Bright and busy on Friday Night

Friday Night Sew In snuck up and took me by surprise this month but I happily took advantage of the excuse to sew.
And it's a new project too :-) (How many new projects does Raewyn have - please don't ask!)

After an hour's sewing on FNSI

I am a fan of Kim Diehl's books and have a few in my collection - however I never thought that the first of her projects I would do would be a radical swerve from the original! So instead of country and homey this latest quilt is bright and busy!
I suddenly had inspiration for the quilt I have been wanting to make for Dad recently. Some of you will know he is a real Fruit and Nut man and I have been collecting the odd fruit and nut fabric as I have seen it. I know he likes bright colours but because of his failing eyesight I wanted to make something pretty simple.
So in walks Kim Diehl's latest book, Simple Charm, and the lapquilt Snow in Summer is perfect.

Snow in Summer, from Simple Charm by Kim Diehl.

Here it is in Dad's fabrics, so far, (after a bit more sewing on Friday night and a little on Saturday) —

Roughly laid out in no particular order.

Close up of some of the fabrics. I only chose fruits that Dad grows.

I came to a stall after running out of fruit fabric but I will have that sorted soon - I would like to have it finished by Fathers' Day on September 2nd so I need to remain focussed.
Many thanks to Bobbi and Heidi for hosting FNSI; it is lovely to have an excuse to sew (actually the MOML would probably suggest I don't need one!).
Happy sewing and happy weekend everyone,

A Tuesday Treasure

It's a while since I've taken part in Tuesday Treasures (hosted by the lovely Melody over at The House on the Side of the Hill). I realised today though that I hadn't shown one of the bears made by my YD.
Bandabear was made from acrylic fur and is all hand sewn. He is full of personality - here you see him playing with the dog....

"Hey Oscar-Riley wake up.... do you want to play?"

"Hey, leave me be....I don't want to sleep...!"

 

YD is away studying again now - but she did take her bearmaking things with her so I hope she gets a chance to have another sew. It's so lovely seeing her creating.

And so she sewed....

It was the weekend; my sewing room was nearly back to normal and calving was settled down into a routine. (The mad rush is over, we're into a time-consuming routine now) so what was happening at Raewyn's house...?

.....The washing machine was whirring away.....

And Raewyn completed the next two Temecula Quilt Co blocks.

.....The dishwasher was humming away.....

And Raewyn made good progress on her Mini Friendship Sampler run
by Joanne (Threadhead)  in May. I hadn't done the applique which is
done by Invisible Machine Applique. I started the quilting too but
need more quilting threads.

 .....The MOML was vacumming (grin)....

And Raewyn completed her next Hop To It block (an Edyta Sitar pattern).

I am doing these by hand needleturn applique so they are taking me a while!

 ....The crockpot bubbled away....

And Raewyn completed month 5 of the SewCalGal fmq challenge.
The tutorial by Leah Day was for Douple Stipling - this is the version
using straight lines called Railway Tracks.

.....And Raewyn was as happy as a pig in mud - a very satisfying weekend :-).

Hope you all had as fruitful a weekend,