I'm late for a very important date...

Well, the winter sports season is well and truly under way, and we all know what that means. More time for stitching. I have one quilt that I pieced and appliqued two winter seasons ago, it has it’s batting and backing and is waiting for me to decide it is cool enough for quilting. But before that can happen I still have to finish my daughters quilt for her 21st birthday.

Her birthday actually came and went back in February. She knew that it wasn’t going to be finished, no matter how had I pushed it. Anyway, she said to me, “Look Mum, I know that you can only work on my quilt, when you are feeling good, so it doesn’t matter if it’s not ready on time. I know I will get it one day. Probably because her brothers don’t like pink.” I thought that was really wonderful of her to say something like that. Sob, sob…

So before anything else can be quilted, THE BIRTHDAY QUILT takes priority.

Until next time, happy stitching

To do or not to do...

I have found a temporary solution for my problem with regards to what should I do. I decided to make a list in the front of my stitching journal for this month. I currently have five things on this list and that is how long I am going to leave it.

So far I have started two of the projects that are on the list and I'm well on the way to having one of those completed.

This is the second block of my Angel quilt, I have had trouble with this block because there wasn't enough fabric supplied in the kit for the angels dress and apron, so I had to make substitutions. I liked the colours but the placement was really gnoring away at me. So I swapped the two colours over and I am now okay with how they look so its full steam ahead again.

I hand-quilted one block on my daughters quilt this morning, so we have progress there. I need to figure out how to put a gadget in my sidebar showing progress on this.

I visited the Bunny Tales site today to pick up block 8 of the free A tisket, a tasket BOM project that Anne is running and the sneak peeks that she has given us for the two finished quilts look absolutely stunning. Go and take a look and you just might think so too.

Until next time, happy stitching

Thread the needle first...

Well, where else do you start but by threading the needle. Once that is done you can get stuck in to whatever it is that you are working on. The trouble with that is I don't know where to start. I think to myself surely nobody must have as many projects on the go as I do, but I'm going to put an end to that and make a start on clearing out all of these projects. We all only have so much time on this earth, and it is time for me to get down to business so that I don't leave behind an overwhelming stash for my family to deal with. It's really great my daughter began quilting last year, but she has already fallen into the trap of "too many projects and not enough time". But inbetween studies she is making an effort to complete her first quilt, (not far know, only the borders to go).

Anyway, the weather forecast is for rain, rain and more rain. So I am off to work on my daughters quilt for her 21st birthday in February, it is handpieced and to be handquilted (at least that is half done). But, the problem is I received an exciting package in the mail today and I keep on wanting to play with that.

Until next time, happy stitching