A New Month, A New Week, A New Project!

Well the month of February saw me finish a very large project in my Flip Flop Scrap quilt top.

And some smaller finishes too.

My top secret Christmas Ornament.

And part two of Gail Pan's I stitch BOM.

Speaking of which, Gail released the March block on 29th February. So I had all of the stitchery traced and ready to go on Sunday morning. I had the whole block finished by dinner time.

As usual I made a couple of changes. Gail encourages us to personalise our blocks and like my idea of an extra bee. On the original design, the circle with a bee in it was a flower. But I wanted a bee.

We have a thrush who visits our garden often, so I tweaked the bird in to a thrush by adding french knots to his chest.

And below, you see the first three blocks all together.

I've also finished the bonus project. This time it's a wee table topper, with more bees.

It's not quilted or bound in this image, but that has been done, I just need to close the binding.

It was the first time I have bound a hexie, so after some research I set off. While I was concentrating hard I could hear a noise behind me, it sounded like a paper bag being beaten into submission. Sure enough, when I got up to investigate, this is what I found!

She is still in there, purring her furry little butt off!

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Sew, with my Flip Flop Scraps all done and made into a quilt top, what am I going to do in the mornings?

 This morning I spent some time looking for Rainbow Scrap Challenge fabrics, but more about that in a moment. 

I picked up this kit in a sale recently. A not quite so local store is having a big clear out and lots of things have been popping up on facebook. This kit was one of them.

Sorry for the sideways image.

 I do love Gail's original colourway, but this kit came with these lovely blue fabrics. Yum!

It is a Gail Pan design. I had not seen it before, but I'm delighted to get my hands on this one.

It will be my 15 minutes before work focus project for a little while.

And while I work on it I'll be planning another scrappy project I think.

Another on going project is the RSC.

Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

This month the chosen colour is Teal.

A dig through my stash this morning revealed no scraps!

 Two fat quarters and two larger pieces which I don't want to cut into yet. I have something in mind for them.

But I want to make three blocks, which in my mind means at least three colours.

So, on my way home from work I popped into the sewing centre and bought the middle one.

Maybe I should have taken a sample with me, it looks a little blue here.

 Mind you, they all do. Both photos were taken within 30 seconds of each other, and less than a fat quarter apart. One on my chair and one on my machine desk. The bottom image is closer to the real thing.

I have a whole month to make three butterflies.

I also need to make a start on my One a month Christmas project. This will be the third blue one.

I might have a change of colour next month.

Well, that's my news, I'm off to close the binding on my bumble bee table topper.