NICE AUTUMN

Nothing much going on this week. Running errands, doctor´s appointements,...
I had time to admire some trees in the neighbourhood and I hope to get inspired from their colours for some future projects.
Last week´s workshop on machine quilting went very well and we had much fun. So much fun that I forgot to take pictures!
Anyway I have finished Bea´s 9th BOM. I changed it a bit. I hope Bea won´t mind!

As I have a growing stash of scrap sock yarns, I started using them. First for a pair of
booties for a student of mine who is expecting. ( Don´t worry, I teach adults!)









Then some preemies´ hats and socks for a local hospital.
When I have more I intend to visit the hospital with my DS to bring them the socks. My DS was born there 8 years ago and he was a preemie too, so I thought that would be a nice idea to thank them for their care.


Now I am knitting some socks for my DH, who is quite a bit larger than a preemie and the socks are taking a bit more time.
After that I intend to go back to sewing and quilting. I still have some projects ( others would say UFOs!) which need looking after.

I wish you a nice autumn week.

END OF FALL BREAK

We are back after a great time at my sister´s in Great Britain. She liked her socks (main thing!) and we did a lot (like shopping at the interknit café, going to the cinema to watch Mamma Mia, or spending a day in London).
All that time I could not sew nor knit so I haven´t much to show this week.

I had finished quilting that piece before going. The blocks were friendship blocks from allover the world. I machine quilted it and then washed it to get the antique look.

While in Great Britain, I bought some food colouring to try some more yarn dyeing. And this time I am very pleased with the results:

The three skeins were dyed with a mixture of Kool Aid and food colouring. Now when am I going to knit all those socks and/or scarves?!

Not tomorrow as I will give a workshop on machine quilting! I will show the result of the course next time.

I wish you a nice week end with a lot of sun (as we had today).

RUNNING NOSE

Two weeks without posting! I had a reason: a nasty bad cold, with my head feeling like a pumpkin most of the time.

The week before I had started quilting my siggy swap blocks quilt and I hope to show a picture of the finished quilt soon.
This week I received the last lot of my yarn subscription. That was something I could drool over. Quite easy with a running nose! I can see some nice socks or scarves there.

As my dear son and I are flying next week to the UK to see my dear sis, I had to finish her socks. And here they are. The pattern is called Clessidra from Knitty.

She wanted some flaps to fold over boots and there are still some buttons missing at the outside sides.

I hope she will like them, if not they are coming back with me!

This afternoon we had a gorgeous weather and so I spent some time dyeing more sock yarn with Kool Aid.

Pictures will be in the next post too.

I want to thank you all for your nice comments on the scrappy star quilt. They went down like honey, which was just what I needed this week.

Well enough whinging! I wish you a nice week with pumpkin in your gardens or on your plates!

QUILTED!

One less Ufo on the shelves (or rather on the pile on the floor beside the shelves!).

Last week I finished quilting my scrappy star quilt and sewing on the binding.

And the result is an autumn quilt ready on time for some afternoons on the terrace.



Last thursday was our monthly quilt group meeting and we were lucky to have one of the authors of that book as guest. She had plenty to show us and we went home full of ideas.

At the moment I am knitting socks for my dear sis (yes, the one who said "knitted socks, no thank you, never!). Well, she changed her mind and wants some knee socks in cream with a lot of fancy stitches. I can tell you, knie socks are VERY long! Let´s see what I will manage this week apart from that.

I wish you a nice week.

COLOURS

I was lucky this week and managed to have some time to sew things for me! I could finish this wall-hanging. I had made the stitchery back in spring I think and I had bought the fabric for the border. Well here it is at last and in time before Christmas!

I had told you that I wanted to dye some yarn with food coloring, well I did. With a friend we had a nice afternoon in the garden and dyed three skeins.
I will show you what the yarns looked like before dying, some baby blue ( I must have bought that colour about 8 years ago as my son was still a baby), white and cream.
And this is the result, first as skeins and then as balls. The colours are quite true apart from the green which is a bit brighter in real.
Not too bad but we had to use up all the food coloring (2 packs with 4 colours each) and I think the colours are not as dark as with Kool Aid. My friend got hooked I think, so it won´t be the last dying taking place in our garden!

I have been machine quilting my scrappy star quilt and it is coming out fast! Some pictures next week.

I wish you a nice week.

STILL NO TIME !

Days just fly by at the moment and I can´t seem to find time to sew something quilty.

When I have 5 minutes to spare I just sit and knit and that is the result: my version of the "February lady sweater".

The pattern is really good. No sewing at all (apart from the buttons!). The yarn I bought in France is gorgeous. It is 100 % Alpaca and it was so cheap I had to have it.
I finished (at last!) the two thingies for my sis. They are for early foreign language learning. The fish and the flowers are attached with Velcro srips to the mats. I DO hope that she will use them.

You don´t know my sis, I do!

I hope now that I will have time to finish some quilt projects, like quilting my scrappy star top which is still hanging on my design wall or some Christmas wall hanging.

Tomorrow I want to dye some sock yarn with food coloring. I will show next time the results, whatever they look like!

I wish you a nice week.

NO TIME TO QUILT

Last week was so busy, I had to pass on quilting!


These are 3 more blocks from Bea´s BOM. I love them all!


The design is fun and allows for personal changes if you feel like it!

I did not have time to sew but I managed to knit a scraf in public transport and waiting for my DS at different sport activities.
The model is called "Morning Surf Scraf" from Spin.Off magazine.
I don´t think I will be able to do much quilting next week either as my Dear Sis ordered some fun accessories for kids. What would I do without her, I would be bored to death!


I am happy to report that my 4SSQ made it to Jeanne in good shape. This swap is now over. Thanks to Margaret, last 4 seasons have been rich in new contacts, beautiful projects shared, goodies received,...

Thanks a lot Margaret for your work and your commitment!

I wish you all a nice week.