Jane Austen's Bonnet

So I've started...

 

 

This little black box

has been the ''home'' of a pile of little stitcheries

that I finished a couple of years ago.

I remember -

as soon as I saw the pattern for this quilt,

I fell in stitchy love

with it:)

Jane Austen's Bonnet,

an exquisite quilt designed by

Brenda Ryan.

It sort of got lost amongst other treasures

in my sewing room,

and when I opened the lid a few days ago,

I fell in stitchy love all over again:)

 



 

They were all there,

piled on top of each other,

just waiting...

 

 

...I'm not sure how could I have done that!

Just left them,

packed them up and

went away

and left them!!!

Have a feeling it might have been around the time

that I lost that stitchy feeling for a while :(

You know,

 when stuff happens,

and you just pack things up

and push them towards the back of the cupboard,

just for a while:)

 

 

 

 



 

Bit naughty, ay!!

But,

now I'm on a mission

to complete this beautiful beautiful quilt.

So I sorted out the fabrics today...

 

 

...and I cut all the stitcheries into diamonds ...

 

 

...and I sewed the first block :)

 

 

Me and Jane -

best buddies again:)

See you later

Jenny

 

Hellooo :)

Just to let you know,

I've just posted about a rather yummy

September giveaway

over on The Makers Studio blog :)

See you there,

Jenny

 

 

Stitch, paint and run!

 The "springie blue" giveaway

that I did last week,

inspired me to make a new cushion out of

one of the fabrics...

(and it's in my Etsy shop).

 

 



And I made another one of my

line and lace

cushions.

Love doing these

cos you just make it up as you go:)

Bit of this,

bit of that...

 

 

In between gardening,

and stitching,

I've also been revamping some furniture,

from plain brown...

 

 

...to shabby white...

 

 

I think it looks lots better:)

 

You know that thing on the bucket list

that I was working on,

well,

I've done it:)

Yesterday I ran the Dunedin Half Marathon:)

Had a moment (or two)

where I wondered if I could do it,

or more accurately,

why I was doing it!!

But I did do it:)

And,

well,

there you go....

I'm still grinning about it today,

and I'm pretty sure that I will be doing it again...

next year.

I'm not a natural runner,

in fact,

I'm not the sporty type at all.

But it's been on my list for quite a while now,

for no other reason than that

I just wanted to prove something to myself.

So now I can put a ''tick'' beside that one,

relax for a few days,

 catch up on some stitching

and other crafty stuff

and

I think that I have earned

extra chocolate:)

See you later

Jenny:)