Back on Home Ground

There will be photos today!  We are back home and I'm back on my PC to write this post.  We had a lovely holiday and a well earned rest.  We are now back to a new routine and hopefully soon we will be over the jet lag.  Its is very strange, sometimes it can affect us quite badly, other times not.  I am afraid I am suffering a bit.  I have been awake very early since returning home and have not been able to get back to sleep, so I have had to have a nap in the afternoons.  I hope this does not last too long.

So some photos for you of what I have been doing while I was away.  I don't suppose you will want to see our nice clean air vents nor the clean carpets and sparkling windows...............so lets get to it

Project No 1 was just to get me started and again its HSTs, this is beginning to get a bit boring.  A kit from Connecting threads Sparkle Plenty.  Grey, teal, rust, yellows a good combination and not too much concentration needed. There is something quite satisfying when you see all the shreddies when the blocks are trimmed.  I did have to do some unpicking on the last leg - unfortunately a couple of the blocks had got flipped and one of the points had disappeared.  It was only noticeable in the photograph I took as a record.  It is always a good idea to take a quick snap to check the layout.  You can be working too close to the design sometimes to see any errors.  This top is now complete and ready to be loaded on to the frame for quilting.............or maybe I will just do straight line quilting with the walking foot, decisions decisions.

Project No 2 was my 'Modern Challenge' for our quilt group.  Sorry I can't show it yet as we have Show and Tell on Tuesday night.  I did enjoy doing it though and sat one afternoon sewing the binding on with my feet up.  Listening to music, drinking tea and eating a home made cookie with the view of the mountains was just bliss.

Project 3 - Chevrons and Charms.  On a visit to the LQS I bought some Grunge and some white on white, always good staples for your stash.  Jenny Doans Spice Rack was chosen to use up some CT lotta dots charms.  Oh oh! not more HSTs.  Just little ones this time and I was able to use the short cut to make 8 at a time.  Some maths was required - not my strong point, but I got there in the end 

The top now has its final 2 rows attached and is now waiting for the borders to go on.  I think you will agree I have been quite productive this holiday.

I'm now looking forward to getting back to the Modern Triangles, it will soon be time to decide on the arrangement and where the plain blocks should go, although I think I have a few more blocks to make still

This post has certainly made up for the lack of photos in the last two posts!!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy any spare minutes doing what you enjoy doing most.