Diamonds are a girls best friend.......

Well... maybe the ones you don't have to 'Y' seam in place are but the jury is still out on these ones.....

That's the last unit about to be pieced.   At last... another finished block!

I tried counting all the 'Y' seams but honestly I got so cross eyed looking at them I had to give up.  My best estimate is 55 but I don't see how an odd number can be right.    If I wasn't much good at 'Y' seaming when I started this block... I'm a lot better at it now!

What you are looking at here is another block of my Crisis Quilt.    My so called friends named it that not me.  They all seem to think it's hilarious.   It's a block of the month I signed up for at 3am one dark and lonely night.  In the grip of a mid life crisis and slurping the last comforting dregs of a bottle of Shiraz... I pressed that button.   Seemed like a great idea at the time........

This is it.   Regardless of being the constant butt of the girls jokes.... I don't regret it..... really!    OK... I've had one or two 'what was I thinking' moments but I've made my peace with it.    I wanted a challenge and I certainly got one.   If you've been hanging around here for a while you'll have seen some of the dastardly blocks I've already pieced.   I've cut and prepared another 2.....

Those two bits at the top do fit in.... once the seams are stitched.   I like this one... it looks easier than the others.  Then there is this one.....

I love this one..... it speaks to me.  Told you my brain was addled!     This is how the design wall looks tonight.....

My mum's been over this afternoon and you could have knocked me over with a feather when she announced that.... she loved it!!!    Oh boy.... do you think I can get her to take this one instead of the one I was making for me?  I showed her the finished 'flimsy' of that too and she looked decidedly unimpressed so maybe I'm in with a chance.  

Bet you've already guessed that this is one big frog I'm hell bent on consuming.... sooner rather than later.

Been doing a bit of secret sewing this week too.... but you are not getting to see that.... it's a secret!  So I'll show you some lovely New York Beauty blocks that Kitty made last weekend in lieu.....

They are so precise.   These are Kitty's practise blocks  (she took a class) but  I suspect that she's been bitten by another bug and that a Beauty quilt might be on the cards.

Frazer the postman brought me a lovely surprise today.   A package from Australia containing these gorgeous goodies......

Thank you so much Tracee!   I was lucky in Tracee's recent giveaway.... I was picked to receive that lovely Gumboot Garden  fabric.  Only wish I could buy real Wellies that look like the ones on the fabric.  I can just see myself prancing around the garden in rainbow striped mud boots.   Tracee popped a fabulous quilting magazine into the package too.... thank you... thank you.... thank you!   I settled down for a good read this afternoon with the magazine (it's one I haven't seen over here) a cup of tea and a packet of scrumptious biscuits.  Who needs George Clooney!  

This arrived in the post this week too.....

you know I like applique.    I pinned this block on my Pinterest a while back and just had to buy the pattern. I think the Cupcake 'flowers' are so cute.   It looks great as a mini quilt.

Lucy came over this week for a little lesson in half and quarter square triangles.   She brought her very first quilt top... made from a layer cake to show off......

She did a great job with the piecing and she's thrilled to bits with her first big flimsy.   She's coming with us to the Edinburgh Quilt Show at the end of the month too.  Little does she know there is no hope for her now!

OK.... I think that's you all up to day with the goings on here.   Oh.... Licky Lou and I had another 'Spa' session......

What a hussy!!   She lay there legs akimbo for ages while I combed her tummy fluff.  Talk about a diva!  Just in case you are wondering.... Bagpuss is alive and well and in bed for the Winter!  

Hope you all have a fabulous week.....

See ya soon....

Hugs

Josie