Apologies for missing the update three weeks ago, we were in London as my OH was running the London marathon, I visited friends on the south coast on Friday/Saturday and mooched round London (26,000 steps worth of mooching!!) before finding a good spot to cheer him on near to St Pauls. He managed it in 6 hours which he was happy with after illness and injury left him wondering if he would finish at all.

So, a six week update! I haven’t managed much as my usual time for quilting (after 9pm) was taken up with Otley show entries. Six weeks ago I had completed 35 blocks…

I’m trying to tidy up round the edges a bit as I’d done it ‘properly’ and started in the middle, so I’ve a few edge blocks to do which I find a bit more fiddly as they’re not so easy to put in the hoop. It is nice to think how many whole rows are complete too, I’ve now quilted five whole rows of seven, but I’ve just started the 39th block, so just eleven to do as there are 49 blocks in the quilt.

I’m just working on the ‘forget-me-not’ block at the moment, the one with six blue hexagon flowers on.

The end is getting closer!

Hand Quilt-a-long

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Please visit the rest of our group and see what they are up to:

 Kathy, Deb, Sharon, Karrin, Daisy, Connie and Laura