Today is National Quilting Day!  I have been so wrapped up in all the furore of the last week, I have completely zoned out of quilting!!!  However it is a great way to occupy your time as you are social distancing!!! 

Anyway, Quilting!  I have started to sort out my quilting things to sew back at my desk which I use for work in the week.  As I have not done this for a while I have to remember where I put everything before and how I used to do it!!!!  I haven’t had much time up to now to do this so it will be a great job to do in the next few weeks. 

I have a couple of projects still on the go, this being the main one made from the material above!!!  I just need to sew a final row onto the quilt and then I need to add the borders and the top will be done!!!  Hopefully over the next few weeks I can get this done.

It is a good job we Quilters have a good stash of material to keep us going at the moment.  Of course I am sure if you need anything lots of quilt shops will still mail things out to you.

Have a good day whatever you are up to, quilting or gardening or reading.

Stay Safe.

Hugs, Susie xx

We have had a wonderful week on the Stitch It & Gift It Blog Hop and some wonderful gifts have been made and I am sure all the recipients will love them.

In case you have missed any of the Hoppers here is a complete list from the week:

Seams To Be Sew
Ms P Designs USA
Just Because Quilts
Inquiring Quilter
Susie’s World
Creatin’ in the Sticks

Many thanks to Carla at Creatin’ in the Sticks for all the organisation and getting these Hops off the ground.  She will be annoucing soon a new Hop for the New Year. 

We have a busy weekend as always and I am hoping to get some pictures for Monday, I won’t tell you what we are up to just yet!!!  On Sunday we are meeting some friends for Sunday Lunch as we have no time to see them for dinner before Christmas (!) but Sunday Lunch will be a lovely treat and catch up on all the news.

I am still in the process of preparing things for Christmas and have now made and steamed the Christmas puddings!!!  Still need to make all the other Christmas treats which I am hoping to get done next week.  Then I will tackle the sewing room!!!!!

Have a great weekend.

Hugs, Susie xx

Hello Hoppers and welcome to my Day on the Stitch It & Gift It Blog Hop.  There have been some amazing projects and gifts shown this week and many thanks goes to Carla at Creatin’ in the Sticks for this amazing Hop and all her hard work organising us all.  I actually found the Hop on my good friend, Farm Quilter’s Blog, so many thanks to her too.

These were actually started last year (!) but I did not get around to finishing them!!!  They are for DH and the Boys as mats.  They are all into cars and I just loved this fabric when I found it so had to use it for them.  Really quick “gift” block to make and I did a diamond quilting on it. 

I need eight little gifts for some ladies nearer Christmas but could not decide on what to do but found this sweet little stocking pattern so decided that that would work.

I used the pattern to cut them out and used my pinking sheers to save sewing and turning them. 

I sewed a ribbon to one corner and attached a little bell to the outside and inside there are some chocolate truffles.

The next projects, I am afraid, are not completed!  I just ran out of time sorry!  However I cannot show all of them to you either as the people they are for also read my blog!!!!  However here is a sneak peak!!!

The Backs.  I am hoping to get them finished over the weeked.

As you can see this one is still on the machine being quilted!!!  I just love the colours.

This is the back.  There are two of these!!!

I just love this time of year and getting things ready for Christmas.  I love spending time with the family and friends but usually end up running ragged trying to get everything done but I try each year to be organised and not get to that point!!! At the moment I am doing okay!!!! 

However this is the state of Eldest’s bedroom at the moment, which I am camping in as my sewing room!!! I hate a mess so after finishing my quilting projects the next job will be to tidy this mess!!!!!  I do not work well in a mess!!!! 

Here are the other talented Ladies who are Hopping today:

Friday, November 15th

Quilted Delights

Seams To Be Sew

Ms P Designs USA

Just Because Quilts

Inquiring Quilter

Susie’s World  YOU ARE HERE

Creatin’ in the Sticks

I hope you have enjoyed your day here at Susie’s World and thank you very much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend you lovely lot.

Hugs, Susie xx

Hello Hoppers it is Day 4 of the Hop and we have seen some wonderful projects and I am sure all the people who are going to get these gifts will be thrilled.  Here are the Ladies Hopping today:

Thursday, November 14th

Beaquilter

RidgeTopQuilts

Cynthia’s Creating Ark

Songbird Designs

Farm Quilter

Kathy’s Kwilts and More

Bumbleberry Stitches

Quilt Schmilt

My very good friend, Farm Quilter, is one of the talented ladies who is showing her creations today.  She does wonderful work and is a great Quilter having her own long arm. 

Tomorrow it is my day on the Hop and I feel quite intimidated by all the projects so far, I do hope mine live up to all the talent so far on the Hop!  It has been a great week and I have also found some new Blogs to read.

We have more rain today and tomorrow.  The water has receded quite a bit from the fields surrounding the village but of course with all this new rain it could flood again!!!  I am really now fed up with all the rain!!!

I hope you have a lovely day.

Hugs, Susie xx

We are half way through the Blog Hop and I have found so many new projects to have a go at from the lovely ladies who have hopped already.  Here are the Ladies who are hopping today:

Wednesday, November 13th

MooseStashQuilting

Pampered Pettit

Mary Mack Made Mine

The Quilted Snail

Days Filled With Joy

Melva Loves Scraps

Limeleaves

The problem is that my “To Do” list is getting longer and longer!!!!!  DH is at this conference today and tomorrow so I will have lots of work to do and also I am trying to fit in getting more Christmas jobs done.  Today I will be steaming the Christmas pudding.  Still need to make the mince pies and all the other goodies that DH and the Boys love.  I cannot believe how fast the weeks are flying by at the moment. 

Today we have a bright, sunny but cool day but tomorrow it is forecast for heavy rain again with the possibilty of more flooding.  I think we could do with a few weeks of dry weather to try and get everything sorted.  Although we live on a Hill the garden has taken a battering and we could really do with some dry weather to try and tidy it up.  Treacle is also fed up with the wet weather as she absolutly hates being dried every time we come in!!!! 

This was this afternoon,  As you can see she is taking advantage of the wet weather by snoozing in her basket next to my desk!!! 

Have fun Hopping today.

Hugs, Susie xx

I got a bit of quilting done last night.  Really quick and easy bag for Youngest’s Girlfriend, whose Birthday is next week.  She is actually going away at the weekend on holiday with her family, so I thought the bag might be useful!

It is an MSQC bag from one of Jenny Doan’s tutorials on You Tube.  I have made a few of these, including for myself, and I found it the right size for most jobs!

The inside of the bag, below.

I had a few squares left over and made her a bag to go in the bag!!!

I have one of these in my bag with bits and pieces in and it manages to keep my bag tidy.

I used navy blue as that is her favourite colour.

I can show you these as she does not read my blog.

I love these quick little projects as you get to quilt but they are quick finishes.  I do hope she likes them.

House jobs day today as well as work and tomorrow DH and I have a few errands to run and we are also going to see two of DH’s cousins for lunch and then in the evening we are out for dinner at some friends of ours, so am looking forward to a fun day.

Saturday the weather is set for heavy rain so DH and I can get some jobs done in our home and then Sunday the weather is supposed to be sunny and warm so we can get the garden in tip top shape before we go away on vacation.

Happy Thursday everyone.

Hugs, Susie xx