Getting organised.

Today has been a slow day after our walk yesterday. We had arranged to visit John's sister and husband this morning. The visit was fun and my sister in law showed me a quilt she had recently finished quilting. She had also been working on a  very pretty crocheted blanket. It was good to catch up. 

Back at home I picked up my project folder to help make a few decisions.  I have altered the project I'm working on this month for the chookshed challenge. It should be my brothers new quilt but he has put a hold on this for a while. I changed the challenge to my grandmother's garden quilt made using EPP, English paper piecing. I pulled the grandmother's garden quilt from my sewing cupboard. It is a bit scrunched up having been in the cupboard for some time  so I'll iron it before I start any sewing.  The orange 'flowers' have been added to two sides of the quilt. Four sides to go. I love these bright orange flowers.

I already have some more  stitched 'flowers ' to add to the quilt, but I need a lot more.

I need to finish the orange round and then square up the quilt. With four sides to work round I'm not expecting to get it finished in the month but it would be good to make some considerable progress. Guess I'd better get sewing.

I've also got a quilt I need to get quilted. This is a scrappy quilt that I made in January as a donation quilt.  My sewing machine stopped working properly before Christmas but it was only recently that I managed to get the machine booked in for a service. I was able to collect it on Wednesday and it is working beautifully again so I'm hoping to do the quilting tomorrow. 

The quilt sandwich has been made for a while. It is backed with a soft flannel.

I also realised I hadn't shown you the final frog stitchery I'd worked on.  This month I want to start making the blocks.

Here are all the other stitched pieces for this quilt.

Right, time for bed, I have a quilt to finish tomorrow!

Take care

Lyndsey