Being preserved during Covid-19 Pandemic

Right at the beginning of Covid-19 lockdown in Australia, God gave me a lovely verse from Psalm 121:8. You might remember that I designed a free pattern for my readers (see here). I did something then that I have never done before, and that is give you a pattern before I embroidered it myself!

Since that time, in between other projects, I have embroidered the pattern and completed it. Then, as often happens, the finished design sat for a few weeks waiting to be made into something useful.

The more I looked at the embroidery, I realised my original idea of making it into a sewing folder wouldn't be ideal because of its shape, and what needed to happen was that it be made into a sweet decorative cushion.

It was very quick to put together and it now sits in my sewing room, reminding me of God's wonderful promises.

The free pattern is still available and you can download it 

here.

I am happy that I have been able to complete another couple of jobs that I have been putting off for a while. One was painting a downpipe! Last year a plumber put in a new downpipe to solve a gutter problem and that white piece of pipe has been annoying me ever since. With a bit of effort, it is now cream to match everything else!

 

The other job was doing something about the mould that had very quickly appeared in our Ensuite once we started getting cooler days - too much moisture and not enough airflow probably. The mould remover didn't do anything so it was time to attack it with some Grout Whitener which I was thankful to find in our garage so I didn't need to go out and buy it! Some more effort resulted in our Shower looking like new!

I hope you are doing well and staying safe in our 'new normal'.

Happy Stitching!
Val

New version of Thoughts in Thread quilt and Block 5 of BOM

I have finished the remake of my Thoughts in Thread quilt! That's another lockdown achievment so I am very happy to have reached one more goal for this pandemic time!

  

This is another one of my designs based on a verse in the Bible: Philippians Chapter 4, verse 8 — Summing it all up: Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly—fill your minds with these thoughts.

Of course, there is plenty of lovely appliqué. 

 

and lots of embroidery.

 

I feel as though using this different fabric has done justice to the design at last.

 

You can find the pattern here. 

It's the second Sunday in May, Mothers' Day here in Australia, so happy Mothers' Day to all the lovely Mums out there. It is also time to show you Block 5 in the More Precious than Jewels BOM Quilt. 

Do you find yourself some times doing the dishes when everyone else is asleep at night? Well you are in good company! Our ‘good woman’ of the Bible works far into the night.

 I like to think she would have been looking through the supermarket catalogues to find the bargains. Maybe she bought a bucket of apples on special and is busy peeling, juicing, making Apple Crumble, sauce and jelly!

 

I have sent all the participants their copy of the Block 5 pattern. I hope you enjoy working all the little details as much as I did.

 

It's not too late to join in this Block of the Month Quilt, and you can read all about it and join the programme here.

I am slowly working through my big long list of things I hope to achieve during the pandemic. Things are starting to open up a bit more where I live, so I am a bit concerned I'm not going to even get half way through my list before life is back to some sort of normality!!!

Happy stitching!

Val