Weekly Update

Henrycat tried so hard to make himself comfortable

as I was doing some quilting on Saturday afternoon

Saturday night he worked out if he hopped under he could stay in comfort

My thumb was so painful from the needle so I invested in some of

these rubber things, they do have a technical name but I call them

'bank teller' thimbles

Getting closer every day to having Green Tea and Sweet Beans

finished

the last block to be quilted

dh was surprised when I showed him the back

stitching the borders began this week

I have echo stitched all four borders first round is coloured then 2 rows of

ecru, its looking so good

still going, this was yesterday

henry in recovery mode, I accidentally shut him in the shower at 8:30 and

then found him again at 11:30, he wasn't a happy camper and this is how 

he recovered

another back shot

the final border to be quilted

I love how the flowers pop out.

Green Tea and Sweet Beans 

Pattern by Jen Kingwell

Fabric is all from my stash

Border fabric is Riley Blake

Hand Quilted using a crewel needle and

Valdani 8 thread ~ light pink, blocks and border leaves

Pearle Cotton 8 ~ Ecru, border

Verigated Orange, borders only

Finca 8 Orange, blocks

Oren Bayan 8 in hot pink, blocks & border flower heads

Wadding Matildas Own Wool/Poly blend 

it took 

13 weeks to complete  the top 

2 weeks of hand quilting

100% made by hand

Binding TBA

Last Week/This Week

Monday I ate Malteasers, drank almost cold coffee and read Sundays paper

I worked on some blocks for The Circle Game

I made some templates for more blocks for The Circle Game

I fondled some gorgeous fabrics that came to live with me, 

Gardenvale by Jen Kingwell and True Colours by Tula Pink

I worked on another block for The Circle Game

and finished it

On Friday I was given a very quick lesson on hand quilting at my sewing group

and Im still quilting away at night

Saturday and Sunday were spent at a soccer tournament, I was official scorer, so while the games were on I kept on stitching

This really tickled my fancy on Sunday morning as we were headed to soccer at 7:30am

Sunday afternoon saw Henry take up residence on my lap, under my quilt, its rather tricky to hand quilt with a cat on your lap

but I persevered

making good progress, this was Monday

The quilt inspector doing his job

Mondays amazing Sunset, we don't usually see the sunset here at our house

I will be honest I laughed, a lot at this

yesterday I took a trip to Bega for template plastic and some more pearl 8 cotton, the shop had just changed the brand of the pearl cotton they sell and have 3 baskets full of cottons being sold for $2 a ball, I decided to introduce some orange into my quilt, I will be going back to buy all the colours

I have half of the quilt, quilted as of today (Thursday 10/6)

today I cleaned up my sewing room, sorted fabrics and filled a basket of scrap pieces 

they are now being cut so I can make scrap vortex quilt

My week in Pictures

the centre of the Amitie Mystery Bom is done, I need to add the eyes and legs to the birds though

I started to work on The Circle Game again, its been untouched since I attended Jen Kingwells class in Ballarat in March at The Cotton Factory, 

block 15

the centre is complete, stitched in a motel in Batemans Bay

and finished last night when I finally got home

I had the essentials packed on Saturday morning, computer, paperwork and stitching, I had to travel to Batemans Bay for a Soccer Meeting Saturday afternoon, I also remembered to take clothes, phew

My waterfront views, minus the waterfront, not happy Wotif

when are hotels going to stop providing their clients with this god awful excuse for coffee, I ate their biccies though while I drank the coffee I bought from home in the mug I also travelled with.

I had a big Aldi Shop, a shop in Kmart, then drove home in the dark. I slept so well last night I didn't even wake up in time to get the girls ready for school but I was up in time to see them go to school.

Its another Soccer Meeting tonight, so no stitching, its freezing cold here today so I am about to sit down with a coffee under a quilt in front of the fire and do some stitching before I have to get dinner and head out for my meeting

Until next week :)

Another Week(s) in Pictures

Knowing I was so close to finishing Bring Me Flowers, I started to prep months 2,3 & 4 of the  Amitie Mystery Bom whichI had been collecting for 4 months

Month 2 all prepped and ready to stitch

My finished Bring Me Flowers top 

Steam Punk progress, 29 blocks made

Month 2 blocks finished they are all hand pieced

I started working on Month 3, more hand pieced blocks, they are all finished too

Sunday my Mama's Singer Sewing Table arrived, along with an antique Oak Table that was my grandmas

Month 1 of the Mystery Bom stitched together and on the background

I've prepped Birds and Flowers which was month 5 of the Mystery Bom

Birdie number 1, needs an eye and legs embroidered on

We've had PSSA Soccer, the girls are off to Queanbeyan next we think

Ive had happy mail in the form of 2 patterns, Jen Kingwells new pattern, I'm a Farmers Daughter

and Karen Cunninghams Irish Circles, and I am impatiently waiting for the postie to deliver fat quarter bundles of Tula Pink's True Colours and Jen Kingwell's 1st fabric range Gardenvale

a flower

another bloom

and birdie number 2

birdie number 3 and more flowers

I have 1 more birdie and 2 more flowers and I am up to date with the Mystery Bom

I'm got a busy couple of days ahead of Soccer Meetings, I am heading up the coast on Saturday for the night to attend a Big Wig soccer meeting, then home Sunday night and off to our local associations monthly meeting on Monday night. Its lucky I love my soccer playing kids