Two more

Happy finishes for me this week

One quilt quilted for Christine, from the box I gave her.

One KOGO blanket ready to be delivered.

Quilting is slowly happening on another of Christine's quilts, it is for her sister and includes many of her sisters hankies. 

It has an unusual backing and I am finding it challenging! 

Guild challenge continues, this one was for January, fuschia pink and burnt orange and festive, so I am aiming for a Chinese New Year look. Next comes green and bright yellow and flora. 

Off to finish a letter now

Happy stitching.

Making progress

I have managed to finish quilting 3 quilts for Christine, one recorded last post

This one just finished today

KOGO blanket with edging

Another finished

The Christmas wall hanger is done  just needs some kind of hangers

We have had a mixture of walking weather, humid and drizzly. pelicans flying past

Fine and sunny with a gentle breeze from the south. Much more pleasant to be out in.

I am off to pin another set of squares together.

Happy stitching.

Home again

I have been home again for over two weeks and no blog post! I have had good intentions and then somehow the day runs out. 

Front

back, a baby quilt for a friend's daughter,  quick one from a panel

Some time was spent with this young man

We have a new car, very happy with that

I have has lots of walks on the sunshine by the beach

Some sandwiching has been done in the sun

The pelicans were waiting for fishermen to return with their catch.

I finished a wasgij, took me what felt like ages just doing a bit here and there as time allowed, this was the puzzle

This was the lid box, not what you can see but what someone else can see.

We visited Shane and Rilla in Melbourne to wish Shane a happy birthday, Miffy decided my quilt would be her bed place for the night.

Rilla and I visited an art gallery to get Shane's birthday present, I snapped a few things that took eye

Love the chair

Street art outside 

Miffy checking out Shane's lunch

Saturday afternoon beach walk

Two KOGO blankets one sewn together readily for the crochet edge

One more row to be sewn here.

I was given 4 quilts to quilt today so will be busy on the weekend if I can get in some sewing time.

Ok enough from me, my dinner is cooked! 😋

Happy stitching. 

Gisborne Retreat day 3

We had another busy day of sewing and chatting, I managed to get in 2 short walks

More stitching is happening on the hexie quilt

Christine has gathered squares from the throw out box here on retreat and has this four patch top ready to be sewn together

Maria has her Peas In a Pod quilt top together

Carleen has started a Zig Zag quilt, you start with a pentagon and add pieces ro each side and then trim back, is going to look  very effective

Judy has pieced another top from pieces left over from another quilt

Sue has cut and gathered hundreds of little circles and is now applliquing them to little squares 🙄

Maxine is adding more blocks to her Zig zag quilt top

For dinner we had baked potatoes and for desert we had pavlova, my favourite.

Off to do a little more sewing.

Happy stitching.

Gisborne retreat day 2

Lots of sewing and fabric appreciation has happened today

my blocks are all finished, tomorrow they will be sewn together

Tonight's dinner, will have  to fix the photo at home

Maxine's show and tell today, a beautiful quilt top she is still working on.

Maria has made a heap of progress with her quilt top started by her daughter 20 years ago.

Margaret has been making children's quilts to go to Jan Mac for children affected by the fires...front

And back

Another Margaret quilt, front

And back.

Maxines wall hanging, it is now finished.

The back of another Margaret quilt, I missed the front. I have managed to have a walk morning and afternoon today so made my daily steps, pretty happy with that.

Time for bed for me now, more tomorrow.

Happy stitching

Gisborne retreat day 1

Scrappy strips made by me, more to be made tomorrow, they will have different centres as I have run out of the orangey/red

Maxine is working on her zig zag quilt top, a little unsewing has happened as some of the blocks jump around the wrong way 😉

Christine is putting these blocks together, loving the colours.

Maxine has been also working on this wall hanging.

Off to bed now to get up the strength to sew up a storm tomorrow. 

Happy stitching.