My Wishes for November

I know I say each month that I want to keep things achievable, but this month I really do have to keep things simple.  There will only be a couple of wishes.  Anything else will be a bonus

MAIN MONTHLY GOAL

This will definitely be achievable. 

I have one final Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt to complete.  The aim is for that to happen this week.

USE ELLY MAY

See above

BETTY BLOCK

There wasn’t a block last month, and I’m not sure if there will be this month.  We’ll just go with the flow.

KNITTING

Nope

CROCHET

There are just four more squares required to have enough for a Wrap With Love blanket.  I really want to get these done, which will happen, as they are my stitching days project.  Then, I will endeavour to get them stitched together and an edging added in the early part of next year.

15 MINUTES A DAY

We will just go with the flow on this as well.  I’ll try to keep up.

BONUS WISHES

I still haven’t finished those bowl cosies.  It would be nice to tick them off the list, but if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t matter.

NON STITCHING WISHES

1. Try a new recipe - Tick.  That has already happened, with another in the pipeline.  Go me!

2. Read a book - we’ll see.

3. Fun Day Out - that has already happened as well.

4. Use our caravan - not happening

5. Keep my blog up to date.  It’s not going too badly, so let’s see if I can keep it up.

Let’s see how I go with all that.  Wish me luck.

Stitching Wrap Up for October

For a month with rather low expectations, I am pleased with what I achieved.

The main aim was to get the three Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts well on the way, with at least one over the the finish line.

I ended up with two finishes.

The third is ready to quilt.

Other than that, I finished my beanie.

I made a little needle book for travelling.

And, I traced the stitcheries for two projects.  I have had these two kits for well over ten years, waiting patiently for their time to shine.  This will be their time.

I also completed a further seven corner to corner crochet squares.  It really makes a difference when you get to attend your stitching days. There are only four more squares required to make a blanket for Wrap With Love.

I didn’t get around to completing the bowl cosies, but there is no rush for them and there wasn’t a block issued by Betty.

15 MINUTES A DAY

October = 26/31

YTD = 249/304. = 81.91%

All in all, a good month.

A Bonus Finish for the Month

My wish for the month was to have one of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts completed.  However, I have ended up with two.  It would have been nice to have the three done, but that wasn’t to be.

Anyway, here is the second one.

You can see where  I started at earlier in the month here.

I thought that a simple Baptist Fan pantograph would suit it well.

This was a fun quilt to make and using solid fabrics was quite a change for me.

I didn’t end up using a solid for the backing, but this one had a nice clear colour.  It has been in my stash for about 20 years, when I bought a heap of end of bolts at Spotlight for next to nothing.  I think it works well for this.

It will be a donation quilt, but I don’t know where it will end up.

I will be linking up with So Scrappy.  It is nice to see the other projects coming together, now that we are heading towards the end of the year.

QUILT INFORMATION

Measurements - 64" high x 52" wide

Pattern - Inspiration from a photo seen on Pinterest.

Fabrics - Stash.  

Quilting Design - Baptist Fan by Karla Gerome for QCT6

Batting - Cotton/Poly

Backing and Binding - Fabric from stash

Thread - Glide - 10000 White

A Quick Little Make

When we go travelling I like to take a simple, no fuss project to work on.  What I have found to work best for me is to take a stitchery that just uses one colour.  

I usually take my project and a separate little pouch with my needle, scissors etc, but the one thing that annoys me is that I end up with little snippets of thread that just get put in the pouch and end up making a mess.  I thought it was time to come up with a solution.  

Plan A was to make a little sewing hussaf style kit, but I thought I could come up with something even more compact. What I have made is very simple and extremely compact.  It should work just fine.

Enter my latest little needle book, finishing at just 3” high and 2 1/2” wide.  The hardest part was choosing the fabric.

There are two pages sewn in.  When you open the first there are my needles.  

Flip to the third and there are a few pins.

Turn to the inside of the back cover and I have popped in a tiny zip lock bag with three thimble dots.  I really like using these of late.  Once you have started using one, you can just stick it onto something and then use over and over again.  Hence, the plastic bag. The “in use” dots can get stuck onto the front to use again.

The best bit is the middle spread.  This is where I can lay my snippets of thread while stitching away.  When the needle book is closed they are contained…. I hope.  Too simple……it should work.  I know, simple things amuse simple minds.

I haven’t worried about a closure.  It will stay closed once it is in my project bag.

This is my new travel set up.  My stitching projects each have their own zip lock bag holding the stitchery and thread.  All I need to go with them is my little needle book, my tiny scissors and my embroidery hoop.  The hoop is another thing that I have only just started using and am finding works surprisingly well.  Who’s have thought. LOL

So there is everything is nice and compact, packed into my funky Queenie pouch ready to take on future trips.

Rainbow Scrap Challenge Quilt Finished

My main wish for this month was to have one of the  Rainbow Scrap Challenge Quilts completed.  I’m happy to report that I have achieved my wish.

The quickest and easiest to work on was the Black and White Potato Chip Quilt.

This quilt was started back in January this year, so I am very happy that it won’t be carried over to next year.  I made five blocks each month.

I decided that a swirly pantograph would suit it well.

The sad thing to happen while quilting this quilt was that my super glide foot broke on Elly May.  They are renowned for doing this and I did take all the recommended precautions, but to no avail.  I don’t think I will purchase another, if it could break as well.

The big decision for the quilt was to choose a backing.  To my delight, on a recent trip up to Orange I came across something suitable.

Wait for it…..

Oh my!   Does’t it make an impact.  It is a doona cover from Ikea that I found in the Salvos op shop.  The best thing is that I still have the other side, which is the same, to use on a future quilt.  I think I will make the exact same pattern again next year.

This quilt will be donated.

QUILT INFORMATION

Measurements - 64" high x 47" wide

Pattern - Inspiration from a photo seen on Pinterest.

Fabrics - Stash.  

Quilting Design - Swirling Wide e2e by Leah Day for QCT6

Batting - Cotton/Poly

Backing and Binding - Ikea doona cover found at Salvos op shop in Orange.

Thread - Glide - Steel Blue

I’m linking up with So Scrappy.  Pop over and see what the others have created.