Not enough hours in the day !

Hi I am back ! The last couple of months have gone so fast . I have lots to show for it though. We have our retirement house all completed at Moore Park Beach, before I left to go up there for 3 weeks I had 2 Quilting retreats to go to, one in June and one 3 weeks laterso In that 4 weeks I finished 6 quilt tops !

This Ruby from a Jelly roll and some extra (20) white strips . I saw a tutorial for it on http://sameliasmum.com/ It was fun to do and now I will do another one the same for  Guest room

This one is for our lounge room, the nights at Moore Park were quite cold so something to snuggle under watching T V .

I made 2 of these for Talula’s room  I still have the binding to finish on one .

Most of my sewing gear is at Moore Park beach now so the 3 weeks I had up there were great and I love the way my new quilting room works .  The downside is I am still based  here and did I tell you I hate this sorting packing throwing , must admit I am becoming quite ruthless now . I,m over it but there is still a way to go.

Where did you get that Hat….and Bag

A couple of weeks ago I did a class with Wendy Bailye Oh what fun . I had done a little felting many years  ago . To actually almost finish 2 articles in a weekend workshop…. amazing..

This is the wool rovings we started with.

This is the bag after cutting the opening  and felting down various silks and rovings .

Finished Bag minus handle.

Wool RovingsAdding prefelt dotsFinished Hat !

I loved this and plan to do lots more Wendy was a great teacher and I can now see I will do more wet felting and also use my embellisher More such Fun .

Finally time to Blog

The last few weeks have been a blur . 3 Funerals in 3 weeks , I also lost my Little Dog Sophie She was 15 years old and had a great life, We will miss her lots .

Rest In Peace Sophie xxx

 

Ivé bought some gorgeous new fabric, Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille for Moda Its very similar to there previous ranges called Bliss and Ruby . Of course I have several of those as well.

Yum,  I am going to a week long retreat on Friday, so hope to make a start on some of these gorgeous fat quarters and charm squares etc .

Well I promise to get better at blogging more regularly .We have started repainting the inside of the house as we get it ready to put on the market, I really do have to get serious about giving more stuff away, or it will just not fit into my new studio…bye for now  P.

Hello remember Me ?

Well I am back . The last few weeks have passed in a blur. A couple of weeks up north, Two weeks in New Zealand, some classes, Also packing and moving things around to be able to paint the house.I am trying a blog post via my iPad can't figure out how to get pictures so will do another post when I get home.

What I have been up To

The days and weeks go so fast. I made this small quilt for a mini quilt swap it was to be no bigger than 24”square. I used  a charm pack and some white backing fabric . It is a pattern I adapted from the Moda Bake Shop.

I can’t manage to get my pictures on flickr and am still waiting for my swap to arrive.

I also made a Jelly Roll Race quilt, everyone is either making them or talking about them, I did this one when I was up at the house.

Well Gary Yes ‘that’s  the dog I,m talking about thought it was great.!  I’ll add some borders to make it a little bigger.  Plus all the hand applique on my Dancing Dollies is still happening .

Late Post of swap goodies….

This is a post I should have done a while ago, in 2011 I did the secret santa stocking swap with an online group through squilters. These are the wonderful presents I got . My partner was Helen C from Wauchope.

I loved them all and it was amazing that Helen was so close to the real me and what I like .

Latest Project…

Hmmm I really didn’t need to start a new project, but the girls I meet up with decided we should do a Dancing Dollies Quilt. The one proposed was a Naive Dancing Dollies Sampler by Brigette  Giblin in repro type fabrics or you could use what you  liked…..Then Karen said she had found one by Trish Harper.   I liked that better so bought the pattern on line and have now started. Here are some of my dollies and there is still a bit to do to each in the way of  embellishment etc.

I am using Flower Sugar from Lecien,  So Pretty

I guess this quilt will go To Miss Talula who has just started dancing classes.

Missing in Action Again……..

Gosh where do the days and weeks go.?

I promise my self I will blog more but the days just run away, my biggest issue with bloggging Is the photo side of it . I have so much trouble with downloading my photos to the computer then finding them again not very technological….is that a word.

Well  I am happy to say I have been doing some quilting  and stitching, but not as much as I’d like. I have the awful job of sorting and packing 14 years of accumulated  stuff ! We will be moving later this year to our new Home at Moore Park Beach. The House is Finished ! We are slowly moving things up there and I have a new Studio .

The cutting Bench Is just the best 4 lovely big sturdy drawers. And I love My expedit cubby holes from Ikea.

Quilt Frame, Wet area and fabric storage.

New House Gardens slowly taking shape.

Hand Dyed Quilt

A few weeks ago our sisters group dyed one piece of fabric and then cut it all up and put it back together again….as you do …. A simple rail fence block and then arranged and sewn .  This was  My finished result.

Jen Trish and PamBagley, Jen’s Westie Puppy trying out the quilt.

Happy New Year !!!

Well better late than never…..The last couple of months is but a blur…. I had a quick trip to New Zealand for my Mum’s 80th birthday, My youngest daughter and I took the 3 great Grandchildren to meet her. We gave her a surprise afternoon tea, with a lot of her friends there, I had to get one of her friends Faye to help get everyone there . 

Mum cutting her cake Made by my sister Susan Yummy too !

This is what I spent a lot of time on, I go to a group weekly, and we call ourselves the Sewing Sisters there are 13 of us  and if your really lucky, you may get a Big O Birthday quilt. Well Trish had her Birthday In December and we made this quilt everyone made some blocks Then I did the sashing etc and put it together . It is done in 1930’s and is just beautifull.

Trish with her Quilt.

Hmmmmm  I have a Big O Birthday later this year….

Will be back shortly with some photos from a wonderful swap I was in …..