15 minutes and a missed week

I didn't get round to doing a post last week.  Was just really lazy, by the time I remembered it was sit in front of the TV with my hubby for Xfiles reruns and I decided to just do a 2 weeks post this week.

Last week was a 7 out of 7 week
This week was a 6 out of 7 week

Work is progressing on top and bottom borders.  I transferred the pattern to the fabric and have prepared most of the leaves on both borders and started on the book on the bottom border.  I am just hoping hoping that it will look like a book when it is finished.  Last week I stitched the side borders in place.  And I have finished writing block 8 which is now in my etsy shop.

My iMac has been slowing up over the last 12 months, it only worried me when I used excel, most other programs weren't too bad though open software usually required a lot of waiting around.  DH was more impatient with it when searching the internet and start carrying on when he got the pretty spinny ball and nothing would load.  So he gave me the go ahead to get a new one and I spent half the weekend migrating my data.  I have to say the automated migration app is amazing it took a long time to migrate over our network but everything was where it was supposed to be with little effort from on my part.

This week I head off down the coast for a sewing retreat with friends.  I've restricted myself to 3 projects.  Springtime Romance Borders, Green Tea and Sweet Beans and Sugar Plum.   We will see how much gets done on the 4 days and a bit days.  Lots got done last time so I'm hoping it will be the same again this weekend.

So how did stitching go for you this week.  Head to Kate's for the linky party.  

15 Minute Challenge Side Border Nearly There

I managed 7 out of 7 this week.  The 2nd side border is nearly finished there are just flower centres to go.  I needed a bit of motivation this week as it has been a bit of hard slog stitching over the past couple of weeks so I pinned the borders and quilt up on my cupboards in my sewing room just to see how it was coming together.

I'm thinking I will trim them down to 10" finished instead of 12".  I'm undecided about the top and bottom borders, the illustration for the borders is based on 10" width so that I could fit them on an A4 sheet when printed.

It got me motivated enough and I have transferred most of the top border onto the fabric and all of the bottom border ready to start stitching.   I want the cluster of flowers to be centred and the books to be on the corner, so I will get the centre spray stitched then work out the position of the books once I am ready to put it together.

I'm also thinking of next years quilt and I've seen some appliqué quilts I like the look of on instagram this one has a white background.  I've done grey's and now black I think I'm going for a nice fresh white this time will give me something new to focus on.  Where do you get your inspiration, I usually see a quilt that I like the overall look and feel.  How the background and colours work together then try and do something that has a similar combination with my spin.

I have another sewing retreat planned at the beginning of November can't wait, I have to leave a day early as I have a Specialist appointment on the Tuesday afternoon but I think the 4 night will allow me to have a bit of a recharge with the girls and get lots of stitching done.

Have you managed some stitching every day this week.  Head to Kate's to see how everyone is getting on with the challenge.

15 Minute Challenge and Mo's Back

It was a 6 out of 7 week again this week.  My shoulder is a lot better, only one more physio treatment to see it back to new, so stitching should pick up in the next week.

Mo arrived home yesterday with extra weight in her luggage and a few stories to tell.  I don't think she has caught the travel bug though.  She liked the smaller cities with lots of parks and gardens that they visited  but Tokyo not so much to industrial.

She said the home stay was fun and the family she stayed with had lived in Australia for nearly a year so their english was really good.  She found the same with the students at the school and she had to do classes with a couple of "buddies" .   She got more than one buddy as the first one she was assigned was a bit unreliable.   Mo said the unreliable one fell asleep during class, and she poked her in the side to wake her up and the whole class laughed at them.    She said that the school days was pretty long starting at 7.30 and finishing at 3.30 but then they all went to clubs after school which didn't finish till 6 and then I guess the travel on top of that.

She slept nearly to midday today, and she did a bit of sleep walking in the night.  She was trying to get out of her room but was struggling with the door my husband had a bit of a conversation with her and she went back to bed.  She didn't remember it this morning though.  Its been a few years since she has done that.

Block 6 of Springtime Romance is up in my Etsy shop now and I am about to work on Block 7.

How has your stitching been this week.  Head to Kate's to see how everyone faired this week. 

Free BOM Springtime Romance Block 4

Here we are at Block 4.  Now this one has a lot of stitching and I left it until last to finish.  Each flower has more than one layer.  If you fussy cut you may not need all those layers as always it is up to you to make it your own.

You can now puchase this block from my Etsy shop.

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