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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Stitching with Friends.

Last night I joined in with Wendy from Sugarlane Quilts for Friday Night Sew In. You can go over and check out what everyone got up to by clicking on the link above. It is always a fun night knowing that lots of other people are stitching at the same time as you. Thank you Wendy for running FNSI,  encouraging us to finish off our projects or start new ones and catch up with some of our blogging friends as well.
I worked on my SAL blocks and continued to add the applique pieces to the April blocks. I'm always amazed just how long it takes me to choose such small pieces of fabric. In the end I'm usually happy with my choices but I guess all will be revealed when the blocks are put together at the end.
Oh dear, maybe a bit too much red here. Note to self, add more blue/brown to the other blocks.
I then decided to start my tracing for the In My Garden quilt by Natalie Bird. Now I am pleased to say I just have a few small stitcheries left to trace so felt I did well here.



These are the fabrics I am going to use so will need to sort out different threads to the list given by Natalie. May need to purchase one or two of the blue colour. As the above is a charm pack, have ordered some yardage from Patchwork Plus who fortunately had some of the range in stock. The fabric is called Rambling Rose by Sandi Gervais.
Well that's about it from me, had wanted to do more today but woke up a little sick, maybe tomorrow I'll manage to get the prep finished so I can make a start on the stitching.
Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.
Happy Stitching till next time...............

20 comments:

  1. Beautiful blocks Noela, but I'm afraid there is no such thing as too much red !(lol). It's looking good. Lots of fun in all those prepped stitcheries too.

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  2. Great work for fnsi Noela... that's a lot of tracing!

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  3. Those stitcheries from In My Garden are so cute! :0)

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  4. You had a very productive time, Noela. I love both these projects and it's great getting so much tracing done ahead of time. Those blocks look like they have the perfect amount of red to me!

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  5. Love red and I love your blocks, lots of prep work happening !!

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  6. Beautiful blocks Noela. Lot's of tracing for sure. Glad you are stitching along too. Hugs,xx

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  7. A productive night Such lovely blocks
    Hope you are feeling better

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  8. Hi Noela wow what a great night you had and I hope you are feeling better soon xx

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  9. Lots more beautiful happenings for FNSI Noela

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  10. Your NJ blocks look great _ I love the red and remember it will all get distributed around quilt.

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  11. Your blocks look great Noela. You can never have too much red! Hope you're feeling better soon. xxx

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  12. I know what you mean about the time taken to decide on fabric choices. Lovely stitcheries.

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  13. Love your fabric choices..you have been busy prepping for your stitcheries

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  14. I love the red - they're beautiful!! You sure got a lot done. Hope you feel better!

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  15. your blocks are looking great... I am still working on mine.. and I am still tracing the others!!
    Hguz

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  16. Lots of work done at your place and I love the fabrics. Blocks are looking great.

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  17. I have started Natalie's quilt, the stitcheries are lovely, Have fun with yours.

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  18. You achieved a lot Friday night, well done! I have Natalie's book but have yet to even trace out the stitcheries so I can start on it maybe when I go on holidays later in the year I can at least trace/prep them to work on :) Barb.

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  19. good to see SAL blocks on the go.............maybe sit them out before you choose the next 2 months colours...........

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  20. Always lots to do on the quilting front isn't there?
    Love your little blocks.

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