Happy September to you all. According to the meteorological system, today is the first day of Autumn here in the UK. I have to admit the nights are drawing in as the daylight hours get shorter but we are still getting approximately 14 hours of daylight. I'm often awake at 5 or 5:30 and it is fully light then and nice and quiet to take the dogs for a walk. The leaves of some trees are starting to change colour but currently it doesn't feel very autumnal. That could be because of the temperature. Even on my early morning dog walks I find it's too warm to wear a cardigan or fleece. I think I'll stick with the Autumn equinox which is September 22nd. The equinox is the moment the sun is directly above the Earth's equator which gives roughly equal amounts of daylight and night across the globe.
August was a good sewing month and I had two finishes. The first was the dinosaur quilt. This was a large quilt and the quilting took quite a while because of the weight of the quilt. It was heavy to manoeuvre to move between the individual dinosaurs. I enjoyed making this quilt as it is so bright and cheerful, plus the dinosaurs are such cute characters. This quilt has gone to its new home.
The Chookshed Challenge in August was number 7, the Garden Quilt. The person I was making it for chose this design but then changed their mind.
I got all the cutting done and made all the half square triangles that then turned into a star, well lots of stars to be precise. There are 34 stars in the quilt. I used two different fabrics for the stars.
This will be a scrappy quilt so I now need to sort the various fabric pieces into 9 blocks. I want a good spread of fabrics across the quilt. Having finished all the stars, the rest will go together easily. I should have a completed top at some point this month. I will make the garden quilt at some time in the future
This month there will be some secret sewing because I'm joining in with a blog hop taking place in October and the Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange in December. I'm looking forward to these two hops.
There are now only two months left of the Chookshed challenge for 2025. The number chosen this month is number 3. My number 3 is my Grandmother's Garden quilt.
This is my oldest unfinished project. I'm not sure when I started it but I always knew it would be a long term project. When it was small it was a lovely portable project but now the only portable part is making the individual flowers. I am currently making orange flowers and once this next round is complete I will square up the quilt. This quilt is being made for my younger daughter and I would like this finished either for her birthday next April or for Christmas next year 2026. I have been making some flowers and some are already attached to the quilt. Others are still just individual hexies. I'm interested to see how far I can get with this project this month.
What else will I be working on in September. Apart from the Christmas quilt and my project for the October blog hop everything I'm working on this month is hand work. I still have the Happy Quilt to quilt and bind but that can be finished next year. I want to complete the sashiko for the Japanese quilt so I can move onto the next round in October. I have started knitting a cardigan as I always enjoy a knitting project in the cooler weather but more about that another day. I want to spend an evening a week working on the embroidered tablecloth, finish 1 frog block, do some more work on the Star Trek cross stitch and finish the crocheted blanket. It will be interesting to see how far I get with everything.
I think I need a cup of tea to sort out my diary. We have a weekend away booked this month but I always take some embroidery or knitting with me for quiet moments. We also have two outings with older daughter and family so I need to plan carefully to make the best use of my available sewing time. September is International sewing month so maybe I can squeeze some extra sewing time in. I'm just going to enjoy anything I do or achieve. Enjoy the sewing month.
Take CareLyndsey
