Four Seasons, Step One

This is the first installment of my autumn/fall quilt

I have come up with an idea and I hope it works.

Today I selected all the fabrics that I want to use, this is going to be a scrappy little quilt.

Except for the borders and binding each fabric will only be used once.

Four Seasons

Sometimes I wonder what I've gotten myself into. Last night I received my partner in this swap. After looking at her blog all my previous ideas have been thrown out the window......... back to the drawing board.

Had a quick look through some books and online and have a glimmer of an idea. We'll see how it goes.

Landscape Swap

As you can see the landscape wall hanging has progressed slowly. I have done a little more than is shown here.

Still trying to decide how to frame/border this quilt.

I'm feeling quite pleased that my better half recognised what it is supposed to be.

It has been very windy, last night 2 trees were blown down, tomorrow if it isn't too wet we will go and retrieve some more firewood.

Quilt Swap - Four Seasons

Thanks to Sheila for the help with adding the Four Seasons blog logo. We are both joining in this swap and I'm looking forward to the challenge. Hopefully I'll be able to get all four mini quilts completed.
I'll keep you posted.

Landscape Swap

This is one of my current projects, it is a wall hanging for a swap with one of my online groups. I have until December to get it finished. I'm trying to be organised and get it done ahead of time. I'm working from a photo looking up the valley from our eastern boundary. I'm interested in how it will finally turn out. I'm not very good at sticking to my original plans, quilts always seem to take on a mind of their own.

Winter Post Cards

Sorry these pics of the winter themed postcards that I made aren't the best. I was playing around with discharge dyeing and this is the result. The darker strips on the left of the postcards are what the fabric colour was originally, a black with grey/white spots and a navy homespun. I placed leaves from a daisy bush onto the fabric and then sprayed it with a diluted bleach solution.
Some of the fabrics I used didn't change colour at all, rather disappointing that, lol.

A Drive in the Country

Yesterday the man of the house decided we should go out, we seem to have been spending a lot of time around home lately, gardening and working on the shed.









We ended up going to Warburton and having a delicious morning tea at the 'Patchwork Teahouse' . This was my first visit there and it is a delightful shop. I'll have to go back and do a little retail therapy when I'm with like minded quilters.

The road did not have a lot of traffic and we managed to spot a lyrebird as we drove along. It's a lovely trip driving through the forest of gums and tree ferns.

A visit to the Tourist Information Centre and Museum was very interesting. I hadn't realised how many floods there have been over the years.

With the bush fires earlier this year and then all the rain we've had recently, the town water in Warburton and surrounding areas is unfit to drink. The local council have a number of large water tanks placed in public areas all clearly marked as 'drinking water'.