A little Paper Piecing

"Pervalong" Progress

Last night the piecing instructions for block A and B went up

So I quickly prepared my blocks

layed them out and started paper piecing them

the back of block A

and the front of Block A

Then off to do block two

sew them together and they look something like this

and flipped, like this

It is not to late to join in, just go HERE

Have a great day.

Miss Lily and I are off to our LQS for some retail therapy 

for a project that I started yesterday.

I will share that one soon, I promise :o)

hugs, Sharon

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FNSI - Results

The start to my FNSI was a little slow to start as I had to make 4 batches of scones just before 5pm for Miss Keegan to take back to school for the School Fair.  Her class was running a cafe and Devon shire Tea's were on the menu ... yum yum.

When we did eventually get back home I got to settle in for the night.

I started off by finishing off a Softie that has been sitting around way to long!

Then put the last stitches in my secret project for the Friends with Benefits Swap

I then set up to start working on the Hand Quilting for my Swoon.

I am not really sure where I will go with the hand quilting so I am just going to start off by doing 1/4" inside the seams  for every block.

I am already thinking that I might like to do something inside the centre star so I will be keeping my eye out for inspiration.

Wrestling this beast, all 80" square of it, meant that one was enough for one night

so on to the next thing then bed.

I managed to finish of another Rose Star for my garden.



Rose Star No. 4

So overall a very productive FNSI.

 It is Miss Lily's birthday party tomorrow so I have some catering to organise today,

oh and that cake to decorate!

Enjoy your weekend.

Sharon

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New York Beauty QAL

I know that I do not need another Quilt-along to do

but this one (I think) will be good as a skills builder  Paper Piecing and curves all on one .... I am a little scared! Here is the schedule for the block tutorials if your interested.It is only one block a week.

March 5 - Kim from My Go-Go Life {Block 0}
March 12 - Sara from Sew Sweetness {Block 5}
March 19 - Megan from Canoe Ridge Creations (Block 1}
March 26 - Kati from From the Blue Chair {Block 8}
April 2 - Jeni from In Color Order {Block 7}
April 9 - Amy from Sukie Don't You Know Who I Am? {Block 6}
April 16 - Katy from The Littlest Thistle {Block 2}
April 23 - Lee from Freshly Pieced {Block 4}
April 30 - Amy from Amy Lou Who {Block 3}
May 7 - Lindsay from Lindsay Sews {Block 9}

There is also a Flickr Group here

This mini quilt has me sold ....... how about you?



Photo borrowed from http://www.fromthebluechair.com/2012/02/wip-wednesday-2152012.html


Now I am off to pick out some fabrics and if I could finish something off before this one starts that would be a huge bonus  :o) Don't forget that tonight is FNSI I am not sure what I will be working on yet as I plan on a little tidy up in my sewing space this morning so please call back tomorrow and I will share what I got up to :) Enjoy your day, Sharon

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QAL's - The Farmer - Oh My Stars - Rose Star

The Farmer's Wife QAL

Back into the swing of things this week with 2 blocks

No. 61 - Northers Lights

No. 58 - Mother's Dream

Oh My Stars QAL

Three more sets of stars since I last blogged about this one

"Frosted Tip"

"Chevron Star"

"Patchwork Star"

That makes 8 sets of stars so far.

Rose Star - Paper Piecing

This is my third one so far.

Have you ever backed up your Blog?

I have not really given it any thought.

Didn't even realise it was an option. 

But that doesn't surprise me as I am not a techno type of girl.

But after reading this **blogger Scare** post I figured there is no time like the present.

It is really simple to do.

If I can do it you can to, it is that easy.

The backup saves to your hard drive so if anything happens and your blog goes missing, you still have it to put back up :)

You can also save your template ... great idea, especially if you are like me and you keep tweaking your template :)

So if you have two minutes spare how about you go to

 the backup instructions here and backup your blog.

Hope you find this a little help full.

Enjoy your day, Sharon

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One Rose Thursday and the Farmer

Here is the second Rose for my newly planted

Rose Garden

My two roses so far.

If you would like more info on this Paper piecing project you can

Find the tutorial here.

and an inspiring Flickr group here for the

Oh Dear Farmer,

Yes it is February and the Flickr Group for the Farmer's Wife QAL is starting back up.

I had great intentions last night.

I dug all this out

and sorted it all out

Yes I pin all the little bits to my design wall!

I am finding that I am having very very little wastage this way as I can see what little bits of fabric I have and I am using them :o)

Then I started cutting a block. Half way through things went a little pear shaped.

Ouch ..... off came the end of my finger!

No, I wont show you a picture of that but believe me when I tell you,

there is blood, it is still bleeding and still throbbing this morning

and the side of my finger is VERY flat when you look at it.

Not at all curved like it used to be :(

That's what I get for replacing my blade and cutting small pieces of fabric.

So Dear Farmer,

I had the best of intentions

(even though I still have no machine to sew your blocks together)

but now I am off work with a

Work related Injury.

I do hope to return to full productivity soon.

One down 2 to go!

Miss K starts back at school today.... YAY :)

She has been up since before 7 and it's just after 7.30 now and she is ready.

It is lovely to have such a keen child when it comes to school.

She is in Grade 4 this year and believes she has the best teacher ever :)

He is fantastic, Declyn had him last year in Grade 6.

The Boys go back on Monday.

It feels strange for me, having both boys in Secondary school,

and a little daunting with Declyn starting Year 7.

Come Monday morning, the boys will ride off one way and Keegan will ride off in the other.

Oh, and Aiden is not impressed. It is his 14th Birthday on Monday

so the last place he wants to be going is school.

Sorry Kiddo, that's just how it is :)

Happy stitching, Sharon



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Finished

My first Rose Star!

Finished this one off last night whilst watching the tennis :o)

I think that there will be more added to this one over time.

I am using the left over fabrics from my Vignette Mystery Quilt.

Might even prep another this afternoon ready for sewing.

Thinking this will be my new paper piecing quilt but there is no way that it will be finished as fast as my Hexagon quilt as these take a lot longer to stitch together.

If you want more info look at my post below for the links.

My backing fabric for my Swoon Quilt also arrived today,

 so I now need to think about sewing it up and then

trimming all the threads of the back of the top (I hate that part),

giving it a good iron and getting it ready to get quilted :o)

Enjoy your day, Sharon

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Rose Star - paper piecing

Have you heard of it?

They seem to be popping up and appearing more and more in Blogland at the moment.



Image found on Pinterest

Are you tempted?

There is a tutorial here.

and an inspiring Flickr group here

I have joined the flickr group and printed off a couple of the templates and that was going to be it as I thought it might be a project for the cooler months and one that uses scraps.

But, I ended up sitting up and watching the tennis until 1am this morning
and not being one to let my fingers rest idle I started one.....

It is a bit like putting together a jigsaw puzzle :o)

Enjoy your day. I will be stressing over mechanics bills!

Both our cars have gone out in sympathy with each other.

One wont start and needs major repairs and the other makes this dead horrible grinding noise.

Maybe I should not stress over the bills but go an play with some fabric,
that always makes me feel better, how about you?

hugs, Sharon

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