bunker down & sew

 went away with a truly great friend on the weekend

was our chance to be without children about

hang out & just sew

had our twin machines meet up for the first time

there was lots of chatter & some fav tunes played

i worked on a long time project

the large rainbow i spy picnic quilt

got all the wavey quilting stitches done

have the intention of finishing the binding this coming weekend

its taken me an age to create this but i am almost there

i have 'enJOYed the journey' & Oscar is right into the idea right now!

so perfectly timed i'd say ...

 knuckled down & made a whole lot of little girls' skirts for my

up coming markets

& all the while my friend Sam got to & sewed

a blue & yellow

half square triangle

tonal values quilt

on the 1/4 turn ... which means that all the 'layers' of tone

are complete squares ... which means there are many many

little triangles on the end of each row to add to the mix!

a basket to machine system was applied ...

 she did an amazing job!

in fact we couldn't leave to go home until it was completely put together!

i worked with some

figgy pudding triangle 'turn overs'

now this quilt top has been a long time in the making also

from way back here

anyway no lamenting in life required

just get on with it now ... i say!

all pieced & sliced & re-pieced

& i love the scrapy look

so we will have some figgy pudding on display for this Christmas

still the quilting to happen ... maybe this weekend as well?

so nothing exactly finished ... WIPs

but nearly there!

 there were a couple of sleep-ins ... food & wine consumed

lovely relaxed wintry productive time .... away from the bustle of home

special thanks to our husbands ... C & S

joining in over here with others & their WIPs