End of May catch up

 I finished binding the little charity quilt which was the May task.

I haven't made any progress on the procrastination quilting,  maybe next week. 

I did resurrect a project I started more than 30 years ago!

I had finished the little rocking horse and attached it to the wreath. 

Last year I finished these 2 squares 

This week I have finished 5 more squares!!

I have 4 more left to stitch. 

It does beg the question of why it has taken so long to finish this. 

I aim to stitch these over the next few days and then make them into the ornaments. 

The wreath is at home so will attach them when I am next there, hopefully before Christmas. 

Linking to Chookshed challenge

Linking to Design wall monday

Mid may progress

 Linking to Chookshed challenge

This months challenge was to quilt any tops for the Treasured babies charity.

I only had one unquilted.

That is now done and the binding on ready to stitch down. 

I finished sewing in the ends of the baby blanket and finished 4 pairs of fingerless mitts as well as 7 scarves. They will be dropped off tomorrow for the charity KOGO. 

I finall stopped procrastinating and basted 2 quilt tops. I have started the ditch and walking foot quilting on the first one. I will then do the same to the second one before trying out the fancy quilting on my new machine. 

It is a big learning curve. 

Finally, I did it

 I am linking toDesign wall monday

I finally got the borders on the quilt and have pieced the backing and made the binding. 

Close-up of the mitred border.

All the fabrics in this quilt are more than 30 years old. 

Below is the backing. 

If you have been quilting for a while you may remember this one.

  Hopefully next week there will be a finished quilt to display. 

Down the rabbit hole

 I really need more work on goal setting. 

Generally,  the minute I set a goal, I go off in a different direction. 

I did finish knitting the baby blanket, but I still have to finish off the ends.

That did mean that I had no knitting for car journeys and I have a lot this week. 

I grabbed a tub of yarn that I was given for charity projects and there was a started scarf, but it wasn't suitable for car knitting. I decided to finish it and then finished 3 more.

I knitted a pair of fingerless gloves, tweeked the pattern and made a second pair.

They still need to be sewn up.

I am anticipating knitting a few more pairs this week. 

We will see what happens  now that I have made that pronouncement. 

Linking to Design wall monday

My May #5

My #5 project for Chookshed challenge is to quilt any finished tops for Treasured Babies .

I quilted most of the tops earlier this year, so I only have one left to do

I will add another challenge for the month. 

I need to get this borders on things quilt.  They are cut ready. 

I am hoping to get a lot more done but I want to keep my goals and expectations low.