My creative Space & 15 Minute Challenge

I've doubled up today, as I will be working on this some more today.  I have managed to do a little bit of sewing each day this week.  I have a single bed quilt on the go and this paper pieced number which I am plodding away at each night in front of the TV I think I have been pretty good as it is school holidays at the moment.  

Have a couple of deadlines looming next month so I think I will be able to continue with at least 15 minutes a day.  There is also this coming up which means that there will be lots of new projects to choose from during the month of May. If you would like to join in the fun and lots of projects, chats with designers and  competitions head on over to QFD to sign up and for your chance to win access to the event comment on Sarah's blog post here and by spreading the word you get more than one entry.  

Want to see who else is joining in the 15 minute challenge go to Kate's blog. 

and while you are at it check out the creative spaces at kootoyoo

So how has your Easter been?

Mine has been quiet, which I think I have needed.  I am fighting off a sinus infection, and today is the first day that I have been able to bend over without the feeling that my eye was going to exploded.  Still not 100% but at least my eye has stopped weeping and a few more doses of the old salt spray should help and I can avoid a trip to the  emergency dr's surgery on a long weekend and antibiotics.

I have finished my pattern writing for Jelly Squares tonight just have to do the images and slot them in.  The Sherbet Pip's version is slowly coming together, and I just love that fabric it is just so naive and pretty.  At night I have been doing my 8 pointed star paper pieced thing.  You have to check out Cathy's lovely colourful version which is what I am going to do next, I am sure I have enough in my stash to make something similar.  I'll post a picture of mine again soon, just halfway round another circle.

The kids wanted to go to the beach today (what else is new I hear you say).  They went by scooter, I drove the car in case they were too tired on the way back, (actually it was for my hubby's benefit because he and my son had already gone on a long bike ride in the morning).

The beach was wonderful, just a slight breeze and the weather is perfect this weekend.     Apparently I never get in pictures so here I am.

Lovely

Do you hear that its silence, apart from the tap tap tap of my fingers.

It's school holidays and the kids are at Nan's for the night because I mentioned something about going grocery shopping early in the morning.  They decided that they would sleep at Nan's to avoid it.  

My hubby and I decided on the way home from dropping them off to do the bits of grocery shopping for the weekend.  Yeah this morning I got to sleep in a bit, and have made the dash to the bakery to get hot cross buns and now I am having a few quiet moments with a cup of coffee. The puppy is on my lap and I am reading some blogs .... just lovely.

Have a good easter break everyone.   

15 Minute Challenge with Kate

I have had deadlines this week so there was plenty of stuff going on, not necessarily sewing though.  To projects had to be handed in to Sarah at QFD for the May's Let's Stitch online event.  Most of the creativity was writing the patterns, I dragged my tail on the last project but it is all with Sarah now and she will be revealing bits and pieces over the next couple of weeks to wet your appetite.

I worked on the paper piecing project as well, I started making a separate star but then it wouldn't go together nicely with the other star that I started so I have unpicked it and started back on the original, with a new plan.

Tiny sneak peak of second project.

Wednesday night was no sewing night as went out to tea with the girls for Kay's birthday, but we did talk a fair bit about sewing related matters so it probably counts as well.

Head on over to Kate's if you want to see how every one else went.

Biggest Morning Tea

I'm hosting a Biggest Morning Tea this year at my monthly sewing group, in fact there have on been a couple of years when I haven't hosted one.  Like many families mine has been touched by cancer.  Both my grandmother's died of Non Hodgkin Lymphoma, my Dad and FIL had Prostate Cancer and my Father in Law was taken by stomach cancer 10 years after he survived Prostate Cancer and I am sure many of you have similar stories.  The Biggest Morning Tea is my way of remembering them and hopefully one day my kids won't have to deal with Cancer.

If you would like to make a donation to my morning tea, please follow this link.   Or even better if you want to host your own Morning Tea head on over to the Biggest Morning Tea Website and they will send you a host kit, you will also find recipes and lots of information on how to go about it hosting an event.

I'm making a couple of batches of Lemonade Scones and a big jar of Lemon Butter for the girls.

Lets Stitch

I have given you a few sneak peeks at what I have been working on and here is the announcement. It is another online event like last years Christmas In July where you get lots of great exclusive tutorials, chat to the designers and generally have lots of fun.  So what are you waiting for head on over to sign up.  

Jelly Squares

I finally finished the the binding on this baby this week, the light wasn't very good for photo's yesterday. So a better photo shoot is in order.  I will be listing this for sale on Made It and writing the pattern.   I have decided to make it again in Sherbet Pips which I bought a stack of yesterday, I think it will great on Squid's bed with a border.    This quilt is 154cm square and can be used as a bed topper or just folded at the end of a bed for show.