Getting Stuff Done

 The quilt in the last post is finished, which will be returned to Project Linus  next month.

I also finished the second sock. That didn’t take long to do.

The pattern is by Kay Jones of The Bakery Bears knitted in King Cole ZigZag sock yarn.  This is how the colourway looks in stocking stitch  below.  It’s quite is busy pattern so it was difficult to start in the same place at the beginning of the second sock, so they’re not matching.

This week I pulled out a couple of sewing items that have been hibernating for some time. First is this piece of shadow appliqué.  The petals and leaves were layered under sheer organza and trapped by free machine quilting. Metallic thread or sequins were sewn on top to be made into a cushion cover but I never got around to it so I just put binding around it and it’ll be a wall hanging.

Another project I picked up was a quilt as you go piece I’d sewn having seen an article in Today’s Quilter. I got as far as the blue fabric in the photo below.

I decided to add another round, however I also had to add backing fabric and the wadding was sandwiched in between.  Held tightly I then top stitched.  That worked ok and I added strips top and bottom in the same way.  I’ve now got to the point of adding binding strips on the sides, then top and bottom.  The size is 24” wide by 27.5” long, so called a small pram or bassinet size. It’s still got the clips on the top, but I’ll soon get that slip-stitched down.  It’ll go to Project Linus.

This is the back, below.  It has several seams but the pattern is such, you would have to find them. Originally I was going to use it for stitch practice so I wasn’t bothered about the bottom thread.  I’m not going to take it out now.

And another picture.

I quite like how it’s going and it’ll be another thing ticked off.

But I still have a lot of orphan blocks that need a home and I’ll get round to using them….