Progress with Paris Metro

At last - something on the design wall!!!

This quilt in the making is just picking fabrics from large scraps of older fabrics, newer ones from AMH
and just whatever was handy. I have three more strips to stitch up and it's not quite as wide as the original pattern.

Looks a bit  blocky on the bottom right hand side but there wasn't much planning in this, if the fabric looked happy then it stayed there.

The inertia which was troubling me - due to health - seems to have lifted a little and the feeling of needing to immerse myself in colour and cloth is once again here. So, guess what I thought would be a good idea - a little 'cheering up shopping'. Fabric below to make two pillow covers for great-granddaughter

the fabric pack below I could not resist, so vibrant and full of joy and the quieter ones in the second photo would work well I think.

last is a treat from Kaffe Fassett Archives range

 

My computer has come to the end of its allotted life span so I have a new one ordered and no doubt will be driven totally crazy finding my way around settings and such. Hopefully it will be here perhaps within a week or so as I following a CT angiogram last week I have a short hospital stay in three weeks and would like to be familiar with my new computer by then.

Can you guess the colour of my new computer from the picture of one of my crystal paperweights below?

That's about all from me today, hopefully I can finish up Paris Metro this week and have that on my next post.  Before I  close I have a new friend in my sewing room, she was on display in the local chemist/gift shop along with others of different colours, I bought one for great granddaughter and this one just for me,

family think I've gone crazy but here is Flopsy!

Thats it from me for now, wish I had more projects to show but hopefully I can have something more in a few days. Until then Happy Quilting to all and please excuse any blips in my post!

Maureen

Hi all - yes, I'm still here!!!

Wishing you all a very belated 2026

  

Things are still 'in the works' here on the health front with more procedures to come but over the past few days I am feeling a little more energy creeping into my body and mind so I'm taking advantage whilst I can.

Hexies have been a blessing to use up scraps, sometimes working on them in the middle of night when I'm  unable to sleep but not sure how I'm going to use them - just sewn together randomly, make  a hexie flower, I need quite a few more before I make a decision.

Maggie Pearl blocks have been sewn together into a top now

here she is  - at least a small part of her -with the fabric for the backing

I need to really have a long, long, housekeeping session with my quilt tops, tops needing to be basted ready for quilting and tops just needing to have the binding put on. Some of my quilt tops I intend to sell because I know I am time limited on the health side of things , prognosis for the CMML (blood cancer) is improved a little with the Melbourne testing and so far I am not needing chemo -yet. Cardiac not too good, definitely need an aortic valve replacement as both ventricles are now being affected by the effects from the valve and energy comes and goes - so I wonder why I bought two more lots of fabric last week??????? I don't think giving up totally will do me any favours so I do try to be positive - at times! Frustration sets in with the need for lots of resting, climbing steps is a struggle and I can no longer walk very far, not as far as I should like, my garden has suffered terribly, there is only just so much my husband is able to take on as he is due to have a hip replacement soon.

So relating to the last few words I've decided to use some of my scrap pieces of fabric along with a few from the AMH Iconic range and pulled a mix of quarters/half metres from stash to make Paris Metro, a pattern from Jo at https://www.theseclevehands.com.au, a very effective but straightforward design. First up a few of the Iconic fabrics

 

 

 

 As you can see cutting is needed for the last three sets of fabrics,  I limit myself to 30 mins at one time. 

That's all from me but I must show you one of my hibiscus flowering for us at the moment

Happy Easter to you all

Maureen