UFOsin2017 and WOP or WIPs this week 1st and 4th Oct 2017

I have family arriving from France in 3 hrs time so cheating this week and using my UFOsin2017 I did on the 1st Oct and I will add photo’s Ive just taken in my garden and a delightful find I had yesterday

This amazing yo yo’s jerkin was at the opp shop yesterday WHAT a find?

Think of the hrs of work to make them all then sew them together it fits me and I LOVE the colours.

How luck was I these are not quiet an inch across!!!!!

Well I’ve completely gone off the tracks with my 3 weekly working on a new one of my 17 quilts I choose in Jan!!!!!!! I set my self a goal I may have been able to keep if I did not do any thing else!!! what did I do in Feb start not 1 but 2 new big BOM’s for 2107. I kept on track till 1/2 way through the year then it was all over as far as only working on one quilt for 3 weeks. Where am I up to now? Lets see what I did this month.

I have a wee friend nearly 3 years old coming to meet me from France on Wednesday and I have been working on her Quilt most of this month.

The start of Lucie’s quilt. These blocks were made in a swap group 9 years ago, and I decided to make them in to a quilt for Lucie and have called it Lucie’s friends having a party.

I had a lot of fun adding all these strings and balloons I hand sewed all the bias ribbons by hand one side and machine appliquéd the other side down.

I couldn’t find a nice piece of soft fabric for the backing in my pile of fabrics so took a soft piece of calico spray painted it with some dyes I had from Japan then turned the hose on it all while it was hanging on the clothes line LOL

Close up of Lucie’s friends, I have sashiko quilted Lucie’s quilt it was quick and fun to do.

Back Of Lucie’s quilt I have all most finished quilting it now.

Close up of the sashiko quilting but difficult to take a photo that will show it clearly.

An all most completed quilt I have 2 days to finish the quilting.

I did get side tracked during the month my concentration span is not so good LOL

I started this quilt years ago made from a lovely old linen table cloth that was my grandmothers. It was badly stained and I could not get it out, I was able to get this many squares from the good areas. I love circles so here are some more, I came across these while looking for some miss placed triangles for my Secret Garden BOM I’m doing this year!!!!!!

SO another block finished and only 9 to go now LOL

I have also been working on these wee triangles for my Mystery BOM for 2017 of Esther Aliu’s Secret Garden I have missed placed 4 of these so may have to remake them if I don’t find them soon !!!!!!

I also pulled my Hearts Desire quilt top by Esther Aliu that I started 9 years ago and have it lying on my spare double bed, have not doing any thing to it but it’s lovely to see it there waiting for me LOL. I had to put it away again as visitors are arriving and need the bed LOL