Finished Quilts

Sunday 23 February 2014

fate

I tempted fate this week.  My new boss asked me how everything was going and I said that no-one was sick so it was all good.  Next day, the boys both started hacking and sneezing and then passed it on to me.  I did manage some sewing before it fully kicked in...

First up, Sue's Bumbling Honeys block.  I'm pretty chuffed with most of the points on this one


Unfortunately, my pride came before a fall.  I sent everything back to Sue with a note saying that I didn't need to use her flying geese templates cos I rock and made them for this block a different way.  Block done before the end of the month...what's not to be chuffed about.  Except in the depths of a flu sweat last night I realised I was meant to make the flying geese AS WELL as this block.  I'm such a dope.  Sorry Sue (she has been really kind about my dopiness).

Anyway, next up were a couple of angel blocks for Betty in the QATWII swap.  Nightmare scenario - all of her blocks made it around the world but got lost on the final leg back to her.  So, this first one was also a nightmare due to my maths fail (which is shaming because I manage a maths education project).  I walked away from it for the night and came back next day, added a border and it was finally a 12.5" block.

rubbish night time photos
This next one was started and finished during the first episode of the new series of the Great British Sewing Bee.  I erred on the side of caution and used a block pattern from the Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop book..


It worked and I  like it!

One of my friends is 39 weeks pregnant and clearly needed a divided basket for all the nappy gubbins so I knocked this up on Wednesday whilst Laughing Boy was getting depressed and sicker at the football....


 I ran out of fabric for the divider bit but fortunately had it in another colourway and it worked out really well.  I'm not good at baby baby things so wanted to make something that could be used post baby needs, hence the more sober exterior.  She loved it, thankfully.  And another friend has just announced that baby #2 is on the way so I see another of these on the cards.

It was certainly easier than the first one, which was made at an EMMQG sewing day at Bradmore last September, which brings me nicely to yesterday.... another fabulous EMMQG sewing day at Bradmore! Lovely ladies, lovely cake, lovely soup, lovely biscuits, lovely chat. I forgot to take many photos but there were some lovely quilts on show.  Ange (and bump) turned up to try out Kerry's new machine...



I was working on Catherine's Komebukuro bag, which I promised to pattern test for her ages ago (sorry I'm so late to this one, C).  She arranged for Ali at veryberryhandmade to send me a gorgeous pack of liberty lawn scraps....


I got one full side and one 3/4 side done...



I am a slow sewista but my cold also slowed me down.  By 8pm last night, I was in bed with three duvets and a quilt and blocks of ice for feet.  I think the worst has past but what I wouldn't give for a germ-free month...come on March, help us out!

Any advice on avoiding the lurgy would be most welcome!

18 comments:

  1. It's one thing after another isn't it? We still all have hacking coughs and the remnants of colds which seem to completely disappear! I hope you have come out from your nest today feeling a bit better :) xx

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  2. That should say 'never' disappear! Beautiful blocks too and I'm very jealous of your guild meet up!

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  3. You've been busy on some great projects! Love the Liberty...

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  4. Ange and bump? More like Ange and the massive watermelon she's smuggling up her top! Love those bee blocks, the first one is fabulous. I wasn't well after the meeting either, I had another migraine. That's two I've had after guild meetings, I'm clearly allergic to someone...

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  5. Gorgeous work, love what you're doing with the liberty. We're stocked up on lemons and honey in this house - would kill for a Lemsip!

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  6. Oh not again, you poor things! Chicken soup. Honey/lemon/ginger/whisky. Get better soon. xxxx

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  7. You tried Ecanasia??? Health food shops have it - worth a go? Lovely blocks you've been making Mrs x

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  8. Love it all!! Hope you feel better quick and no advice, I've had one cold after another for about 3 months! X

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  9. We have colds circulating around here too. You seem to have been pretty productive even so!

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  10. I was also completely confused by the Geese template, but did eventually work it out and you aren't the only one who didn't do it. I didn't because I knew I'd have to rush if I did both, hope Sue doesn't mind!

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  11. It's the same over here. It's the 4th time the kids are ill this year!!! Aaaah! Heads up! Spring will come!

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  12. Oh dear, hope you are all feeling better soon! Lovely blocks and I'm very jealous of your guild meet up

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  13. Wow your Bee block is very impressive! Surely that is enough for one Bee month? Forget the geese!

    Also loving your Liberty scrap pack and blocks - very pretty. I didn't have any Liberty at all until the Retreat and since then I have found myself squirreling bits away in an "I have a problem" kind of way. Total addict.

    Hope you are over the flu soon - if it is any consolation, it looks like you get more done with the flu than I get done without!

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  14. you have certainly done a great deal since your last post. What a bumber the round robin being lost in the post I do hope it turns up somewhere. Lots of lovely things, reminds me that i lent my fat quarter book to friend last may and still not had it back, shame as I had only made 2 blocks from it, must get it back and do more. Sounds like you are in a great group.

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  16. No advice sorry, I think you've infected me!

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  17. Great blocks and the bag looks amazing already.

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  18. So sorry you are down with the lurgy! Generous family members to share so kindly with you! I hope they are now running round and tending to your every need!

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