeping us on our toes by posting the Linky Party each month.

FNWF - October

The year is flying past....but some regular catch-ups are good.

Friday Night saw me sewing the binding onto a quilt...This is my Sunday Stitchers Challenge for October... it's a very old UFO - originally started around 2011...but will be finished this month.  There are numerous 'doo dads" (embellishments)....to add.

Come back after October 20th to see the front!

Thanks Cheryll & fellow FNWFers!

RSC - August & September

My RSC blocks took a back seat for August.  August colour was Orange - but as Janice pointed out - the September Fishy Business block was to be a little school of goldfish - so it seemed appropriate to use orange for that - that meant I had to wait to hear the September colour before I could do the August blocks.  September RSC challenge colour is "Darks - black & brown".

Confused??

So here is August

And September

I thought it was time to see how they all look together - although there are still 3 more Fishy Business blocks (2 each month) to go.  There are additional squares to be added too.

Just random order. . . no plan yet.

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - #7 - Placemats for Meals on Wheels

This was a pretty open-ended project...Placemats...I didn't specify how many....so it was easy to reach my goal...LOL

I did need to finish off these 4 that were started in a LQS workshop - giving us 4 ways to add binding.  I picked up a few tips - shared a tip with the instructor (LOL) and finally finished them.
I had done the poped/flanged binding before...but I make the contrast narrower. (Kits were provided with strip cut etc).  The one I had not tried before was the blue one - where you bring the backing over to the front to form a frame.  Good for placemats and wall hangings.  Not sure I would do it for a quilt...but at least I have the technique now.

Then I raided the bag where I had pieces cut, partly made placemats etc.  I dedicated about 2 days to the task and got 10 of the yellow/florally ones done - I still have more of that fabric..cut to size ready to go - but I want to get some backing fabric for those.

In the "Placemats' box, I also found some blocks that came from a lady who had passed away. There was no pattern or additional fabric with these blocks, so I put them aside for placemats.  I lost some of the points, but the colours are good - especially for men.

So Project #7 can be ticked as "DONE".
If we do the Challenge again in 2025, I will make "Placemats for Meals on Wheels" one of my items.  I still have a bit in that box!

Thanks Deana for suggesting this challenge - it has really helped move some things along the line....one project to go...guess we don't need to "wonder" what that will be . . . .LOL😁

FNSI - September

Time for another cyber meeting hosted by Wendy.

I settled down on the lounge, watching Better Homes & Gardens and started a cross stitch.  I was expecting to vacate my chair so the other half could watch the AFL game.  But he was happy to watch on the other TV, so I stayed put and watched some "Escape to the Country".

This is Shop #3 from Little Winter Shops by Spruce Craft Co (based in Melbourne).  I stitched the Little Summer Shops previously.
It's an easy stitch....not too much counting and one shop a month - so it can easily be slotted in between all the other projects.
Hope all the FNSI'ers had a good night and got some / a lot of crafting done.

SS Mini Quilts - Winter and Spring

My Sunday Stitchers Group decided we would make Seasonal things (mini quilts etc.) in 2024.

I posted my Autumn one in March.

And I finished my Winter one by the Due Date, but neglected to post about it

So, here is Winter.

Now its Spring (though we had a short burst of summer at the end of Autumn).

My plan at the beginning of the year was to do my house in the different seasons . . .but ...(1) I am a bit bored by the idea now and (2) I seem to be short of time!!!

So, I opted for a machine embroidery design called "Signs of Spring Tree" by Urban Threads.
I found a Quiet Play fabric in white with clouds and raindrops, dyed it with some blue paint and food colouring and added some green for the grass.

I was finished enough...but I did run out of time....I plan to add a sun and some more bits to it.

At least I have a good plan in mind for my Summer one.