Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - April

 

It's time to share our next 2024 Challenge project. 

My project #9 was to work on my

Christmas Blessings felt ornaments.

 

I made a small start at Scrub Stitchin' 

and started the plum pudding.

I worked on it some more while zooming with the girls 

on Friday night, with a little more yesterday.

Now to wait until tomorrow when Deana announces 

the project number we will work on in May.

I wonder what next month's project will be!

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - March

  

It's time to share our next 2024 Challenge project. 

My project #4 was to work on my Heart Strings stitcheries.

Not only did I work on them but I finished them!

These were fun little stitcheries to do.

I still haven't decided what I'm going to do with them. 

While I love Natalie Bird's Heart Strings Quilt, 

I really don't have anywhere to hang it. 

I'll just tuck them away until I make up my mind.

Now to wait until tomorrow when Deana announces 

the project number we will work on in April.

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - February

It's nearly the end of February and time to share 

our next Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge projects. 

I had listed Project #2 as a mystery but now it is gifted, 

I can share it with you.

This is the quilt I made for Austin and Paris 

on the occasion of their marriage.

Being a modern quilt, I was so out of my 

comfort zone as I don't "do modern"! 

But I have to say I am very pleased 

with how it turned out. I made it for the 

back of their couch, especially for 

Paris as she loves to curl up under a blanket watching tv!

I also made Paris a wedding charm. 

Decided not to make a horseshoe as I wanted to stitch 

the monogram I had stitched onto the covered hanger

I had made for her bridal shower. 

Again I used the same fabric from my wedding dress. 

The ribbon rose was also from my wedding dress.

For Austin, I embroidered a hanky for him 

to have in his pocket at their wedding.

Well, today is the big day!

I'll have lots of photos to share with you.

 

I haven't forgotten about my Scotland 

photos but I've been a bit busy. 

I'll get to them soon!

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge - January

It's the first of February and I'm a bit late to report on our 

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge projects.

January was project #6 which I had listed as Mystery Project #1.

 

My January project was for my soon to be daughter-in-law, Paris.

Now that I gifted these to Paris at her 

Bridal Shower I can share photos.

 

I made Paris a covered hanger for her wedding dress. 

It is made from the same fabric that my wedding dress 

was made of. My brother and I made my wedding dress 

and I still had left over fabric. I would have happily cut 

up my actual dress to make the hanger as having three boys, 

no-one was going to want to wear it!

I also made Paris a garter to wear on their special day. 

I couldn't find a nice charm so added the drop pearl bead.

My wedding headpiece (above) was also handmade 

using some of these beads so again I 

have added a touch of our wedding to Paris and Austin's.

 

 Deana has now announced our February project number.

Number 2 on my list is Mystery Project #2. 

You may have now guessed that it's something to do with 

the wedding so you'll have to wait a bit to find out what it is!

I haven't forgotten about sharing our amazing 

two month trip to Scotland and England. 

After hours and hours (and hours), 

I have finally got my photos sorted into order. 

When they uploaded, they were all over the place so I manually 

went through my phone and renumbered everything in date order. 

All 4342 of them!

 

Hopefully it won't take me too long but as the wedding 

is in three weeks, I might be a little busy!

Friday Night With Friends and Zooming

It's been a long time since I've joined in FNWF. 

In fact, when I had a look it was back in April 2023!

Last night I worked on a secret project so not much to show you!

Thank you to Chez for hosting us. 

Hopefully I'll be joining in more regularly this year. 

That's the plan anyway!

Today I've spent a lovely few hours zooming with

 Chooky and the Chookshed Stitchers. 

It's always so nice stitching along with these girls.

Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me.........

  

Haha! Why didn't anyone tell me

 I only had eight projects on my list and not ten!

Here are the two I forgot to add.

 

9. Make a cushion cover from my Tilda fabric stash

10. Sunny Days Bunting (start)

 

In my original post, I did say I might change the order 

of projects around and I have. The two mystery projects 

are being gifted in February and as Deana has 

chosen project #6 for us to work on in January, 

Mystery project #1 is now #6!

 

I have updated my list on my sidebar.

 

Well, I'd better get back to working on my project!

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge

 

I'm a member of the Chookshed Stitchers run by Chookyblue. 

Deana from Dreamworthy Quilts has come up with a great idea 

for a Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge.

 

We each make a list of 10 sewing related projects. 

From January to October, on the first of the month, 

Deana will be draw out a number and everyone will work 

on their project corresponding to that number. 

Then each month we do a blog post about our challenge projects.

 

These are my 10 projects. 

I'm not aiming to finish each project within the 

month, just to work on them. If I do finish a project, 

that's a bonus. I have a couple of secret projects, 

so you won't get to see them until later.

 

 1.    Secret project #1

2.    Secret project #2

3.    Tilda hexagon quilt (work on)

 

4.    Heart Strings stitcheries (work on)

5.    Christmas Blessings felt ornaments (work on)

6.     Make tea towel aprons

 

7.    Santa sack (for new baby girl or boy due in family)

8.    Make Ready for Christmas stitcheries (work on)

 

 I may change the order of my projects around

if the number drawn out by Deana doesn't work for me.

You are welcome to join in on this challenge but you need to be a blogger.

Head over to Deana's blog to read all about the challenge.