Swoon………

I have been trying to collect a mixture of pink and brown fabrics as this is the colour I wish for our new bed quilt to be..I toyed with the idea of just making random 12” blocks but then I saw the Swoon post over at Katy’s and then I saw a post at Lindi’s and I  started thinking Swoon
 
and I thought some more and some more even and then thankyou Miss Lindi I have joined the Swoon-craze..yep I am sure it is an addiction..

Made 1st block..hmm oh yes I’m in love

Number 2 block well yep lots of cutting but after sewing with small bits of fabric I feel this is a breeze…

Ok got carried away and had to make another..

Decided the cut offs were growing too rapidly so started sewing them together, these will end up as a runner for the dresser and probably toppers for the bedside tables too..

Oh and look there is my 4th block..
Precise cutting from fq’s is required for these blocks and I have scrapped 2 fq’s as they were not cut straight-so I am now measuring my fq’s before I start to cut..
The blocks appearing on the flicker group are awesome and they all look so lovely and  different ,
Cheers Vickie
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Sewing room floor

When I  cleaned up my sewing room 2 weeks ago,I popped my rubbish bin up on a stool and just had never got around to taking it off..Well it has just come to me that it can live on a stool forever.

Look at my floor just a couple of threads no scraps of fabric nudaaaaaaaah, because with the bin on the stool I actually hold the waste and pop in into the bin-instead of a general sweep off the edge and hit and miss kinda thing.

And before you all go “but hey you have to sew to make a mess”. well I have been doing the Swoon sewalong with Kate ,I have been swooning along rather happily will post some pics soon am making 4th swoon block now.

Cheers for now Vickie

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CW Blocks now a top

I have been sewing sewing and sewing and updating on FB, oops bad me nearly forgetting to update my blog.

So I went along with 7 rows of seven blocks-as I could not find some of my blocks, I kept looking for them as I was sewing along but to no avail..

Blocks sashed together into rows..blasted cat would not move..

Rows being sewed together.

Not taken in the best light, but now all rows joined.

TA DA final border added and laid out on our kingsize bed..I am loving the fabric I chose for the border and just for something different I mitred the corners-but in no way did I try to match the fabric on the pattern.

Now I honestly don’t know what to do with it, I think it is too huge for me to quilt it..so it may just have to have a nice rest in a closet for awhile..

Thank you to Barbara for these wonderful blocks each week and to the wonderful ladies that posted tutorials with their blocks as they made them, I know them blog posts  helped me out on many a occasion.

Oh yes and wouldn’t you know it on a final clean up of my sewing room today I found the rest of the blocks, aw well I now have some nice blocks to make some pot holders.

Cheers Vickie

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Civil War Blocks

It sure has been an educational journey sewing these blocks each week (ok I didn’t make one every week but I made them all-barr 1), the stories that Barbara put up with each weekly block were excellent..thank you Barbara for sharing these blocks each week..

 

Block 50 Grapes of wrath

Block 52 Christmas Star

Block 53 Union Shield

I would also like to thank the others that participated in this weekly event and posted how to on their blogs with pictures – it sure made making the tricky ones easier to make…

Ok now I will look at some assembling…hmmmm

Cheers Vickie

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December Done

Happy New Year..I pray you all had a saw the new year in safely....
Yeah the batteries finally charged so I could take picture of my completed section..was not easy to get it all in I might add..



And the loooong picture..

I am enjoying the needle turn more and more, but man the piecing of them wee bits eek –and also them strippy borders will challenge me to the end as I’m one of them matchy types and am trying real hard to mix it up some, I changed my Suitcase tags to some of the places that I have visited that will stay in my memory for ever.
cheers Vickie

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