Guild day

Yes, it is that time again and we had Guild today,not a huge crowd, no speaker and just a little show and tell, but it was a good day.

Marg was discussing her quilt and thinking about how it would be quilted..a discussion followed!

Lesley showed her quilt, which had been beautifully quilted...

This quilt started it's like red and green and when washed for the first time the colour ran, so the owner picked up a colour remover from the supermarket, didn't realise she had the wrong one and this is the colour the quilt ended up. It looks very pretty but was not what was originally intended.

The Dignity quilt is done, and the label signed and the fabric mosaic of the boys is also finished. happy dance here!!

I think I have shown this quilt before but now it is finished....it is just beautiful. 

It is a Hoffman fabric Fiona.....Tracee is attempting to track it down so we will let you know if it is found. 

Here is a small selection of the pieces done for the Artisans of Geelong display Fabric of the Community.

This is Lisa's snowball and nine patch quilt, she is doing the binding...love the bright colours.

Tracee and Lisa stitching away.

A quilt made by Pat with some fabric brought back from Japan the photo does not do it justice!! It is double sided, the back is just as attractive as the front.

We are off out for dinner so I had better get myself organised.

Happy sewing.

Saturday

Today was a bits and pieces day...this morning I finished the top of the dinosaur quilt

I am happy with how it turned out.

This afternoon I went into Geelong...the storm was coming through at the same time, I could see the lightening as I was driving.

Luckily I got to the parking building just as the rain started, but not so luckily I needed to walk a bit to get to the Gordon Gallery, but I had an umbrella I was given years ago as a joke, it is small (meant for a child) green and has frog eyes on the top and a big smile!! Well it was all I had so I had to use it.  Must say it made several people smile and a small child asked their father for one!! Lol!! I got very wet in spite of the umbrella!!

I went to the Artisans of Geelong to see the tram lady hanging, there were signs everywhere saying no photos, so after asking if I could take one of my own work I was told to be sneaky...so sneaky I was!! The display was good, this is the first year it has been done, hopefully it will grow in the coming years.

The rain had stopped when I came out but there were lots of puddles...this is the Geelong library building, and the Art Gallery, love how the mirrored library windows make the building less invasive.

I thought I might catch up to the storm on the way home..it was slowly moving towards Melbourne

Impressive clouds. 

When I got home I worked on the quilting  on the fabric mosaic of the boys, is just straight lines with a kind of zig zag stitch.

Still have quite a bit to go, I have to go back and iron now and them as some of the little bits keep on dropping off!! Cheeky bits!!

Had better go and rescue my dinner from the oven!!

Is raining outside again, sounds good on the roof.

Happy weekend.

Artisans of Geelong

Are having their show on the 8th and 9th of April. The show is called Fabric of the Community and many crafts will be represented. The show is from 10am to 4pm both days. Entry is $10.00.
The show will be at The Gordon Gallery, corner Fenwick and Gordon Avenue, Geelong.

the tram lady will be on display here along with other portraits in fabric.

Happy sewing.

Today

has been a day of bits and pieces, it has been humid here, but now a storm is coming through. This morning I was busy in the kitchen

Another brew of tomato chutney and some plum sauce, the house still smells good! 

The sky was interesting this morning.

I have fixed the binding on the hexie quilt, is already to do the hand sewing.

This afternoon I made two little fairly plain blocks for the Quilts of Hope group. They will go in the mail tomorrow.

I also have been playing with Tim Holtz fabric to make a roll of tickets for my tram lady, they are a little big but I think they will be ok, I am still wrestling with the knitted bootie she is holding, I made a premmie size one but it is too big, looks way out of proportion.....so have to think on that some more.

The tram is sewn onto the backing, ready for the tram lady to join it. 

Off to do some more playing.

Happy sewing.

FNWF happenings

I had a busy evening along with many other virtual sewers..

a little more work was done on the tram lady

the background is done and the palm tree, the tram is just placed not sewn on as yet, I had to make sure I had covered the background properly and then as the football was on the TV....(it is only Feb for goodness sake!!!!!)...I retired to the sewing room again and made

binding for the Christmas row by row quilt.

I have been sewing today at Portarlington with a few of the Bellarine ladies, I had hoped to get the quilting and binding on the quilt but that was not to be

the quilting went well until I did the brown section (not to be seen here) and I stretched it, so i will be unsewing later on!!

Leslie had put together this top from using scraps cut into three inch squares!!

Angela was working on a QFO and had it finished by the end of the day

I stopped on the way home to enjoy the sun and the beach, this dog was having a great time digging under the water and barking like mad at the clouds of sand!

Such a beautiful afternoon.

I am off to do some unsewing and maybe some sewing too and to put the roast on...silly meal for today, when you think about it,  as it is about 32 deg C here !! I hope the forecast cool change gets here soon.

 your can see what other FNWF'ers got up to over here at Cherylls. 

How

did it get to be Thursday already!!! The days are just zipping by here.
I have been busy making jam and chutney, using tomatoes form the garden and some apricots I bought but no one ate!!

Bubbling away and it smells wonderful!!

Yum!!

I have been gathering tomatoes from the garden before the birds get them all...this one made me smile!!

today I gathered lots of tomatoes, softened the skins in hot water, then put them through the moulie and filled jars with the pulp, added basil and then boiled it for two hours. Thank goodness for lots of collected jars!!

more chutney and some Roma tomato chutney, kind of runny but smells wonderful with star anise and cinnamon and honey in it!!

I have also been doing some sewing, which is just as well as I have some deadlines looming!!

the tram has had some quilting done, now I have to figure out how to trim it before sewing it to the back ground...

the bollard tram conductor still looks like a bollard but she is coming along!

the sky is coming together and two palm trees, some scribble quilting is now needed to keep all the little pieces where I want them to be!! And that is where I should be now, instead of avoiding!!

Happy sewing.

Bye Bye Eddie

Eddie has had his back surgery,

watched some tele

he even had the power button (heavily contested in this house!!)

and now he has gone to his new home.

Yesterday afternoon was spent at the beach

Hard work but someone had to do it!! lol!!

Today I have been off learning to paint on fabric

One of the Bellarine Quilter ladies helped me in her studio...I think I even learned something!!

Back at home hubby decided to paint the tram that goes with the conductor

Looks pretty good, much better than I could do!! Next week I have to get on to quilting and then embellishing and mounting it on a 20 x16 canvas for a display in Geelong later in the year. Exciting!!

I have tried to do some quilting on my Christmas Row by Row

The reindeer are done

now I am trying small stipple..it is hard work!!! Now I need to take a break for dinner cooking!

I am off to visit a friend over the other side of Melbourne tomorrow, so also need to pack some clothes and sewing things.

Happy sewing.