catch up with the blog

Patchwork camera lens cover made for a friend 

New phone

I have been waiting for my new ZenFone 2 to arrive for ages. It seemed much longer as the first one needed to be returned to China via customs and included lots of e mails and form filling in Spanish, as it did not even have a flicker of life!

Anyway I am back up and running

 (yippee)!!

Autumn has just arrived here in Cómpeta and the nights are decidedly cooler.Dave and I have put the electric blanket on the bed. The winter clothes are slowly coming out of storage too.

We are both looking forward to a short break in Malaga to see the Christmas decorations.

I have continued to go to both sewing and knitting classes too.

More stars

My pile of quilt blocks is still growing. I have already used a kilometre of thread and lots of scraps!
The weather here continues to be mainly very sunny and warm, despite a couple of very heavy thunderstorms and a power cut.
Mr G and I have been slowly getting ready for the winter, which can be cold up here in the mountains.
Here is the view from my front door and a star block in progress.

Stars

The pile of little scrappy wonky star blocks is growing.  I am managing to make at least a few every day. These are going towards two single quilts for my guest bedroom.
By my reckoning I need 140 x4" blocks for each one so I am hoping this project will keep me going over the winter. My 1/4" piecing foot is making it easy to do.

Crochet collar

Here is a photo of the finished collar. I did the background by making a random base using an Irish crochet technique. I will be giving it to my friend tomorrow.

Crochet collar

My friend asked me to make her a collar in crochet. She wanted one side to say Amor and the other side yo have a hrart motif. Here are the letters so far. I will of course join them together to make it up into the collar.

Sewing

I am stupidly excited as the post office has delivered my new adjustable bias binding foot for my sewing machine.
The foot allows you to sew the bias binding onto your item in one go!  Sewing the front and back at the same time.