Easter Greetings

 I Wish a Blessed and Happy Easter to all my friends all over the world!

Works in progress and some finishes

This week was a prolific one. I managed to finish some old projects and some new ones too.
My Farmer's Wife Sampler top is finally finished.

I sewed the borders yesterday. Now I wonder how long it will take me to quilt it.
I've made another pincushion, I just love them

Work in progress:

I've started another scrappy project

It was a wonderful sewing week. I'm liking up with the lovely Lee at Freshly Pieced for another WIP Wednesday.

Swap Blocks

Quilting indecision

I began quilting my "Rose Whig" table runner.
I chose a small meandering for the tan blocks and a bit echoing for the lighter ones

 So far so good, I think I'll leave it like this but now what about the border...How should I quilt it?
If you can give me a little help I would be very grateful. I don't have the faintest idea
This is what the runner looks like

Should I use straight lines, criss cross, meandering, feathers....Oh! What an indecision

                                                            Hugs,

                                                         Teresa

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                                                Hugs,
                                                    Teresa

What I've been working on

I finally finished the stitching I began last Friday Night with Friends. It took me more than I thought but it has been almost impossible to sew these days. The house chores, my husband's health ( that isn't so good) and my daughter being  away on her final nurse training before finishing her degree.

I'm pretty happy with it, I still don't know where I'm gonna use it, probably on a mini quilt or on a notebook cover.

After cutting so many squares I had to make something with them ( not all but some). It isn't finished yet but I'm showing you how it's growing...

My Kingdom for a Baby cutter or... My back is killing me

I spent almost the whole afternoon pressing and cutting small pieces of fabric. I have to make a good use of all my scraps so I decided to cut some of my strips and other leftover fabric into 2,5 and 1,5 inch squares.
Oh My God!!! If only I could afford a Baby Go, I spent so many hours with my rotary cutter and look the small amount of squares I got

My back is hurting so bad for being curved for so many time. I think I need a hot bath!

                                                            HUGS,

                                                         Teresa

FNwF- Friday Night with Friends

Yesterday I joined all my friends from all over the world for another FNwF hosted by the lovely Cheryll at Gone Stitchin'.

I didn't get much done, some family issues needed my attention but by the end of the night I managed to sew the border of the  " Sweet and Short " table runner, a pattern from Kim Diehl that I altered a bit  (as usual ).

I still  have to applique the leaves on the border, I'm thinking about using wool to do the leaves, what do you think?

Next  I did some stitching

I had planned to finish the angel. It's a free pattern from Michelle Ridgway and I love it but this is what I got to do

Maybe tomorrow. Nevertheless I enjoyed another night with my friends and that is the most important

                                                 HUGS,

TERESA

My new table runner

I think I finally finished my new table runner, I used Kim Diehl's Country Whig Rose pattern but did only three blocks

 All the blocks were made using needle turn appliqué, the little circles are a bit distorted but I'm only a beginner on this technique.

I had to make some alterations on the border, the appliqué from the original pattern wouldn't fit .

This is how it looks. It now needs to be quilted and bound but i think it will look very nice on my dining room table.
Today I'm linking with A Quilting Reader's Garden for another Appliqué Thurday.

                                                             Hugs,

                                     TERESA

                                 

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Happy Valentine's Day

I wish all my bloggy friends a Happy Valentine's Day!

Two finishes in one day

Last year i made a table topper using a free pattern from Robyn at Daisy Quilts - February Hearts. It has been tucked away in my cupboard since but today I decided  to get is finished in time for this year's Valentine's Day.

It can be used as a table topper or wall hanging. I love this pattern. Thank you Robyn!

I also finished my sewing machine cover. It needed binding, and now its done!

At last....I had the courage

This last summer my friend Celia, who lives in Australia, came to Portugal to visit her mother and some of the family that lives here.
We managed to get together for only a couple of hours and we exchanged some gifts ( she brought me lots of wonderful things).

One of those gifts was a flying geese ruler, The Eleanor Burns quilt in a Day ruler.

To be honest, the ruler has been kept in a drawer since then because the first time I read the instructions I felt so confused that I thought I would never be able to make flying geese using it.
Last  week-end I thought to myself...Are you going to be defeated by a ruler? NO WAY, I opened the drawer, got the ruler out, read the instructions again and cut some squares. White squares for the background and some charm packs squares from "Make life" by sweetwater for Moda fabrics.

Oh my! that was quick. In a whisker I had made 16 flying geese and as my sewing machine needed a cover I chose some grey fabric and started to make one.

It's almost ready, just needs some binding. Thank you Celia for a wonderful ruler!

Friday Night With Friends

The second FNWF of 2013.
It's so nice to be sewing with my friends from all over the world.
Last night I joined my 12 blocks from my first year of QBSA.
I squared them and made my first friendship quilt. I have another set of 12 blocks from the second year.
This is how it turned out

Just playing...

Sewing is my anti depression medicine, so I just enjoyed myself this afternoon

A couple of leftover jelly roll strips

Some decorative stitching

And I got myself a note book cover with inside pockets

Forgive me the blurry photos, I really don't know what's happening with my camera

                                          Have a wonderful week-end
                                         Teresa

WIP Wednesday

I can't remember the last time I posted on Lee's WIP Wednesday, but it has been more than a month or two. Never mind, the most important is I'm back.

At the moment I've only got  two projects going  but i'm already thinking about another one. Ok, I've got some UFO's in my cupboard.

The first one is my applique table runner. I'm using a pattern from Kim Diehl but I've introduced some alterations to the original project which was a quilt.

The other is a scrappy table topper also from Kim Diehl. i'm using my leftover scraps as I'm on a very strict fabric diet ( money shortage).

This is what I've achieved so far. I don't know if I'll make the square version or keep it rectangular.

time will tell and probably I will have an answer next week.

Hugs,

Teresa