Finishes

Two items finished and in the  mail today - it is a wonderful feeling!

Halloween wall hanging done! Yay!!

Tumbling Charms done! Yay!! And on their way to their new homes!
Happy sewing!

Progress

I am making headway with both the Tumbling charms quilt and the Halloween wall hanging

love the detail that pops up when you do the free range quilting on my secret project!!

binding on the Halloween wall hanging....hand sewing to be done....

reverse of the secret project FRQ

and now the binding is on the tumbling charms quilt, ready for hand sewing...so I have plenty to keep me busy!!  Happy sewing.

Hi Hip Hooray!!!

Today quilt being fixed, has gone to the quilters!!!! Yay!!!!

My assistant helped with the backing.....NOT.....but now it is all done and delivered! Now we wait to see what it comes out like. Kerry is going to do a meander all over!!

Meanwhile back at the ranch, after I had been outside trying to dig out more cape weed....a never ending job and one I will not win I know, but I have to try!!!, I continued sewing. But.....

how come the bunnies, and there are heaps of them, don't eat the cape weed???? That would be helpful, but then I guess they poop out the seeds and maybe that would encourage more to grow?? So maybe not so helpful!!

Anyway, I have made a Halloween sandwich,and two others I can't show yet...they are for a swap and secret! the Halloween wall hanging is going to Jenny in New Zealand...she will be Halloweened out by the time Tania and I have finished! lol!

trimmed off the baby quilt,

cut the fabric for the binding,

and started some batty free range quilting!!! Busy but happy afternoon! Happy sewing! 

Lazy Day

Why is it that some days I am fired up and can sew all day and get lots done and then I have other days when I just can not be bothered to do anything?? Today has been one of those days, not a lot done and now it is time to be getting dinner ready....oh well....yesterday was a better day, got at least a little done!!

i laid out the squares for a KOGO blanket and my assistant decided it was a wonderful place to have a snooze!! Wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't muddled the rows up! Lol! I guess that tells me I need to clear the table and not work from the floor!

Wednesday group challenge nearly done, just need to finish off the threads and sew the opening closed. Can show a whole photo after we have unveiling. 

Halloween tablecloth nearly finished for Jenny, have to finish off threads and sew opening closed - there is a recurring theme here - not wanting to do the final things to get it finished!!! I would like some glow in the dark skeletons to hang on the corners - does anyone have any ideas where I could get them from please? Tried the local $2 shop but no joy there.

Another "bright" KOGO rug finished and ready to be delivered.

Next KOGO rug to be sewn along the long seams, then needs a crochet edge, there is another one lurking in a bag....to be done later on. This one isn't too bad most of the squares are of a similar size, the red ones just needed a bit of tweeking to fit.

I found an amazing hexagon quilt on facebook today

so far over 13,000 hexagons! But what an amazing quilt, it is like a Persian carpet!

and today is World Orangutan Day - the orangs at the Melbourne Zoo  had special fruit and plants today - was party day for them. 

Productive day

After spending much time pootling around looking at blogs and face book etc I finally got my act together and went and did some more rose bush pruning and wouldn't you know it I was out side 10 minutes and the sky went black and it poured!! So I waited until it passed and then continued for a while....then came inside and got cleaned up...went down the street and back.....spent more time on blogs, face book...when will I learn????? but then got organised and did some sewing...yay!!! And now I have another quilt top together.

all the blocks laid out ready to go

my quality controller resting ON the job!!! lol!

finished quilt top and I am very excited that most of the seams match up!!! Yay me!!

This succulent type plant lives near the kitchen and it has flowers - I think it is confused as it usually flowers in the spring and summer, but the flowers are beautiful! 

the rose bush I am taming!! I realise now I should have planted it on the other side of the arch because when the howling north wind blows (howls) it blows the rose off the arch and onto the garden, so I cut it back and away it grows again until the next time. Ideally it should be moved to the other side but it is too big now for that, so I guess I will keep cutting back every couple of years. :-)

Sewing challenge for the month

Our challenge this month is a little quilt so today I had a look at The Missouri Star Quilt Company - Marg showed me this on Monday - they had a quilt called Falling or Tumbling Charms, so I thought I would have a go

I cut two and a half inch strips, and joined them to one side of the charms squares (chain pieced), then cut them back

then sewed those pieces on to another strip

and cut them apart

then laid out the blocks to see what they looked like and moved them around

pinned and sewed the blocks together

Ta da!! This is the end result - I am pleased with this my seams (mostly) meet  up!!

I have done two!! Yipee!!