Another Tick....

 The past few days I have been busy sewing down binding on my completed quilts. Which led to another job, that of sewing labels. 

I have quite a few quilts without labels but have a lot of doilies that I have collected to use as labels for my quilts so....... it was time to get to it!

The binding for this lovely got done. Trying to use from my stash so the binding was made from some greyish tilda that was in my stash. Not unhappy with it I must say, roughly half the binding is in each fabric.

two of my favourite blocks.....

Here is my little collection of labels ready to sew them on as you can see by the dates some are long overdue for their labels.

 I must say my stitching is a little higgledy piggledy but I can live with it. On other quilts I just used a pigma pen to write on the doilies and I always feel I was being a little lazy so I went the whole hog with these and stitched them, the stitching got neater with each label.

Do you always label your quilts straight away?

Just one more quilt to sew the binding down on and then that's it for my 2024 finishes so far. Gotta be happy with that!

Have a great day

Marina

Long time between drinks.....

 Well it has been awhile. Life has been happening and thankfully crafting too.  It's a lazy Saturday and I felt it's about time to pay some attention to my neglected blog and update my crafting projects on here as I do like to chronicle them here.

I have been visiting my usual blogs but as they authors are mostly on instagram too it's easy to comment there. I do feel I've missed my blog too.

There have been some finishes here which you know means some starts. Gotta be happy about that.

Here are some progress pics 

Nine Owl and Hare stitcheries applied to my dresden top and is now at the quilters. I must say I really loved doing these stitcheries. 

Who's who in the zoo now just needs to have some borders done...... my least favourite part of a quilt.

My aussie animals top is done, finished differently to the pattern but that's the way I tend to roll.

A friend has kindly quilted it for me as a practice quilt as she is new to machine quilting.

and my hometown tilda quilt is done too again completed differently to the pattern.

Here is the progress on my little Kathy Schmitz stitcheries. I need to cut some more blades for the dresdens shortly as I have nearly completed those I had prepared. All the stitcheries are completed that I need for this project as are the backgrounds.

Looks like Dresdens have become a little obsession of mine. 

Well today I hope to get the binding sewn on the two quilted tops so that they can be called a complete finish.

Hope this post is not too photo heavy and that there are still visitors to my little blog.

Perhaps next time I can share my new projects!

Happy days

Marina

hello out there.....

 Wow months just fly by and we are plowing towards the middle of the year

Even thought I have not been so visible in blogland I have been in the background looking at all the lovely things my blog friends are making and doing.

I receive lovely invites to Zooms from the wonderful Chooky and I managed to pop in for a little bit on the weekend just gone. It was great to sew and chat with this lovely group and I got to thinking about all the friendships and acquaintances I have met through blogging over the years. Whether it is for a short while or a long while they are valued connections. I thought it might be nice to pop in and put up a few post as I have been busily sewing over the past months. There should be enough to supply me with quite a few posts.

In the last post I made there was a list of projects to be done..... that list has changed a bit since then so it's a good place to pick up

1. there has been major progress on basket case 

2. Tilda dresden's are a completed top awaiting quilting

3. Kim's top had all it's applique done and returned to her

4. Monster's top is done awaiting quilting

7. My favourite things blocks have been completed into two quilts that have been gifted.

8. 9 patch tops have got their borders cut and planned

Now for the photographic evidence

basket case- pattern by Irene Blanck

Favourite things 1- blocks by Toni Alexander

Favourite things 2 - pattern by Toni Alexander

even made labels!

Tilda Dresdens

Monsters......

thanks for making it to the end 

Hopefully more to share soon

Happy days

Marina