Sewing blocks

Having taken Missy and Twiglet out for their morning walk, and I'd tidied the kitchen after breakfast it was time to do a little sewing. Yesterday I cut out another block for the frog quilt, appropriately nammed Hopping block.

Before I started to sew these blocks together I decided to cut out another pair of blocks. That way I would have the pair of blocks ready to sew in the week in case I had time. This time the block has a lot of triangles in the mix. These blocks involved 4 shades of green and by the time I finished the cutting out I was feeling a little weary. This block is named Leap Frog block.

Having cut out the next two blocks I got on with making the hopping block. I tend to chain piece starting with the larger blcok and then the pieces for the smaller block. I know I was tired when I cut the pieces for this block but I was a little annoyed with myself when I realised I'd cut two pieces incorrectly. Fortunately I had enough fabric to recut the pieces. Having made up the block I am very happy with how they turned out. These are really pretty blocks.

I decided to put the pieces for the Leap frog block away to make up another day. I still have two more blocks, one of each size to cut and then I can sew the quilt together.

Having finished sewing for the day I went out to the garden. I had some seedlings I needed to pot into larger pots, hollyhocks and foxgloves. The seedlings just need to be a bit bigger before they are planted into the graden. John and I also did some tidying, starting with cutting back some ivy that had come through the fence from next door. I don't want the ivy to take over areas of the garden so it needed cutting back. There were also roses needing dead heading and we found a few strawberries already ripe and juicy on the strawberry plants. We quickly shared the strawberries, mmm delicious.

This evening I had intended to do some goldwork but I was feeling quite tired so I put it to one side. I'd done a little embroidery on the tablecloth this morning and didn't feel like picking it up again so instead I read a couple of chapters of the book I'm reading. I need to check the authors name and the title before II add it to the post. It's by an author I've never read before. I like the style its written in andI'm enjoying it.

Tomorrow Is a work day but I have no meetings to worry about, so I can catch up with my preparations for the new intake due to start in September. This coming week is busy with student assessments and I have a cardiology appointment. I'm hoping that will be fine. 

Take care

Lyndsey