Lots of bits

 Since my last post I have been doing lots of bits of this and that, I started making foundation paper pieced hearts, a project I started on retreat last month, you would think stitching strips of fabric to paper would be fairly straight forward but no,  ok Blogger has decided to put the photos in reverse for me so we will have a backwards post!!

I found this fabric in my stash, I have no idea where it came from and though it was fat quarters, but it turned out to he 2 fat quarters and several fat eights. So it became a very simple quilt and will go to hubby's sister once it has it's binding.

This quilt was made by Wendy at the Guild, it has been quilted and needs binding.

I had to wait while a rain shower went over yesterday afternoon so I was watching this magpie looking for food over the fence

and this galah having a shower on the power lines

and then once the shower past I got back to sandwiching this quilt.

Earlier in the week I made another sticky fruit slice, there isn't much left today!

I had bought this panel for Jenny in NZ, she loves flamingos, so over the last week or so I have been playing with free motion quilting and it is now ready to go in the post.

We are nearly back at the start if the photos were not in reverse! I made these foundation paper pieced blocks last weekend, they were not without challenges

this piece I managed to sew folded in half, bet I couldn't do that if I wanted to

And I managed to get a few folds, I was being super careful the fabric was lying flat after making these mistakes.

Well that is my week, so far, in reverse, today is Anthology day so I had better get my skates on and go for a walk and then come back and get sewing.

Happy stitching.

Photo dump......yay

Nothing better than a pile of quilted quilts on the back of the couch, not sure hubby would agree though!! 😃

I spent some time while it was sunny out on the front deck

and have sandwiched two quilts

This weeks Anthology block is done, this one is Beehive, no surprise there! It was a bit fiddly but worth the effort.

Ingrid sent me a bag of goodies and inside was a pattern, some iron on hexies, some black linen and a pack of mini charm squares. I ironed the hexies onto the mini charms

and while sitting by the tv glued the sides down. They are now awaiting more attention.

The Quilt Shop in Eltham had a sale, so I got this pack of half meter pieces for a new project, so far I am resisting starting! 

They also included this lovely postcard pincushion pattern.

The quilt made by Wendy at the Guild is finished

as it this one made by Wendy

Also this one, blocks made by Tania, is finished, I tried out some in the ditch quilting on this one and it mostly went where I wanted it to go.

The crochet is slowly progressing, I am nearly out of wool, so this might have to sit for a while until I can get some more. Still has the wobbly edges, hopefully it will settle down.

This is my first attempt at the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler block, I thought the corner triangles were cut too small, but carried on...duh!! I went back and read the instructions, again, and realised I had cut the square into 4 instead of two as the pattern said! Oh dear!!So some unsewing happened, more cutting of triangles

and yay, this one works! Well nearly it is slightly small, some fudging might be required later on.

I am very happy blogger has worked today, maybe it had a headache yesterday, who knows!

Have a wonderful weekend, keep safe and 

and Happy stitching.

 

Updating, catching up...and failing

 Here we are nearly at the end of the week, we have had the whole range of weather, fine and sunny, cold raining and wet and even a thunder storm, but the rainbows have been beautiful.

I have been sandwiching and quilting

Well I have been here for an hour and I cannot upload any more photos. so I will come back and try again later.

Zooming with Chooky

 Yesterday I joined in with Chooky and ladies from the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia for a great session of chatting, sewing and learning  lots of new things!

Different ladies came and went depending on the time of the day or night and their other commitments. 

I didn't realise how dusty the laptop screen was!

Chooky put up maps for us to see where every one was, this is the Australian one, sadly I didn't get a photo of the US one. It was good to see where people lived.

Well these photos have come up the opposite to the way I wanted them, but late in the week we had a beautiful big rainbow out over the bay

The colours were clear and stunning, I stood out on the deck for a while and watched it slowly travel down the bay.

Saturday the weather was good so I was out on the front deck again sandwiching. this quilt was made by one of the Guild members

as was this one, I have another 7 of this ladies quilt tops to finish off.

I stamped and cut out the remainder of the scraps on the sewing table during the zoom session, just a few batiks to sort now.

I also sewed the cream stars on the edge of these three star blocks during the zoom session until my thumb joints started to complain too much.

I am off for a walk now while the sun is shining.

Thank you Chooky for a very enjoyable day, hope the washing got dry!!

Happy stitching.

Friday once again (photo heavy)

 I am not sure where this week has gone, despite being at home the days are zipping by.

We have had some beautiful weather which has been ideal for walking along the beach

down near the yacht club

I spied a container ship coming into the bay

I also found a new Little library, not far from us, they are a great resource when the library is closed.  I had a call from the library yesterday, I have 4 books waiting to be collected and they are going to be posted out. The Geelong Library service has introduced and new click and collect where you can order books and they will post out once a month. Great idea. 

I have been out on the front deck putting quilt layers together, this day was ok, but the day earlier was super cold and windy.

The orchids inside have all decided to flower again, this is the third time this year for this one.

Playing out in the garden with gum blossoms and the sky and sun.

Tuesday I decided I need to sort out the heaps of fabric bits that were on the sewing desk, so I cut into squares and then on both diagonals

And I have a collection of pieces ready for the flying geese.

The smaller bits left over were cut down for little stars epp. I have some left over bits from the stars and they will be stamped and cut for the little hand sewing project. My enthusiasm for sorting deserted me after cutting the others. 👩

In the week I made a chewy fruit slice, a favourite for us both.

Wednesday saw the making of another Anthology block, this one needed some creative trimming!!

Thursday I made some kiwifruit jam, hubby had gathered kiwifruit from where we used to live, which  surprised us as one of the vines has died and you  need a male and female plant to get fruit. The only thing we could think of was there was another plant nearby.

Such a pretty colour and pattern.

I am using the recipe from my Mums cookbook, the photos are back to front, this is the chutney recipe

this is the jam recipe, it has been a long time since kiwifruit have been called Chinese Gooseberries.

Very happy with my jars of jam and it has set!!! WooHoo!!

Now a mix of kiwifruit chutney is on the stove, I might have added too much vinegar, I guess I will now when I taste it!

I still have this many kiwifruit left over, they are very tart, but I might try having them for breakfast.

Yesterday saw the making of this weeks Sylvia's Bridal Sampler block, this block has been languishing in the tub for a very long time, I had problems fitting the inside curved seam and had to unpick many times. I was too scared to try the outer curved seam so it went into the tub. Yesterday i git brave and decided to just do it, and it has gone on ok. It looks like there is a tuck near the top, but the seam is fine, it is just the shadow on the photo.

So I did a second block again with foundation paper piecing, it felt like it took ages but came together very well in the end. Hopefully I haven't put you to sleep, I am off now to put the binding on a quilt.

Have a wonderful weekend and happy stitching.