Deadlines!!

I had set myself three quilts to make for competitions this year. Two are all done and just need labels. The picture below is the reverse side of the third one.



Originally it was going to be applique but decided to be a trapunto wholecloth instead!! Never done one of these before and of course I have made it difficult for myself by working out a very convoluted design! It took about 20 hours of snipping to trim the batting away. The stitching just got started two days ago.
I have less than a week to finish it, wash, block and bind it!!!!!

Better get to it then hadn't I?

Still here!

Just realised how long it is since I blogged! Lots of family stuff going on and am trying to get three quilts finished for Sandown next month. Yikes -------they have to be there by June 11 and one isn't even started yet. The other two just need labels attached now. Next week is half term so should be able to put in some serious sewing time. Think I will be burning the midnight oil a little!


Thought this view from the computer chair was worth blogging. The yellow broom beyond the railings is in the park but all those campions, foxgloves and ferns are on our bit.



Every now and then the vegetation starts to move and something peeps out. At the moment the most likely culprits are baby rabbits. There are so many of them that they are destroying stuff in the garden as soon as it is planted. They are seen everywhere at the moment and there are burrows right in the centre of town.


Why can't they just eat weeds?

May already

Life has got in the way of quilting in the last few weeks but I have managed to finish a quilt in time for competition this summer. It has taken twice as long as usual as I kept adding more bits to it.



I have just got a new sewing machine too but haven't been able to play with it yet!

It arrived yesterday and as I unpacked it and set it up to have a couple of hours to acclimatise , the weather changed and the thunder started to rumble round. The computer had blown in the thunder the previous day and dented the purse so didn't want another repair bill! Think there are storms forecast for today too! I will just have to read the manual I guess!
Yes it another Bernina! :o)