In Need of a Tidy

My sewing space was a bit of a mess - I couldn't find half of my things in fact I still haven't found one of my thimbles.  My pins were mixed up with my clips, bobbins were in a tangle and reels of thread were in various baskets and not in the box where they should all be stored.  Fabrics were stacking up on the side of my table and in danger again of falling off and the bookcase stash all higgledy piggledy.

Before 

And after a few hours of sorting.

All ready to start afresh - tomorrow.......

Monkey business is now sewn together and will hopefully be sandwiched and quilted this week.  This will be the last of my charity quilts for a few weeks or so. 

I have been asked to make a couple of baby quilts for new arrivals expected June/July so a few pieces have been pulled back out of the tidy stash and my thinking cap is on again for new designs for the little quilts.  Which fabrics will I use - decisions, decisions?

Until next time enjoy whatever makes you happy

Monkeying Around

Since coming back from our week holidaying in the sunshine we have been lucky enough to have lots of sunny days here at home.  The garden has burst into colour and all our lovely acers are showing lots of new growth.  I have even managed a few snatched moments sitting in the garden and have enjoyed the warmth.

We had a little visitor today with his Mummy and Daddy, our little grandson is coming along in leaps and bounds. I can't believe he is 17 months old today he is finding his words and is beginning to mimic everything we say.  He makes me smile at his antics and brings back lots of happy memories when our own two boys were at this stage in their development - what a joy!

Two quilts have been completed this week. Galaxy Party, the Connecting Threads Kit which was on sale.  It is very bright and quite busy, however I know it will make someone happy and cosy.  

Galaxy Party - it even glows in the dark!

The New Wave quilt is a little calmer and was great fun to do too. 

New Wave Quilt - pattern Eliz Hartman

As the title says I'm monkeying around now!  Yet another bargain quilt kit from the aforementioned Connecting Threads. A slightly different technique for me but we will see how it progresses.  Once again there seems to be lots of leftover fabrics so I feel a scrappy quilt will be produced from the offcuts.

On the Design Wall

I hope you have all had a lovely week and have been able to enjoy the sunshine hopefully it will continue, but I hear there is frost forecast for tonight.  Oh Oh!  Cover up those tender plants.

AWOL Again

This might just explain why...........

                                      

4 fab friends sunning ourselves in the Canary Islands while our other halves played golf. this lovely villa was situated right on the edge of the golf course and had stunning views over the lovely little village below.  Clear blue skies, mid 20s in the sun, lying by the pool, great company and fabulous food.  Do you blame me for not blogging?

Sadly that all came to an abrupt end on Thursday evening when we returned home after a wonderful week in the sun, to -2 degrees and a blizzard which accumulated to 2 inches of snowfall overnight!  What a shock to the system.  Fortunately it disappeared very quickly but it's still so cold.

No sewing other than a few stitches in a redwork stitchery I took on holiday, just in case I was bored......no I wasn't bored or fed up who could be when the sun is shining for 12 hours a day? I just wanted to be able to say I had done a bit of sewing.

Hopefully this week I will get back into the swing of things and now my machine has had a rest too she should be stitching a few things on my list.....I have two baby quilts to make by the end of July, I have my circle quilt to sandwich and quilt and I have at lease two others waiting to be sandwiched.  So no shortage of things to do.

I hope you are all enjoying the first of the May holiday weekends.  Perhaps some of you managed to the Knitting and Stitching Show in Edinburgh.  Sadly I didn't make it this time but hope it will return in the future if the footfall was good enough to satisfy the vendors.  

Have a good week - hopefully the temperatures will rise a little and get a wee bit warmer soon.