Skip to main content

March [in review]

The first three months of this year have just flown by - when we first set Easter as our date for moving, it seemed ages away, and now it's just two days away. We've spent every Saturday of 2015 (with just two exceptions to celebrate birthdays) sorting and packing, and some Sundays and evenings as well and if everything works out, in just 1 month we will have the initial work on the new house finished and living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms set up and ready to be lived in. I. Cannot. Wait.

A new towel for Mia
Because all of this packing has eaten into my sewing time. I'm really glad that I had a few mini quilts in the works as these have been so good for me - a little bit of sewing here and there and suddenly it's a finish, with all the satisfaction and sense of achievement that brings!

I picked up an old WIP/UFO and did a few stitches!
So how was March? Well I've spent a fair amount of time on the nursery hoops and enjoyed a couple of quick finishes (I have to confess that they don't all have felt on the back yet... not my favourite part of the process).

And I have a few minis that I finished too: a mini version of Patchwork City - this sits on my desk at work and every time I see it I would love to make a full quilt of this size block - I'm a little bit mad!

I finally finished the wood grain mini for Michael's cousin and her husband.

I finally finished my Wild Flowers EPP quilt.

I finished the UK Mini Swap quilt (here's a sneak peak)

I finally finished the Sashiko zippy pouch I've been working on for ages.

I finally made the earring organizer I've been planning in my head or years (are you seeing the theme)

And I finished the Preppy The Whale Baby quilt.

I also started a cushion for Mia

And kept up on track with the Moccasin BOM.


Linking up with Fresh Sewing Day and WIP Wednesday
Labels:

Comments

Laura Chaney said…
Moving is so tiring (both mentally and physically) I can't believe how much you got done in March despite spending so much time working on the move! Congrats and good luck with the big day!
2 April 2015 at 06:02
Lin said…
It still amazes me how much you accomplish! Reading this Saturday morning so thinking of you moving and hoping that it is not raining. We are back in Taunton (Sidmouth on Friday) and it is another grey day! xx
4 April 2015 at 10:17
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

365 Quilt Challenge 2016 [A finish]

I can't believe I've just typed that heading! When I made the block for January 1st 2016 I could not have imagined the journey this quilt would have taken me on. So make yourselves comfortable and grab a cup of tea, because this blog post may get lengthy! I'd seen the 365 Quilt Challenge on Facebook. I think every quilter on Facebook must have been aware of it. Loads of my friends had signed up and it kept popping up as a "Page you might like" thing. In the end, in November 2015, I joined the group, had a poke round. Decided it wasn't for me. One of the things that really put me off were the fabric requirements: you needed x amount of dark dark fabric, x amount of medium dark fabric, x amount of dark medium, medium, light medium, light, background.... I just couldn't get my head round those requirements. I'd looked at the mock ups on the wesbite and couldn't bring myself to pick a colour. I put it to the back of my mind. But I had obvious...
6 comments
Read more

Tula Nova [A Finish]

I can't believe it's been nearly two years since an epic day out in Huddersfield with the amazing Tula Pink. That day at Simply Solids was pretty close to the best day ever: a morning lecture by Tula where we got to see some of her quilts - and the amazing quilting by Angela Walters - and then an afternoon workshop with her starting work on the Tula Nova pattern. The centre that I made that day became a cushion, but I redid my centre and kept going with a rainbow or stars around it to create my final Tula Nova. All of the print fabrics are Tula All Stars with Pompoms and Stripes. The solids are all Kona. This was my first real time working with Tula Pink fabrics. I'd long been a fan of her patterns, but not her fabric. After this day I was a convert. We won't discuss how much Tula fabric I now have, nor how many of my current WIPs are Tula WIPs! But this was the start. The medallion is all hand pieced using English Paper Piecing. I learned about fussy cutting to...
4 comments
Read more

All the Little Finishes

 I've had a few recent finishes - mostly smaller pieces and mostly not on my list to finish this year (because I've only just started them!) - lots and lots of pouches! Here's a round up... Three pouches I made for the kids for our holiday - all are the Seamingly Sane Pouch pattern, but I used the pattern add-on to adjust the sizes and customised with some straps and in one case, a pocket. These three pouches are made for our work Yubikeys when we travel to protect them - it's a slightly adjusted Aneela Hooey pattern - the peas are an inside joke! I knew I had pea fabric for a reason! A couple more Seamingly Sane pouches - the smaller one was a birthday present for my Dad, and the floral one was for me to protect my diary when I travel. Seven pouches made entirely from my scraps to hold EPP pieces pre sewing! This is the Peekapouch pattern by Sweet Cinnamon Roses. This is the Not So Little Zippy Pouch by Fabric and Flowers. The pattern is a bit of a challenge, but this ...
3 comments
Read more

Labels

Show more

Archive

Show more