Yesterday

I went to Jiddi's Patch for a hand quilting class with Julie Adamson. I was a bit apprehensive as this kind of quilting is new to me, but we had a fun relaxed class and I learned heaps!!

Some of Julie's beautiful quilts she brought along to show us...all hand quilted and applique by hand too.

Isn't the detail amazing??

Class in action.

Julie showing us the rocking method

another of her beautiful applique and hand quilted quilts.

This is a shocking photo but this was my effort by the end of the class. We had to do a lot of quilting and then pulling out as we practiced in the morning. I was tired by the end of the class, there was so much to absorb!

Last night I was playing cut outs with these little people, I have one more to do, then they get ironed onto the centre of a quilt...yes I now I do not need another project to do!!! They are from the Freya and friends book.

But I was able to watch the

win the Bledisloe Cup, it was a nail biter there for a while, the cutting out was forgotten!!

The Supervisor and I went for a walk this morning despite the wind and rain and down in the park found these

Freesias growing wild. This is a sign to me that Spring is not far away! the perfume is already filling the house!!

I am off now to have some lunch and to get sewing.

Happy sewing and weekend.

Halloween preparations

I received a parcel of fabric from my girlfriend in New Zealand, she had found a quilting shop that was, sadly, closing down, so I scored some beautiful fabric...the only catch being, that she wants some of it made up into various things and returned to her!! So today I started on a skinny table runner

Am planning to do some hand quilting in orange around some of the pumpkins and cats, and bats!

Saturday sewing

Had a lovely day yesterday with Tania, lots of chatting, very nice lunch and I even managed to get some sewing done! Am attempting some little quilts, I found 4 great fat quarters at Pick up Stitches in Kyneton, so thought I would stack and slash and see what happened

I am pleased with how they turned out - need to get some fabric for the borders now to make them a little bigger.

Received a bag of knitted squares from KOGO last week so have put the first lot together, this one went together easily, now and crocheting the rows together, then will crochet around the edge. Like the colours in this one, last year I had fluro orange pink and yellow!

Also started on this panel last Wednesday, have decided to hand quilt around the fish kites so far will se how it goes. Now I need to get on and get some of these things finished!! :-)