Pottering

Pottering along this week, which is nice :)
Weather is perfect - kids settled into school and all routine back in place after our 6 week summer break.
I've decided whilst I'm waiting on my big quilt tops to be machine quilted that I would make a cushion in matching material to the Zig Zag quilt (all the off cuts and scraps) and hand quilt it. It's been a while since I took it slow and made something little and everyone else seems to be making pillows/ cushion! so I had to aswell. This square is 80cm

I nearly went for Red thread but I wanted to match in with the Zig Zag quilt and it doesn't have any red in it - so maybe next pillow I'll get the red out :)

I narrowed it down to these three threads.

and this is what I'm doing with it, just randomly going around the inside of some squares. I'll keep going till it looks right......as usual no real plan - just going with the flow.

and this is the matching material in the Zig Zag Quilt.

almost - sort of - a bit..............

So you know the previous post with the long list of to-do's and the no more new quilt tops...............That didn't work out - Sort of.

To be fair I have knocked off a substantial part of the list, which is a relief !

Lots of backs made and finished and binding made and attached - so not too bad.

I was itching to try out a Union Jack style quilt for a single bed size and Voila ! here we have it. I made it extra big for a single bed or just snug for a double bed - I like to think the owners can keep it and maybe even use it on a big bed one day. I still have a bit of tweeking to do but it's getting there.

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Rules

I'm imposing some rules upon myself........

I must finish all of the piled high projects that are waiting to be finished 

BEFORE I start anything else!!!! 

and take proper photos of them :0 

Oh NO!


so far I'm off to a flying start
* Three quilt backs made and ready
* One lot of binding machine sewn on
* Trimmed two quilts ready for binding


To Do
*Hand sew two lots of binding to finish (already machine sewn on- half done!)
*make binding and sew on two quilts
*Drop off three quilts to Kim Bradley for machine quilting
*Make two more quilt back (for the most recent Union Jack/ Zig Zag)
*pick up text quilt from Kim Bradley and make/do binding
*put Labels on them all......


Then I should have in my little hands

9 Quilts!!!

and then off to do a photo shoot

I couldn't do a post with out a photo - so here is some doodles my daughter and I did over the weekend. She is 8 turning 9 soon and loves a bit of mummy time.

Good luck to me :) and my endeavour

and I hope your all better than me at doing one thing at a time................

Marmalade and Jam

Marmalade and Jam Quilt Top

It was Australia Day here in OZ yesterday - we had an unusually quiet one at our house and I took the opportunity to make up a Union Jack Quilt Top (I've been meaning to for ages).
A bit wonky - but I'm still very happy with it.

I think next Ill do a single bed size - for one of the boys - now that I have the hang of it and worked out where I went wrong with this one, It should be a piece of cake..........


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Red Fabric is from the Alexander Henry range
Blue Fabric is from Denyse Schmidt Hope Valley
Sand Coloured Linen

Zig Zag Done

Here we have the Final front of Mr Darcy's Zig Zag Quilt. I've always loved a good stripe or zig zag pattern - Missoni being one of my favourite designers.

Row 1  - Amy Butler temple Doors

Row 2  - Monaluna for Robert Kaufman Grey

Row 3  - ?

Row 4  - KeiKi Wee Woodland stripe Turquoise

Row 5  - Essentials by XLN fabrics Blue honeycomb

Row 6  - Jenavere Valori Woods Turquoise

Row 7  - Greenfield Hill Denyse Schmidt Blue

Row 8  - Kumasi Garden by Dena

Row 9  - Essentials by XLN fabrics grey honeycomb

Row 10 - Lizzy House Castle peeps

Row 11 - Kaffe Fassett shot jade cotton

Row 12 - ?

I uses 10inch squares cut in half for my triangle size. 

and of course the dog had to get in on the action

No 12 Unidentified Fabric - If you know what it is please let me know :)

No 3 Unidentified Fabric -

if you know what it is please let me know :)

now just have to figure out how to Quilt it?

small step

Yay for me! Just need to cut up a few more rows and nearly done. No more injuries today either.
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Air Head

 A little progress (a little being an understatement!) My head is off with the fairies - too much sun possibly?
On another note - although still under the heading of my hazy brain, I dropped the rotary cutter and gave myself a substantial slice on the ankle. Thats definitely a first! I have suffered many finger and hand slices - But ankle ?

I've had a break from cutting fabric, but this is it so far. Only two or three more fabrics to go - I didn't want to risk any further injury.

This is the trunk of a very large tree near the beach we swim at - Does anyone else see an Alien? again could just be me...........

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Proof

Here is Proof that I am actually doing the Boy Quilt that I have talked so much about :)

admittingly I haven't gotten very far - But it's a start.

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Yes or No ?

I'm very non comital with a lot of my answers - mostly when it comes to the kids questions. So much so that even my four year old has caught on and will press me with "Is that a yes or a no?"

So with that in mind I created a Yes and No version of my Thesaurus text fabric.

I mixed it up with some yellow Robert Kaufmann, plain white and a scrap of a yellow and grey check I had left over.

I  made it 1.8 x 1.7, which will be a nice snuggly size for the lounge. With the bright modern mix I thought it would suite a lounge room. Great way to update your colours and add some fun.

I've also been busy rearranging the house.

My Stash has a new home, although still not perfect I'm very happy with the change of home for most of my sewing stuff. One day i might even have a sewing room..........

That's me for today - Nice to catch up and be home after two weeks away :)

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Holiday

Just a quick hello from our Family Holiday - we are up on the NSW Central Coast. 

we will be enjoying the beach and sunshine for two weeks up here and looking forward to catching up with friends and relaxing. Take care :)
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