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Christmas Day 2012.
Merry Christmas dear blog readers. (I know there is at least one! Thank you Ruth for all your lovely comments on my blog throughout the year.) I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. It started very...
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Green & Blue & Yellow Scrappy Squares
I started this quilt back here in August. It got folded up and pushed to the side while Christmas table runners and baby quilts got in the way. I have unfolded it though and am determined to finish it...
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More Scrappy Squares!
An action packed day of sewing yesterday, I got all these blue squares done and just have 16 to go. I like to cut a bit to make say 30 - 40 blocks, sew those but with a third of the fabric not used,...
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Quilting with My New Spool Holder!
Thanks for the comments and suggestions over to add another row or not. I went for the opinion that matters the most.... the husbands! LOL He took one look at it lying on the floor laid out and said...
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A Rainbow Whirlygig.
I took a break yesterday for all that pebbling and took 30 minutes to finish the little bit of binding left to sew down and wolah, this quilt was finished. I've said it before, but I'll say it agian, I...
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Hello Holidays!
Even though we have been on holidays for about two weeks now, it only feels we are really on holidays now as this time tomorrow we will hopefully somewhere between Katherine and Darwin. We are spending...
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Bali 2013.
We are back from holiday. It only seems like yesterday we were getting on the plane, now I find myself back to reality! We had a very relaxing time in Bali. It was basically the same holiday exactly...
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2012 Quilt Review.
It is that time of the year again, time to reflect on quilting achievements of the previous year. I declared 2012 to be Year of the Table Runner, and I sewed nine runners and seven quilts. Started off...
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WIP Wednesday Week 4.
I have decided to do WIP Wednesday posts again for 2013 and I am joining in over at Freshly Pieced in the fun. Even though it says week 4, this is my first WIp post for 2013, I'll keep along with the...
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First Finish for 2013!
I have finished this table runner. It is called Feista and it is from a book titled Skinny Quilts. The pattern was based on four groups of blocks which would have made it a whopping 70.5 inches long. I...
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WIP Wednesday Week 5.
Okay, so its not Wednesday, its Thursday were I am, but its still Wedensday over at Freshly Pieced so I'm letting it count! Yesterday was the last day of my summer holidays and I spent it sewing with...
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Back to School 2013!
Ahhh, first day smiles! Back to school today officially, we have popped in a few times last week due to our work commitments but this morning it was uniforms on and down to business! Milly is in grade...
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WIP Wednesday Week 6.
I am still plodding away with this table runner.We lost power over the weekend (again!) and we discovered that you can play Monopoly and sandwich a table runner withour power! Then I managed to quilt...
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A February Finish!
I'm going back to my real life quilting group this year. First gathering of the year was yesterday and I took along this to finish. All I had to do was sew down the binding, join it up and then iron it...
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A Sunny Table Runner.
Well, the next runner is underway! I pulled a selection of red, orange and yellow fabric from the stash and started sewing squares in squares. I had an extra long peice of wadding I was sewing to the...
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Ready to Quilt....
I have finished the top for this sunny runner, it is the one on the right. Ended up being four squares. I had one extra so I have put that on the backing, which is hanging on the left. Its very...
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WIP Wednesday Week 8.
Work In Progress Wednesday, already the weeks are slipping by. I have sandwiched my sunny table runner and only have about 6 inches left to quilt. Nothing fancy, just the usual straight up, pivot,...
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Another February Finsh.
I finished the binding and label on this table runner yesterday, a few hours before the birthday girls dinner. Was very happy with how it turned out. The girls and I had to do some chores at a friends...
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Scrappy Trip Around the World Update.
I have been plodding away on my blocks for this Scrappy Around the World quilt. After laying all these out on the floor, I think I have 6 more blocks to go till its at a size I am happy with. I don't...
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WIP Wednesday Week 10
I have been doing some of my Christmas cross stitch. Not sure about the V.... might have to add some more to the sides.
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