I’ve had a crazy busy few days trying to get stuff done before we go away for a short break, I ended up with a few deadlines, some of which I’ve met…and some I haven’t!

I completely missed the SAL post, apologies! I haven’t managed to do anything further on mine, but here’s the belated links for our other members so you can check out their stitching progress…

Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, 

Daisy, Cathie, Linda, Helen, Connie, Cindy, MaryMargaret

Kate will be pleased to hear that the second square for the Teal’s on Fire quilt is finished so they will hopefully be posted out tomorrow. Photo later when I post about it.

I was trying to make a mobile for my grandson, it’s his first birthday on Thursday, I’ve made all the bits and was all set last night to stitch a pair of eyes on and put it together when I lost a star – if you saw my sewing room at the moment you wouldn’t be surprised – I’m lucky not to have lost an elephant!!

I spent all weekend stitching an 8″ square for Skipton Stitchers, it’s a group project where we’ve each been given a section of a photo and we have to reproduce it in stitch, then they’ll all be joined together to make one picture. It was meant to be handed in yesterday, I was so close, just needed a few more hours to embroider the sunlit areas…

I’ll take it on holiday and hopefully finish it there.

I’ve also done a little prepping of fabric for my Owl and Hare Hollow quilt, so that will also be something to do whilst sitting on the beach. I’ve sewn some four patches and cut some 1″ card templates together with a selection of fabrics, so I can crack on with some blocks.

The garden has finally had some rain, our first real rain was unfortunately at 1pm on Saturday – just as Otley Carnival was starting! We’ve had nice gentle but steady rain since, missed all the big storms so although I haven’t managed to plant everything I was hoping to, I have more hope that it will still be alive when I get back. The garden is looking full and colourful and it’s smelling lovely!

So as you can see, I have been busy, just not managed to finish everything!