This That and the Other.!

The last week or so has gone so fast I've also had a few days on my own as Himself has had to travel to Sydney and Tasmania on business . That means I stay up late  and get stuff done.  The other night I went out to put the bin out and found this.

I think It’s sometimes called The Queen of the Night.

They have an unusual perfume and only last for 1 night. There was a huge plant of these on the boundary, but the idiots that lived next door had a fire right next to it and killed it, luckily I had taken a cutting from it so still have it in my garden.

I've signed up for The Sue Spargo Block of the Month and got my first block last week. I have the main part stitched down.

I also went in Quilting Bloggers Mug Rug Swap, These are some I made. There so cute and useful.

And These I love fabric with Cherries On. Love eating cherries too. !

I have some lovely fabric with coffee cups and pots etc to make some more, Too late for the swap though.

Today I quilted to quilts , I love the bright colours in this one .

This one is Cherish Nature , I have already made one in this and  this Is The one my friend made.

I am also working on a couple of Challenge quilts just small ones and will have photo’s of those soon.

There is probably other things too but that's all till next time .

What a Great idea !

A couple of Weeks ago somebody on Squilters suggested using a Mug Tree for a scissor holder, I looked in a few Op shops ….Nothing Then while in Spot light I found a chrome one for $ 10.00, well I have to say what a great idea, As I have come across yet another pair of scissors I have hung them on the tree, Now all within easy reach.!

The Scissor Tree. !!

Where did it go !

I spent ages this afternoon doing a Blog Post and it wouldn’t publish. Then  well it vanished gone .! So lets try again.

One of my thought for the new year was to start doing some Textile Art Quilting again. My Sewing Sisters group is going to have a Monthly Challenge with a different theme each Month. February is Bird’s of A Feather  Flock Together and we will be given a colour and technique to work with. So I have pulled out some of my arty stuff.

I bought myself the Derwent Watercolour Pencils Last year and have used them a few times. So today I drew these cherries and tried  some ink pens .  I like the pencils better.

I also started an Art Journal a week or so ago. this is my first Page.

I need to find a better quality watercolour Journal , these cheap ones don’t hold up to the amount of moisture in the paints.

I am going to get some fabrics ready for dyeing too.

I haven’t been sewing, apart from a quilt I tested a pattern on . It came out nice .This one was from Moda Odyssea Its much nicer in real life.

I’ll try and get it quilted this week.

I also have this one to do Which I am giving to a family of my daughters friend who lost everything in the recent floods.

This is queen size and was Moda Natures Chorus.

Happy New Year

Ivé just returned from a week or so away at our Property at Moore Park Beach which is 20 mins  from Bundaberg, we got in before the 2nd wave of major flooding that hit Bundaberg, Moore Park was cut off at Booyan road, which is the road we take .We managed to get through the other way but then couldn’t go anywhere for a couple of days . I have never seen so much water and it rose so fast .I only did a little hand stitching, lots of reading.

This is Booyan Road . Later that afternoon the level was over the top of the flood level.

As I had no or little internet access I was Unable to thank Wendy F for my lovely SCSS present from Chooky Blues Secret Swap. Thanks Wndy for the lovely Table Topper Christmas Quilt in Blue and silver .

This is the front The centre is all hand stitched blue work.

A close Up.

The back all pieced and pretty. Thanks again oh and also for the fat quarters too.!

It’s Nearly Christmas !

Lots of Parties and Lunches…….. Almost finished the Christmas Shopping….. .. . I have finished all the Secret Santa’s,    Have posted packages,  Also managed to fit in a visit to a Fabulous Fibres Exhibition In Brisbane, Very Inspirational….

This is the Lovely Needle Case given to me By Sharron, but made by Jen From Our Tuesday Group The Sewing Sister’s’  I love it … Jen has done a wonderful job on This Sue Spargo style Needle Case, She  has made several of her own designs and they just keep getting better and better.

Lots of pockets and a pincushion in the centre , The texture and colours of the wool fabrics are lovely. !

I also finished the Heart Quilt  For a friend in another group, The hearts were all made by the ladies, a few late ones were made into a bag to put the quilt in.

This is another Secret Santa Present . It’s called the First Day of Christmas   It was suppose to be a cushion It’s by Kelly Wulfjohn. Very Funky !

Hmmm I can’t turn this one around you might have to stand on your head to look at it. !

This one too. ! !!!

I still have lots to write about so will do another post Later !!

Stitch, Stitch Rip It…. Rip It…

The weeks that were ….. This time of the year is insane  so much to do so little time….. Christmas parties, family come home, Christmas shopping….. and of course all that last minute stitching and seam ripping.. What was I thinking I put my name down for a Christmas spool block swap late in November, all I can say is thank goodness there were only 9 of us ! so I only had to make 18  blocks,….Everything that could go wrong did ! I confused the spool block with a bowtie block so cut them wrong…. Then every now and then I kept sewing the wrong colour to the wrong bit …. They looked ok at the end even if I did cut way to many out. !

Nice Christmas Spools All posted off to the USA and Belgium..

I have also been busy putting a heart quilt together for our Local Sewing group The Sew Crazy Quilters for one of the ladies who has cancer and is having treatment. The hearts are all Purple or Pink so I added pinks and purples and have quilted it. It looked good. I have now passed it another member who will do the binding.

This is it before quilting, I’ll get another photo next week when it is all finished

My Little Princess, Check out the accessories !!

Just before our Photo with Santa.

Max Brenner for a Birthday Boy’s  Chocolate Treat.

Its so much fun to do all this with the Grandies They were over in W A for the previous 2 years .!

Catch Up Time !

I know I haven’t been here for a while !

So what have I been up too.?

First Off a couple of weeks back I went To Julies Retreat, it was at Edmund Park out the back of Laidley, about 150 k’s drive but well worth it .

Looking down the driveway, The Jacaranda Trees were beautiful.

The view from the sewing room down into the valley.

The sewing room .

Another Jacaranda tree.

While at the retreat I made a Stable bag for my niece for her 16th Birthday, She wanted green…..

Now that’s green !

I got the lining with the hippo’s from Ikea, they have some lovely cotton fabrics.

This is Jacki’s quilt  for her grandaughter,  Nice and bright. ! On the frame partly quilted.

Finished quilt .!!

I also finished my Big Kaffe Quilt No photos  till now as Our Local group had there quilt show the weekend I was away…. I just got it back and have put it on our bed . I love It D H,s coment Its a bit Red !

I think it does look darker in real life  but I love it  and just when I thought I had used most of my Kaffe a friend bought me back lots from Houston, It was kind of a swap I quilted a quilt for her and she gave me the fabric , Thank Leanne I love it !.

Such yummy colours some of these will go into my candied hexagons for sure .

There are a few other things on the boil but I’ll leave those for next time . !

My Biggest Quilt Ever !!!

Bigger than Ben Hur ? Well not quite but 100"across by 88"long equals a lot of quilting.. My frame is only 10' across so I only just had enough room at the end to change the bobbin . I used 13 bobbins ! Its also only a 9 "throat, That's why I wound it on sideways.

Putting on the Borders.

Rolling the backing onto the frame.

Pinning the top to the rollers.

Quilting Finished !

Close up of quilting..... If you click on the photos you will get a closer look.

I have a bout 2 ft of binding left to sew down, I was lucky at Guild on Wednesday Karen and Sharron each took a side and helped me sew.  Thanks Girls. ! !       I just have to do a label and its ready to go into Our Sew Crazy Quilters Show at Helensvale next weekend, Yay another finish. !!

Another week gone !

I didn't think I had achieved much this week, I had 2 days that were just taken up with taking my daughter to medical appointments, Don't you hate it when those appointments are made late morning, and then you wait and wait.......

I am in a swap On Quilting Bloggers. Its a candlemat swap, They give a tutorial and you make it then someone sends you one back ! I made 2 like this .

It's made from charm squares, I can't remember the name of these ones I've had them for a while, The packet was long gone. Tomorrow I will quilt it.

This is My Bedford Mystery quilt, I made the top earlier in the year, It was a charity fundraiser, you bought the kit  and followed the instructions, I've just put a border on it and am going to use it to practise doing a pantograph on my frame', Then it will be a tablecloth for the caravan.

I have almost finished my leaves from the Sue Spargo class. here are a few of them....

I love doing these, and it has now led to a new project starting....

This will be a needle case, well 2 actually, I love working with the wool fabrics.

Three Candied hexagon blocks I managed at the Dr's rooms while waiting... amazing how many people wanted to see what I was doing ...... Thats about it for the last week.

Oh one more these are the buttons the girls made at the Squilters get together last Saturday.

They did a great job don't you think .?