Little Pillows.
Posted on July 26, 2016 | 12 Comments
It is a very busy time here, but I have still managed a couple of finishes.
These are small six inch pillows.
Little pieces of wool felt on a cotton background.
Then a few added embroidery stitches in perle cotton.
Too easy.
Okay. I am off to play with grandies.
Cheers, Karen
Completed Blocks.
Posted on July 19, 2016 | 15 Comments
I need to do a little blog house keeping first. Linda, for some reason my replies to you keep bouncing back. Not sure why.
I also have had a few anonymous comments on the last 4 posts and I am sorry but I can’t reply to those either. I have tried to work out who it is but am not sure. Hope we can sort that out.
Now onto sewing matters. I have completed the last two blocks for the wall hanging.
Each one has some buttons to add but these can wait until the quilting is done.
I am busy making hour glass blocks to go in between the applique blocks. Love the look of the red and grey together.
I do hope your week is productive, too.
Cheers, Karen
Testing, 1, 2, 3.
Posted on July 16, 2016 | 10 Comments
Yes, I am testing with this post.
I need to know all is working with our internet.
We have had huge issues with Telstra. A big outage in our area – no internet or landline for a full week. I can accept that a cable was damaged and that it takes time to repair.
What drove me crazy was the poor information from the call centre. We were offered a free mobile with internet to tide us over but we must be at home to receive it. We changed plans and stayed home all day – no phone. When we called to check we were told that the phone had arrived and we had rejected it. I don’t think so!
We were then told a phone would arrive two days later. Again no phone turned up. This time we were told that there were not enough phones available. Why offer one in the first place then?
We were then told one would arrive between 8 and 9am on Friday. The internet came back on that morning and of course the phone arrived that afternoon when it was of no use to us.
Very poor communication and service, and this was only one of the problems we had with them this week. We are ready to go on to the NBN and are weighing up which company to choose. I am sure you can guess which one is not on the list.
On a totally different note, it has been very cold here because, of course, it is Winter. We had snow in many areas, but not here.
It did, however, look like snow one afternoon. We had a hailstorm that lasted for nearly five minutes. The stones were not large so there was no damage done, but it did mange to cover the ground for a while.
We are also very, very excited because the US branch of our family is arriving next week. Can’t wait.
Cheers, Karen
A Yarn.
Posted on July 5, 2016 | 10 Comments
It has been perfect weather for knitting – cold and wet. Staying inside where it is warm and being able to watch Wimbledon and Tour de France has helped, too.
I have been able to finish this sweet little pinafore dress.
It has been made with a lovely yarn from Bendigo Woollen Mills. It is a wool and bamboo blend and feels beautifully soft.
It was very easy to use.
I have also enjoyed some crocheting and having a blanket rest on my lap as I go along.
This is a very simple pattern from Attic 24. Definitely my bright colours. This will end up lap sized.
And for something different, here is the progress on my latest embroidery piece.
Many hours in this one still to go. It takes me about 3 hours to complete each flower as they are all done in single strands of DMC.
There is still one week of tennis and over 2 weeks for the bikes, so I should be quite productive. Ha ha!
Cheers, Karen
Another Two.
Posted on June 28, 2016 | 15 Comments
Our cold weather is a perfect time for knitting. I am surprised at being able to leave my quilting but the knitting needles have called.
Here is the next addition to the possum scarf collection.
It looks very warm and snuggly.
And the last one.
I think this one is a tiger possum.
I am reminded of a can of worms when I see them together.
Last week we had quite a severe storm go through. It brought snow to many areas which only get it on rare occasions. We also had strong wind and heavy hail.
The tree in the photo below was well and truly hit by the storm. The day before it was still totally covered in leaves.
After the hail is was stripped of leaves on three quarters of the branches. You can see the branches on the left that still have full green leaf cover. That section was protected by the house. It does look very odd now. And it looks like a bit of garden work is needed.
I do hope your week is going well.
Cheers, Karen
Christmas Starting in June?
Posted on June 21, 2016 | 10 Comments
Natalie Bird of The Birdhouse has a lovely Christmas quilt design called Christmas Blessings.
It has four applique blocks and some pieced blocks.
I have completed two of the applique blocks.
I have chosen to do raw edge applique for these and I have hand embroidered the words and decorations.
There are some stars to be added, but they can wait until the quilting is done.
It is not a large quilt. It ends up at about 32ins square.
Okay, another short post. Stay warm or cool depending on where you live.
Cheers, Karen
More Bertie.
Posted on June 14, 2016 | 15 Comments
We have had a long weekend here, so I put my head down and made dozens of half square triangles. These are used for the sashings and border for the Bertie quilt.
The end result is that the top is finished.
It has been windy but I managed to get a nearly still picture.
The HSTs went together well but after that my brain took a holiday. I had to unpick some rows several times because I put the triangles upside down. Now I need the clean up the loose threads. I will organise some backing so that the quilting can get started.
I had to include a picture of my trees in this post. We are half way into June and these trees have finally decided to catch up with the seasons and allow the leaves to change colour. It is happening quite quickly now that it has turned cold. They are a beautiful colour, but it won’t last long.
There it is – a short post.
Have a great week.
Cheers, Karen
Bird And Possum.
Posted on June 7, 2016 | 6 Comments
A quick post for today.
Bertie has kept me busy and now the final block is done.
Oops. Just realised there is a button to be added. (That’s the bonus of photos – seeing mistakes or missing parts!).
All the blocks are now done so I need to start all the HSTs that are used in between.
I have also completed my second possum scarf and it is now hanging around in the bed frame.
Today was spent with friends working on book making. We were preparing lots of pages to make into signatures for the books. This involved lots of playing with paints.
All were perfect activities for indoors and staying warm.
Best wishes to all those along our east coast who have been dealing with the severe weather conditions, storm damage and flooding. It has been a very difficult time.
Cheers, Karen
Third Time Lucky!!
Posted on June 3, 2016 | 8 Comments
I do love technology – except when it doesn’t work. I obviously spoke too soon on my last post.
But now my blog has stopped disappearing, will allow photos to load, and will now allow comments to be made – and doesn’t have the code any more. Big thanks to Tim for sorting all this out.
Thank you also to a couple of lovely ladies who have kept me up to date and notified me of these hiccups.
And just to double test all of this I will put in a photo from the two previous posts that played up.
Fingers crossed for this test.
Cheers, Karen
Fernhill Is Finished.
Posted on June 2, 2016 | 6 Comments
It looks like everything with my blog is back in action. The previous post went up, then after a day my whole blog disappeared. Apparently my website had something that was not compatible with WordPress updates and this created an error. Thankfully all has been rectified now – thanks, Tim!
After a long, long time I have finally completed my Fernhill quilt. It was another UFO that kept being put aside as other priorities came along. But is was too gorgeous to be left unfinished for a long time.
Fernhill is a BOM by Lynette Anderson.
If you follow the link you will see that I have gone in a totally different direction with my colours. If you follow this link, you can see a lot of different colourways.
Unfortunately it appears that the pattern is no longer available.
For a small quilt, ( 28 X 28 ins.), it has involved a lot of work – embroidery, applique, piecing. bias strips, yo-yos and then quilting.
The centre panel was the largest.
I used a small meander/stipple on each block – very tricky in between the leaves. After the quilting was done, the final touch was to add a hand painted wooden button to each block.
There are four inner blocks surrounding the centre, each with a different button.
The four outer blocks incorporated applique animals, the vine and the yo-yos, as well as their own buttons.
Photos are great for showing work detail, but they also pick up mistakes very quickly. I ran out of fabric to make the bias tape for the vines and had to do a lot of stitching on the curves to make it sit flat. I have also noticed that there is one spot on the rabbit block where I have not covered a join in the vine with a yo-yo. I can see that will be my first sewing task for today.
All in all I am delighted with this finish.
I still have several more of Lynette’s projects to work on. There are mini Christmas decorations calling out for a finish.
Good luck with all of your finishes for this week.
Cheers, Karen
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