I'M LATE, I'M LATE...... WITH AN UPDATE!

Delightful Stars   Section G

SIGGY BLOCKS RECEIVED

Lots of lovely additions to my Siggy collection, thank you ladies!

I haven't achieved a lot of sewing lately, always seems to be something else to do.  Our weather is turning cooler so I'm hoping to get caught up soon.  The Zoo quilt is still waiting for its binding and I have Lesson 6 to make for the Delightful Stars quilt-along.

Happy Sewing!!

Cheers from Helen

A NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY......

My vintage (1957) Singer 222K Featherweight

sorry if you were expecting photos of a baby!  well, this is MY new baby!  I've been searching for one for a little while and found this one locally!  the lovely lady even delivered it to me!  Her father was a Sewing Machine man and had this little machine amongst his collection.

I've had a little play on her and she sews beautifully!  everything is in tip top working order and even the power lead has been checked and tagged.  Look at the manual ---  bound! and in perfect condition. The cream box has the extra feet.  In this photo you can just see the scroll end of my Singer 201K treadle and beside her I have my Singer 201K knee shift, so now there are three Singer machines for me to play with!

Temporarily I have the Featherweight set up on the table end of the treadle but I will find her a proper home soon.  I still have one more old sewing machine base with a marble top so might bring that inside and use it.

A lot of people name their Featherweight machine, I'm giving that some thought!

You can see that the decals are a little worn on the front but that just makes me love her more!  it means that someone used to sew on her frequently.  I wonder what things she used to sew?

I'm going to use this new machine to sew my Delightful Stars blocks.  Hopefully I will get to work on Lessons 2 and 3 over this weekend,

Happy Sewing!
Cheers from Helen

HERE WE GO AGAIN.....

I have joined the new Quilt-along with Quilting Gallery, this one is called Delightful Stars.  This time it is a paid quilt-along and each week we will receive a new block pattern.

Here is my first block.....

Block # 18

One thing I like about these quilt-alongs is that you discover new rulers and techniques.  To make the HST's and Flying Geese units for this block we could use this ruler.....

I found this ruler to be very easy to use and the resulting HST's and FG were perfect!  This ruler cuts both shapes so it would be wonderful to take to retreats and sewing days away from home.

I still need to perfect my piecing skills on Flying Geese units but I am getting better with each one I make. 

I sewed along with Bonnie Hunter late last year, on the Celtic Solstice quilt.  Mine is almost together - I only made a wall hanging size as I must admit I didn't enjoy working with such tiny pieces and units. 

If you read my Facebook page, you will know I've been working on a Zoo quilt.  Well, it's all together and ready to be machine quilted.   The animals were cut with my Go Cutter, the die is called Go-Zoo Animals.

sewing my Celtic Solstice units
on my Singer 201K

Zoo Quilt

Happy Sewing!!

Cheers from Helen