A bit of this....

 a bit of that....!

The pandemic roller coaster continues here...

no sooner are we out of one lockdown, 

A view from my morning walk

enjoying the freedom of meeting up - outside - with 

friends, or coffee catch-ups,

than we are again, confined to our homes with only the 

five essential reasons to leave!

So what is one to do but craft.....?

I finished this jumper last weekend, then 'wet blocked' 

it, and am so pleased with how it turned out!

I decided it was time to start another quilt and loved 

how these fabrics played together!

Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts designed this pattern, which she 

calls Scrappy Posie, available free on her blog.

Unfortunately I don't have any fabric in my stash for 

backing at this stage.

I'll have to wait until lockdown finishes to solve that 

problem!

Finally, I made some little (about 3") pyramid shaped 

lavender pouches!

They are cleverly made with two squares of fabric from 

a tutorial at Patchwork Posse.

I'm planning on starting this cushion next...

Stay safe everyone...

I can't wait til I get my second jab next week!

SUZ

Hooley Dooley!

 This quilt seemed to name itself......

While I was working on it, I thought of this fun 'play-on' 

words, and it stuck!

The backing was lurking in the back of the fabric cupboard

I spent some of my recent fourteen day quarantine 

making this quilt.

I think it took me three weeks from start to finish.

Today I was released from 14 days quarantine....

and with the promise of a sunny morning,

 I set off for a short drive to take some photos!

Boy, it felt good to be out!

The bush setting was perfect, I think!

And a little water....

As I was heading home, I saw a pretty children's 

playground,

and took a couple of photos there!

I love finding great backdrops, especially when I don't 

have an agreeable quilt holder around!

Quilt #8 for 2021

Quilt size 47" square

Lifetime Quilt #137

Happy days!

SUZ

Deco Delta

is the name of my latest quilt finish! 

The weather has been cold, wet and windy the last few 

days....

Couple that with our lockdown means indoor photos will 

have to suffice today.

I decided to hang it above my bed to get a feel for it 

hanging as an art quilt.

I quilted a few sparse straight lines, 

and finished it with some Perle hand quilting in some of 

the blue/green shapes.

I also decided I wanted a clean look to the front so used 

a facing to bind it. 

The quilt finishes at 50" by 45"

This is quilt #7 for 2021.

Now it is looking for a new home!

Happy sewing,

SUZ

Moving on...

 

Once I had my bucket bag complete, it was time to 

decide what to work next.

I probably could have started quilting my Deco quilt, 

as I had the backing prepared, using leftover strip sets..

but I didn't have the motivation!

I had been sorting through my stash, selling some 

'no longer loved' scraps of fabric on Facebook...

which unearthed some long forgotten favourites.

So I started cutting and piecing....

limiting my palette to gold, brown, orange, rust, teal, 

navy and green,

 

Or probably more simply- no red or purple!

I like to use a black and white photo to check how 

balanced the block placement looks.

I still have many more blocks to make to get a decent 

sized quilt. 

I hope to be back with a flimsy soon...

Until then...

Happy days,

SUZ

Slowing down!

 I decided to take a short break from quilt making for 

my next bout of crafting!

So I finished this table runner, started during my recent 

ruler class.

Due to COVID restrictions, some classes have not gone 

ahead; I am not sure when they will be re-scheduled.

In fact, I am not sure I am going to bother going back!

I think I learned more from YouTube than I did from the 

teacher!

Then I put this pretty pile of textiles together...

the doily was a gift from a friend,

so I decided to make a little 'doll' quilt, 

one for her, one for me!

I'm adding some hand stitching- maybe crosses, French 

knots and hand quilting, possibly some little yo-yos?

Finally I had seen this lovely project bag on Instagram.

A link to the pattern is here: Bucket Bag

And when I was able to source the eyelets locally,

I decided it would make a great knitting bag.

I'm enjoying the slower pace of hand stitching!

Happy sewing indeed!

SUZ

Blossoming Buds- another finish!

 This is my sixth quilt finish for 2021!

I wonder if I can continue to make one quilt a month for 

the rest of the year?

The weather today was cold and windy, so I had to 

resort to just inside photos.

           And because this one is over 75" square,

my quilt holding contraption struggled to cope too!

You can glimpse the backing and binding in these two 

photos.  

 

The binding is a pale pink and yellow/gold stripe 

by Tula Pink.

I think it finishes the quilt off perfectly!

I was lucky enough to have this professionally long-arm 

quilted by the designer of this pattern, Carol, of 

Freebird Quilting Designs.

I really love how it looks on my bed!

I think it may just stay there.....

Quilt #6 for 2021

Finished size 75.5" by 78"

Lifetime Quilt #135

Happy sewing,

SUZ