15 Minute Challenge & New Toy

 Although it hasn't been 100% stitching every night I have been doing lots of sewing the last couple of weeks.  

I repurposed some squares that I had cut for another project and made large pin wheel blocks that I will be making up into a top.  The blocks are 14" the plan is to make a quilt top for Mo she was after a new doona cover in old fashion florals and I think this fabric will fit the bill.  If she doesn't like it when its done, I think I will just put it up for sale on my etsy shop.  

Gail Pan who does stitchery quilt has a new BOM out and I saw some block done in some lovely tilda fabric and I was itching to get my hands on the pattern, I talked myself out of it by pulling out an old UFO which has lots of stitchery blocks.  I join the single blocks into blocks of 4 to make it a bit more easier to handle and have less raw edges.  

I think I had only finished half a dozen blocks I've doubled that now.  Still might get the Gail Pan BOM but I'll wait and see how I am going with this quilt.  

And for the new toy.  I came into some money last month and decided to splurge on a new machine.  Because I love my Juki straight stitch I thought I would try a Juki Sewing Machine with all the bells and whistles.  I've just unboxed it at this stage and read the manual and maybe looked at the instructional DVD.  I ended up getting it online and it was $300 less than I could get it for locally and the service from the shop was great even though they were in Queensland and had gone through a Cyclone.  I was hoping to have a play on Thursday but  already it looks like Thursday is going to be a running around type of day so it will be the weekend now. 

I plan on making some clothes with this baby.  I really want a dress finished for 2 weeks time when I am booked into do a Judy Newman/Margret Mews Class but that might be pushing it.  

I'm going to get my Bernina serviced and Mo can use it as her main machine (she can borrow it for a bit) she can't keep it as promised myself I would never sell it.  

Thats it for me head to Kate's to see what everyone has been up to.  

15 Minute Challenge & Chihuly Nights

 Work is still nuts, at least I am getting paid for the extra hours I am working.  I've been trying not to work extra every day but I'm making sure I have down time.  

Mo got free tickets to Chihuly Nights at the Botanic Gardens, only problem was that the temperature was 43 that day, little old Adelaide registered as the hottest place in the world that day.  The heat didn't let up but the glass sculptures were amazing.  

I trimmed all the threads and gave La Cropte a good press.  

And I started a new crochet project, its using some 10 ply that I was using for another project.  

This weekend we had sit and sew which was lovely and I helped at the Crochet Guild table at Fibre Feast which was so much fun.  We were encouraging all the crochet ladies to come to our fun monthly meeting in a Pub Beer Garden I think our meeting next week might be our biggest yet.  

Head to Kate's to see what everyone is up to.