Today we were going to visit Winchester but we had a change of plan. Never mind, that will happen in the near future. First I had an appointment that took a couple of hours but once home again the day was mine to play with my sewing machine. I love it when a change of plan means I get to do some sewing. I have some projects in my sewing cupboard that have been started but really haven't got very far. Earlier in the year I pulled out some churn blocks I'd made as part of the rainbow scrap challenge, not sure what year, but I needed to move them along to give me space for my current projects. They turned into a donation quilt and I was pleased with the result.
Another foray into the cupboard turned up these blocks which I made into the happy quilt. Most of the blocked had been pieced but some needed to be finished. This quilt is waiting to be quilted, I've just got to finish the quilting on the dinosaur quilt before this one gets its turn.
So today my search turned up three trip around the world blocks. Not sure why I started them but they are fun. I decided to make another donation quilt which would use some left over pieces from a jelly roll and other scraps. These are the blocks from the cupboard. I need to fix the block on the right as the pink needs to be across the middle.
I made three more blocks.
and have 6 more blocks to finish.
I'm having another sewing day tomorrow so I hope to get these blocks finished and sewn together. If it is a little cooler I'll also do some quilting on the dinosaur quilt. It's rather too big and heavy to play with in hot weather.
I stitched the small sashiko pattern on the Japanese inspired quilt. This pattern was really quick to do. I've started the box pattern but it will take me a little longer.
I have to be up early tomorrow as I promised to drop younger daughter at work, so I'm heading off to bed, although I may read a few pages of my book. I got a little behind with my reading challenge and I'm desperately trying to catch up. Unfortunately there just aren't enough hours in the day.
Take care
Lyndsey
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