Progress in August.

With the heatwaves and summer hot weather the stitching was what was worked on for the last while, it was just easier to pick it up and do a little bit here and there. The framed border is finished, Autumn is the next season.

Green hexies are the other bit that got some love. This will be the next round of the hexie project.

Purple and pink fabrics for a quilt for my eldest sister. Do not have all the fabrics for this one, will make a start and work on it every week until the top is done.

Will be using Tahoe pattern and template for this quilt from Laundry Basket Quilts. As soon as the weather cools down in September, the sewing machine will be seeing more use again.

Omygosh in progress…

Today Omygosh got laid out on the trusty sheet on the floor. In the process I discovered one extra nine patch block? Have no idea how that happened.It is now ready to be sewn into rows and then into a quilt top. Our weather has dropped to 27C, much better than the 40C with the humidty.

Some more stitching happened on the border, progress.

The red border on the hexie scrappy hexagon has been added too. Next the greens will follow. It will calm down the hot colours and add some calm colour to the piece, no pattern for this one. Using scraps left over from old projects.

Orange blocks.

The last blocks for Omygosh is done. It is just surreal, knowing the blocks are all finished. Next week the blocks can be placed in rows and then they can be sewn together, all because of RSC21 and RSC22!

Four Seasons is progressing as well, the second corner is done. Orange and peach berries are part of this bottom left corner. Handwork with all the heatwaves are just the more logical pieces to work on for now.

The hexie project went with out west, never got round to it. On thursday it finally got some more work. The next round is the red border of hexies. The scraps are all leftover squares from all the bargello (wall hanging)quilts made over the years for wedding presents for all the nephews and nieces. The colours are normally requested from both the bride and the groom. Combining their favourite colours, creating one piece with it all together. So far 14 done, 17 in total to make!

Peanuts

Work continues at a slow pace on this stitching.

These seeds remind me of peanuts in their shells, it could be something different? For now they will be considered peanuts as the birds love them...

Happy scraps.

This is the blocks so far, all of them so far. Orange one's need to be done still. Thanks to the RSC21 and RSC22, Omygosh is becoming a reality. Getting the top done with all the scraps feels wonderfuland very rewarding, joining the colour challenge has been the best!

It was a work in progress that was just not going anywhere fast, until it become an RSC.

With the heatwave, the butter lettuce is bolting. The yellow beans are being harvested every other day. Fingerling potatoes was harvested this past week, first tomato from the garden as well. Back to stitching for now, staying cool indoors.

Four Seasons.

This is the oldest work in progress. On our recent trip out west, it went along just incase a moment in time presented itself to receive some more stitching..

The peach flower was started many years ago, so when we had rainy days work continued from here.

Working on it daily as the rain happened on a daily basis. Where pockets of the days was dry we went out and explored, enjoyed nature.

The bumble bees this year are double or even triple their normal size.

Back home very little rain fell while we were away, the plants bolted and the onions went to seed.

Tomato plants have fruit on and everything that was not growing before is now growing fast.

The heatwave is back and the air is filled with wildfires smoke and haze. The smell is overwhelming in the air, so we are back indoors for now. Stitching will continue, along with time spend with loved ones.

Summer holidays.

For the first time in four years we have all been together as a family. with travel becoming a bit more normal. Airports are best avoided if we can help it.

On a visit to a beadshop, these charms followed me home (they came in a little box, so it was a surprise to see what was inside).

I also got some blue fabric, not shown here.

Visited a few quilt shops. Love the squirrel everytime I see it.

Latest edition to the bird feeder, it has no feathers at all!

For all the one's who love science, this was truly awesome.