Today is

a no photo sharing post :(

I am hoping to start the quilting on the bed runner. YAY Well after I sew on the last 3 small hearts, I just need to carefully cut my 55 cms off the 2.7 m strip of wadding, I was rather frustrated that wadding only comes in 2.4m width especially when I needed 2.7 metres, but having to buy that much was fabulous as it means I have the wadding now for girlie # 2's blue diamond quilt (just need the time to make it)


Last night while I watched Packed to the Rafters and All Saints I started stitching Little Bluebirds, block 3 (finally) 1 flower stitched too many to go, and to think I have to do 3 more stitchery panels after this one! Girlie # 2 (who its for) asked was it nearly finished and was a bit disappointed that it wasn't.

I decided I deserved a sewing day as yesterday was spent doing housework and mopping floors and I hate to mop and usually will do anything I can to avoid using the mop lol, and washing clothes and sorting out girlie # 3's clothes and room. I even washed some windows!!!!!!

I will be back tomorrow sometime hopefully with photos too.

I hope you have a happy sewing day too

Bed Runner

Here are the pics of the bed runner.




Its nearly 2.7 metres long , finished size is 55cm x 250cm

A close up of the hexagon ring and small heart

Its is all paper pieced and handsewn but will be machine quilted

I have 9 more small hearts to sew on, hopefully tonight they will be done :)

Will be so happy to get it finished.

The binding is the deep maroon/red in the hexagon rings

Oh I bought the wading today and picked up some fabric to start the Red Delicious mystery BOM but MUST FINISH BED RUNNER before I start it

Have a great day :)

Sore

fingertips and backside.

I found the easiest spot for stitching the bed runner together is at the dining table, and the result is a sore butt. I really should get a pillow to sit on lol timber chairs just don't have that much padding.

but top is 98% done.

Will share a picture tomorrow

Lack of Progress & a bit of Progress

The Progress

Yay I am finally up to the applique on mums bed runner. I spent yesterday cutting the background fabric, tricky as the size of bed runner is 240cm x 55cm, glue basting the appliques on then last night I spent hand sewing it on. The hexagon ring is almost completely stitched on outer side, about to tackle the inside of the ring. Sorry for the scrunched fabric

**note to self # 4365 Iron before the next photo***

Lack of Progress

Little Bluebirds is suffering. My *cough cough* reason is I am waiting to do a class specifically on needle turn applique and as chance would have it I am doing one with mum Dec 22 :), but that does not excuse the lack of the embroidery being done, but once I have the bed runner out of the way, look out little bluebirds :)

and the There should Be No Progress Project but oops there is

An Angel Story, these are the first 4 blocks, all need to be appliqued and the stitching done. The 'girls' are for Monday afternoons in the car while I wait for the dancing queens to finish at dancing.

Happy Stitching and have a fabulous weekend :)

When the going gets tough

The tough go shopping!

after yesterdays news and having 3 lil girlie's all saying 'Oh yippee we can go home to our house' (the family home in Tasmania) and the aftermath of disappointment because we aren't (even I wanted to cry because we're not) they are now not happy that we need to move, at least school will be back so it 'should' be a bit easier on the day without them. Oh well these things happen I guess.

I digress sorry

I collected the big girlie's from school as they had dancing, and decided to cheer myself up with a trip to the LPS, where I purchased (used my gift voucher) the fabric for Anni Downs, An Angel Story quilt. I have been wanting to do this quilt for a while and one of next years projects is to do Anni's A Christmas Story quilt and have it ready FOR CHRISTMAS 2009, fingers crossed.

Here are my fabrics, I am using homespun for the angels backgrounds and 15 assorted prints, and the brown (under the floss) is for their shoes and hair. SO today's job is to start stitching :)

My WIP pile is expanding quickly

I have in various stages of completion

1 bed runner for Mum (almost ready to applique the paper peicing onto the background)

2 queens sized quilt 'Stars Above' for master bedroom

3 Little Bluebirds BOM (2 months behind, bad I know)

4 Noah and friends

5 Dear Baby Jane (3 down, 262 to go lol)

6 Sampler quilt (being quilted)

and in the To Do Pile is (fabric and pattern)

1 Girlie # 2's blue quilt

2 Girlie # 3's 'Simply Shabby Chic' from The Quilted Crow, in Hobart.

4 Mariners Compass lap quilt for dh

5 another master bedroom quilt 'State of Grace'

and

I have 2 wall hangings for the girlie's which just need quilting, think I might do the quilting myself.....

ONE DAY

have a fabulous day whatever you are doing, I am going to sew it's an overcast drizzy day here

Stop.....I wanna get off

this ride.

Had a call from the real estate we rent our house through, the house is going on the market this week, so that means we need to move in mid February to another house. I hate moving house with a passion. I did suggest the girlies and I move home to Tasmania and dh rents a batchelor pad here, but that suggestion wasn't well received lol lol I had to try.

Sigh

all is good though as it means we get to move into town :) so fingers crossed for us that we find a house big enough for us and the furry ones :)

Winners :)

the officals,

(excuse the hair, it HAS now been brushed lol)

drumroll please

the winner of a giant pincushion, the pattern and the lil fabric basket is...............

and the winner of a giant pincushion is......

Congratulations ladies.

Can you please email me your addresses and I'll get them into the post :)

and today frustation for me is this

Yes its my sampler quilt, finally getting quilted.

Have a fabulous day :)