FNSI

Its the Friday Night Sew In tonight so I am working on

getting everything ready to participate.

I am working on a UFO tonight, I just have the centre block to

applique then I can put it together

SO I have cut out 16 desgran plates and the centre circle

then I need to make 4 baby dresdan flowers, stems and leaves

and of course Henrycat had to assist

what the finished quilt will look like

and Henry testing out the centre

he is lucky I love him :)



Sidetracked.....

But I did finish Em's quilt before I got sidetracked

see

I finished it late last night, folded it up and popped it into

the linen cupboard, after she went to school today I put it on her bed

she was very suprised this afternoon

My Pies and Tarts all finished

1 block left of my New York Beauty I was supposed to do it today

but this is what sidetracked me,

a little quilt,

Civil war Basket Quilt

all I need to do is stitch the binding down......

I love it and can't wait to make the next one :)

I joined Katheen Tracy's Small Quilts yahoo group

this is March, I am waiting for a book to arrive so I can

make January and February's quilts...

Hurry up postman!

Getting my haircut tomorrow and in the afternoon I wil get the last

NYB block done.



Progress Reports

Progress  Report # 1

I went and spoke to Imogens teacher yesterday and

I am thrilled to say that my

sensitive, gentle, quiet little bean took it upon

herself to speak to him, without me there

he has spoken to 1 of the boys concerned

and still needs to speak to the other, in a hurry

because she told me today he and another 2 boys

were bullying her again today, so she went and told

her teacher again, hopefully there will be some

consequences this time.

Progress Report # 2.

I am offically EXCITED actually beyond

EXCITED

we are moving house.....to the other side of town

to the House on the Hill

the Harbour Masters house becomes vacant next month

and we are moving in.

YIPPEE

Progress Report # 3

I am still sewing down binding on

Em's quilt, it seems to be taking soooooo

much longer than any other quilt

but I must keep going, I promised dh

I would have it finished before he gets home on

Thursday

He is at The Australian Maritime College

doing a refresher course in the Ship Simulator

lucky bugger is staying at my mum and dads too

Hopefully the binding will be finished tonight

tomorrow I will share a photo and share the next

New York Beauty block I did today.



2 OPAM finishes

Yes TWO quilts are finished

that means I have 1 possibly 2 sneaky nights of binding left

and my to do list is done....for now

Now I am no professional quilter, but I will have a bash, on MY quilts

to get the hang of other designs instead of just stippling every quilt I do

In My Garden was my victim,

I love the dodgy design I used on the border

LOVE that design

and hindsight is wonderful I SHOULD have stitched in the ditch

around all the applique blocks BEFORE I quilted it, but that would have left

me with the how do I get it on the frame correctly dilemma, but its finished

its 100% made by me and I love it

and my Pies and Tarts

LOVE IT 

As soon as the quilt holder uperers are home from school, I will share

full photos, I have to go and see Miss I's teacher today as she is

being bullied and it needs to stop.

She is very sensitive and takes things to heart and I don't need these

2 boys destroying what little self confidence she has in herself

wish me luck....

Finally

I cleared off Franks table

Ironed the wadding bond stuff onto my 2 pieces of wadding

love that stuff

made sure the backing fabric I dug out of my stash would suit, ironed

the backing and the P&T top

found some Rasant thread to match the top and the backing

LOVE all the circles on the back of the top

fought for an hour to get it all onto Frank the CORRECT way

took me 2 attempts

and decided just to stipple it, I love to stipple

mid way through quilting

I had it finished in 2 hours, broke 1 needle, used 4 bobbins of thread

and a said a few unladylike words :)

now I am ready to tackle In My Garden, its on Frank ready to go

I am going to use the same thread for quilting I used on the

Pies and Tarts

I can see a big OPAM tally happening, once the P&T and

In My Garden are quilted and bound, I have to stitch the binding

onto Miss Em's quilt, she has been so patient, and I want to suprise her

with it all finished and on her bed so it will be sneaky night time stitching

sessions when she is asleep until its done

fingers crossed its a 3 quilt finish for me :)

New York Beauty

Block 1 is finished

I am not sure about the black I think I should have used a

darker Batik but I am happy with

how its turned out

Bring on block 2



Surfs Up

& its raining again

 the naughty puppy is loving it, he is  inside today!

I had to get a few things from the supermarket, so I took my camera

and drove to 'our' beach, a 300m walk from our house

this is what I found

no beach left, we walk the naughty puppy here each day

(if its not raining) and I watched the waves wash over

the embankment taking dirt back with it.

this is where we take the girlies swimming, usually its very calm and protected

and hubby dives around that rock thats poking out

then I went to Aislings Beach

the surfs up

another of hubbys dive spots

no beach at Aislings today either

I am heading to my sewing room today to finish my New York Beauty blocks

then sew some more Granny Squares.

Hubby is going to help me load my Pies and Tarts onto Frank at

lunchtime, I would like to make a start on that today too.

luckily it is PERFECT SEWING weather :)