This morning I spent the morning writing up a blog for my 2016 365 Quilty Circle challenge put together by Audrey. As I will be away most of the day Im using this blog for my link to WOW or WIP’S with Esther to day. Happy sewing every one who loves to hold a needle in their hands. Cheers Glenda
Hello ALL other Quiltey 365 members and wishing you ALL a Merry Christmas.
Audrey a big THANK YOU for giving so much of your time to bring us this challenge. Im sure at times you felt like it was just tooooo much to keep going but you did and I for one appreciate what you did for us all.
What a wonderful challenge this was I loved every moment of it, I love circles so for me this was the best ever challenge LOL I missed linking up the last 4 months because Id forget it was anew month!!!!! then when I went in to join it was closed but have so enjoyed seeing all your progress with your own circles.
I did not make 365 little blocks but did make over 365 circles some of my wee blocks have 2 or 3 circles on them.
I started making these delightful little blocks end of Dec 2015 and here I am now
My treasure chest is a box of 90 4 1/2 inch silk squares and circles for each one some have 2 or 3 circles!!!!!!; they are waiting for a thread to be run around them. How I love playing with these tiny blocks and circles.
As of today I have one wee mini quilt made of 90 squares, 90 more squares completely sewn together for another wee wall quilt and there are 250 circles on these blocks; and there are 90 squares cut with circles cut out see my treasure chest LOL so Ive completed my challenge, I have not yet sewn all my last 90 little squares together and my 2nd lot of tiny 90 squares sewn together have not turned in to a quilt yet LOL
My last lot of 90 tiny squares not all sewn together yet!!!!!
My 2nd lot of 90 tiny wee 4 1/2 in silk squares completed.
Back in April getting ready to sandwich my first completed quilt of 90 tiny squares.
April My first Quilty 365 Circle quilt sandwiched ready all most to qult
May My 365 circles, I have sashiko quilted around all the circles around the edges and now just have the centre circles to quilt around. to do.
May Starting to sew them together now.
May 2016
May The last piece of the gigzaw added! How I love working on these circles.
May I have all most completed sashiko quilting this wee wall hanging
May close up of one corner
May Love how the sashiko makes the circles pop out.
First week in June
A pile of reds finished this month now to sew them together.
a pile of circles waiting to have the threads run around the out side to pull in over the freezer paper ready to be appliquéd on to the tiny 4 1/2 inch squares.
I finished sashiko quilting this wee quilt during the week one down 3 to go LOL
Now some other circles Ive been playing with this year .
Close up of the echo quilting.
Centre is tiny flowers cut from silk then fused on to back ground and blanket stitched down with embroidery centres.
I hung my ANZ quilt on the design wall and it felt lacking so Im adding some circles LOL
One side of a circle shoulder bag I make using mens ties as gussets.
Reverse side of bag.
Dear Dear Little Annabelle
Annabelle in the veggie garden.
5 delightful blocks Im making up in to a quilt for a wee girl in Holland.
My Dream of a Penny Rug. I was recently given an old W11 Australian Army blanket and my dream of making a Penny Rug started from there.
Close up of 1/4 of those Penny Rug circles. Using my stash of woollen felts.
My LE by Esther Aliu finally completed this year also.
Yet another circle quilt now finished????
This is the centre of my Little Hazel BOM designed by Esther Aliu this year.
My adorable blocks from 2008 swap. Yet again Im making circles in to party balloons!!!!!
First 1/2 of this adorable quilt Im working on now all sewn together. now working on the other 1/2 will add this yellow around the blocks for my border.
Adorable.
Yes I loveeeeee circles even a water circle!!!!!!!
Thank you again Audrey for setting up the link Please take care. Hugs Glenda
love them all – your stitches look great doing Saishko
Love all the varied circle projects you are working on. I’m planning on one huge quilt for mine. I’m caught up for May now have to prep my June ones. I use a heat resistant Mylar circle that I reuse rather than freezer paper. I have two that I prep alternately with starch.
Interesting to see the varied ways to prep them.
I love your circles! Biger and smaller ones together and yoour stitches! They are so amazing!
Dear Marle Im sorry you missed linking with Audrey this June I missed May it some how came and went to fast LOL. Your orange peels are looking beautiful or were till your helper decided to rearrange them all LOL What a darling friend you have there. Enjoy the warmer weather in Finland; it is still quiet warm here we thought we were going to miss winter this year but last week the temps dropped down below 20C which is cold for us in the tropics. Cheers Glenda
Dear Glenda.
I just love what you have done with circles. It is such a fun shape to play with. As the year races towards Christmas we all reflect on just how much we grew and what we finished. Thank you for sharing with each and everyone of us.
You have become a circle addict! I am so impressed with your circles on silk, they are beautiful! I think my favorite is the wool blanket though, especially reading your inspiration for it. I think it is the best penny rug ever!
Hi Heidi, I have just written some where on my blog to day that when I die people will think of circles when they think of me LOL Glad you like the Penny Rug it has been fun working on it. I have had to roll my Penny Rug up for this year as we need the table for meals as family arrive next Thursday and we will sit down 12 to 26 each evening for a week LOL We have 3 tables like this one which we put up end to end right along our front veranda over looking the rainforest so a lovely place to have meals out doors all together but under cover from the rains. Merry merry Christmas Hugs Glenda