FAL Q3 2014 Results...

I know you want to hear all about the weekend; I want to tell you too, but it feels like my brain is still sat in a traffic jam on the M1 and so please accept my apologies, and settle for this part-prewritten post, before I miss the FAL deadline tonight!


So I posted my list back in July here, and here's how I faired…

1.  Rollover, rollover…

… and it rolls over again, but has moved on a little at least…

2.  Hexie rollover…

…ahem…

3.  Poolside revamp…

… yay, blogged here...

4.  Secret stitching…

… oh yes, revealed here…

5.  Name tag, for me!

…success, blogged here and worn, along with my lovely one from Tsoniki all Retreat long…

6.  Another mini-Super Tote…

… go me!  Blogged here…

7.  A post-FQR cushion…

…whaddaya know; blogged here…

5 out of 7, I thank you!

Linking with Katy, who I waved farewell to only this morning, and it already feels like a week ago!

Weekender report tomorrow, sleep now.

Ho Ho Holidays...

I am still enjoying the peace and quiet, so why don't you pop over to Lisa and Justine's blog as I have been getting in the Christmas spirit, and using some of Simply Solids' fun festive fabrics…

It's never too early you know!  Look out for them if you are going to Festival of Quilts later this week, stand E16; I really wish I was going too.

But I get another FAL tick, so it's all good.
xxx

Sofa so good...

I have been cracking on with my FQR finishes, which includes my hand-quilted cushion that I also presumptuously put on my FAL list…

After a couple of false starts and a little unpicking, I found my hand-quilting rhythm and stitch size, and then there was no stopping me!  I even flukily managed to maintain quite a decent backside, if I do say so myself!

I used a Hera marker to guide my stitching, and as one of many firsts on this cushion it, I was rather impressed that even with all the scrunching up the top got whilst quilting, I could still see where I was going.

I backed my cushion with some Clarke & Clarke home dec weight spots, put in a concealed zip and used some of my favourite Liberty Lifestyle print for binding, and I don't use that unless I am particularly chuffed with something!

I need something else to hand quilt now, honestly I am going to make things just so I can!  I have even pulled out my Midnight At The Oasis today, which has lain unloved for about 6 months, and got my appliqué action on at last.  I think that one certainly deserves the hand-quilting treatment.

So onto the rather over-crowded but oh-so-pretty sofa it has gone…

I should photograph the view from the sofa really, to assure you that I haven't covered the whole house!

Well the weather has cooled a little this evening, we managed about 45 minutes at the park earlier, before the thunder started, and made it home just before the rain.  Not sure what this weekend has in store, but I am guessing it won't be a patch on the fun and games of last weekend.

FAL Q3 2014 - Here we go!

So let's make a list…

1.  Rollover, rollover…

I am hoping Jen Kingwell will kick my butt and get me back in the mood for my MATO!

2.  Hexie rollover…

Summer holiday sewing of the most relaxing kind, I hope!

3.  Poolside revamp…

Yes I only just finished it, but I have ripped out the coral Sketch facing and so I still need to finish it, again!

4.  Secret stitching, due for a mid-August reveal…

I know it's Christmassy, but by the end of this quarter, we will all be on that slippery slope towards the festivities; ho ho ho!

5.  Another name tag, for me!  My FQR partner is bringing mine along to Retreat, but I don't want to turn up without one!!!

Mental I know, but I will use the lanyard for work anyway.

6.  Another mini-Super Tote…

All the pieces are cut now, and I wouldn't mind having this one ready for FQR.

7.  A post-FQR cushion…

This panel, I am hoping, will be hand quilted and looking amazing.  Well got to have dreams!

So there we have my list of 7.

This quarter I also want to start, or at least make great plans for my Denise Schmidt Hadley quilt, make a couple of minis from my Little Quilts book and so much more.  Time will tell how successful I will be.

Linking up with all the other hopefuls over at Katy's.