Four baby quilts, two of which need to be ready by the beginning of December when twin boys are due in The Netherlands. Two more need to be ready for me to take to New Zealand at the very beginning of January. One I know is for a boy, the other the parents have chosen not to find out until baby is born. Really I need to take two for that baby, one for a boy and one for a girl.
One Dutch baby quilt is finished, the second one has the binding on and tomorrow I'll slip stitch the back at my Patchwork Group.
I have completed a flimsy for a girl quilt and I have a plan and have a bit cut out for the NZ boy one. So, it's a matter of ploughing on with the quilts.
Then I am knitting angels! My church has asked for a simple knitted angel (pattern and wool provided) as we are hoping to have lots and lots which will have a tag tied around the neck and will be secretly left all over our town in the run up to Christmas. Whoever finds one can take it home and enjoy the Christmas message on its tag. That's the idea anyway, we haven't done this before. They have to be done by 9th December. I have knitted four so far, two of which have been sewn up and are ready to be gifted. I hope to make a few more before the deadline as they are quite quick to make.
This year I have taken part in the Sunshine Guild blocks for charities. As the blocks are sent to the USA the postage is rather prohibitive so I decided to send two or three months of blocks in one packet. For what I feel is a reasonable amount of postage for me to pay I can send 10 blocks in one little packet. So today I posted 4 "Brights" for October, 3 "Fall" blocks for November and 3 "Potluck" ones for December.
October blocks
November blocks
December blocks
A very grey day here, rain too so I'm afraid the blocks all look too dark.
The centre square of each of the Potluck blocks is one of the string blocks I made a few weeks ago.
I just have one String square left now. Nice to turn those gifted scraps into finished projects straight away.
I think it's a good thing to have a few projects on the go, variety is the spice of life!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Maureen. I always have several things on the go but not so many with deadlines!
DeleteI love all the things you share and see your beautiful creation. Thank you for sharing with everyone. I know everything about you.
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Thank you for your kind comment.
DeleteI think being busy actually gets more done. Keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteYes, I think you're right, Jo. I work well when I have a deadline, but I do have a lot at the same time at the moment!
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