On and on

Block 4 is done, sans legs... I am not sure I am doing myself a favour by putting the legs on hold... Would it not be fun to have a finished quilt without any birds feet? hehe. No, sooner or later. I am not sure, but I think this is supposed to be a bird of paradise? Since we don't have that kind of birds here, I can't be quite sure.
Other than that, I am trying to finish quilting the Charlestone quilt. My poor friend should have received this for Christmas.... Good things comes to those who wait? Hopefully she will get it for her birthday in July:)

On a roll!

Block no 3! I should be doing other stuff, like quilting some of the UFO's I have lying around, but these 'little' blocks are very addictive!
However, today I have spent my sewing time preparing my folkdress for tomorrows little celebration. It's about three years since I used it last, and it needed ironing and a lot of silverpolish. If I get my head together tomorrow I might even get some pictures taken of it:)

Oh, and tomorrow - it is May 17th. Our national holiday.

Onwards....

I have finished my second block, the 15th block in the quilt. And yes, they do look a little 'faceless' and legless:) The beaks will be embroidered on, I think. As for the legs...
well, they are a nightmare. I am not sure how to deal with them. And I can not figure out how the original designer managed them! One thing I do know, they did not have Wikipedia:) I am currently working on the preparation for the ostrich block, and she has given them five claws on each foot! Ostriches have the weirdest feet, for being a bird. They have one very big and one smaller toe on each foot!

I have found a good routine now. I prepare new blocks during the weekends, and then I sew a little each evening, whenever I am in front of the tv. Good plan that works, so far....

Block 1 done!

It goes slowly, but it goes:) Not back to knitting yet, but handsewing seems to go ok. So I have finished my first block of the Civil War Bride quilt. Just 19 to go, pluss the borders. Can't say I will be lacking in applique work for the foreseeable future. I have started to prep block 2, but I haven't quite decided if I want to do them in order. Or if I want to do the ones with most leaves first. There are MANY leaves in this quilt:)

Back to the war

I just started my second civil war 're-enactment', Civil War Bride. My first one was a Dear Jane.
First block. It goes slowly, though. I am not supposed to sew yet, but I have kept my fingers from the needle/needles now since the beginning of February. I can't do it anymore! So I do a few stitches now and then, with long breakes. Slowly, slowly. Maybe this one will be babysteps to happiness, also:)

While I am waiting....

Not sure why I torture myself with this, but here is my stack of quilts, waiting for me to do good and work on my right arm:
I also received this in the mail! My starter pack of fabric for Civil War Bride! I have been looking for fabric for it, but I could just not find anything that grabbed me. So I decided to take a chance and order the starter pack from Threadbar, where I also ordered the pattern.

Aren't they just lovely? I am gonna need some more greens, but that is left for another day. I need to stretch things out, those little quiltrelated things I can still do, while waiting, waiting, waiting...