Project 16 African batik pants for my daughter

My daughter is growing, all summer pants from last year (and the year before) were too small. Lucky for me she loves the vibrant batiks I have, she choose the one she wanted pants from. To keep it simple, I used the pattern for shorts of last year, lengthened the legs and finished the pants in maybe an hour or two. I made them baggy, so she can wear them over summer when it is warm, and grow in them. Most likely next year they will be ankle length.

Today she is wearing them with a pink t-shirt. Maybe Thursday she can wear them with an orange t-shirt, or green, or red .......

Project 15 - A bed for my eldest

My eldest is in secondary school. So it was time for him to have a room on his own. We had a local handyman isolate the guest room and give it all a good paint.

So finally last week I managed to go and buy him a mezzanine bed with a desk underneath. As we no longer have a guestroom, I told him that he could sleep in the blue room. However, each time we would have quests, he would sleep with his younger brother and the guests would have the blue room.

Yesterday afternoon we spent time mounting the bed and desk. It was not too complicated, just took quite some time. Once the bed was done we reshuffled some of the book cases.

Pending is shortening the curtains in his room.

May 27, 2018

Project 14 CRQ 18 Chain blocks

The chain blocks are the last blocks in the series of blocks for my Crossroads quilt, I needed a total of 18 blocks. I love the red colours of this set. Even the brown colours come alive with the reds.

I divided the work in different sets of tasks, making the four little two-coloured squares first. Followed by the center part. It had to have a scrappy look, knowing myself I had to bring in some order. I choose 4 different colours for the centerpiece, used two for the opposite sites of each square and did not plan the other two. How adventurous. It took me a few evenings to finish the 18 blocks, and was happy to finish them this weekend.

I am happy to say that I met my One Monthly Goal for May. It included both the Intersection and Chain block. Thank you Patty from Elm Streets Quilts for keeping me on track.

26 May

Project 13 CRQ Intersection Block

As soon as I signed up for the OMG goal for May of Elm Street Quilts I started sewing the Intersection block. With three kids I never know in advance how much crafting time I will have. And if we have warm days, we'll go on family outings on the lake.

For my quilt I needed three Intersection blocks of the Cross roads quilt. I am still in love with the colours of this quilt.
All in all I finished them quite quickly, it definitely helps that all the fabric was cut in advance. And of course this is my second CRQ. For the first version I had a very small cutting board, and the one I use now is 25 by 30 inches. What a difference good tools make.

3 May 2018

OMG May - Cross roads quilt

My posts lately are all about the same .... sign up for One Monthly Goal with a reasonable objective, aiming for more, no time and then barely managing my aim. April was a low creative wise. Did get some knitting done on my cardigan, but a long way from finishing.

So now am hopeful May will be better. No travel foreseen at this point, and no judo competition for my daughter taking half a day out of my weekend. Oh yes, well need to work in the garden ..... get my vegetable garden ready, make jams of fruits that I froze waiting for time .....

So for May my OMG hosted by Patty at Elm Street Quilts is to sew the 3 Intersection blocks and cut the fabric for and sew the 18 Chain blocks. A total of 21 blocks to sew.