Temptation!

I have been loving the look of this Geese in the Forest quilt for a while, so I gave in and downloaded the pattern last night!

Do I start it ASAP or finish the 50% quilted Turning Twenty quilt first? Decisions, decisions! 

A fat quarter quilt

I've had these fabrics put together for a while now and since deciding to sew every day thought it was the perfect opportunity to do something with them.

                                        

While I was paring Tula with Joel I discovered a loft is most certainly not the place to be on a hot summers day so I decamped to the kitchen.

Yup more fabric baskets but they are another blog post!

Installing a cutting station on the kitchen bench under the watchful hinge of the armadillo bread bin (Poor thing is starving as we've not had bread in the house for months all it gets now are left overs to be turned into supper) 

I went with a Turning Twenty pattern as I know it off the top of my head and that was exactly what was needed, fast, hassle free, fun sewing :)

I then hacked and slashed the blocks into quarters and stitched them back together again, as you do. 

I managed a little of the quilting tonight and I have high hopes of having it ready for binding by late tomorrow evening, that is if Madams girlie sleep over party goes without any problems!

Please keep your fingers crossed that the girlie sleep over party goes without a hitch!

Edited to add -
Here is a link to the Turning Twenty book I have as I totally forgot to add the link when I posted!
Turning Twenty by Tricia Cribbs enjoy! 

Modernista Homemade{swap}~R4~Spicing up the bedroom!

I know, I know 2 posts in 1 day - whats going on! Utter madness here lol
I forgot to post pics last week of the swap package I sent out for The Modernista Homemade swap and the ensuing sewing that it inspired :) Because of the nature of the swap I don't want to give away who this package went to as the person hasn't reported it received yet.

 My partner seemed to like simple graphic shapes so thats what I went for.

A cushion or pillow-depends where in the world you live and a fabric basket.

This is the cushion with an ill-fitting cushion pad in it as I didn't have a larger one to hand.  HST, linen and scrappy binding featured quite heavily in faves and comment so thats what I went for, I hope I got it right! 

And the little fabric basket, made with a tutorial from Ayumi's blog Pink Penguin 

I've found they are a little bit addictive...I may have made some more slightly larger baskets since this one went to it's new home...

Three to be exact :)

They are just a perfect size for putting yarn in, or remote controls for game consoles or leaving at the bottom of the stairs to put "stuff" in to take upstairs later. I do wonder how the heck I've lived without fabric baskets in my life for so long. 

See how well my crochet fits in there, it makes me very happy as it stops 'Bella attacking my yarn while I crochet.

I have plans to make many, many more!

What have you been sewing that you've found addictive to make? 

Building a good habit or eating chocolate and whinging - August!

I'm putting this "out there" incase anyone fancies joining in or just prodding me to keep me on track!  One of the lovely blogs I read seaside-stitches sparked my admiration with a challenge she has taken on, it's a simple sounding challenge but one that we all know is harder to do than to say!

 sew every day Sounds simple yeah? 

Well I thought I would quietly try this through August on my own, because you just know how easy these things are if you don't tell anyone to keep yourself motivated-yeah right! I just really want to make a dent in the ever growing list of things to make. It is now the 5th and I failed! How bad is that?!? So I'm doing what any good modern lady would do, I'm eating (slightly melted) chocolate with a cup of tea and having a whinge about it before jumping on the band wagon again!

I have sewn 4 days out of 5 so far and hope to continue through to the end of the month. Would you ladies, I don't think any guys follow my corner of cyber space but shout up if you are, like to see sewing progress shots even though I can safely assume they will be of the above chocolate wrapper iphone standard? I hope to have a pile of finishes by the end of the month and a good sewing mojo in action rather than being surrounded by chocolate wrappers!

I will leave you with another photo, my lovely man "Him in Doors" knows I love Jo Malone so he bought me one of her candles 

I haven't lit it yet but when I lift the lid it fills the room with the most delicious scent of wild flowers and it looks super pretty on my dresser!

 I have been totally spoilt :D

P.S. any thoughts on the new Doctor?