Aurifil August's Block of the Month

As you may have guessed, my August block didn't get made in time. I cut the fabric over a week ago and it was sitting on my cutting mat in order ready for the next step. Well the promise I made in my Where is my sewing machine post was to do some stitching in the next 24 hours. I didn't even get any hand piecing Castle Wall blocks in my lunch break done. To top the insult off I had to cut a kit for a customer urgently for pick up and I have messed my Aurifil block pieces up. I promise I will get August's block done maybe with September block. 

The one thing I did manage to do among the paperwork and computer work was to have a little session in EQ7 to work on a HST quilt that has been buzzing around in my head for the last couple of days. It will be a quick design to sew together so I will share it with everyone once I choose some fabrics. It will probably be after Australian Machine Quilting Festival (AMQF) which is at the beginning of October and preparing for this event is taking up most of my time at the moment. It is the first time we are trading at the Australian Machine Quilting Festival at a venue we have not traded at before. So this could be interesting.

Until next time 

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Building Blocks Quilt -FMQ Along #15

In our free motion quilting quilt along I am up to block 7, the disappearing nine patch block. Having made this block before it came together very well and it wasn't long before I was ready for quilting. There is 3 blocks to quilt and the first one was pretty straight forward to quilt. So it should by now, straight lines.

The second block was more challenging with the square spiral and the circles all the same size in rows. Well the neat rows of circles disappeared into pebbles and the last block aha moment on pebbles I want to do more so I did more.

The third block featured a spiral with some stippling. The spiral was interesting to stitch, a little wobbly in some spots but it turned out ok with the stippling. 

The next block is going to be a bit more challenging so we should have some fun piecing them.

Until next time

Keep stitching

Cynthia

Where is my sewing machine?

I have been spending a lot of time in front of the computer, working on a number of projects, a couple pretty special projects and an English Paper piecing tutorial which I swear I wrote the instructions for it and were just waiting on the pictures to be added. I have searched the computer and can't find them. So instead of stressing over it I took a break. I have blocks sitting on the cutting table that I was going to sew together.  Where is the sewing machine? It must be hidden among all the paperwork and computer work I have been doing. Some of it is pretty mundane but some of it is very exciting and needed to finish before the end of September. So I am promising myself some stitching in the next 24 hours, hopefully at the sewing machine. There is a stack of machine piecing waiting to be tackled but at the moment I would settle for some hand piecing if it come down to the crunch.

 I have been playing with some batik fabrics for an upcoming project. I need a few more batiks for it though. Really! My long suffering husband (LSH) would say if he heard this. You can never have too much fabric, if you ask me. 

Some of the batik fabrics I am playing with, maybe some will not make the final cut.

Until next time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia