Civil War Block

And I am still on track with my Civil War weekly blocks posted by Barbara .

Had  giggle to myself on Saturday night when I was reading the story with this block-as I had been sitting down in the lounge knitting, a pair of slipper socks-and I thought hmm wonder if Barbara has posted the new block yet , now you have to go read the story eh?

Block 22 Blockade- Ok I fiddled with this one and kinda made it a tad different.

When these are put together it sure is going to be a large variety of colours..

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Civil war blocks

Oopsie I forgot to post pics of my last 2 blocks, I am enjoying this weekly block by Barbara and her stories that each block represents are great reading.

 

Block 20 –new England , I love how this one turned out-it would have to be my most favourite block I have made so far.

Block 21-Underground Railway.

I find it stunning how there is lots of people making these blocks but no 2 blocks look the same made up, with all the different fabrics people are using.

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Found the photos yeah

Finally woohoo..

Remember I made the quilt out of Bliss Charms, and said I was going to get my money worth out of them well I believe I did just that..

My version of Oopsie Daisy Runner by Jenny..love it

And the other runner I just cut the charms @ odd angles and sewed with a kinda quilt as you go method..

Am very happy to have some nice fresh looking table runners around the house…

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Bargain

Firstly grrr, can’t find where my photos are of my items I finished couple of weeks ago..hopefully that will be rectified real soon.

Anyways I am on a bit of a knitting bug at the moment, and when I went down the street this morning I popped into the Salvos Store and had a rummage thru the habby basket…

I dug real deep right down to the bottom but alas I didn’t find any wool…buut I did find this.

Nice price yes.. but look there is more

There actually is five different colours x10 5”charms=40x5diff coloured 5”charm squares.

AND

What a happy camper I was…

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Wasting Days

Yeah yipee the camera is working…

However you will have to wait for the craft pics-due to

me wasting time trying to do this-was not easy with my stupid knee.

Lots of cuddles in bed with Grandma.

I like my pram Grandma it’s real comfy, can we go now?

All smiles…and if you look at Grandma’s eye you will see that her knee has been robbing her of sleep (I am so over it)..

I will post sewing pics during the week.

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Shhhhhhhhhhhhh & A Giveaway

Headache- neck ache - back ache and yep the knee is still aching.

And my camera has gone and placed its legs skyward grrr,

EDIT EDIT see told you I was having a bad day….I actually purchased it from that other shop –yes I’m an internet shopper and love both these shops equally…Sarah and Pauline both provide prompt –efficient service..

I had set aside today to start my Christmas Fun Button BOM by Lynette Anderson Designs, Which I purchased from that shop again (gosh I love shopping there). I have had this for several weeks and then Christmas Fun #2 arrived and it too has sat on the side of my work bench. I asked myself why I had not started and just could not find an answer so today was the day to start…

And so start I did.

Stop hold that thought I knows why I was reluctant to start..the blocks are teeny weeny=sewing with bits of fabric under 2” square. Oh my It has taken me 4 hours and lots of mutterings to finally get CF #1 at the stage where I can sit and do the hand stitching.

Pffft ok that’s my whinge for the day…

Do you know Lyn from Bluebirdquilts ??? yes of course you do..well she has been blogging for 5 years and has an awesome blogaversary giveaway =lots of yummy reproduction fat ⅛’s just for the winner, oh yeah and there is a request with a difference…go on go have a peek you know you want to –but hey if you forget to leave a comment that’s fine , more chances for me then hehehe…

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Blissful sewing

Ah I just love the Bliss range and I sure got my money out of the 2 charm packs I purchased from that online trap wonderful store.

Thankyou to all who took thought and commented on my last post re the binding.

I ended up going neither of what I had suggested, as I really wanted to make another runner out of the remaining charms. And the thought of the white binding going off colour-well that just wasn’t on my agenda.

I am very happy with how this quilt ended up looking, it originally was going to be a pattern out of Schnibbles times Two however when I cut out 3 different block pieces (that would be the 3 centre blocks in this quilt), whilst constructing each block it worked out I was chopping off 1½” of charm –uh uh quick calculation what a waste. It was then that I decided I would just make this up as I went along…

During sewing somehow I got 3 yuk grease marks on this…I sprayed them with Eucalyptus before washing most of the marks came out, at this point of time I think I can live with the faint marks on it.

Uh uh no Miss Lindi this is not yours!

Sun is shining so bright this afternoon was hard to get a good photo.

This runner is just waiting for me to make up my mind about some stitchery detail.

Aww yep you guessed it moire bliss.

And this one is waiting for me to trace the stitcheries to add to it.

So bright and fresh..

And that’s a sneak peek of another project, oh it’s so pwetty…

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