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Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge – September Update

Posted on September 27, 2024 | 23 comments

I fell behind in the Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge, but I am moving projects forward from my challenge list.

I am happy to share that June’s project, #10, really is finished! I found a frame that I like so here ya go:

In July, the #1 was drawn, and my #1 is my Checkerboard Rails project. The design is from Bonnie Hunter. I wanted to use up some of my hand-dyes and I am loving how this is turning out!

This baby is now a flimsy!

#3 was drawn in August. This plush owl kit from Connecting Threads has been taking up space in the sewing studio for who knows how long.

I have all three owls cut out and partly sewn, so this project is on the move!

September’s number is #7. My #7 is the Garden Baskets project. I used my hand-dyes for this project as well.

(There are links at the end of this post that share my progress up to this point.)

I got bored with this, and it has really slowed me down. I must’ve been delirious when I decided that I would hand stitch a couple of hundred leaves in the borders.

Putting Garden Baskets on my challenge list was a great idea, since I am moving this forward!

As you can see from the photos, I have finished one border and am making good progress on a second one.

A review:

January Chookshed Challenge #6 (completed and gifted)

February Chookshed Challenge #2 (completed)

March Chookshed Challenge #4 (completed)

April Chookshed Challenge #9 (completed)

May Chookshed Challenge #5 (in progress)

June Chookshed Challenge #10 (completed-see above)

July Chookshed Challenge #1 (progress shown above)

Bowl Cozies, a Potato Bag, and a Rail Fence

Checkerboard Rails Update

August Chookshed Challenge #3 (progress shown above)

September Chookshed Challenge #7 (progress shown above)

Garden Baskets

Garden Baskets Update and a Gif

Garden Baskets Update

Garden Baskets Update 3

Garden Baskets Update 4

Garden Baskets and Iris Update 5

May 2022 OMG Update

October Chookshed Challenge #8 (last number and not called yet)

October’s project is notebook covers. It is the last of this year’s Chookshed Stitchers Challenge 2024. I am taking a trip to see family shortly, and may not get to this last number from the challenge list. At least not in October.

If the Chookshed Stitchers Challenge link shows up before I go on vacation, then I will link up with other challenge participants over at Dreamworthy Quilts. You might like to check it out!

Have fun and carry on!

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Garden Baskets Update 4

Posted on July 5, 2021 | 16 comments

I’ve not been sewing very much. Betty Boop (otherwise known as my Janome sewing machine) is in the hospital and awaiting ordered parts. I hope to have her home soon, but there is no telling when. So, during this drought/heat season, I have been spending a whole lot of time with Ancestry and having fun pursuing family history.

Nevertheless, some hand work is happening.

To remind you of the Garden Baskets project, here is the flimsy that I am working on:

I have the borders and the vine stitched on. I am currently working on the hundreds of buds and a few other appliques.

I’ve drawn all of the parts onto freezer paper, ironed the freezer paper to the fabric, and cut out all of the shapes.

I am using the ‘freezer paper on top’ method. Why?

I don’t know…I just decided to do it that way. I have stitched as many of the shapes together as I can. In other words, stems and beaks and other parts are fitted together to make the whole before I stitch them to the quilt top.