Granny Squares

Yesterday I felt the urge to sew something on 

my sewing machine, I didn't want to start a 

new project as I have 2 UFO's still to

finish, so I pulled out my Granny squares to

work on, I was able to stitch 4 blocks to add

to the pile

aren't they sweet, the fabric is Ruby by Bonnie and Camille

and this is what my cutting table looks like,

todays plan is to keep making blocks until

all those little squares are used.

When I have finished making the blocks, I would like

to set them on point, my question to you is

how do I work out the size of the block I need to cut the

triangles out of to be able to have them on point??

Hmmm maybe I should google it :)

Oh and the last of my EPP hexagons arrived yesterday

I am not basting them until I have stitched all the flowers in

my little plastic box.

Be still my beating heart

Miss Sophie had a girlie-friend come and stay on the weekend

Miss Emma was at her girlie-friends staying over

so I thought as I was minus the chatty, attention span

of a gnat girlie it would be a good time to introduce

Sophie and Miss E to stitching

designs were picked and traced

cotton floss was selected

needles were found

and voila

Miss Sophie and her first of many stitcherie's

meanwhile I have continued to sew hexagons

I have made the required 123 hexagons plus a few extras

as I want straight edges not the jagged edge the pattern

has

I still have 25 more to sew but they are all cut out and tomorrow

I will sew them up ready for their centres to be stitched on at night

I am hoping to get back to sewing Miss K's granny square quilt

tomorrow and I need to catch up on my New York Beauty

as this weeks block came out today and I haven't made last weeks

yet.

there is lots of sewing on my agenda this week, plus a farewell bbq

here on Saturday for one of hubby's work mates who is

moving north to another Port next month

(as soon as she is gone we get to move into the House on the Hill)

 it will be a stitching free weekend for me!

The pressure the pressure

and we are still having tv issues, tv man is supposed to be coming

today to see what he can do........emphasis on

SUPPOSED lol

and we are down to 1 child this weekend as the big girlies are

off on a scout camp, 2 whole nights of peace :)



Granny Squares

and then there were 11

today I spent a couple of hours cutting up my Ruby stash

into 2.5" squares, then the Moda white into

2.5" squares, that meant I only had enough time to

sew another 9 squares up :(

I do love these little squares and cannot wait until all the blocks

are done. I will be heading to Merimbula on Friday to get some

more white fabric for the sashing and boarders

Today was towel washing day, look at my little

henrycat, he is such a character, I couldn't find him this afternoon

he was asleep in the girlies dirty laundry basket (there wasn't anything it)

so I got him out of the basket and he proceeded to hop onto the

towels for a snooze, where he still is. How could you go mad at

that gorgeous little face

I do love Henrycat

Today

I cleaned the house, caught up on the washing

then headed downstairs to my sewing room to find

a pattern for Master A's quilt.

This is what I found

Master A is only 3 so it should do him for a few years

I decided to make Miss K a quilt of

Granny Squares using my stash of

Ruby by Bonnie and Camille

there is a fabulous tutorial here

the tutorial is for a

4 blocks wide, 5 blocks long quilt

I want it to fit a single bed so I thought

I would make a 5 wide, 6 long top

I finished this block over the weekend

and have 1 ohio star left to make to have block 2

finished, but I got sidetracked by Granny Squares

maybe I will get it done tomorrow.

and my sewing buddy sent the afternoon here

dear dear Henrycat