Hop To It update

It's a while since I have posted about my Hop To It progress so here are some photos of my latest blocks. (From the book, Hop To It by Edytar Sitar).

Block 6 - Buds in Bloom

Block 5 - Garden Guest
(The black bulders' paper made a great background for my photos!)

I thought the Eco-Fleece (insulation) would make a good
design wall but the blocks fell off pretty quickly.

The rest of my blocks are shown here.... so that makes 8 blocks (out of 12) completed so far.
This morning I had a play around with the sashings and cut out a few triangles to get a feel of how the quilt will look. I can use some of the rusts from my blocks too.

Not the best photo but gives an idea.

Then again, I'm also wondering about going completely scrappy using all the fabrics leftover from my blocks....more thinking needed, I think!
If I make a decision I can get organised with my cutting and make the blocks up in  leader and ender style.

I was down on the farm yesterday and saw this lovely rainbow as I walked back home.

Looking from the river bank towards the house and buildings.

It's another lovely day today (so far), great winter weather.
Happy creating every-one and thanks for stopping by,

A very long Friday Night Sew-In!

I hope I wasn't breaking the rules because my Friday Night Sew In was actually a Friday Night Sew Out, as I joined a group of friends to sew the night away.
It was a fun idea to celebrate a birthday with a shared meal, plenty of chatter and a fair bit of sewing - some of us achieved more than others....
I wouldn't say my night was highly productive ('fair' would be a good description) but I did make headway on some projects :-)
I had hoped to finish this last red and white block before packing it away for a little rest....
Oops squares for the HST were cut too small and I didn't bring any more fabric with me :-(

It'll be a nice block when it's done.

--- serves me right for having a sew-out, not a sew-in.

Next I pulled out my Blessings Baskets (courtesy of Temecula Quilt Co) mini quilt. I had slowed down on this while I thought about which fabric to use for my setting triangles... everything I tried looked too washed out - but I am happy with this now. Just got a bit of quilting to do then it will be done!

Finishing size will be approx 16".

Lots of people have commented on the sashing..here is a closeup.

I've been making a few pinwheels lately, for various projects so I pinwheeled the rest of the night away.

My FNSI continued on Saturday (my time) as I joined Joanne on her FNSI (Friday night her time). Once again I enjoyed the combination of chatting while sewing. I replaced a couple of the cornerstones on my Blessings mini with better fabric matches and the pinwheel pile grew a little more.

And now it's evening and the tension is growing in the test match between the All Blacks and Ireland - might be time to put another log on the fire and concentrate on the game.
Happy creating every-one,

Planning for FNSI

I've signed up for my first Friday Night Sew In....heres's hoping I can get through all this....!

Where shall I start...?

here is the link if you want to sign up too....
I'll be back tomorrow to share what I achieved :-)

Happy creating!!