Archie The Wonder Dog

Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something After a complete washout in July (and, let’s be honest, most of the year this far), August held quite a lot of progress (thanks to two courses of insomnia-inducing medication).  I knitted two pairs of socks: Yarn is Monster Mash Neon by  Botanical Yarn Yarn is Roseus by  Pixie Yarn And not only started stamping squares for my new quilt, as per my August (and July) mini objective:  But carried on stamping: And made a start with the piecing: This is how it looks today: Now my new ironing board cover has arrived, I can press the seams. Well, once I’ve decided which way they’re going, that is.  I’m keeping track of where I am on a map and this is where I’m up to: Mini objective for September:  Add more squares to the top Stamp and cut out more squares Maybe sort out remaining destash stuff and see how much I can send to new homes Someone is thrilled the project tin is now in use: You is goi...

  Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something This is going to be the shortest Furtle post I’ve ever written because I have absolutely no progress to share (which makes it two months in a row, oops), I did not manage to stamp even one square on one piece of fabric so will be reusing my July mini objective and thus in  July  August I hope to: Start the new scrappy trip quilt. Stamping some squares on some fabric will count as starting so I’m hoping to at least get one square stamped in the thirty-one days July  August has available to me.  *hard stare* Get upstairs and get stamping. Now *firm face*  Linking up to the July Furtle  If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal an...

It’s once again time to assess our progress thus far in our quest to fettle our finishes (or some of them) and I don’t know about the rest of you but my report won’t be very long at all!  I’ve added a new project to the list , found the background fabrics I want to use (and thanked past me for washing and ironing them as they arrived), bought the plains I needed (and washed and ironed those) and assembled my project tin. And that’s as far as I’ve got (other than adding the needles I forgot to put in when I was assembling the tin). Ah well, we’ve another six months until the end of year report *bites lip* I removed a row and the last block in each remaining row from the Winterkist quilt so it could go to my friend Cath, a longarm quilter, to have extra quilting added: And I’ve made a Christmas tree bauble! Oh, and I’ve read twenty-nine books from the book queue, taken one out and put it straight on the donate pile (not my sort of book at all, no idea why I have it), and started but ...

  Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something It’s a good job I have a secret finish from last month to show you because otherwise my contribution to this Furtle would be the link to join in and nothing else! Not only did I forget to review my mini objectives in last month’s post, I also forgot to set new ones*. As it turns out, that matters not a jot! I have higher hopes for July, but it’s very much weather dependent as if we have yet another heatwave I shall likely be as successful as this month.  In May I realised that if I got a shift on, I could make something I’ve been meaning to make for a while in time for the birthday of the friend it was for and the thing which was stopping me suddenly became clear: make it as a Christmas tree decoration. What’s the something? This pattern by Laura Howard  (she also has a blog, Bugs and Fishes ) which is designed as a decorative embroidery hoop but that wasn’t something I could see fitting in my friend'...

  Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something Hello! I’ve done some sewing this month! Unfortunately, I can’t share it just yet so instead I have this: That’s all the fabric washed and ironed (fortunately just the pink FQs and the panda LV) for my new project, my quilt stamp project bag (ink pads, stamps, apliquick scissors for cutting the pieces out (they have a tiny pinked blade which means the pieces fray less and are easier to cut out), etc.) downstairs, and waiting and a project tin established but I’ve a feeling I’ve forgotten something vital. Here’s a closer look at the project tin: Two pin cushions as I couldn’t decide which pins I’ll use (fine glass-headed or entomology) so brought both down; a needle minder (on the tin wall next to the mice) in case I need to park my needle for more than a few seconds (which has reminded me what I’ve forgotten: needles!); two pairs of embroidery scissors, one for cutting threads and another with a fine pinked bla...

Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something I’ve made some progress on my new project! After looking at all the LV backgrounds I had: and considering how I wanted the quilt to look, I decided to just use four backgrounds (rather than lots, as in the one which is on an indefinite pause) and, with the help of a friend, chose these and decided their placement in the blocks: This is where they’ll be placed in each block: So there’ll be much more of the top two which also happen to be the two I have most of but that wasn’t the main reason for the order. The bottom print (which has pandas on but I’m not sure many will feature (I may include one, maybe two)) will be fussy cut so that they curve round the pale pink corners of each block, like so: Fantastic work by me with Markup, I bet you thought a professional had done it. And I’ve washed (but not ironed) the pink FQs and the one background (pandas) which hadn’t been washed. I’m very glad past me washed and ironed t...