Fernhill and igloo

On the day when local children built an igloo,
which made the snowman smile (or is it because he has a new hat?),

          

   I finished Fernhill, button BOM by Lynette Anderson,
which I bought from Fobbles.

Some of the fabric is Lynette's own design, the rest from my stash.

All the buttons have now been stitched on.

I have also stitched on a sleeve, so I can hang the quilt up.

Embroidery threads: Weeks Dye Works, as suggested by Lynette.

Hand quilted with: King Tut and Finca No16.

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return to Fernhill

This is the last pattern for Fernhill, the button BOM by Lynette Anderson, which arrived this week from Fobbles. I can't believe that it has been 9 months since I started stitching it. It has been little neglected, so this has been my project over the past few days. I hope it will be the first to be finished this year, before anything else gets in the way. Building houses on the last Yoko Saito's BOM quilt will have to wait a little.

I wish you a good stitching week!

busy post week

It is hard to believe that another week has gone by. The pleasant start to autumn is still with us, sometimes sunny, sometimes windy, but mostly dry. There is still plenty of colour to be found in the garden.

Our postman was really busy this week, having to walk the path to our house nearly every day.

The most important and exiting was a packet from Australia. This was the prize from a giveaway on Katherine's blog Rose Cottage, a needle case made by her.

This pretty little needle case has already found its way to my basket. 

No, I did not make the pin cushion either, this was another present from a friend. A needle case is something I have been promising to myself for a long time, but never got around to making one.

But as you see, this wasn't the only present from Katherine, there was also a nice little fabric card and a bar of CHOCOLATE! Well, I think we can take care of that! Thank you so much, Katherine!

What else did the postman bring this week?

Magazines, some new, some old and trusted.

                      

With the new Quiltmania magazine arrived latest "architect's" drawings for the next housing settlement in the Yoko Saito's Mystery BOM quilt.

This is the largest one to date, not in size of the block, but in number of houses to be "built".

While in the meantime I am still busy building block 4.

Another arrival this week are the instructions for the next block of Lynette Anderson's Fernhill BOM.

Last night we saw on our television the last of the re-run of Downton Abbey, both series one and two, as tonight starts the brand new one, starting with Matthews and Mary's wedding, with the appearance of Shirley MacLaine as Cora's mother. Can't wait! See you there!

I wish you all a happy stitching week!

start of autumn

So here comes September, the first of our autumn months. The garden is taking on a more seasonal look.

I have now finished the first five stitchery blocks plus corner log cabin blocks of Fernhill BOM by Lynette Anderson. Four more blocks are due, but you can already see the autumn feel of this quilt.

I have not yet stitched on any of the Lynette's buttons, I am leaving this to the end.

The house building on the block 4 of Yoko Saito's Mystery Quilt is also in progress.

The postman was kind to me this week, delivering two packages:

another pattern from Helena at Syverkstan, this time a Season Bag

and a delicious new fabric Phenomenal Fall by Sandy Gervais for Moda, which arrived from Thread Bear.

Can you see a possible connection here?

Have a wonderful week!