Another Weekend is Over.

But what a weekend.

I had three whole days off work and made the most of them.

As you read in my last two posts Friday was mostly a day out and some kitchen work. Saturday was a sewing fest, which continued into Sunday.

On Sunday morning it took very little time to get the border constructed and on to my Oh My Blue Stars.

I am loving this quilt and it has remained pinned to the front of the Kaffetastic hanging in my hallway.

I've just done a little online shopping and hopefully I'll soon have a lovely blue delivered for the binding.

As Sunday was the first of the month Gail Pan sent out the next instalment of I stitch. So out came the pink mermaid box. It did not take me long to select fabrics and construct this wee block.

One of this months stitchery designs was pumpkins, which I opted to swap out. I kept it Gail Pan though, selecting a flower basket from this book.

Then I curled up on my chair, with my trusty lamp and stitched the afternoon away.

By the time Tony got home I was almost done and it really didn't take too long after dinner to finish the block and stitch it onto the row.

I can't believe there is only one month left of this delightful project.

Of course I still have to sort out a border and put my three rows together. That shouldn't take long.

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Tony was amazed at how much I have achieved in a weekend and pleaded with me to slow down!

But I really wasn't that speedy. I pointed out that the Oh My Stars quilt top was a quick project, using pre cut strips as a head start, then a simple design.

The other two pieces I have worked on over the weekend have taken all year! As they are both BOM.

He liked that idea and joked I could make as many of those as I liked.....

So I suggested he might like to sign me up for Gail again...

LOL

We'll see if he remembers.

And I think I already committed to another year of RSC. I just need to find the right block.

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Since getting home from work today I have finally managed to get the Purple 20 quilt back onto the frame, but I didn't do anything about quilting the last third. I've busied myself with chores and food.

Once I'm done here I'll be back in my comfy chair with the penultimate Christmas ornament!

Another project that is coming to an end. I wonder which ornament I'll make next year? Will I do them one a month or revert to my usual scramble in October and November? LOL Working on them one a month has been good, I didn't feel like I had to rush, even though I had to catch up after several weeks without my lamp. Having Janice sew along with me has been fun too. Each month she has done something different. Octobers was a cute wee stocking for her tree, other months were larger, or parts of much larger projects. It's been lovely to see what she has come up with and I know she has completed some UFOs, which is always a bonus.

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Who is keen for a Christmas stitch along next year?

No rules, except you have to do something Christmassy each month.

As a BOM? An ornie a month like I have done. Clean up some UFOs or make a gift?

Show them off each month if you can or like I have done this year, keep it all secret and do a big reveal after the big day. 

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Time for me to have a quick look around blogland and see what everyone else did over the weekend. Then I get to sit n stitch.