Rainbow Scrappy Saturday

I haven’t got a lot sewing done this past couple of weeks but I did manage to finish my yellow D4Ps for Soscrappy’s  Rainbow Scrappy Challenge   for May.  The colour this month is Yellow.

They could do with a good pressing but I was in a hurry to get a photo while the sun was on the front of the house and shining into my sewing room.

I still need a neutral house and a yellow house.  Hopefully, I can get those done this coming week.   However, I’m preparing to go off to visit my mum on vacation a week tomorrow so I may not manage. 

Ooopsy, I just realized I haven’t posted a picture of my neutral D4Ps from last month’s colour challenge.  Here they are :)

I will try to get a picture of them altogether this coming week so hopefully, I’ll be able to show you something next week ;)

If you’d like to see what everyone else is doing for their Rainbow Scrappy Challenge, take a look at the linky page here.

Okay, I’m off to post my link.  It is early at the moment so if you don’t see any links please try later.

Have a great weekend,

Hugs

Ellyx

Rainbow Scrappy Saturday but not so happy with some sad news.

The good news is that I finished my neutral table runner for one of my Rainbow Scrappy challenges.

I did all by machine, except the mitred corners on the binding which I hand stitched down.  I was brave and did a stipple over the whole quilt and machined down the binding using a decorative stitch.   My DD took this photo with her ‘new’ camera.

I also made a little progress on my poncho CAL from Le Monde de Sucrette’s blog. Pictured here in my garden over a conifer.  It actually looks bigger than it is and more pink than it is.

The sad news is that one of my bunnies, Malachi, past away this past week.  He had become ill last weekend but did not recover :(   Here he is in a picture, taken a few years ago, with his misses Chichi.

Malachi is the black bunny.  R.I.P. bonnie lad you will be greatly missed by all of us but especially by your love Chichi.

Bunny hugs

Ellyx

ScrappyHappy Saturday and other projects' progress

I have a few pictures for you today.  First up is the progress on my neutral's project for April.

I finally got a chance to try out my new Lil Twister ruler.  This will turn into a tablerunner with a narrow inner border and a pieced outer border.  I've used neutrals from grey to cream.
I you would like to go check out what everyone else is doing for their Rainbow Scrappy Challenge for April this Saturday:)   Click HERE

Next up is a picture of my progress with the  "Harrington and Hannah" BOM by Michelle of The Raspberry Rabbits   I've done 2 blocks with a 3rd in progress (a lot in progress, as in only the stitchery has been traced onto the background) block 4 is out tomorrow!!!

Now I have a finish to show you :)  The crochet shawl I have been making for my mum.  Finally finished!  Here are some pictures of my DD modelling it in my garden.

Finally, a picture of a bunny.  A naughty bunny.  Chichi, thinking our fruit bowl, which was the kitchen table, is a self service bowl.  Yes she jumped up there from her table in the pen (quite a leap) and I found her merrily chomping away on an apple.  Cheeky Chichi!!

You'll have to excuse the mess on the table, I didn't have time to tidy before grabbing my camera.

Now I suppose I should go continue on with a hand pieced Dear Jane block which I started last Sunday!!!  I may get another seam done today, heee hee.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

hugs

Rainbow Scrappy Saturday on Easter Sunday :)

Happy Easter to everyone and everybun!!

This month’s colour for the Rainbow Scrappy is Neutrals.   This is quite a challenge but I’m hoping to meet it.   I’ve collected together all my neutral scraps smaller than 1/8th yard (plus a couple of rough 1/8ths I had to steal from a couple of bigger pieces) and cut them into 5inch squares and strips and also 2and half inch pieces…. leftovers were cut to 2” if possible and the remainder lumped together in a plastic box.

I selected 8 different 5” squares to make my D4Ps to go with the others.  Then I selected 12 5” squares to make another project with.  This project will be amalgamating two different challenges.  One challenge is to make a quilt to the theme of a song, the other to try out a new ruler, and of course to meet with the Neutral Challenge for April.

Here is a picture of the 5” squares.A mix of beige, tan, taupe and greys.  

With some of the scrappier pieces, those smaller than 2” pieces, I will be making my neutral house to go with the others.

Here is a small quilt I finished in the last couple of weeks but haven’t posted a picture of yet.  It’s the Quilt of the Month for Kathleen Tracy’s yahoo group Small Quilt Talk.  The challenges are also posted on her blog.   This one is from the February challenge.

It is currently hanging just above my sewing table.   Now if I could just make some decisions about border fabrics I could complete the one for March before embarking on the challenge for April which is pretty cute too.

Well I had better go and get another Dear Jane block made before the day has gone.   Now which bunny shall I leave you with this week. hmmm…

Here is Chichi, taken a while ago, sitting on my windowsill thinking she’s a cat not a rabbit.  Clearly her mother didn’t tell her that bunnies don’t like heights!  She jumped up there from a footstool, just below the window, out of shot.  

Enjoy these next few weeks of Easter!!

Ellyx

Rainbow Scrappy Saturday and so on and so forth.

I haven’t done much sewing this past week for a real contribution to Rainbow Scrappy Saturday.  I’ve done a little crochet but not much sewing. 

If you’d like to see what others have done this past week for their Rainbow Scrappy challenge this week go to Soscrappy’s blog here.

However, I do have some pictures to share with you this last Saturday of the month :)  Some are pink too ;)

First pink related item 2 blue bowls/dishes purchased at a local charity shop for £1, sitting on my April Calendar quilt.

Next up, same wallhanging with another charity shop find:

  

 

 

 

 

 

A little heart shaped crocheted container.  It was only 50pence!!  I couldn’t leave it on the shelf.

Next find is a little cut glass candle holder plate for £1:

These were all bought on my day out with DD on Tuesday.  I thought a couple of them would make great pincushion bases.  The small blue glass bowl and the cut glass one.  Now as to when I’ll do these well… LOL.

Here’s a clear picture of the April Wallhanging (revisited) ready to put up above my sewing table tomorrow.

Now I did accomplish something yesterday evening.  I added sashings to the first row blocks of my Dear Jane and sewed them together :)

The row is so wide it extended beyond the width of my design wall where I pinned it up on to take the picture:

This should be clickable for a bigger picture.

I’m hoping I can keep this up and stitch rows together as I complete them.

Oh there is one more thing that I sewed up this week.   It was DH’s birthday yesterday but he really didn’t want much except he had asked me to make him a simple coin bag…. a very simple coin bag.  He even told me what fabric he wanted it in…. plain old heavy weight muslin. AND he also told me how to go about making it LOL… speak about telling your granny how to suck eggs!!!  Oh well I humoured him.  However, I drew the line at an absolutely boring plain bag and added a little machine embroider and his name. ;))

He has now caught up with me in age :))

Finally, I can’t leave without showing you a picture of our black bunny Malachi aka Bun Bun.  He is such a sweetie and as daft as a brush :

This is a picture taken just the other day in the garden… when we had summer visit us.  He is Chichi Bun’s Husbun.

 

That’s all for now ;)

Enjoy your weekend!

Hugs

Ellyx

Rainbow Scrappy Saturday, yarn and a bunny

Good afternoon from sunny north Scotland.   Unusual weather for this time of year but I’m not complaining. 

I’ve not done a lot of stitching this past week as I’ve been called by fabric’s rival yarn to join in with  Sucrette’s Granny Poncho CAL.

It’s taken me all week to figure out colours and positions of them and I’ve had a couple of false starts and pull outs…

Anyhoo!  Here is the one pink thing I sewed up this week… a pink Dear Jane block.

G-3 Four Leaf Clover

BUT!  I do have one pink finished quilt which hasn’t yet been shown as finished.   I finished her way back in January but forgot to post a picture to my blog. 

  Chawton Cottage design by Tilde 

I love this little quilt and she sits on my coffee table so I can see her every day.   Thank you Tilde for the great pattern and the charm pack to make her using Jane Austen collection of Inklingo.  I hand stitched the pieced diamonds while at my mum’s so there is a memory of that time in this quilt.

Now I wonder if you’re wondering about the diversion to yarn?  I have pictures.  Do you want to see?  Well if you do then here they are ;)

My yarn.  King Cole Merino Blend DK 100% wool…. anti tickle ;)

My DD helped me sort out the colour order and I think I’m now happy with it.  Here is a picture of the first few rows:

That’s all for now, however, I can’t leave this post without a picture of Biscuit my oldest bunny who is nearly 11 years old (this July) but has been a little off his food.  He was at the vet yesterday and has medication to hopefully get him eating properly again. However, if this doesn’t work then I’ll have to take him back.  He may need a dental but the vet is reluctant because of his age.  He did look at his teeth but couldn’t see too much that may be bothering bunny though there were a couple of small spurs.  Fingers crossed he’ll start eating.

Biscuit Bun   

Well that’s me for today.  Now should I sew, crochet or go out and do a tiny bit of gardening?  Hmmm…  Maybe I’ll have another coffee while I think about it ;)

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.

Quilty Hugs

Ellyx

Rainbow Scrappy Saturday

A little late this week but here are my updates on March’s Pink Challenges.

I’ve finished the 4 pink Disappearing 4 patch blocks for my Rainbow Scrappy project :

Here is a picture of how they fit in with the green and red blocks from January and February:

I also completed another house for my hamlet ;)  in pink:

and here it is with the other housies:

 And to add to my pink collection for this month I also completed a Dear Jane block last Sunday which was in pink :

C-7 Megan’s Mountain Laurel

Finally, for this picture laden post, here is a picture of Chichi and Malachi (black one).    “Bunny Love”

Going to go and finish another Dear Jane block now and maybe get to a ufo.

Happy Mother’s Day! (It is here in the UK)

Ellyx