I love it when it rains ................

that usually means a cozy weekend at home.

This weekend, Mr Fixit brought some work home with him, so I was left to my own devices - so what did I do ............... catch up on some household chores???  no way, I spent the weekend catching up on my sewing :)

On Saturday, whilst tidying up my sewing room, I came across my Globetrotting BOM that I started last year, and was prompted to make up another two blocks.





As a reminder, here is what I have done previously

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June Blocks (updated) .........

I got to spend quite a few hours in the sewing room yesterday ......... there was a bit of a movie marathon of X-Men movies on Foxtel, so Mr Fixit was suitably entertained for the afternoon and quite happy to be ignored  :)

blocks received for the CraftMad Family Quilt

from Mandy

from Merry

Clay's Choice

Star Cluster (Sawtooth Star)

here is what I have sent 

CHRISTMAS BLOCK SWAP

Tease photo for JenD, USA - June

hopefully, it will arrive shortly :)

Updated:  Jen's Block has arrived

QUILT BLOCK SWAP AUSTRALIA

these lovely rainbow starflower blocks

from Donna, for June

since Donna was generous enough to send two blocks, I have returned the favour

making progress on my Christmas in July Swap

Bad News:  The kit I purchased was missing a few things - like threads and batting :(

Good News: I was able to use up some of the threads I have received as part of the Fat Quarter Swap :)

I am not a good embroiderer, but I think I am improving.  I am certainly enjoying the nice quiet time sitting and stitching :)

All that is left now, is to:

• finish my CHERISH Do Good Stitches Charity blocks - 2 x improv blocks/log cabin in the red/orange /yellow spectrum surrounded by lights/neutrals
• catch up on my RSC14 blocks - purple, green & yellow
• catch up on my Globetrotter QAL/BOM blocks - March, April, May, June
• make a start on my 12" mini quilt for September - Summer Theme

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day - any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Off to Venice ........

I wish!  

here is block #2 of Globetrotting QAL with Pat Sloan (see link on sidebar)



Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

FAwF............

..........  LOL, no I am not swearing
FAwF stands for Friday Arvo with Friends :)  it is supposed to be FNwF (Friday Night with Friends), but I usually start early

Friday was a busy day, with Mr Fixit being home we organised for a quote on Solar panels (we have two more coming on Monday) - hopefully we will be able to wade through the information and make a good decision [Mr Fixit started working life as an Electrician, before he became an Electronic Engineer, so at least he will understand all the techno-babble :)]
Once our quote was finished, we were able to knuckle down and have some 'me' time - Mr Fixit finally getting to watch a few shows he has recorded, and me getting to do some more sewing -- win, win in my book :)
I completed the first block for the Globetrotting BOM with Pat Sloan - Washington DC block.  I had spent the last two weeks of January sorting through my stash and labouring over my colour selections - once I was happy with them, I set about cutting for the first two blocks.   I made up the HSTs last weekend, and that is where I had to stop as normal routines interfered with my sewing time :(


First stages


a few mis-alignments, but I am happy with it ............. I think ...........  not completely confident on the border fabric :(


auditioning a different border fabric .......... yes/no, maybe ?


auditioning a lighter fabric ......... yes/no maybe ?

must be off, the Dishwasher has decided to stop working, so I have to go and wash my dishes by hand :(
Hope Mr Fixit can live up to his name and fix it ;)

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

I love the cricket!

or should I say, I love it when the cricket is on the telly :)

last week I blogged about starting my do.Good Stitches bee blocks and realising I was using the wrong fabrics, well I got my act together and finished off these blocks.

I finished them early in the week, but with it being so hot, they didn't get posted until today.

During last week, I received these lovely blocks from Merry & Mandy, my CraftMad Family - we are making a Christmas quilt this year

as a reminder, this is what I sent :) 

New swappers are always welcome, pop on over and check out our CraftMad Forum

We have lots of swaps on the go - quilt blocks, card making swaps, card challenges

I realised I had not blogged about the lovely block I received from Michell for the December swap for QBSA

this is the first of my Rainbow Starflower blocks

this is what I sent to Michell

I enjoyed the A4A QAL so much, I have also decided to do the Globetrotting QAL by Pat Sloan ;-)   My friend Cynthia is doing it too :)

I agonised for days over my fabric selection, and finally on Sunday ............. I started cutting and sewing!

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.