A quick little post

Between the laptop acting up, and insomnia and other things, I've not been posting and now feel like I have a mountain of stuff to post!  So I'm going to break it up into some smaller posts...

Firstly, here's the results of my little giveaway!

 Giveaway 1: Sarah@123quilt

Giveaway 2: thebiasedge.  I'll be in contact soon for addresses!  Thanks to everyone who entered, I really appreciate it.

Here's my recent FGV blocks:

Pumpkin (I'm not American, we don't do pumpkins, I hope this looks more like an apple)

 Furrows

 Milking Day

 From my Window (I think that's the right name from memory)

 Mama Hen

 Old Red Barn

 Out to Pasture

 Haystack

 Kettle's On

Grandma's Quilt Block.  I think this is my favourite of this lot!

I've also made two of these:

one for my dad,  one for me!

This:

And finally this:

for my Aunt's birthday.  None are finished as yet though...

So, I'll be back with a monstrous Sunday Stash post tomorrow!

Friday, finish, FGV, photobomb

After my very productive couple of days, I've only been able to grab moments here and there.  I got the last few inches of binding finished today.  We've been down on the farm all day making silage (down all day yesterday, didn't happen as it rained too much, total waste of a day!) and I went to get some photos while everyone else was on a tea break.

Close up of the quilting - "Lighthearted" from Step By Step Free-Motion Quilting by Christina Cameli.  I wanted something fairly flowing and this was lovely.

 I decided to try somewhere else for photos, and found this funky broken branch.  Look behind the quilt (hard, I know, it's rather bright) - can you see our boys?

 Definitely intrigued!

 I moved to another gate - this is where they are usually fed.

 And here they all are, thinking they're going to scrounge another meal!

Quilt Stats (an idea nicked from Sandra at Musings of a Menopausal Melon:
Size: 60 x 60 inches
Quilting: Lighthearted by Christina Cameli
Thread: Superior Threads King Tut "Sunstone"

 So here's my Fresh Pears block (pips not sewn yet)

and Feed and Seed.

And now, I'm sitting with my feet up, trying to work out a banner, eating Tayto crisps (the only crisps) and relaxing!

Linking up (I hope) with TGIFF and Can I Get A Whoop Whoop

More FGV

All I have to show for myself this week are my two FGV blocks, which were technically made a few weeks ago!

I thought I would have more to show for myself this week, but I spent all day Monday helping my dad with his vegetable patch.  I then spent Tuesday in agony over all the stooping - it somehow triggers the injury to my shoulder I had earlier this year (I pulled all the muscles around my shoulder blade, and I think I must have torn part of it judging by how long it took to clear up).  I then spent Thursday in the car picking my sister up from the airport.  Typically this lasted longer than expected because her flight was delayed and then we hit many diversions on the way home.

I finished my Charles Rennie Mackintosh Rose Wallhanging in the car, but somehow it has picked up a couple of dirty marks.  I'll have to wash it and am in fear of it running - pink batiks?!  Argh!

I'm also quilting my monkeys and garden path quilts, but nothing to show as yet.  I'm trying very hard to get my Q2 list finished - I have nearly everything done on it, bar one thing I couldn't possibly have done.  I have already scribbled a list of what I want done in the next quarter - it's brilliant for getting me motivated!

Another finish, and more Farm Girl Vintage

I had to go with Mum for a hospital appointment yesterday.  As the hospital is about 2 1/2 hrs away, I brought binding with me to sew, and am finally finished my Christmas apple core tablerunner!

 I couldn't resist a photo of it on the daisies!

 And on our dining room table, which makes it look like it's in miniature!  I probably should have ironed it first though...

 And onto my Farm Girl Vintage blocks.  This one is Crops

and this one Egg Basket.  I was unsure how the gingham would turn out, but I think it's pretty sweet!

For the first time, I'm going to link this up with TGIFF!

Keeping up...

Corn and Tomatoes

 Country Crossroads

I'm keeping up, through fits and starts!  I have the next few made, but will wait for their weeks.

I'm going to be tidying up around here in the next few days.  My tech skills are... limited, so here's hoping it works!

More Farm Girl Vintage

Slightly late with these blocks:

Baking day

 Butter Churn

 Canning Season

 Chicken feet

 Churn Dash

 & Cool Spools.

I've also managed to find an old UFO that I fancy working on:

I have 3(!) jelly rolls worth of blocks to sew up.  Once I have them all to this stage, I'll take a day or two (probably 3) to piece them together.  If I have any over, I'll make something smaller with them, depends on how many are left!

Autumn star & Baby chick

Here are the next two blocks of the Farm Girls Vintage Sew-Along:

"Autumn Star" is one of my favourite blocks in the book, so I made a 12 1/2" version from some scraps and will make it into a little wallhanging:

And this is one of my planned finishes for this quarter, all quilted and ready for binding.  The weather is foul here so this is the best photo I could get.  Hopefully that will be a finish soon!

I adapted a pattern from one of Angela Waters' books, but I don't entirely love it.  I found the little scalloped echos a bit annoying - the tiny movements were harder than a continuous movement, and also the very straight line into the centre of each flower I found distracting.  I think if I did this again, I would substitute more of a ripple and use that same ripple to get into the centre, as other than the straight line I loved the effect of this.

2 posts in one day?!!!

Somehow it's happened!  I wanted a post with this, my first block in the Farm Girl Fridays sew-along.

I didn't mean to have the two outer blue triangles on the same side, but *shrug*.

My dad made the little clothesline!