Lesson Learned!!!

I have learned my lesson regarding not pinning enough when quilting. Oh my goodness....it took me nearly all day to poke out two lines of stitching and I had to resort to a magnifier and a very bright lamp.
Never again.
There are now more pins in it than you can shake a stick at so I should be able to get on with it today.
I was looking forward to a nice quiet afternoon but next door has someone drilling and banging about right outside the sewing room window so not much chance of that.

After a fairly easy week on the cooking front today will be busier with tea to cook for DD and I when she comes in, then cooking again for Andy when he comes in just after 7pm and a beef stew to cook for tomorrow.
No time to get bored in this house.

Right....I'll go and have a coffee with the hubby before he goes to work and then I had best get chopping some veg.

Hope you are all having a good day.
Sheila-x-

One Down!!!

First injection done. It hurt but only because I got myself a bit worked up about it and Andy says I pulled it out too quickly and lost some of the liquid so I'll have to take a bit more time when I do it tomorrow.

Started quilting the quilt top last night and almost immediately had to unpick a couple of rows due to the stupid mistake of not pinning enough. It's now pinned to within an inch of it's life so I will crack on with that this afternoon.

DD is training today so doesn't know if she will be early, on time or late home. Another simple meal then.....grilled bacon and eggs with grilled tomatoes.

Just a bit of washing up to be done after Andy's lunch, I'll hoover once he's gone and then the afternoon is all mine 😊

Have a lovely day.
Sheila-x-

Bloody Blood Sugars!!!

A visit to the doctors this morning to get the results of the blood test I had last week and she has decided that the tablets I am on are just not working for me. From tomorrow I have to start on injections which knowing my hatred of needles she has been trying to avoid. I'm sure I will get used to it at some point and the upside is that taking the injections should kick start my weight loss which stopped when I went onto the new tablets. I've managed to maintain my weight but it will be good to see some positive results on that front for a change.
Never mind the coat I could soon be sewing myself bikinis.....I don't think....lol.

Not much to do in the way of housework today or cooking either for that matter as we are having a salad for tea.
More sewing time for me then 😊and today I'll layer up and start the quilting. After that it will be my most favourite job of making and attaching the binding. I find the hand stitching so soothing.

Well I could do with a coffee so I'll go and make one before I plug the iron in and get started on pressing the quilt top and backing fabric.

Blue skies and sunshine here today so I hope you are getting the same.
Sheila-x-

Day 1-Time Managed Quite Well!!!

I surprised myself yesterday by only over running on the household chores by fifteen minutes and being able to sit down and sew by 1:15pm.
Four strips of blocks were joined together before I had to get up and make tea so I was very pleased and the fifth strip got added after DD had gone upstairs so I now have a finished quilt top.
I won't be able to start the layering and quilting until tonight as we have Miss Doodle coming for her tea and she has requested chicken pie. The chicken is poached so I just have to make the leek sauce, let it cool, then bung it into some puff pastry I have taken out of the freezer and prepare some veg.

My mind is already on my next sewing project...although it's not a project as such but the alteration of some curtains for DD's room. They need shortening which isn't my most favourite job but a necessary one. I'd much rather make a pair from scratch than alter.
After that it will be on to some dressmaking for the girls. I am really looking forward to getting to grips with my overlocker which hasn't yet been used apart from a trial after I threaded it up. Once I can use it properly I have five metres of black jersey which I want to use to make myself a long coat....after practicing on some offcuts of course.
I really want to hone my sewing skills this year and tackle some things I've not done before.

Right....into the kitchen I go.
Hope you are all having a good day.
Sheila-x-

What A Weekend!!!

I have had such a lovely weekend taking care of my girls while Mummy did her work from home. Lots of playing and dancing, cuddling and laughing and then a rather messy crafty session with Ruby on Saturday. I have a feeling Mummy night just kill me for buying Ruby the big pack of jars of loose glitter....lol.

I joined a Facebook group a few weeks ago called Sewing Room Ideas. Some of the rooms on there are jaw droppingly huge and gorgeous but there are lots of storage ideas which can be used in more modest rooms. I have been looking at ways to store my fabric more efficiently. Even though I don't have the hugest collection I still have a fair bit. In the USA it's a big thing now to wrap your fabric onto comic boards which are stiff boards used in a film bag to store comics to keep them in pristine condition. Well I wasn't going to be buying those but I did have a huge box full of A4 cardstock so I picked out all of the white and here is what I have done........

All fat quarters in one box. Individually wrapped around a C6 sized piece of card.

100% cotton fabrics all wrapped around an A4 card folded in half down the length.

More 100% cotton fabrics.

Having the boards inside the fabric makes it really easy to pull pieces out and then pop them back in.

Being next to the kitchen I have to store my fabrics in boxes but you should see some of the the wonderous collections stored on shelving........most of them look like shops....lol.

I currently have $%*^ boxes of fabric not counting the two boxes that hold felt, net and lace but I feel I will use it more now that it is so organised.

The workers are back at work today and boy am I ready to have my house back to myself for a while each day.

This morning I have been doing laundry and tidying things away and then as soon as Andy goes out the door I will be throwing the hoover around and doing whatever I can get done before 1pm and then I shall be grabbing some time to sew more of Andy's quilt until it's time for DD to get in.

We are also back to our quick and simple meals when we are on our own so tonight it will be beans on toast and a nice cup of tea.....absolute bliss......while we watch Gone With The Wind which DD has a hankering to watch having just finished the book.

That should be finished by about 9pm so I may get the layering and pinning of the quilt done before bedtime.

I feel like a whirling dervish today....how is your day going?

Sheila-x-