OH LAWKS

Of course, the ridiculous thing is that while I haven't blogged for months, I have been sewing like a mad thing the entire time.

In the spirit of my "use stuff up" project, I've been doing 12.5" quilt-as-you-go blocks for the wonderful Soy Amado project:

And I made some pot-holders for a wonderful friend of mine who got married last week in the US.  I wish I could've been there but from what I've seen it was a fab day and she made a gorgeous bride.

And I've joined a real actual sewing bee!  The Siblings Together Bee (mk 2), where we make 2 x 12.5" blocks per month for a year.  These are November's rainbow coloured slab blocks, although I got a bit carried away and made 3...

I also made a commissioned toddler quilt which I didn't even take a photo of, and half a dozen baby quilts for Project Linus which will go to the Calderdale babies ICU.  I didn't take photos of those either.  I am USELESS!

Worst of all, I've realised I never posted the finished Bear Quilts.  So here they are, two disappearing nine-patch quilts in "Indie Chic" by Riley Blake fabrics and a few stash bits and Kona solids, for a pair of twin boys:

Here's a close-up of the Bear Block at the top of each quilt (based on this block at Quilter's Cache, but tweaked a bit for my purposes):

Each quilt had a little teddybear to go with it, made from a Love Patchwork & Quilting pattern.   Unfortunately the bears had to be posted off before the quilts were finished, so I didn't get a proper photo, but I managed this one while the quilt tops were still on the design wall:

There, that'll do for this post.  Now let's see how long before I post again...

First ever machine-sewn binding.

It's not perfect but I'm pretty pleased with it!  That's the back by the way - the front is better, obviously.

I'm starting to think I might actually finish these bear quilts at some point.  I have really no idea why they've been taking me so very long.  I'm not the world's fastest quilter but I'm not usually this slow!

I can't be the only one who finds it terrifying when days turn into weeks and eventually a whole month,  and suddenly that project that you had plenty of time to finish needs doing NOW NOW RIGHT NOW, or it'll be too late and no use to anyone?

So today I am, at last, back in the saddle and sewing furiously.  Or at least cutting out furiously.  Sewing maybe tomorrow.

Thanks for "bear"ing with me…  ;)