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Hello Everyone

So sorry for missing the deadline again. The car problem sort of took over our lives a bit. Hopefully it is sorted now – new radiator and new thermostat – much lighter in the pocket now .

However I manage a few stitches, just forgot to post.

Here is where I was last time

Here is my progress. I’m not too happy with the hoop but its staying.

Anyhows that is me for now, once again apologies for being late.

Daisy

Please peruse the other members projects. We all work on different projects with different techniques and offer each other encouragement.

Bye


Avis, Claire, Kathy, Margaret,

Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Daisy, Cathie,

Linda, MaryMargaret, Cindy, Helen

HQAL – Sunday 2nd Aug 2026

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Hi Everyone

After getting some health problems sorted the car has been giving us a major headache and it is still ongoing. It is this that has prevented any amount of sewing. However I endeavoured to do something so after tidying the sewing area of my room I cut out loads of half hexagons ready for the end of February and the month of March and picked the fabrics so no clashes occurred. When I say clashes I mean no two identical fabrics are next to one another. It gets harder the more it advances.

Here is a photo, so I suppose some progress.

Hopefully next month I will have some proper progress on my projects. I am working on two projects (trying to get back on track with my schedule. Ha!)

See you next time

Daisy

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Deb, Karrin, Margaret and Daisy

SAL Sunday 26th July 2026

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Well we have had a busy week with non sewing things going on ie the car keeps showing overheating, garage can not find the problem, very frustrating. Also it is my younger brother’s birthday tomorrow and he walked to ours to collect his present and have a natter. Very nice to see him.

Now onto the sewing, I have been quite industrious with my blackwork. I have sewn some more border outline and nearly finished the ghost or ghoulie in the hoop. Another complicated looking stitch.

Here is where I was last time

This is my progress ..

Well that is all from me so why not take a look at the other projects that our members are working on. We all work on individual projects and skills and post every three weeks.

Bye for now

Daisy


Avis, Claire, Kathy, Margaret,

Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Daisy, Cathie,

Linda, MaryMargaret, Cindy, Helen

HQAL – Sunday 12th July 2026

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Hello Everybody

We are still sweltering under the heatwave and it is just too hot to quilt. Even sewing can get sticky, and to that end, I have been sewing in the evening only so output has slowed a little. However, I have sewn some of my new quilt which is a design by Lynne Goldsworthy and was presented in Todays Quilter Magazine, it is called Best In Show but I think mine might be called Tranquil Palette or Migration (reference the Flying Geese). What do you think?

Anyhow let me show you my progress, here is where I was last time

Still proud of my geese!

Here is where I am now

One of the things that may have gone wrong is on the brown diamond border. I had the fabric doubled when I cut them out and I think that caused the design to lean either to the left or right. I am hoping to have enough of each to angle them around the border in some sort of uniform pattern. I haven’t sewn then in strips yet so we will have to wait and see..

Well that is all, so please take a peek at the other members of our group who all work on individual projects.

Oh just thought I would send a cheery picture of the rose I bought my husband when we were courting or stepping out. It is called Friendship. Do not you love the colour saturation of its petals and yes it is a very large flower. Not abundant with flowers but seven spectacular ones. It now deserves some food when this last bud wanes.

Bye for now

Daisy

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Deb, Karrin, Margaret and Daisy

SAL Sunday 5th July 2026

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I have been busy as a bee and managed to get quite a few stitches completed on my Hallow’een Black work project in between tending to the garden pruning hedges and helping my husband mowing the lawn and trimming the edges. With the warm (Read extra hot) weather we have experienced recently everything is going mad.

This is a design by The Steady Thread.

So without further ado here is where I was last time ……

And this is my progress ……

As you can see I have completed the doily – (found this the most difficult, I had to undo one section as I had counted wrong) and sewn some keys and the rest of the border down the right hand side. There are no spiders in this design which is why I chose it. Next up is another stitchery hoop with a ghost/ghoulie in it. Then a clock and a Raven holding another key and that’s it. Just filling in all the border. So not much to do. Famous last words.

Well that’s me for now.

Daisy


Avis, Claire, Kathy, Margaret,

Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Daisy, Cathie,

Linda, MaryMargaret, Cindy, Helen

HQAL – Sunday 21st June 2026

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Happy Litha to those who celebrate the Solstice. I’m not keen on large crowded spaces nowadays so you will not catch me at Stonehenge on such an occasion. I’ve visited Stonehenge twice but for other reasons, once when I was studying Archea0logy and the other time was just a holiday visit. I do love our history.

Anyhow I have been trying to push some boundaries with my sewing journey and have just made my first lot of “Flying Geese” blocks (56 in total) Here is a photo of the centrepiece surrounded by the geese. Also I paper pieced the centre and appliqued it to the backing fabric whilst keeping the papers in and then trimmed the backing fabric from the rear of the centre piece and removed the paper pieces.

This is not my design I am following a pattern that was in Todays Quilter Magazine and designed by Lynne Goldsworthy. from Lily’s Quilts. I have limited my colour pallet to cream brown and turquoise. I may have to change the design slightly as I might be short on some material but I can compromise. The border after the geese is plain cream on Lynne’s version but I wanted to use the patterned fabric as shown but not stitched yet (it will be 3″ wide

The stars are supposed to be foundation paper pieced (not attempted this yet either), but I have paper pieced them. I have also chosen to paper piece the diamond border and I might have to use a corner stone if my calculations are wrong as this is the one I’m short of fabric!!! A corner stone wouldn’t look out of place but it is not on the original design. I guess that a lot of people do change a design when they are making their quilt to put their stamp on it, so to speak. As long as it gives inspiration. Keeps the mojo going.

This is a photo of the ideas I have

Do you think that I need to put a thin 1 1/2″ border between the stars and diamonds or will the cream fabric already indicated be enough? I’m thinking border but i’m not totally convinced yet! Ideas welcome.

I was going to show you my quilted sewing machine cover but we have another heatwave in Old Blighty (UK) so quilting is a no-go, much better playing aound with small block pieces.

Well that is me, please take a peek at the other members projects

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Deb, Sharon, Karrin, Margaret and Daisy

HQAL – Sunday 31st May 2026

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At the moment it is not the weather for quilting in the UK, we are having an early heatwave, and on the subject of weather I have finished the quilt top that is my 2025 Temperature Quilt. Fashionably late of course. I have pieced the backing with the remaining large pieces of scrap fabric. I used scraps for all this quilt and had to make some substitutes as I ran out of certain fabrics. Nonetheless it has made a dent in my scrap pile. Each row is as follows – top colour is the high and bottom one low temperature. I chose to make it ten blocks across so three row per month roughly (read from left to right for each row. It has made the quilt long and narrow but it can be laid on the bed over the feet. I intend to hand quilt this on the diagonal one way only but first I neew to remove all the papers. Oh my!!

Here are some photos:

I quite enjoyed sewing the quilt so I have made a late decision to make another one and my idea was to make a Sewing or Cotton Reel Temperature Quilt – where the cotton would be is the high or low temperature with brown or beige as the reel. and to use up scraps with a low volume effect as the infills to make a square block. The months will go across the quilt and it will turn out about 84″ x 108″. Am I making sense – here is an image dark brown high temperature block and light brown low temperature block sewn together to make one day’s record ie high 5 low 1. It looks like an interesting year temperature wise in the UK. Have you every made a temperature quilt? Isn;t that doggy sweet? This is not all scraps as I had to purchase some green fabric and the brown fabrics. I am hoping it turns out quite different to the other temperature quilt.

I have also sewn the binding on the Cheater print Mini Hexagons from Laundry Basket Quilts English Garden design. This was fun to make and I chose to hand quilt with three different colours, You can see it better on the back of the quilt. It is a lap quilt size and feels so squishy. One off my long list.

And now for the new start, another easy type quilting project. A Winnie The Pooh Panel which I have started to mark with a Frixion Pen on the diagonal using a template ruler free with Todays Quilter magazine. I am going to do yellow and blue stitches on alternate rows.

Well that’s me for now, cold drink required

Bye

Daisy

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Deb, Sharon, Karrin, Margaret and Daisy

SAL-Sunday 24th May 2026

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Hello Everyone

I have managed very little on the blackwork design so here is my update

Last time

This time – finished the rose leaves and then started the doily under the crystal ball. More very intricate designs.

Well that is me so why not grab a cold beverage (sweltering in the UK) or what ever takes your fancy and peruse the other members projects.

Bye for now

Daisy


Avis, Claire, Kathy, Margaret,  

Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, Cathie, 

Linda, MaryMargaret, Helen

SAL – Sunday 3rd May 2026

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My commiserations on your loss Sharon and in your grieving please take comfort in knowing that you done a wonderful job caring totally for your dear husband.

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I have been busy sewing my black work (design by The Steady Thread) and I am now 2/3rds of the way through and I am pleased with the way it is looking.

Here is where I was last time …..

Here is my progress – A rose in a pot and some more basic side border.

I am not playing a guessing game for the next item in this design, SPOILER ……

.it is a ghost within an embroidery hoop and will probably sew up quite quickly. Also I need to sew the elaborate doily that the crystal ball is placed on which might take more time. Hopefully life is not going to get in the way too much and I can enjoy some peaceful sewing time.

Well that is all for now

Daisy

Please take a look at the other members listed below who all work on different types of projects.

Avis, Claire, Kathy, Margaret,  

Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, Cathie, 

Linda, MaryMargaret, Helen