Not much sewing has happened here during July.
Here’s a Round up of RSC projects this month:
7 blue String blocks and one purple( hardly had any purple scraps)ALL ABOUT QUILTING, PATCHWORK AND CRAFTS
Not much sewing has happened here during July.
Here’s a Round up of RSC projects this month:
7 blue String blocks and one purple( hardly had any purple scraps)Over two weeks ago I finished one of my outstanding pink RSC Crumb quilts. I used 4.5” Crumb blocks I had stashed away and combined into 4 patches with pink fabrics, interspersing the coin columns with pink Snail fabric.
I used a jagged stitch on my machine to quilt it and I’m really pleased with the result.
I backed and bound it with the snail fabric and it measures 40” square. I’m intending to donate it to the Linus Project when I have a few to pass on.
A few close ups:
And a couple of artistic “drop” pictures!
I am very behind with the RSC monthly colours and had got out a lot of blue scraps so I decided to use one of the larger novelty prints as a centre for a medallion style child’s quilt.
I used the idea I made a little while ago and did a narrow stop border with a blue plaid and used some of my Wonky Stars to make the next round. I managed to sew on the side borders and lay out the top and bottom ones( but hadn’t sewn them together].
Then I had my 4th booster Covid vaccination and reacted very badly indeed, after two days I ended up in A & E and then admitted to hospital. After four days I was discharged on Wednesday evening. Extremely tired and still taking antibiotics and getting used to a change of regular medication so no sewing has happened. I am resting and sleeping and watching tennis from Wimbledon.
I did start some purple Sawtooth stars but they’re on hold too!
Linking with Angela’s So Scrappy RSC blog.
Yesterday I finally sewed 5 blue String blocks as a start for my Blue blocks for June’s RSC colour. I chose this block because my blue strings were handy and I had 5 phone book papers already cut to size.
Earlier in the week I continued with my green scraps- Twinkler blocks, Bear Paws and Wonky Star blocks.
My last actual sewing took place on 30th April. Since then we have had two short breaks away, celebrating John’s 80th birthday at the beginning of May and my 75th birthday at the end of May, and fitted in two large sections of decorating, the first between the two holidays and secondly, after the second. We are pleased with everything we had done but of course that meant a lot of moving things from room to room and then afterwards cleaning everything and putting it back. Almost back to rights now but still a few odds and ends to put back. I have taken the opportunity to look at everything very carefully, deciding whether we really love that vase, book etc enough to keep it. As a result I have made a couple of trips to the Charity shop with donations. My Word for the year is “Consider”, so I have Considered everything I have been sorting out. Pleased with the amount of things I have let go.
At the beginning of May I went through my stash, pulling out green scraps for RSC’s Green month. Well, they just sat in my sewing room until yesterday when I eventually found time and space (my sewing room became one of our dumping grounds during the decorations) to sit at my machine and sew. I cut out a few Bear Paw blocks in the 2 chosen sizes and then started sewing the smaller ones. As I have said many times on my blog, I have a Spacial Awareness problem, and I find Bear Paws difficult to orientate. Well, yesterday was even worse, because I was so out of practice. A lot of mistakes, a lot of seam ripping went on but I eventually made 4 blocks.
By that time I had had enough of Bear Paws so I made some strippy blocks as I had a few ready cut newspaper foundations ready to use. I made 10 and I’m pleased with them. Mindless sewing, what a therapy!
Here in the UK we are gearing up for the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, her Diamond Jubilee. What an amazing achievement. Queen Elizabeth II is our longest living monarch and has been present for most of my life.
Our town is beginning to look jolly with shops decorating their windows with red, white and blue merchandise, bunting and flags and now bollards are having red, white and blue flowers and 4 bollards have been completely covered to become Grenadier Guards! Very impressive!
Not a wonderful photo but you get the idea.
I am sure everyone I passed was enjoying the decorations too. People seemed more smiley and chatty, everyone passing the time of day as you passed. I’m calling it the Jubilee Effect!
I didn’t think I would find many green scraps as it doesn’t seem that long since I was making Green RSC blocks last year. How time flies!
But this is what I found: