Scrub Stitchers Challenge

 This was the last month for the challenge and the biggest effort for me, but I am near finished.

Finns glorious rainforest floor quilt is done, well there are a few more threads to sew in and it needs a label, but I am calling it finished as this is the last day of the month and I have just scraped in!

This is such beautiful fabric and has so much detail, when quilting it is hard to know where to stop, because you can just keep on going.

A big thank you to Deana for keeping us on track with this challenge, and for helping lots of finishes happen. I am very happy with what I managed to get done.

I should have said I got this fabric from Hummingbird Quilting (Tracee) she has it in her studio plus another Artic panel which is also gorgeous.

Happy stitching.

Bellarine Quilters Quilt Show - photo heavy

This afternoon I went to do my duty hours at the Quilt Show and took some photos to share

Devonshire tea area with my tea towel quilt hanging 😁

Heart quilt made from left over blocks

My travel wall hanging from going to Baradine via as many painted silos and water tanks as we could find!

My Tea and Cake quilt, happily known as Tea and Toast!

Equilateral triangle quilts from our last years challenge

Hand painted Australian native birds

so many beautiful quilts to enjoy.

                

                                                              Happy stitching.

Yesterday afternoon

 I picked up Maria and we went of to the Geelong Show to do our duty promoting the Bellarine Quilters and our quilt show in the Crafty Corner. The forecast for Friday was really bad, heavy rain, thunder and lightning, possible flooding. At the time we left home it was fine, there was a break in the clouds so we thought lets give it a go!!

Well at about 3.30ish the heavens opened and it poured and poured!! The rain didn't have anywhere to go as it was already so wet. We started to pack up ad then had to hurry as the water was coming in the door that was open and under the door that was locked.

Looking out the window

Maria on the way to the car - knee deep

Me the same, we had to laugh otherwise what do you do. The pavilions at the show all seemed to have water running through them, the road outside was covered in water. I was concerned for getting the car out as we were parked in a paddock! Luckily we were ok, it did take a long time to get home as there was water over the road in many places. Poor Maria got home to find her garage where her sewing and quilting machines reside flooded, luckily her sister was home and opened the back door to let the water flow right through. Sadly they had not long laid new carpet on the floor, that was soaked and has had to be removed. Big clean up there.

Today was sunny with a little breeze, so different from yesterday!

Today was Guild and we had a wonderful speaker Veronique from Wattlebird designs

I was very taken with her clam shell quilts. She started plain and then used all kinds of things to make the clams, this was her third clamshell quilt.

how cute are the Fruity Ladies!!

Veronique uses all kinds of fabrics, laces, felt bits and bobs, embroidery and op shop finds.

I love this pattern and of course it came home with me, lots of little birds, houses, trees, flowers a lovely combination of applique and embroidery. Veronique was a very engaging and fun speaker, she is off to the US for Quilt Con next week so we were lucky she was able to fit a visit to us in.

I had a walk when I got home to get some fresh air

I spotted this container of hippeastrums on my travels.

I am off to get dinner now

Happy stitching. 

Home again

I came back home yesterday afternoon after a wonderful time away, sewing, eating and chatting.

Maria finished a quilt for her brothers 70th birthday present, made in fabric reminiscent of the checked shirts he work to work, she also included sayings

Apparently he is a sayings person.

I finished the strip quilt it needs borders now

And put shashings on this lovely panel I got in Coonabarabran two years ago.

I love the images on the fabric

Another is in production, plainer this time

oh yay!! Blogger has turned it upside down!! Will fix it later.

this was dinner Wednesday evening and it was amazing!! Followed by paclova with berries,no photos of that sorry!!

the garden at the retreat was showing signs of spring. 

That is all from me just now

Happy stitching. 

Gisborne retreat

Enjoying our last retreat for the year at Gisborne,

I have been working on an Aussie Hero quilt today, the top is finished

Blogger has decided to out the photo sideways, sorry, will fix it at the end of the week when I go home - now fixed .

Margaret visited today and worked on her applique

And finished up this section.

Sue got her quilt top together

Maxine is going to put another two sections on her bookcase quilt, I will get a photo tomorrow of her beautiful tiny blocks.

So that is me up to date, off to sew some strip blocks now.

Happy stitching.

Challenge for October

 This is the last one on the list - I have changed the list a bit as things were done, but this month is Finn's floor quilt.

I got this panel from Tracee at Hummingbird quilting in Gisborne, Finn loves the birds and animals

starting to sandwich on the back deck when we had a fine day this week

this panel is about 3 metres long, so it takes a bit of wrangling under the machine.

I have started on the quilting

I have outlined some animals and birds and outlined feathers for a bit of texture

the images are beautiful.

Today I planned to get lots done but the quilt has not gone near the machine, I dropped of quilts for the local group exhibition at the end of the month, came home and then went to help Beth with Finn for a while, came home to find 2 metres of mulch delivered so after a quick lunch went out to spread. A friend of Davids came to help, David filled the wheel barrow, his friend delivered it to the garden and I spread. I have several muscles that are complaining this evening!! Later this afternoon, once I had cleaned up and cooled down, I had a very becoming bright red face, I went back over to play with Finn for a few hours - a storm came over with lightning and thunder, but we also had a double beautiful rainbow - Finn kept me busy walking to different windows to see the bow!!

Tonight I am too tired to do any sewing, might go and soak in the bath! 

Tomorrow hopefully will be a sewing day!

Happy stitching.