Hi Everybody

I jumped right in and started sewing together the “Bee Patchwork Quilt”.  Either by luck or good judgement most of the squares lined up.  I am not going to beat myself up if some are slightly out though I know it looks better overall if all lines are perfectly horizontal and vertical.  Remember this is my first go and will be a learning curve.

Take a look and see what you think.

Picture 1 – only sewed together in squares of 4

Picture 2,3 and 4 – individual blocks

 

Just a quick question – the squares appear to fray a lot – anybody got a good idea to stop this.  I don’t have a machine that overlocks edges.  Any tips let me know.

Bye for now

Daisy

 

Hi Hetty Here,

Hope everybody is chipper.  I have been a good girl flying around and allowing myself to be smothered with love from my human mummy – she is so good at the head scatches.  I love her so much …..

Now for some exercise – fly about and choose mum’s head to land on –

She even let me re-style her freshly washed hair …….

And then I flew around the room and landed somewhere new – I’ve never been on here before, perhaps I can reach across to the tree and ladder perch – no I can’t quite reach!

 

Ah well I’m tired from all that fun – time to sleep now

Cheerio till next time.

Hetty

Hi everybody

Hope everyone is well and happy stitching or perhaps gardening, in our gorgeous sunny day  in England, spring is arriving.

I have been busy with other projects (see previous posts) but I have not neglected my long project that is Lady Greensleeves.

This is the previous version – and now ……..

I have mainly concentrated on the area around her hair and the corner/edge area.

And now – I have finished reading my first book. It is a historical novel woven around the true facts of our royal history.  I first read her Wideacre trilogy in my 20’s and have completed 5 novels in her Plantagenet/Tudor novels.

 

Well that is all my work so far.

Thanks for stopping by…

Toodle Pip!

 

Hello Everybody,

As you can see from the above I have been busy stitching – I am quite pleased with how this is looking and already planning what type of frame would suit all the colours.  I am veering towards a mahogany colour.

Also along the lines of my new project – the Bee Quilt – I have also had another idea and have proceeded to purchase the material required for my “Stag Quilt”.  Having received the stash of material, I promptly cut it up to the desired sizes.  Below are a series of pictures depicting how it should look when completed.   The 1st picture is a corner image with the border, the 2nd is further down the quilt showing the border and main quilt pattern, 3rd and 4th are closer images.

I quite like planning and cutting out the quilt pieces, but as this is new to me I find myself nervous of actually sewing them together.  Once I have taken the plunge then I will be fine.  If  I am honest I feel the nervousness every time I start a new project.  It is a happy nervousness so no worries!  In my head and on paper I have drawn out about 10 designs.

The knitting hasn’t altogether been forgotten, I have knitted about another inch on the  back of the cardigan.

At work I have been sewing some of the Christmas Stash so hopefully will show you a finished bauble soon, and also started one of the bookmarks I mentioned some time last year.

Well that’s all folks

See you next post (possibly Sunday)

Daisy

Hi everybody

Hetty here – mummy is finally better, her bug thing certainly took a hold and now my human daddy has a chest infection.  For the record parrots can catch human colds and respiratory infections so best to avoid close contact.  Just wanted to clear that up.  Those poor horses that have equine flu – probably transmitted by a human cold.

Well I was allowed out of my cage for snuggles and I made the most of it, lots of head scratches and tickles under the chin.  Flying around the lamps and landing on my special station that mummy made for me.  Oh what fun!!!

Take a look – had a bit of a preen and then best side to camera and POSE!

 

And now the flying and being curious –

 

That’s all folks

pip pip cheerio!

Hi Everybody,

Sounds mysterious doesn’t it ….. well it is only that I am venturing into the world of patchwork quilts.  This is something very new to me to actually stitch, although I have made up a design before and my mother stitched it together.

I have several designs sketched out on graph paper but the one I am attempting first is called “The Bee Quilt”.  I have already cut out all the squares for half of the design and laid the pattern out – see below:-

My intention is to have the bee cross stitch as the centrepiece and border it with the lavender fabric then patchwork around that.

Stayed tuned for updates ….

On another subject, I have not ignored my cross stitch and below is an image of how far I am with the Jane Austen quote.  (Many thanks to Lili from stitchingbasket.com for updating me on the alphabet situation.)  I have decided to stitch the design as it is.

Well that is all my news this week.

Bye for now

Hi everyone

This is Hetty here – I am nice and toasty in my cage and I can see that the ground is covered in that nasty cold white stuff – SNOW!!!  (I really feel for my fellow kinsman – luckily there are a number of humans who are so kind and provide food and water, and even provide some cover from the chilly wind with the planting of trees and bushes).

It is only 4cm or so and has already melted in some parts.  My mummy took early photos before anyone had moved it or trampled over it.  It does look Christmassy again  –  see below:

Also in this close up there is a Robin on his perch in the picture below –  look about 1-2″ across the bottom and 3″ up.

Did you spot the Robin?

He was soon down for the food!

Bye for now!

Hetty

 

Hi Everybody

I’m still fighting this horrible bug but have been to work and now it is Friday and I can show you how much stitching and knitting has also been achieved.

First up, knitting the khaki cardigan, another 2 inches no less!

1st image 21st January –  2nd image 1st February 2019

Secondly a work in progress for the Jane Austen Quote.

My initial start and the progress I have made to date.

I have a query though.  In the image below which is the original project diagram, do you notice that there is no “J” in the alphabet.  Well here are my thoughts:

One, is the “J” missing because there is not a “J” included anyway in the quote, and only found in the name, book title and date.

Two, is it an omission by mistake?

I think I can remedy it and put the “J” in by moving other letters out a bit.

Has anyone else stitched this design?

Should I let Riverdrift House Designs know?

Well that’s all for now, apart from thank you to anyone who responds to this pondering.

Bye for now!

Daisy

 

 

Hi

As well as starting and finishing a few projects I have also been working steadily along with Lady Greensleeves.  See below:

Around 9th Jan 2019

and now ……

Sunday 27th Jan 2019

Hetty is still in confinement for her own benefit but should be back for Funday Sunday.  See you then.  Thanks for stopping by my little blog.

PS has anyone tried the new editor from WordPress yet?

Bye

Hi everybody,

I’ve had a very slow and dull week due to illness, but I have managed to sew a little and have two new starters.

The first is something I blogged about in August 2018 (doesn’t time fly)  – a wordy cross stitch from Riverdrift House, based on a Jane Austen quote.

Secondly, I have just picked up a  bag of knitting and have decided to use a pattern that I purchased when the local craft shop/knitting shop was closing down (30 years ago).  Yes it is that long since I started a knitting project but hey! it’s like riding a bike is it not?  When I was younger I had seven knitting projects on the go at once because I used to get bored of my slow progress – so therefore, I ended up with seven backs completed because all patterns begin with the instructions for the back.  It was a bit of a standing joke in my family.

So I am adapting the pattern bit into stripes but the dimensions and instructions are basically the same.  It is in khaki and coral.  Here is my progress so far …. this is the back folded in half.

That’s all for the moment.

Bye