2015 rolling along nicely

Believe it or not, but I am still patchworking, but as I often do, I forget to blog my progress... 

I have two themed Christmas projects ready to the binding stage, only 11 months to get them ready! One is my first advent calendar and another, a very long table runner.

Detail of advent calendar

I also started on my Star Wars bag, but progress has been slow in the sewing room due to the hot days and nights. I would rather it be a warm day than cold, but I'm not used to 30 degree days with nor'west winds making it even drier. I have a bottle of water at my side as I type and one of my cats is sitting on one of my projects so that's a good excuse as any not to sew!

Star Wars themed bag

Quilted and ready for next step

Bella asleep on my other project...

Round up of last two months

Just like that, two months fly by without me tapping the keyboard to add any updates of my unpicking skills! I have three lame excuses, (1) lack of motivation to turn on the laptop; (2) the thought of waiting for dial-up to load my blog page and (3) being on hols in a place where the dial-up is even slower than at home... All that might change soon as at long last my beach community finally have access to Broadband. I now need to "contact my provider"!

On the quilting front:
The bargello quilt - haven't touched it since November... needless to say my parents received alternative Christmas presents.

The log cabin quilt - slowly, but surely I am making process. I have finished the initial 12 houses. The next smaller 16 houses (or out-houses as I like to call them!) are in the cutting out stage.

The mystery quilt - is still that, a mystery!!! I printed out the last set of instructions without looking at the printer, so it's still a mystery as to what it will look like. I did briefly begin appliqueing the second elephant.

Molly in the Garden wall hanging - all the essential bits are appliqued on, but then I got stuck on my flowers. This will need to be taken to my UFO classes to get some guidance.

My first bag - COMPLETE!!! I gave this to my sister at Christmas for a belated July birthday gift. She loves it. It turned out quite nice, can't wait to make another!! Find some pictures below to prove that someone who has never made a bag before, can! (even though it took a really, really, long time...). The beautiful print is of course from the French General range, just divine.

I shall be returning to my UFO classes next Wednesday. Can't wait to catch up on all the goodies the group have been making. Happy stitching!