I was busy over the weekend working away on the stitcheries. I finished this one, apart from the dots over the i's and the polka dots
then I made a start to the dreaded satin stitch dots - you can see at the bottom that I outline them with backstitch, which I find helps to get the shape right
this morning I made a start to Stuart and Alison's kitchen blind. First I disassembled the old one
then pinned the lining to the new fabric, right sides together
having stitched down one side, across the bottom and up the other side, I cut away the excess fabric
having turned the blind through to the right side, I pressed the seams then topstitched them, working on the wrong side as it was easier to see the stitching
it didn't take long to stitch the channels for the battens, as I could see the old stitching lines
then I snipped the stitches to open the seams where the battens will be inserted
the last job was to sew on the rings that the cords run through - I had left bits of thread when I cut them off the old blind, so I knew where to stitch them on the new one
I'm looking forward to seeing how the blind looks when it is put up in Stuart and Alison's kitchen
I have been making a very determined effort ot get on with Mrs Billings. Each of these bags ..........
....... contains the hexies to make either a triangle with calico and patterned fabrics, or all patterned fabrics
I have also cut out lots more hexies, and am gradually filling more bags, which will then be sorted out like the ones above
I picked this blue fabric for the next border - although I have blue corner squares, I like the way the different blue frames them
now comes the "cheating". The next border has lots of squares in it, and a further border has even more squares the same size. So I decided to rotary cut them in batches, rather than drawing round the template and cutting each one out individually. There are four different fabrics in each stack, which gives me the choice of twenty fabrics for the border
and to finish ........ although the weather has turned somewhat cooler, there are still butterflies in the garden