That title would perfectly describe me!
I've been working on my sunflower farm quilt. I stuck as many appliqué pieces onto my background squares as I could. Where you can see gaps is where other animals/flowers are going to go on the joins. I didn't add the smaller details such as the eyes and noses in case they fall off before I get a chance to stitch them.
I started blanket stitching around the shapes. I've been trying to do each colour at a time to save having to change the thread in my machine too often. I did a fair bit and then took the squares to my social sewing group and I dealt with all the loose threads. I usually sort the threads out straight away but I needed something to do at sewing! Plus the ladies are interested to see what I'm working on.
Also, I quilted a quilt for Barb. Barb has been working on this hexy English paper pieced quilt for longer than she wanted. She's been working on it at home and has taken it to sewing groups. The first thing I did was press the excess hexies away from the white borders so that they wouldn't show through.
I used my new wrist pincushion woo! Much better than pinning the pins to my jacket!
Here's Barb's quilt attached to the frame ready to go.
I chose a blossoms design which was fairly dense but not so that the quilt would end up stiff.
Ta da! All quilted and my favourite part when the finished quilt is rolled off the frame.
I don't usually trim the excess fabric off the quilts but I did it this time. The quilt was nice a straight which is the beauty of English paper piecing and properly measured borders!
I keep a close eye on the quilting machine as it's doing its thing but I had decided that I was going to tidy up a bit around the frame. But did I do that? Of course not!
The first bag I picked up to tidy was my Easter project bag from last year and I kind of got a bit distracted. So I started making an Easter bunting! I traced the letters HAPPY EASTER onto appliqué paper.
Then I got a bit carried away and started working on making egg shaped bunting without a plan in mind.
I made one too many eggs. I'll have to find a project for the spare.
I was really happy that I didn't throw away my mess when it was time to adhere the letters to my eggs because I used the cut off piece of my template to position the letters. I have three more letters to add. I had a phone call and it distracted me from finishing ha ha!
Whilst Easter is just around the corner, it does come every year so there's no rush to finish it off so I'll start working on the sunflower farm quilt again. That one has to be finished before June.
