Really.....

I am unpicking YET AGAIN

Sheesh will I ever get these blocks made

They are supposed to have the 2 dark triangles at the top, so why did I put the light triangles at the top....

Reverse Sewing Marathon

that was my day,

I am working on Block 4 of Civil War Journals

and yesterday I started to sew the remaining 9 blocks

all was going fabulously until I realised that instead of sewing theses

I had sewn these

and today my ironing board portable work space

looks like this :(

I unpicked 144 pieces of fabric and then re-sewed them

the correct way..... 

Ugh its been a while since I have had a day like that!

Road Trip

Yesterday a very good friend and I took a road trip

interstate.....to Victoria

why I hear you ask, well to visit 2 lovely

patchwork stores in Orbost

I didn't buy much really

these are my purchases

I need to make the reindeer, how cute is he

and Sophie informed me, she NEEDS to make

the snowman

this yummy pattern, by a NZ designer

she also had a a very delicious table runner,

but there were none left :(  so I will visit her web site

and order direct from her

a new clover blue pen, dh asked why I only

bought 1, but she only had 1, and some new needles

I love these needles for appliqué

I found this very cute little sign and it just had to come

home with me

and backing fabric for 'Erin's Quilt'

Sewing wise, 

the centre of my Civil War Journals is together

after avoiding night time sewing all week, I started the appliqué

on Month 3 of Butterfly Garden last night

I have 1.5 flowers left to stitch down

this morning I got block 4 ready for tonight while I watch

The Paradise on ABC1 and Messiah on Foxtel

Henrycat is busy supervising, he has made himself a sleeping

spot on my shelves, he can't possibly miss out 

and the embroided blocks of month 3 

Another Finish

Yesterday I had coffee with a very dear friend and she 

showed me a bag she had made, to say I was in love with 

her bag was an understatement

so she lent me her pattern, and in between

golf lessons, homework, cooking dinner

cleaning up after dinner, organising the girlies

for today, showers and MKR

I too have my own bag

Ta Da

Cheryl's Diamond Bag

fabric was Neptune jelly roll

it only uses 13 strips from the jelly roll

so today after I finish sewing the blocks for

month 2 of the Civil War Journals quilt

I am going to use the remaining strips to 

make a Chevron runner for my shelves.

I am also going to make another bag from

a Shangri-La  jelly roll but with much

shorter handles.

I LOVE my bag.

OPAM finish

its only a little finish, but a finish none the less

March SAL pincushion

now to get back to my Civil War Journals Quilt

Todays Sewing

It was nice to have a tidy organised sewing room today

so I got busy making some Bee Blocks.

I have joined a quilting Bee or 2 on Facebook, and

to date have made 6 blocks

here are the 2 blocks I made today

This lady gave us the choice of 2 tutorials I made 1 of each  block

design for her

I will admit I have struggled as the ladies are all wanting

bright, modern fabrics, 1 asked for selvedges....

and as I rarely use brights, nor do I keep selvedges or scraps its been

interesting

this block was foundation pieced, I love Foundation piecing

tonight I have stitched the band for the March SAL project,

a pincushion, I have cut the top and bottom squares, now

I just need to sew it all together.

I guess I should get back to Butterfly Garden tomorrow night, and

I need to finish the first months blocks for my 

Civil War Journals quilt......

why do I feel like I have my fingers in too many projects

Re-Arranging the Sewing Cave

it was uber cluttered and I couldn't find

anything so today I asked 2 girlies what they were

doing and when their reply was nothing....

I got them busy. We have unpacked cupboards and shelves

re organised plastic tubs of fabrics

we have moved shelves and cupboards

and moved them again.

My one issue was my design wall. In our house in

Tasmania and the house we lived in when we first

arrived in Eden, I had a full wall for my design wall

in this house I didn't, I had a quarter wall......

well I almost have a full design wall again

here is my new and improved sewing cave, please

excuse the floor, I haven't vacuumed it yet

looking in from the doorway

see my design wall......

my design wall, with the centre block for

Aunt Grace's Circle of Friends, Butterfly Garden,

Mum's quilt, 2 Bee Blocks and my hexagons

this shelf unit used to stand upright,

dh suggested we flip it on its side and I must say it was

a fabulous idea, I can see a narrow shelf topper in my

immediate future :)

Dh also took the door off my Horn cabinet, as there was 

no room to stand at my cutting table when it was open

suits me to a tee as my sewing machine had mm to spare

whenever it had to be put away in the cabinet

my cutting table, back in the corner with my rulers

hanging again 

& all my little quilts, I still have to find room

for another 3 small quilts

this black box is cause of all my lack of wall

space issues, sadly I can't move it as its got something to do 

with the Port believe me if I could move it would be

out in the sunroom not in my sewing room