Tuesday, 8 July 2025
A Finished Quilt
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Works in Progress
The other project I am working on is my scrappy Hexi quilt. I pondered about making one here, and over the past few years have been making up scrappy 1" epp hexis. These are normally made on holiday, or sewing days with friends. I find it an easy pick up and sew mindlessly project. I've made about 400 of them and have now run out of templates, so have decided that instead of aimlessly doomscrolling on my phone on my lunchbreaks and in the evenings, I'll start stitching them together into small blocks, so I can remove some of the templates and reuse them. I'm not sure how any more I'll need to make to have enough to do something with.
I've another quilt top that has been sitting in the WIP pile for a few years too, that I need to either leave at the size it currently is and call it a lap quilt or make another couple of borders for it. Will I get it finished this year?
Friday, 16 May 2025
Stacker Jacket
I have finally got around to making myself a version of the Stacker Jacket.
Friday, 9 May 2025
April - Looking Back
It's been a busy month, my knee is just about totally healed now, so I'm able to go for decent walks and sleep comfortably. I still haven't tried a proper hiking track yet though,
The Scout and I went out to the beach at Orere point and enjoyed a beautiful walk, with a stop off at Waitawa Regional Park looking out over the stunning inner Hauraki Gulf. It was warm enough that we should have taken swimming gear with us.
I've been sewing - some beautiful new cushions for my sofa with some gorgeous Designer Guild fabric offcuts and a deep inky linen blend bias cut skirt. The pattern is the Clo Bias Skirt from Soften Studio, and its a very comfortable easy to wear and make skirt with an elastic waist and drawstring. I think there will be more of these added to my wardrobe.
Finally after about 25 years living in Auckland, I had my first visit out to Muriwai beach on the West Coast. Famous for it black sands and surf. We walked, ate well, slept and read, a just enjoyed a lovely relaxing weekend away.