What's Happening!

Another week has flown by, but I am happy to say that I have been productive.  Also, I am making progress in my knitting skill level.  I finished my ruffled tea cosy.  Love it!

 I didn't have to get Knitty Sister to finish it for me, or get me out of any messes this time.   Just tried it out with a nice, hot pot of good old Red Rose tea.  It is a horrible, cold, rainy day here today so the tea was nice to warm up with.

I also was able to get the borders sewn on my applique quilt. The pattern called for a stacked bricks border, like the background of the centre block, but I took a quicker route and sewed strips together randomly.  I like how it turned out, but not crazy about it.  The final border is a dark blueish green.  It is all I could find in my stash.  I didn't want to buy anything new to finish this top off. So now it is in the "To be Quilted" pile. 

I sewed together two more blocks for my Dear Jane quilt.  I am working on the blocks, two at a time.  Some are easy and some will be a challenge.  I am paper-piecing, hand-piecing, strip-piecing and appliquing them.  I really am trying to avoid making templates as is suggested.

I am linking up with The Needle and Thread Network.  Stop by and check out what is happening.