Slow progress.

Finished this block, worked on it on and off during other things that kept me busy this past week.

Tried this method for the first time, the freezer paper came out without any hassle. Glad I did it this way.

Found this little case the other day, it is used for cosmetics usually. It is perfect for holding threads, needles, thimble and scissors.

Carried on machine quilting the baby large quilt, concentrated on all the navy quilting, will move on to the cream and white quilting next. Raining hard here and it has been raining all night long.

Working on a few projects.

The large/twin baby quilt has been basted.

Next the quilting can begin. It will be done by machine.

Will be doing the applique method with the removal of the freezer paper from the back, once the pieces have been sewn in place. First time that I will try it this way.

Doing the blocks in the order that works, when inspiration with colours and fabrics meet in harmony.

Tidy corners.

The corners on the binding needs to be stitched by hand, after sewing the binding on by machine. Will get this done sometime today.

Also need to add a label, which is not made yet.

Prepped some blocks and some applique can now be started for slow stitching for March.

These will be starched over the freezer paper, with all those points.

Afternoon Delight was a Block of the Month with The Quilts Show.com a few years back.

Purple.

The colour for March is purple. Love Entwined has no purple in it, which then led me down a garden path and some other starts. Sounds like gardening, except really it is applique and quilting.

This one fell of the cart last year or was it the year before. I digress, it has purple in it. Sorted the piles of strips and the blocks.

Have made 35 stars of the one variety and 12 of the other star blocks, before this one came to a sudden stop.

Pulled the squares from the box for Finding the way, these were made last year and the ones at the top of the post the ones which was sorted by colour earlier this year.

At Christmas time this layer cake was a gift, it got added to the box with Afternoon Delight.

It was time to audition some purple fabrics, playtime!

Which one, which one? In the end this combination worked. This is the fun part, needleturn for these ones.

While the box is open, a few more blocks will get fabrics pulled and sorted for a few starts on other colour months. Doing little bits each month, makes the process so much more relaxing. Joining everyone over at So Scrappy for RSC24. Why not pop in and come for a visit...

Darning is a rare thing, this happened on 29th of February 2024! Leaping Day.

Three pairs of jeans and two pairs of jean shorts needed mending, some parts turned out to be like darning socks by building up parts before this could be mended and fixed. Not something I am fond off, but... it needed to be done. So focus and some time knuckling down and slowly working on each pair until it was done.

Binding got made for the large baby quilt, more of a twin than anything else.

It is the same fabrics just in reverse order for the smaller baby quilt.

The smaller of the two quilts got trimmed and is ready for the binding to be sewn on.

Franken batting.

The baby panel was basted with pins and machine quilted this morning. Glad I got this done as this afternoon was busy with diy in the kitchen.

Created a piece of batting with pieces that was the same feel and weight for the baby quilt. Anytime an article needs lots of machine quilting, it is a great way to use the frankenbatting.

The back of the quilt, this fabric with maps was just the perfect fit for this baby boy quilt.

Cut and pinned the strips of fabric for the magic binding, will hopefully get to that part tomorrow. The baby quilt still needs trimming and while making binding for the baby one, decided to make the binding for the larger sailing quilt too.

Last week while Kate and I were chatting on Zoom, these pieces got prepped. Our weather is a wild ride at the moment, with high winds, blowing snow and thunderstorms with hail, rain and lightning. Going from warm to arctic in a span of a few hours.

Baby quilts.

My niece asked last year to make a baby quilt with a nautical theme for her new baby boy. So I looked online and found a kit for one, at the time it was one of the few which was available. Towards the end of last week, it was pulled out and the top made. It is huge, so it will not work in a baby size crib. Plan B is this panel which I found on saturday at The Hobby Horse Quilt Shoppe.

This will work for a baby. As luck would have it, when I went looking for nautical fabric last year the aqua anchor fabric was all I could find at the time. This is perfect for the binding for the baby quilt. The other one will get done and sent to her in due course as well.

Sometimes we have to change direction when life happens. First the fin on the fan on the light broke when making a bed, while shaking out a duvet with down inside it. It can happen to very tall people. Next the microwave decided to pack it in, so off we went to get a new one. Last but not least, we drove over a nail at Home Depot.

Long story short we got a flat, had to change a tire and get the tire fixed almost immediately. The saying things happen in threes.

The lovely lady helping us with the tire had nails painted a vibrant purple.

Found this beautiful fabric for a blouse for summer online, it arrived this morning.

Added the diamonds to the mariner's compass block and the green border fabric.