Prepping projects

Yesterday and today were annual leave days and I was determined to make good use of the time. I spent time yesterday cutting out the pieces for the appliqued blocks. The leaves for these blocks are quite small and I kept on losing the pieces. I managed to get two blocks stitched and had considered working on them today but I wanted to start prepping projects for the end of this year and into 2027.

When I visited the Festival of Quilts at the beginning of August I bought the book below. It follows the year of flowers. There are 24 embroideries to complete. The book helpfully lists all the embroidery floss needed to complete all of them. I had a couple of skeins of floss identified but I needed to order the others. I decided to order all the floss listed and went to the DMC website. The pattern uses the Mouline Special floss and three colours need two skeins and the rest just one. In total that is 43 skeins. The floss should arrive next week. I'm not planning on starting this project until next year but I like to be organised and make sure I have every thing I need.

All the patterns are printed out on separate pages and there is also a colour photo of each of them. I have the fabric I need to do the embroideries but I will need to use my light box to draw out all of them. The embroideries is just the first stage of the quilt.

 

The second project I started prepping is the lamp shade.

The Instructions are very well written and clear. There are pages that need photocopying to be able to mark the embroidery on the fabric. The embroidery is completed first and then the moths are appliqued later. 

The final istruction explain how to put the lampshade together. The fabric for the moths and the embroidery floss needed is included in the pack. Before I draw out the pattern I need to buy a couple of new fabric pens. I'll stick the pages of pattern together ready and check that it matches the sizes for the finished lampshade. I managed to get the printer to print the patterns at 100%. Cuttting out the fabric for the moths will be a little fiddly as many of the pieces are rather small.

  

I may start this project later this month and then I can make the moths during my Christmas break.

I need to check how many of the arc pieces I've made for the double wedding ring quilt. I keep fitting them in between my other sewing. It seemed like a good idea to get them all made but I want to get on and make some of the rings.

I'm back at work tomorrow and I'm interviewing in the afternoon. Hopefully I have some time tomorrow evening to do some sewing.

Take care

Lyndsey