Bunnies and Chooks.
Posted on April 5, 2012 | 10 Comments
I have continued to play with Easter projects.
I needed to make extras of these to send away to some cute little family members.
Then I decided I needed to have some of these fun little chickens to put in the parcel, too. Each one has a chocolate Easter egg tucked inside them.
They are from Ulla’s Quilt World.
Watch out for that Easter Bunny. He can’t be far away!
White Rabbit, White rabbit.
Posted on March 31, 2012 | 11 Comments
March ends today and we will be in April tomorrow. Daylight saving ends here, so a little time adjustment is needed.
And Easter is just around the corner!! Sneaking up fast.
I have been able to make a couple of felt rabbits for Easter decorations. I simply did a search for a rabbit template then cut out a few flowers to use as decoration.
I am also trying to catch up on a few birthday cards.
And of course we have been spending some special time here.
Big Smiles.
Posted on March 27, 2012 | 15 Comments
There has been great excitement here this week as our beautiful grandson arrived healthy and well last Saturday night.
We have loved spending time with him having lots of cuddles and seeing how thrilled his parents are with his arrival.
The quilt was completed and labelled, ready for his arrival.
I kept the quilting simple and soft for the baby. I also found some fun fabric for the back that reflected the design of the front.
Love the way it all turned out.
Still have a big smile on my face.
More Bits.
Posted on March 12, 2012 | 9 Comments
We are enjoying a lovely long Labour Day weekend here and the weather is treating us very kindly. Beautiful sunshine and warm days.
I have managed a little sewing and have finished the Southern Jewels quilt top. It’s a very simple pattern but is designed well to showcase Leesa Chandler‘s gorgeous fabrics.
I made the most of the lovely weather for a photo outside.
On one of the cooler days I was playing with some felt. This little Christmas pillow is a pattern from Bird Brain Designs. Very quick and easy to make.
I have also started embroidering a new blanket. This is the progress so far.
Cooler evenings make it pleasant to work with a woollen blanket again.
Looking forward to a good week ahead.
Steady Progress.
Posted on March 1, 2012 | 17 Comments
March seems to have arrived in a hurry making it hard to think that two months of the year have snuck by already.
I have been working on several quilt tops over the last week – some new, some old.
This first one is an older one. I had started the work on all the individual leaves last year. Now the quilt top is starting to come together.
These are fabrics from Leesa Chandler’s first line of fabric – Under The Australian Sun.
The coloured circles made with the drunkard’s path template have come together into this little quilt top.
Lots of bright colours and different fabrics in this one.
And this last one is a work in progress. I am using a pattern and fabric from Leesa Chandler again. The pattern is Southern Jewels and the Fabrics are from one of her most recent Australian flower lines.
Now I need to do a lot of sandwiching, pinning and quilting!
Eggs And Santa.
Posted on February 22, 2012 | 17 Comments
Summer. The perfect time to be working on a Christmas quilt? I suppose it means it will be ready for Christmas.
This is a small quilt I had sandwiched and pinned a while back. It has waited for a few months before I had time to do the quilting.
I only had a small amount of the main fabric and decided to make a simple quilt with strips using the Santas, Penguins and the Polar Bears.
Because it was small I was also able to find a suitable fabric in my stash for the backing and binding.
I also decided to work on a project from another holiday – Easter. This is a cute little felt egg and a bunny. I hope to make a few more of these before Easter arrives.
The idea comes from a lovely design found here.
Earlier this morning there was a lot of noise outside. It turns out that a flock of cockatoos was enjoying a party on our front lawn and in our trees.
Looks like we have a few warm days ahead of us. Hope your week is good.
Owls Finally Finished.
Posted on February 11, 2012 | 12 Comments
This week has seen me busy with a lot of preparation work. I seem to be tracing patterns, transferring designs and cutting.
I sometimes feel I have been busy with not a lot to show for it, but we all know that it is worth doing to the preparation right to have a good end result.
I did manage one finish. I finally found time to quilt this little owl quilt and complete the binding.
I recently caught up with a friend who gave this lovely little Christmas tree.
It was made by a lady in a retirement village. She had made them for their fund raising stall.
It’s a very simple design but so effective.
I admire her patience when working with these fiddly pieces.
I hope you are enjoying a lovely weekend. We are hoping to enjoy some of the activities in the Ficifolia Festival.
Hoping to see lots of lovely Flowering Gums.
Cutting And Stitching.
Posted on February 4, 2012 | 22 Comments
I have once again been very fortunate to attend some workshops with Deborah Louie as the tutor.
The first day saw us working with raw edge applique and different machining techniques.
We also made drunkard’s path blocks and explored techniques for making circles.
This is my sample from the morning for the raw edge applique.
On the second day we worked on stitches for machine quilting. I enjoy learning these and Deb has great tips for using them.
Here’s one of my samplers.
I even like the look of the back.
In the meantime I had been making a few coloured circles using drunkard’s path blocks. These are going into a baby quilt. :)
All in all, a very colourful and productive few days.
Garden Maze Completed.
Posted on January 29, 2012 | 23 Comments
I had my Garden Maze top quilted by my lovely LAQ just prior to Christmas, but of course with all the excitement of the season it had to wait a little while to be completed.
With all the good tennis in the evenings lately I have been hand stitching the binding and enjoying the matches.
The sunshine made it easy to pick up the texture from the quilting.
I was planning to take a close up photo of the back of the quilt to show the quilting design, but instead loved this look with the sun shining through. Almost a stained glass window effect.
I still have a smaller version of this design but I will do the quilting on that one myself. One day.
Australia Day, 2012.
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 10 Comments
Happy Australia Day.
How about a day at the beach? And BBQ?
Sit under one of these? (Photo credit : Paula McManus)
Have a wonderful Australia Day!
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