Hello Hetty Here

I have just had the most fun with my human, rearranging her damp hair and hiding from her husband when he came home.  (I don’t know why she hid as normally she bob up and down with delight but when I walked out onto the landing she ran from my shoulder behind my hair and stayed there.  I though she might even fly downstairs but no!)  Oh for the love of birds!!

I have been shredding the new toy that was part of my Christmas haul, here is a picture of when it was new

It is the top colourful one and I can safely say that I have chewed the large blocks and slats of wood off at least one of the strings.  I do love a good chew!

Apart from that I had snuggles with mum – photos say it all – mummy told me off for putting tongue out he!he!

And finally getting head scratches whilst on mummy’s very comfy lap.

Doesn’t my crown of feathers shine in the sunlight.  I’m being vain again

Best go

Love Hetty

 

Hi Everybody

I have not made much progress this week due to my husband having a small procedure at the local hospital so all I have achieved is to attach the sunny border to the main quilt.

I have laid it on the bed to get a good view and you can see a fair bit still needs doing.  The autumn corner needs attaching as does the autumn bottom border and the two corner pieces, then the sides and top and bottom edges.

Hopefully I will crack on with some sewing this coming week.

Daisy

Please pop along to the other members of our group to view their individual projects.  

If you feel like joining our group please contact Kathy (1st name in list below).

Kathy, Margaret, Emma, Tracy, Deb, Susan,  Nanette,  Edith, Sharon, Karrin, Gretchen, Kathi,  Bella, Daisy and Connie

Hello

Yeahhhhh! Whoppeee! First new finish of the year and it is still January!

Yes I have finished my Dream Catcher cross stitch, and I am pleased with my decision to only half bead the design as I felt the total beading obscured some of the lovely coloured detail in the design.  Artistic license and all that.

 

In detail …….

On the original design this bottom half should be beaded in the two corner  designs and in the top the two crosses should be beaded.  I’m happy with my decision.

Well that was the finish and now for the new starts and as per usual I wasn’t happy just doing one new start I had to venture into doing two new starts.

In no particularly order of preference the first is of a table runner with a Robin design at both ends.  Whilst it instructs you to find the centre of the material etc the design has literally nothing in the centre so to find the centre bottom I stitched a leading line down the middle which I will remove as the design takes form.  The robin is so cute!  Hopefully I will have this complete by Christmas.

Vervaco Design I Stitch

Secondly, I had this in my Secret Santa 2018 and was thoroughly delighted with the present.  I will stitch this design and probable make it into a cushion front as I have an idea for a quilt and indeed have the fabric already which will blend perfectly.  Here is the the start of the cross stitch

Joy Sunday  7063 Elegant Coffee Cups

That is all for this post, see you soon

Daisy

 

 

Hi everybody

My how time flies, Christmas seems ages ago!

Well I have been busy sewing both on my SAL Hexagon patchwork and with my other projects.

Firstly my Dream Catcher Cross stitch – I have finished the back stitching and have started putting the beads on but I am not sure about the quantity as I think it distracts from the colourful cross stitching.   Any opinions invited as I do not know whether to proceed with beads or not.

 

Can anyone see what I mean?

Secondly, I have been playing with my very colourful fabric and have decided to call them my Psychedelic Dahlias and have ordered more honeycomb paper templates to make the leaves and some rectangles to make the stem.  The material is cut out ready to go.

It looks a bit basic but the general idea is visible.

Thirdly, I have been cutting out material for the Rose Window Quilt, which is the bit i like best, chosing the materials which will compliment each other and then cutting out the desired shapes.  No photos for this bit

Well that is me done for this post, what have you been sewing or preparing?

Love Daisy

 

 

 

Hi everybody

Hope you have had a happy three weeks of sewing.  Mine has been quite successful, with my new batch of white hexies and also sewing the first corner block to the main quilt ….

Also I have started sewing the multi coloured strip to the autumn border which will then be sewn as a block to the main quilt.

However, the next part is to sew the summer side strip to the main quilt and then add the autumn corner – that will make the top part finished apart from the half hexies to make a straight edge.  Sounds like a lot of work still to do.  Good job I am still enthused by it all.

Well that is me for this week.  Why not pop along to see what the others have achieved in our group.  We all work on our own projects and share the news every 3 weeks.  If you would like to join in then please contact Avis (1st name in group below) who will explain everything and add you to our group.

Daisy

Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ

As well as continuing with my hand sewn quilt, I have decided to maybe try some smaller items so I can practise quilting.  In that vein I have started two new projects, (I know I am hopeless at working on one thing at a time), the first photograph shows some blocks in the style of Rose Windows I think (please correct me if I am wrong).

I am hooked on hand sewing these little shapes, it is very relaxing and I can sew them during my lunch break at paid work

I am looking at making these into place mats or as a table runner.

The second project is very bold and colourful, I have called them my Psychedelic Sunflowers and the intention is to make a small quilt by applique the flowers onto a white background, giving  them a stem and leaves. Or as I am apt to change my mind, to make them into 9″ blocks and sew on to a cushion front.

I love how the coiled centres look 3D almost or is it just playing games with my eyes?

The only other sewing I have been doing whilst watching some TV is the backstitching on my Dreamcatcher cross stitch.  Backstitching can be annoying and slow but it is very effective.  Here is a before and after

It really makes the colours bloom and the bead effect is more defined.  I have yet to sew any beads on and there are little bits of cross stitching still to do.

Well that is all folks.  Happy stitching!

Daisy

x

 

Hello

Aside from my other posts about my hand sewn quilt I have also been busy stitching the dream catcher cross stitch and this is where I was at the end of last year ……

This is the progress I have made so far this year …….

The initial letters are supposed to be filled in with blue but I quite like them as they are now.  Just a few bits to sew then it is time to attach the beads.  This is looking like the first finish of this year.

Bye for now

Daisy

 

Hi everyone

It is the first HQAL of 2020 and over the Holiday period I managed quite a bit of sewing until I ran out of white squares to make the hexies and small border pieces.  I purchased some more and they arrived this week so back to sewing white hexagons.

Here is my progress

Before Christmas ………. I had border pieces ready to be attached.

New Year ……..  green border all sewn on and started to sew on the colourful border and sew white hexagons to the corner pieces.

I’m really pleased with how this looks – next bit – quilting – nervous of doing this as I have not quilted before.  How much do you have to quilt?  Is more better?

That is all for this post, please pop along and see what other members of the group are stitching as we all craft individual projects and reveal our progress every 3 weeks.

If you feel like joining our group please contact Kathy (1st name in list below).

Kathy, Margaret, Emma, Tracy, Deb, Susan,  Nanette,  Edith, Sharon, Karrin, Gretchen, Kathi,  Bella, Daisy and Connie

Dasiy

Hello everybody

Well the final review of last year left me feeling a little happy and a little sad.  So this year I have decided to ruffle up the ideas a little.  I have been pondering about 20 different ideas and it seemed a lot so I have condensed them as follows into 10.  My motto being “Double the effort”.  Hopefully I can stay true to this.

1.    To read or to listen to 20 books.  (This will give me the advantage to sew while I listen.)

  2.   To continue sewing cross stitch and designing quilts, combined with learning to write a quilt pattern.

         (a)   Finish Bee Quilt  

         (b)  Finish Pirate Quilt

         (c)   Finish Lady Greensleeves cross stitch

        (d)   Finish Seasonal Quilt

3.    Learn Applique (new skill) and try my hand at Gold Work (new skill)

4.   To continue writing to penpals   (anyone wanting to be a penpal please send address details to 01daisy1966@gmail.com)

5.   To go walking more/join National Trust again.

6.   To cook from fresh more often and eat more vegetables.

7.   To open Etsy shop.

8.   To care and appreciate more of our planet.

9.   To finish my Novel

10.   To finish my Poetry Book 

Well there is in black and white, it still seems a lot but hey ho! perhaps it will keep me on track.

Happy sewing in 2020 everyone!

Daisy

 

Hi Everybody

Hope you had a lovely break and are now raring to get sewing.  Also a warm welcome to AJ.

I was able to sneak some me time and have stitched the green border to the main body of my Seasonal Quilt and started stitching the colourful border to the quilt (the quilt is getting heavy now).

I also started stitching the corners but ran out of white hexagons so that bought things to a halt (order has arrived today so back to white hexies).

Please pop along to the other members and their projects.  We all stitch our own projects and encourage one another in our efforts so if you fancy joining our group please contact Avis (1st name in list below).

Look forward to seeing everyone’s projects throughout 2020.

Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Linda, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Jenny, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ