Thursday, June 4, 2020

Bright, bright sunshiney day

It has been a beautiful day today, calm, slight breeze and sun shine, there are hundreds of boats out fishing taking advantage of the weather. Not a lot of sewing has been happening here today I must admit. But I have spent time on the phone with friends, nothing better. Thank you very much Chooky for helping me with the comments problem on the blog, it was very helpful to have someone to talk to and nut out ideas of what to do.
The Picnic Quilt is finished, I didn't do too well with this, the centre came out bigger than it should, so I cut the sashing longer to fit, then was not sure what would happen with the last sashing, I thought I could make the corner stone blocks bigger if necessary, but they came out longer than I needed, so the corner stones had to be cut back...not the best finish but a finish. The quilt, once quilted is going to be the tablecloth for  the table on the back deck when we have a BBQ. I was careful with measuring and the quarter inch sewing, so not sure where I went wrong here.

I thought I had better give the machine a bit of a clean as it was messy when I changed the bobbin, I think I did it just in time!!!

Later in the afternoon I had a thread race, I am sot sure if that is the right word, but you know when you have sewing to do, not that much, and you are not sure if the thread will go the distance, so you sew faster to beat the thread?? 

I had two sides of free range quilting to do on the teal coloured section, it is about 11 inches.


I am pleased to say I finished the quilting with this thread to spare.

Earlier in the afternoon I finally took a pair of gumboots out of my car, they belonged to Eve and had been there since last September when I helped sort out her clothes. I was going to take them to an op shop but then had the idea of gluing them to a brick, filling them with potting mix and putting in a plant. I got some zygote cuttings, watered them in with worm wee and now we will see what happens. I drilled holes in the bottom of the boots so any rain water drains out. I have another old pair up the back of the garden so if this works might do the same with them,

Hubby ambling off up the yard, he decided to mow the grass yesterday afternoon.

Late yesterday I was having fun with free range quilting, going around leaved, the birds and berries, in one place I think I got too many stitches together and broke the needle! Did a good job didn't I!! I was using that invisible mono ploy thread, and not long after this broke a second needle. Time for a break I think.

So I moved on and made Anthology blocks, I thought I had cut fabric for two different blocks, but as I was sewing them together realised I had cut two the same! Oh dear! Not quite sure where my brain was yesterday.
I had better go and introduce myself to the sewing machine, it has not seen me today.
Happy stitching.


13 comments:

  1. Wonderful header photo! Glad you had a good day, that's always worth a lot. Your quilt looks good to me. I sewed a dress for a friend last year and we ran out of thread at the last seam, and she had to drive into own to buy more! Love the boots! Hugs, Valerie

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  2. Our sunshine must have gone to visit you today....grey skies here. Your quilt will be lovely on your table. Yes you certainly did a number on your needle. I love the planted up gumboots xx

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  3. Lots going on..... I always get such a fright when a needle breaks... I think there is an automatic scare of hurting an eye or the hand and then not beign able to sew!!

    Hugz

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  4. Chooky is a great tech wiz....
    The Picnic looks okay I reckon even though it was tricky.
    Had to laugh whe you said you raced the thread....
    Boy the machine sure did need a clean and you did do a ripper job of that needle..
    Two more lovely blocks...

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  5. sometimes things are good . .sometimes not (enough thread but broken needles)

    oh well - glad you got all that dust out of the machine -

    Love the gum boot idea - now I need to do that for a friend...might see if I can get some coloured ones. thaks.

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  6. A great post Sue = you have been busy as always. I think I need to clean my machine out too! You have prompted me. I think planting Eve's boots is just such a perfect thing to do. She would be watching down & feel very pleased you get to enjoy them I am sure.

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  7. So many lovely things happening at your place and I'm glad you got your blog comments sorted.

    Oh I love your gumboot plant idea. I look forward to seeing how it grows. Enjoy your weekend x

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  8. I LOVE the gumbies planted up & Eve Would love that. Doesn’t the garden look wonderful! And that strip quilt is fantastic! The colours are super bright and happy! Mmmm, thank you for the reminder...got to clean out my machine and change the needle ASAP! Xxx

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  9. Sometimes things just don't go right with a quilt do they....
    We have another beautiful sunny day here too....
    Happy sewing

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  10. This is the first time I have heard of a "thread" race - does that really work? Ha ha! Love the gumboots as planters! Very creative!

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  11. Thats a great finish on the Picnic quilt - it will look stunning on your table. I love the idea with the welly boots - might need to try that! xx

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  12. Wow, that needle is well and truly broken! I think the picnic quilt is perfect for it's use, and will brighten any cookout days you have. The borders look fine to me. I really like your gum boots garden idea! How creative that is. I think things will do well there. I grew tomato plants upside down in blue jeans once, and the flourished. I don't know why I've never done it again. =)

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  13. The Picnic quilt is lovely Sue, No one will notice the wee oopsie with the border! Love the idea with the gumboots - you'll have to let us know how it goes, I have a whole lineup of boots we could use and I probably won't even need to make new holes....Well done on the thread chicken game but oh dear with the needles. I know I've said it before but your garden looks lovely - it seems so big!

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