Another beautiful day today, we started with a walk in the park,

calm and still,

love the oak trees here,

I was sitting sewing and looking out the door, thinking how lucky I am to  have this view and to be able to sit here and sew and then a heap of trucks turned up in the court and they proceeded to re-seal the road, so I had to shut the door as the smell of tar was over whelming.

I finished three laundry bags this morning for Aussie Hero Quilts (and laundry bags) 

this one makes me feel happy,

love this fabric,

an Aussie one!!

Happy sewing!!

Busy day

I love days like today, when the sun is shining and it isn't too hot and I get the urge to do stuff in the garden, these photos are out of order because I forgot to take a garden photo this morning!! Then I came in and did some sewing - working on the next Crazy Quilt block, this one is going to be very Bollywood!!

I learned how to use the zip foot!! Very useful for sewing beaded strips on!

I had trouble with this bendy (technical word for it!!Lol!!) stuff that Tracee kindly gave me, it bends beautifully but when you start to sew the machine straightens it up!! I won in the end, even managed to cope with the invisible thread today! 

Next I moved on to a laundry bag for Aussie hero Quilts (and laundry bags) - this  is going to be an Aussie one!

The supervisor was round and about today, then he went and rested on the couch - I think he got tired of me moving from the sewing room to the kitchen table to cut and back again..he usually follows, but got fed up with me to day I think!!

This rose bush got the chop today, two used birds nests fell out, I hope the bird mothers don't come back to use them again, they were pretty tired looking! (The nests not the mothers!!) This rose grew up on to the roof so had to be pulled back. No doubt it will grow back again, might have to tie it up or keep it trimmed. (That was the plan last time!! Lol!!)

The rose has gone and I can get to the garden to weed and mulch it, looks heaps better!

Two more laundry bags ready to have their labels sewn on, 

machine sewing finished, now for the hand sewing!

and this is secret sewing I have been doing on other days, this is for a swap so can't show too much just yet!!

Hope you had a lovely day!

Happy sewing!

Woo Hoo! A finish!!

The  "Collingwood" quilt is finished, labelled and on it's way! I had  to squash it into the box, I thought putting the fluffy throw on the back was a good idea until it came time to fold and pack and boy was it a squash to get it into the box!! The air got a little blue around here!!

here is the back of the quilt

and the front.

Oops, I have done something wrong with this photo but never mind, this is the laundry bag I made for the same service man, apparently the washing is put in the bag, the top tied and the whole lot goes in the washing machine and then the dryer and then back to the person who owns it. The normal bags are green, blue or brown (from memory) so imagine trying to find your washing in a whole heap of the same colour bags!! This is a lot easier to find and much more personal. There are a heap more pictures at the Aussie Hero Quilts and laundry bags blog to have a look at. Some people have made amazing bags!

And my poppies are off in the post to 5000 poppies today a little contribution to their large project! 

and now I am off to fix up these little bits of fabric that have ended up on the wrong side of the raggy seams quilt,

little suckers were a bit hard to control!! Lol!!

Happy sewing!