Thank goodness it’s Friday! It’s been a tough week and so long (not used to 5 working 5 days! lol) work is getting extremely busy which is great but it’s also very draining so when I get home I’m eating tea, exercising and then going to sleep. How boring am i? There’s just not enough time to do everything. How do people fit everything in?
I seem to have lost my sewing mojo too, it’s hard to think about sewing when I’m so tired. If I sew when I’m tired I make mistakes and then I end getting frustrated with it and put it away for a bit. I haven’t made any mistakes lately but I did try and match up my patches for my sunkissed quilt and they didn’t match so I guess thats why I haven’t carried on with it. It’s still hanging up in my dining room and I walk past it every time I go into the kitchen admiring its gorgeousness. I’ll try and find my mojo somewhere, its got to be around here somewhere.
As I type i’m waiting for my dinner to finish cooking. We’re having chilli bean and beef hotpot with 40g rice and paprika tortilla chips. It’s a massive 17 propoints but I guess it’ll be worth it. I don’t eat much red meat, we tend to stick to chicken so it’ll be a nice change. Just hope it comes out ok.
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Bloggers’ Quilt Festival – Spring 2011
As part of the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival – Spring 2011,
please let me introduce you (again!) to my first ever completed quilt – the Nostalgia quilt.
My in-laws bought me a jelly roll of Nostalgia fabric for Christmas and I was itching to get started on my first quilt so I thought I’d put it to good use and begin. I’d already found a pattern that I wanted to use for my first quilt so as soon as the Christmas festivities were over, I cleared the dining room table and began cutting.
It took me about 8 weeks in total from start to finish (including binding) because I was working on it in the evenings and at weekends when I got a spare hour or two. I was so chuffed with the finished result as for my first attempt it’s really quite good (even if I do say so myself!)
I have learnt so much from this quilt. I have learnt not to sew or quilt when I am tired as I make silly, daft mistakes which seem to take forever to correct. I’ve also learnt how to bind, never knew how to do it before but thanks to fellow quilters and their step-by-step tutorials I was able to learn a new skill! Don’t get me wrong this quilt is definately not perfect, but each little imperfection reminds me what a fab quilting journey i’ve been on.
Enjoy the festival everyone
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