Still Alive

                     In very random order here is some of whats been happening 

over the last 3 months

Midnight At the Oasis designed by Jen Kingwell, just needs the final border

              

I took myself to Ballarat and spent the day with the one and only

Jen Kingwell, we worked on The Circle Game

                  

Soccer season is well and truly underway 

                   

I travelled to Nowra for the PSSA soccer trials, for the Far South Coast

with this gorgeous girl

                 

Green Tea and Sweet Beans is waiting to be quilted, by hand

                     

We took a road trip on a cold miserable day just to get out of the house

                          

We found Ratty, Henrys most loved toy, he has had ratty

since he was a teeny little kitty

                       

This girl is a fully qualified Soccer Referee, as its her first year she 

can only run the sidelines but she is getting paid and

loving it

                     

This is on my to do list, its called 

My Small World and is designed by Jen Kingwell

                 

I've got  2 secret sewing projects destined for Quilt Market in the US

                   

Bring Me Flowers designed by Jen Kingwell, is my focus project at the moment, I have 2 full

alternate blocks and 8 half alternate blocks to stitch and I can

start sewing this baby up, I also need to add centre to one block and

add some stems

                     

This girl ran 4 kms last Friday in the Zone Cross Country, now for a girl

who ran along the beach for her school cross country before heading to

the hilliest course on the coast she did well to finish middle of the field

                      

Steam Punk, another Jen Kingwell pattern, I actually have around 24 blocks finished,

I've put this aside to finish Bring Me Flowers

                          

 

and as its Mothers Day, this photo of my mama was taken when she was 2, 

today is the 2nd of many more Mothers Day's to come without her. 

I miss her everyday

and would give anything just to talk to her once more

                      

** In case you hadn't noticed I am a total Jen Kingwell fan,

her book 'Quilt Lovely' is fabulous and worth getting

Change is as good as a Holiday

After a loong hiatus from blogging (5 posts since Jan 1) I have decided

its time to get back into my normal ways.

So this will hopefully be the first of a twice weekly blogging session, ok

maybe it will be once a week, I guess time will tell.

So whats been happening in the life of me, not to much to be honest

I am still stitching away, but have been producing much more hand

work than machine work of late. I have been busy sample sewing for 

another lovely Australian designer, its lovely to think that

someone thinks my sewing is good enough and are willing

to pay me to make up their designs……

The girls and I baked up a storm on Saturday, we made

Chocolate Coconut Slice,

mini quiches for lunch

and an apple cake which I forgot to snap a picture of

and of course I continued with my 

'project in my head' project. The centre of this

will be made up of 169 EPP flowers and as of 

today I have 30 left to baste and sew.

I also moved my sewing room around today, I was just sick of the

layout and the mess, so I swap the drawers for my cutting table 

cupboard, and purged and cleaned and re jigged and found treasures

BEFORE

AFTER

These walls will not be bare for long, I have some delicious

mini quilts to hang there, I promise I will share when its

done.

Henry has a basket to sleep in now

You will have excuse the floor as I haven't vacuumed yet.

I visited Canberra with 2 friends and went to the Craft show

in August, I didn't buy too much, I did purchase this little 

sewing case, found some 1/2" hexie papers in my mess

and I managed to cover it so it now looks like this.

The Zebra is my favourite and no fabric has been used

twice, it was a great scrap busting project

My fingers were so sore when I finally finished stitching the

hexies to the case, I am sure a curved needle would work 

so much more

I've been working here and there on Aunties Greens Garden, this picture

isn't 'current' as I am working on the bottom floral borders.

I have a question that I hope someone can answer,

Blog Lovin, do I need it? what does it do and how do I get it??

New Beginnings

there are parts of 5 different quilts

on my design wall

FIVE quilts people, what am I doing

In random order the quilt parts belong to 

1 Dancing Grandmas

2 Wagon Wheels

3 Bring Me flowers

4 Dresdan Plates

5 Secret Stitching project, which is very close to being 

FINISHED

Wagon Wheels, 5 more of the wheel blocks to make

to be caught up

the epp bits for wagon Wheels, 13 more to be caught up

Bring Me Flowers, this is month 1

month 2 is waiting for me to get time to work on it

still need to appliqué the flower centres though

Yesterday was these girlies first day of High School

they were so excited  and had a fabulous day

The short one started year 5 and got the teacher she wanted

happy days

and Henrycat who is put out because he has lost

his normal sunning spot due to the chaos in my

sewing room

Sneak Peeks & a Secret Revealed

Can you have to much furniture??

My husband thinks so, BUT, he needs to remember that

we own a much larger house interstate and ALL our furniture

fits in that house perfectly.

This is the reason why he thinks we have to much furniture

I found this divine little cupboard on a 

buy, sell and sway page for our area.

for the HUGE sum of $20. Its old, its very me

and even if it was purchased to be used in my sewing room

(it didn't fit), I still say it was $20 well spent!

I called into Mitre 10 to buy some casters to level the little

cupboard and found these stools for the kitchen bench

I did ask his opinion before I handed over money, in fact

he took me to get them lol. I love that the blend in with my kitchen 

accessories perfectly and the girlies love them

Sewing wise I have been quite productive

this stitchery will become a Project Caddy

and this is the main gift in Chookyblues SSCS

by next week my gifts for the SSCS will be complete

I have signed up for a new BOM, I haven't participated in one

for a while. So while wandering around Facebook, I discovered

Sue Daley has a new BOM design

so I signed up.

Its called Wagon Wheels 

I plan on pulling Lancaster out of its hiding spot and

finishing the vine border, add another diamond border then I think 

it will be done.

All those clamshells are stopping me from

finishing it as the pattern says.

Remember my big secret stitching project

I spent 17 frantic days making. Well I can give you some sneak peaks

of the finished project

The quilt is Love Letters, and I stitched it

for 

Lynette Anderson of 'Lynette Anderson Designs'

Its currently in Houston at Quilt market,

I can't wait to see photos of Lynette's booth

with 'my' quilt hanging in it

I was blessed to have been given the task and 

its made with her GORGEOUS new fabric range

'Quilters Garden' which will be available in stores

March 2014.

I am still pinching myself.