Some finishes

 Finns quilt is finished and he now has it to play on, he likes both the front and back

so much colour and things to look at.

I have been working on a pincushion from a kit I got from Bittern by the Bug recently, the owner of the business is coming to the Guild to talk to us next year, she imports vintage Japanese fabrics. 

A slightly better photo this time 😀

and the top

it has felted wool top and bottom

My quarter inch hexies have gone from 

this

to

this.

At Bellarine Quilters we were challenged to make a name tag to be shown at our Christmas lunch.

Turns out only four of us have made one so it has been cancelled 😕

Oh well four of us still get to have new name tags I guess.

I am off to get some breakfast, maybe do some gardening or maybe start on an Aussie Hero quilt, or do some more quilting on the Red Tractor fabric or another project that needs quilting - so many choices!!!

Have a good weekend and happy stitching.

This and that

On our way home from Ballarat we stopped so I could do an Adventure Lab, which involved a 2km walk around around a lake looking at aboriginal art on plaques

On my way I spotted this wonderful letterbox

Oh dear blogger has turned it around again!!

Friday I went to a local school fair with Beth and Finn

Balloons are a favourite!

Beth's friend was being dumped in the water so they went over to push the button and got soaked! Lucky it was a warm afternoon.

I have been stitching away on the hexies mainly in the evenings

The station panel has been quilted by Joan , I need to do the binding now.

The binding is ready to go but for some unknown reason I cut it at 3 inches and not two and a half, so I have to trim it back.

All the blocks are made for  Guild Mystery Quilt, they need to be sewn together. I have  a picture to follow so need to sit and quietly work it out.

I am off for a bike ride to the post box now

Happy Stitching.

Time to catch up again

 The days are rushing by here, so what have I been doing? Some packing and sorting, some sewing, some bike riding and some preserving...lets have a look

Three weeks of Anthology blocks,

Epp was finished

It was supposed to be made into a cushion top, but I had another idea which I can show later. I don't understand why I didn't finish this sooner, it really didn't take very long.

Hexies have been cut and glued for Tea and Cake, I now have 420 made, but need 480 and have run out of fabric. Hopefully I can get more next week.

a small bag of fabric is now a bunch of cropped diamonds ready for sewing

A large group of galahs flew in and settled on the power lines over the road, lots of chattering was going on. I like to think they are still unhappy with the tree removal from next door, but that is probably me and not them!!

Such lovely birds.

I was sewing the binding onto this quilt last night and had a very nearly not enough binding moment, thankfully I had about 2 inches spare.

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler is finished, binding completed Wednesday evening.

I bought this pattern recently from a friend, I have made it slightly bigger than the pattern, I still need to add borders.

And when I was sorting things in the sewing room I came across a pile of mostly 6 inch squares - these came with another quilters stash, some were a bit over 6inches and some under, I had to cut a few myself to replace the smaller ones and by late afternoon I had a quilt top, great for an I Spy quilt. The borders used up fabric from my stash. 

This morning a brew of fig paste went into the crock pot and cooked away all day, it tastes and smells heaps better than it looks here!! It is all in jars now and ready to go into the fridge.

We went shopping yesterday and have purchased most of what is needed for the renovations, we just need a kitchen sink, we like the old fashioned type that has a drainer at both sides of the sink and a double sink, so we have to find one, we also need to get a new oven. Hopefully everything will then progress as planned...fingers crossed!

I think I need a cuppa, have been avoiding the TV as the footie season has started again! Oh boy!

Happy stitching.

Zooming into 2022

 Yesterday Chooky has a zoom gathering, ladies from Aus, NZ, Canada, UK, the US, Germany and Norway sat and chatted and stitched together. People came and went throughout the day depending on their commitments. I had prepared some half inch hexies and managed to get quite a few done

I have to admit I appear to have an issue counting to six.....

One short when I came to sew them together! 😊

Never mind that can be quickly fixed.

Yesterday as it was a bit cooler hubby planted some new plants into the pots at the front door, fingers crossed they like living there!

Same same but different!

Today the lovely Jill dropped off a bag of her left over bits for me to stamp and sew into the cropped diamonds

Lots to play with here.

Between Christmas and New Year I wanted to do some sewing on the machine, it had been for a service so I wanted to see how it was working

I sewed together these two beautiful pieces of summery sunshine fabric the lovely Michelle sent me for my birthday, I think I am making a bag. One side is quilted, the other is yet to be done. So much for my no new projects until I finish something! I have two on the go already!!

The machine is running beautifully, no more pulling to the left and the thread cutter is working again, as is the sensor that tells me when the bobbin is nearly empty!

Happy stitching.

Another week rushes by

 We have been back home over a week and I am not sure where the time has gone, a little sewing has happened, I have been grand dog sitting, reading, going to sewing group, same old same old!!

Last weeks Anthology block was done.

The latest wasgij has been completed, this one took a while.

Several hexies are in production for Tea and Cake

Today a fat quarter quilt is being sandwiched ready for quilting.

Back when we had our weekend away we went to Violet Town looking for info on David John Palmer

One of the lovely old buildings in Violet Town. After wandering around we discovered Violet Town closed on a Sunday afternoon, only place open was the petrol station.

The garden at this house was beautiful, spring had sprung here.

David John Palmers tree was the last one David John Palmer looked at of course!

David now wants to try and find out more about his family.

The entrance sign to Violet Town is painted by Leunig, this is where he comes from we were told.

And some puppy spam!!

Tira loves the garden and jumps on everything!!

Last Saturday I went with Belinda to Feed Me Bellarine to give Lana the vege quilt

I made a bag for it to go it with the left over fabric

I am happy to say Lana loved it.

This was my lunch at Feed me, broccoli steak, with watermelon, beetroot and asparagus, doesn't it look amazing! 

The weather has been really changeable here lately, we have days like this

and then days like this where you are dodging the rai storms.

Time for some lunch and that quilt needs to be finished.

Happy stitching.