Caught up

As promised from last post....drumroll please...here are my May AND June blocks!!! Yay. I'm also happy to say that I have started stitching July...BOOM! lol.



May blocks, favourite is bottom rhs bee/bug ;)



June blocks, favourite is top lhs branch with leaves ;)

Thankyou again to Chooky and Susan for the hard work they put into keeping us honest, and updated on each others work...I am extremely grateful!!!. Have a great week my stitch along friends...I'm looking forward to a wonderful weekend celebrating a gorgeous girls 21st birthday and catching up with Kate...send me warm vibes- it's going to be freezing!!!!! Xo Suze. 

I am still here and have mostly caught up!

I have had a little hiatis from blogging but Nature's Journey has always been on my mind.  It is so nice to see everyone's version of the pattern! I will comment this week and get caught up on everyone's progress.  I have completed the prep work for the applique and am now taking the time to applique...between training for marathons and getting as much of Canada's short summer as I can I take the quiet moments to applique. Yay for prep work!

Here are my parts 3, 4 and 5.  I am still playing with the stems.  For part 5 I am happy with them because I went back and mad the stems ON THE BIAS ;).

I like that the project is so portable!  I can't wait to put all these blocks together! Such fun! Happy Sewing everyone!

A Big M Please

A little bit late but here are the last of my May blocks :)))

I spent today preparing June and started on Julys Prep .... It's all coming together nicely :))

May Day ;))

Help I still haven't finished my May blocks  .... But I'm getting there slowly .

All my littlies are done

And started on some hexies ...

So just my 4 biggies too go !!!

April and May completed

What a saga my last two projects were!

I finished the three stitcheries for the April project in March. Then I lost thepattern. Then I found the pattern. Then I lost the stitcheries. I've searched and searched for them. To no avail. Thought about doing them again, but then couldn't find the pattern.

I have a bit of an excuse - the builders were here fixing the damage to the house from the fire we had on New Years Eve. So a whole rom had to be packed and cleaned out as the fire had damaged the wall and floor.

May came along. A busy month. My 6 monthly scrap booking retreat was on and my second son was a partner in a debutante ball. So slightly busier than usual in our house hold.

This week, I was back to sorting my craft out so that I can get some organisation back into the new room and my craft room - which was used as a storage room while the builders were here. I was packing away the latest BoM package I'd received in the mail and here was the stitcheries. Yay!!

This was my prompt to get going and get up to date with the monthly projects. So yesterday, I put together the mini wall hanging and made the bag. I've bought linen to make onenwith the stitchery but realised that this was going to be unrealisitic. So for now, I've taken the option of making the bag without the stitchery. It's a lovely pattern and a nice little bag.

Here are the pictures:

The Stitchery.

The bag.

Not great photos. But I decided it was more important to write the blog and post the oictures than to get the best photos.

So, Chooky, can you mark me off for April and May. I'll make a start on the June project this weekend.

Cheers

Marg

May project all done

This weekend I met with friends and had a weekend of sewing. 

I had my stitchery ready, fabric chosen and sewing machine threaded up. 

I spent all day Saturday putting my bag together. 

I was toying with the idea of adding a pocket to the inside of the bag. 

It was suggested I use a magnet instead. 

I put a magnet into the lining of the bag. 

Then I made a Lanyon with a lobster clasp at the end and attached the other magnet to the Lanyon. 

So now when I have keys or scissors attached to the Lanyon I won't lose them  As they will be attached to the magnet in my bag. 

I enjoyed making the bag so who knows another might be made in the future. 

Using my Pass

As much as I am a bag lady, this month's project just doesn't appeal to me.

So I've decided to use my pass and focus on something else during May.

Pia