Flower Quilt

There was no wind whatsoever today until I went outside to take this photo. Every time I took a shot the breeze would lift the bottom of the quilt. I was too lazy to go back inside to get the masking tape to hold the quilt flat.

This quilt is a Christmas gift for my younger sister. The floral blocks were made by different people and I've had them packed away since 2004 when the row by row swap finished.

I have shadow quilted around each of the flower sprays, stitched in the ditch around the dark green borders and stippled the cream background.

I still have to make the label and think up a name for the quilt, any suggestions?

Thanks to all who have sent messages and prayers for my mothers, I'm so pleased that they are both on the mend.

Mother's ..... Part 3 & Something Quilty

There is good news and not so good news. My
Mum is fine, nothing showed up in any of the tests she had. Mum-in-law is still in hospital, she has had a shoulder replacement and pin inserted into her arm. At 90 years of age she is finding everything very confusing. We don't know yet whether she will return to the retirement home or have to go into a nursing home. Mum is fine, nothing showed up in any of the tests she had. Mum-in-law is still in hospital, she has had a shoulder replacement and pin inserted into her arm. At 90 years of age she is finding everything very confusing. We don't know yet whether she will return to the retirement home or have to go into a nursing home.

I just love the colour of this rose, my Mum has one in her garden and bought one for me after I admired it. Of course I've forgotten the name of the rose.

This morning I spent an hour mowing some of the lawn, with all the rain last weekend the grass (and weeds) have really taken off.

This is the centre block of the blue quilt I'm making,. At present I'm working on the machine applique of all those little pieces. The centre will measure 36 ' square when completed. The 40 12.5" blocks that make up the rest of the quilt are finished. I might redo one of them though as I'm not completely happy with it.

I've finished quilting the floral row x row, now to trim and do the binding. This will be a Christmas present for my younger sister - the one who pointed out that everyone has a quilt except her.

My Christmas shopping is going very slowly, I have started but only just. Finally decided to give eldest daughter's boyfriend/partner a pair of my hand knitted socks. We don't know him very well and that's all I could think of. What to get for my brother still has me stumped. We do a Kris Kringle for the adults in the family so I only have to think of two gifts.........you'd think it would be easy!

Mother's! cont'd

Both Mums are on the mend. My Mum has had a heap of tests and we're waiting for the results. My Mum-in-law ended up having a cast put on her broken arm and is finding life a little difficult. She is 86 and this fall has taken it's toll. Thanks to all who sent their good wishes.

On a quilty note, I have begun the quilting on the row by row. I had enough background material to do what I wanted to and fingers crossed there will be enough of the dark green for the binding. I'll post a couple of pictures when there's something to look at.

Mother's!

It seems to be the week for both my Mum & my Mum-in-law to have falls. Monday evening my Mum had a fall and is now sporting a couple of very black eyes. She got to have a ride in the ambulance and spent the night in hospital. Every day this week my sister gets to take Mum for various tests etc. I'll be pleased when we know what's going on.

Mum-in-law had a fall in the nursing home yesterday and has broken her arm.....up near the shoulder. They can't put it in plaster so she will be trussed up for the next 6 weeks or so. She is still in hospital. Himself can't go and visit her as he has caught one of the various flu bugs going around and he doesn't want her to get it.

To brighten this up I took a picture of the first bunch of roses I've picked this year.

A Work in Progress (or a UFO?)

After my recent tidy of the stash and finding all these WIP's (works in progress) that some would call UFO's I decided that I should attempt to finish some of them.

This quilt dates back to 2003 when I was in a row by row swap with an online group. When it came home I wasn't sure what to do with it so the rows have been waiting patiently for me to be inspired.

I cut the pansy row into 3 blocks, bordered them and all the other rows with a mottled dark green and this is the result so far. Sorry you can't see the pansies in the top row very well, I couldn't take a picture of the quilt hanging as the top & bottom rows aren't joined yet.

I might just have enough of the cream background fabric for the side borders if not I'll just bind it as is with the dark green.

Thanks to all who have left comments, makes me feel that I'm not talking to myself.

Four Seasons Fall Quilt

Fabric fondling is the best way to calm your nerves after a harrowing experience.

Yesterday I had a face to face confrontation with a metre long tiger snake. Not one of my favourite things to meet.

My day was much improved when I received my fall swap quilt from Dorian in LaGrange Park, Il.

Dorian was also kind enough to enclose some fabric. A very big thank you Dorian for the quilt and the fabric, the quilt is perfect colours for my family room and will be on display for all to see. We're going into summer here but that isn't important.



I also received my 'cream to gold' charms from another swap I'm in.

Wouldn't it be lovely if the postman brought squishy fabric parcels everyday?

I couldn't go to my regular sewing day this week so I've been working on my blue quilt at home, only 6 more blocks and the centre to do and it will be finished. I'm thinking of doing some type of floral applique in the centre. Will complete all the 12" blocks first and see what I think.

A UFO bites the Dust

It has taken 12 months but this table runner is finally finished. All that needed doing was the binding.

I had wanted to do the binding in the maroon, unfortunately I didn't have enough. Working only from the stash can be a bit tricky. To tell the truth I didn't think I had enough of any of the colours used so this poor little table runner has been sitting on the bottom of the UFO pile.

A couple of weeks ago I thought it would be a good idea to tidy up the stash and put all the fabric adorning the dining table, piano and various other bits of furniture back where it belonged.

Much to my surprise I found enough of the cream for the binding, just made it with a 3 inch strip to spare.