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

My Week in Pictures

                     

                           

I stitched all the stems on Bring Me Flowers that I had missed

                           

The final four alternate blocks for Bring Me Flowers, which I had to reverse sew 

and re-stitch so they were right 

                           

I've made good progress on my Steam Punk blocks

                           

Bring Me Flowers at the start of the sewing together marathon

                           

Just needs its borders

                           

More Steam Punk blocks

                         

                         

1 border down, 3 to go to finish Bring Me Flowers

 (I have 2 borders to go as of today)

                         

2 borders waiting to be sewn together

                         

I sourced this gorgeous pattern, it's called Irish Circles 

and is by Karen Cunningham, I'll be ordering it this week

                         

Another steam punk block missing it's centre circle though, 

and there is another block finished no photo of it yet though 

I think that takes my Steam Punk block tally to 28

                         

The beginnings of Jen Kingwells 2014 mystery BOM run by 

Amitie Textiles which I have been collecting

                         

And some more of month 1

                         

All stitched together (and unironed) today while I was on the sidelines at soccer

                                   

I found this fabulous book/magazine before soccer, 

there are a couple of projects I want to make

                       

and that's my week in pictures, 

I wonder if I'll get as much done this week

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