Top done!

I had this done a fortnight ago, but got distracted( again) ánd I am/was doing quite a few odd jobs around the house.

The black outer border is sewn on too, but after that, it did get too big for my wall, so no pic.

Now C has to get her bolt of batting from her attic and then we can layer/baste/pin some quilts; this one and one C made.

Squirrel!!

 I put the red/white aside, ‘cause I got bored by all those square in a square blocks. Instead I picked up the scrappy stars, my “on the go” project. But then…: squirrel!!

Something completely different, and easy to sew. The correct measurements took me a while, I found I had nót printed the template at a 100%. My printer is the most simple one available and instead of fighting the thing for that 100%, I simply drew a template on old fashioned inch paper. Faster and accurate!

I put the newest addition to the family to the test and she most certainly did not disappoint. She sews beautifully, even with the thin 60/3 Precensia thread.

I don’t think that the recipient of this project reads my blog, so this is what I’m doing:

What’ya mean different styles? LOL

And who says you can’t do 2 or 3 projects at the same time?

Stamping

 Quite a while ago, C gifted me a stamp and a inkpad for my birthday. Every now and then, especially when I needed a project `on the go`, I filled a tin with needle, thread, scissors and a pile of fabrics I stamped and cut beforehand.

Now it is stamp time again, since I`m a bit bored by making the endless amount of tedious square in a square blocks to finish my red and white Beast.

Some turned out perfectly fuzzycut

Others didn`t

But all in all

I`m enjoying myself and that is the most important thing of all!

And all I need is a big shoebox with scraps, a stamp and a inkpad….

Quilts, quilts and more quilts..

 Yesterday, C ( my partner in crime) and I went for more than an hours drive to visit the annual Guild exhibition. It has been a while, for those exhibitions are mostly small with only a couple of shops and frankly; we were dissapointed the last few times.

But now, the Guild celebrated it s 40th anniversary and they certainly lived up to the expectation!

There were gorgeous quilts I forgot to photograph….

Quilt with lovely colours…

We got ourselves in a lovely chat with a quilter and a store owner

Ate a blah breadroll because the caterer was really bad..

And we had drops of sweat running don our cleavage (yep) because it was ridiculously hot in the exhibition halls..

We had a great day!

There were special parkingspots for the royal family and parliament members. Apparently they visit the fancy next door hotel? I don’t know.

Too bad C refused to relocate her car there. 

The Beast

 After months of doing everything but not anything quiltwise, I finally found my mojo again.

So, grandchildren’s drawing off the wall and a quilt on.

The “ it takes two”! Now, where was I. Just as I decided to sew the square in a square parts for the border by hand, I found loads in a basket. Hmmm, all machine made,so, let’s proceed with those.

Then I “ lost” 2 packages of 8 yards each, red fabric. My sewing room is small so where could it be hiding??

Found it eventually in a drawer that I already opened 3 times…..

Then prewashed the load with Retayne, dried it, ironed a yard and started cutting squares.

It was only then I realised how humongous this quilt was going to be with the borders sewn on!

92”x110”. Wow that s impressive. I am creating a monster quilt in red and white.

I think it’ll be named The Beast.

Oeps!

Last week I saw an advert for a lovely Singer Featherweight 222. This was on my `wish list`, but 222`s are always waaaaay to expensive. Mindlessly I put in an offer, thinking it would never be accepted.

But to my utter surprise it was and I had to inform my DH that we were going on a road trip to collect a Featherweight I accidentally bought..LOL

Arriving at the seller`s house we were in for another surprise: the man owned a genuine sewing machine museum!!

We got stories and demo`s, looked at pictures and documents and I think my mouth was open all the time.

I should have made moer and better pics as well as a video or 2, but I forgot all that…

On our way home, we stopped in the village and went to a museum, dedicated to those who were in hiding in WW2, very impressing stories and a beautifull old building.

Look at these floors!

I feel a quilt coming up :)

But without further ado, here she is:

First thing I sewed was a reversible sleeve for her protection when storing

The free arm proved very usefull when topstitching

Glad I kept this magnetic bowl instead of gifting it to my DH. I already dropped the screw once and ofcourse it rolled under the fabric cabinet, `cause why not…pfff

Ofcourse I informed my children about my spontaneous purchase.:)

All in all we had a great day and I love this Feather!!(and my children ..)