March stitchery completed

Maybe I am doing these in a strange sequence, starting with February, then March, and the next one will be January. But, soon I will be on track and be ready for the April one when the design is released. It will be an interesting wallhanging when it is completed.

Monthly stichery

I found this free BOM from Aurifil designer program Aurifil BOM. I loved the snowman/-woman. I made the February stitchery (attached picture), and have traced the January and March ones. Looking forward to stich in-between quilting.

Bright and sunny (?)

The weather today has been strange; bright and sunny, windy and mild, snow storm, raining cats and dogs. That's only during a couple of hours. Anyway, I managed to get an OK picture of the yellow bag in the relatively strong wind. The bag is to be a farewell present to a colleague who is leaving for Bergen. The yellow fabric is plastic coated, and that is perfect for the wet climate in the western part of Norway.

I am into sewing bags

Before I started quilting I have sewn a lot of other things, among them shoulder bags. I found this great tutorial on the net, and I have made quite a few of them for friends and relatives. Here are a few I gave away for Christmas last year.

Today I have been working on another bag, and I guess I will show it off here tomorrow.

 Below is a bag I sent to a friend in Sweden

A finished quilt-top

Last night I finished assembling the top of my version of Bricks and Stepping-Stones. Fortunately, the spring light lasted long enough for me to take good pictures of it when I returned from work this afternoon.

Now, I will take one day off sewing and start searching through my stash for backing-fabric.

Good progress

All the blocks for Bricks and Stepping-Stones are cut and pieced, now what remains is to arrange them into a good-looking quilt top.Here, a few of the blocks are on display.

I just have to do a little bit of cleaning-up before I can put all the blocks on the floor and arrange, and re-arrange until I am pleased with the design. Then I will have to decide on the borders, the inner border will be black, but what about the outer one? Hmmm... It is time for searching my shelves.