Busy Busy

Haven't been spending much time here but I have been busy sewing. In the last week I have made 8 swap blocks and yesterday I finished the first of three quilts for my niece. She is expecting a baby in November and wants a quilt for the floor a small quillow and a cot quilt. I made the floor quilt and today will start on the small quillow. The cot quilt she wants made when the baby is born.

The floor quilt is reversible first one I have every done like this wasn't easy but think the final product is not too bad. I did the centre panel and quilted it then add the side panels sort a method of QAYG.

I have been asked to make some cushion covers for a cafe. A paying job. they want twelve scatter cushions for out doors and some bench seating cushions. They dropped the fabric off last night so will make a start tomorrow on them. This one is a paying job so will enjoy the fruits of this labour.

Christina

Scatterday Again Already!!!!

Wow where has this week gone, it seems to go so fast. I haven't posted in a week. Have been busy here sewing. Caught up 8 blocks owed for a special swap and now working on a Cot quilt for my niece who is having a baby in November.

Okay now for Scatterday an easy one this week and Hubby is starting to join in and help me.

The letter W

Tools were easy as hubby has a shed full, we chose the welder and the welder mask

Black Thing again easy and from hubby's shed a water pump.

Game again immediately I thought of my grandchildren they are always playing "What's the Time Mr Wolf" so here they are with their mum and dad and grandpa ( hubby) playing their game.

Looking forward to next week haven't had a peek yet to see what it is.

Christina

Scatterday But a bit early

Saturday is Scatterday but I am always a bit slow so decided to publish my photos tonight. This week the letter was B and so much easier than last week's Q. I had so much fun this week and no trouble knowing what to photograph.

My Favourite things ..... I collect Teddy bears so no problem here, well there was a problem deciding as have over 300 in various forms, stuffed, ceramic painted. I absolutely love my Bear Table, was the reason I learned to paint, wanted to paint it, took it along to my first lesson but the teacher suggested something simpler saying she thought I was a little over ambitious. The bear table painting is titled Group therapy as each bears leans on the next. On my Bear table is three of my favourite bears. Edward(Ted) Bear, he sits with his hat in front of him, I made him he is ceramic. Then there is Bear in a Box, given to me by my granddaughter Amy, very special to me. And my Bear plate a Franklin mint plate given to me by my daughter.

Shop.....Bakery a wonderful shop here in Myrtleford. Has the most delicious cakes pies etc, none of which I can eat as I have Coeliac Disease.None the less thought I would share this lovely shop with you.

Big Things....... The Big Tree a tourist attraction here in Myrtleford. Yes it is actually called the Big Tree. It is an ancient Red Gum, once a popular meeting spot for the local Koori people. It has a girth of 34ft 9 ins ( 10.6 meters) Height is 80 ft( 24.4 meters) Spread is 90 ft( 27.5 meters)

Can't wait to see next weeks letter and Category this is so much fun.

Another Quilt Top

I am waiting on the batik fabric to finish my heart quilt so the past couple of days I have been working on a new quilt for our bed.
I am addicted to swaps, although will be taking a 6 month break soon when the current ones are finished. Last year my redworks swap ( which was actually blue work) came back and I decided to make a blue and white quilt. The embroidered blocks are little comical garden creatures and I have used a white tone on tone in between as well as white sashing and borders. Plan to quilt a large daisy type flower in the centre of each white tone on tone block, and perhaps lines on the sashing, then the same daisy pattern on the borders joined by stems. I am a real novice quilter and hoping I can manage this, I am thinking I would do free motion quilting for the daisys if I am wrong please feel free to correct me and tell me the correct procedure.
I am trying to learn how to put my photos in a collage so this is my first attempt at this also so please advice will be gratefully accepted.
Christina

It's Already Scatterday Again!

Wow where did the week go, haven't posted in nearly a week how slack is that?

Okay Scatterday today and I am certainly glad this week is over and hope next week's letter is an easier one. I really thought I would fail but have managed not to but think one could be a cheater.

The letter was Q and the subjects music, clothing and square things

Music was easy daughter had a necklace with a quaver on it so I photographed that.

Square things took some thought and I finally came up with Square Quarters now I wanted some for a swap so I cut an 8 inch block into dour 4 inch quarters

Clothing was a problem, it was suggested to me a Quicksliver T Shirt, short of accosting a teenager down the street (who I couldn't find anyway) I was not sure how I could photograph this one. Now this is where the judges may deem me as a cheater. I googled Quicksilver T Shirt and copied the photo :-)

So next week better be easier

Christina

A Sad Day

Today is a sad day for me today, My sister Barbara lost her long battle with cancer in May and today would have been her 61st birthday.

When she died so many of my online quilting friends sent me hearts. They applique a heart onto a piece of cream fabric and send to ones in need. I recieved 100 hearts since the day after Barbara died. So I chose this weekend to put the quilt together. I had enough to make a large quillow and a cushion for my sister Margie and 4 left over that I made another cushion for me.

The hearts are all shades of batik and oriental fabric and they all go together perfectly. I am waiting on some batik fabric to use for the borders but have the hearts all sewn together into a top and sharing some pictures above. There is the quilt top, the cushion for the quillow, the cushion with the green hand dyed borders for Margie and the cushion which I will add some lavender to with the four remaining hearts has an orange border.

When I finsihed the quilt top I lay it over the couch and I sat and looked at it and cried and cried more than I have since I lost Barbara. It is so bright and so much love in it I can't wait to finish it and wrap it around me. Need to wait on the batik for the borders. I didn't sort the hearts and arrange them. All I did was put them roughly into colours and take one from each pile to make 10 rows of 8 blocks and it all went together very well

This heart quilt has some much love sewn into it I am still amazed I recieved 100 hearts, they started arriving the day after Barbara died and continued everyday for almost three months was a joy to go to my letter box each day.

So I will spend the rest of the day just thinking about my sister and will probably ring my other sisters and my mum.

Scatterday

Today is Scatterday brought to you by the letter "R". Scaterrday was the brainchild of Dy and Michelle. Check out their blogs link to them below, "Random Applique".

The idea is to find 3 photos beginning with the chosen letter and in the 3 categories. This weeks letter was R and the catergories were The Arts, Childhood, The Plant world. Childhood I chose my old report card and photographed Ro Bear reading it. The plantworld was easy we have a beautiful red camellia bush growing in our front yard. The Arts was a little harder but took along my camera to my Art group on Tuesday and Iwas sure someone would be painting a picture beginning with R. Judith had just finished her painting titled Dick, I asked her was by any chance Dick's real name Richard and she said yes so I think her painting qualifies.

Next week will be a challenge the letter is "Q" and the categories are music clothing and square things. Wow this will be a challenge.

I must apologise for the scattered photos I am new to all this and they wouldn't go where I wanted them to go but lets say my Scatterday photos are really scattered.

Aaaargh !!!!!!

Why oh why do husbands never listen and then when I finally lose my patience he gets all upset....

My hubby suffers from Post Traumatic Distress, along with that he has short term memory, which means you need to repeat yourself several times.....

I try so hard to be patient and most times succeed, but this morning I am trying to do so many things. Visofix some blocks ready to distribute tomorrow for the quilts for keeps girls. Finish my bag just needed a catch for the flap, get ready for my art class and now take time out with my friend Minki and you who are reading this with a cuppa....

Okay getting off the subject here. Hubby ask not once probably at least half a dozen times who rang? Each time I say Lisa, who is the lady that is running the activities program at the school I teach beading once a week there. But the last time I say she has been trying to catch me on my mobile, ( I always forget to take it with me) and it wasn't charged. Hubby says "it is charged "he just charged it for me, I say "not now she was trying another day and got a recording." Few minutes later he says "why did she get a recording", I say "because it wasn't charged"( meaning a few days ago) Hubby says "it is charged". This conversation is repeated a few times till I give up and yell and "Not now she was trying to reach me a few days ago!!!!" Hubby gets upset and says no need to yell and now I am in the bad books. GRRRRRRR!!!!! Come on 12 o' clock when I go to Art.

Sorry to grumble but Minki was my toy cow when I was a child and he always was there for me, I am feeling guilty for my lack of patience and so I turn to Minki and whoever is reading this to make me feel better.

Thanks for reading this far. Better go smooth the waters out with a bit of luck he will forget I yelled at him funny how he never does....... Sometimes I think he just doesn't listen.

What Did I Do Today?

Father Day? What did I do? Well apart from going to Son In Law's father's home for a BBQ lunch I made a bag.

Through the week I saw a bag at the local patchwork shop I liked and the lady showed me the technique which with the help of my online quilting friends I discovered was called chenille. I had a suspicion it was called that. So I bought some tiger fabric, wanted elephant fabric but couldn't find any and I made the bag. Started it this morning and finished it this afternoon when I came home. All I have to do is sew some Velcro on the closing flap.

So let me know what you think of it.