HOUSE OF MARGARITA

Remember George

2012-01-27T16:34:00.000+11:00

Well this little cutie is the new owner of those bibs. Gosh she is cute, but I may be biased.

Yesterday I got busy

2012-01-17T11:00:00.001+11:00

I finally got to work yesterday and did the binding on these two (yes two) quilts, I have had them quilted for ages, and they just sat there and waved at me every so often to remind me to finish them. Well yesterday they finally waved hard enough and they are done. I machine stitch the binding to the back of the quilt and then use a fancy stitch to sew them down at the front.

The top quilt will go to my Son in Tasmania to be raffled/ auctioned, I am not sure which it was now. The pattern for the cats came from here, it was last years free BOM. The irish chain was my way of fitting them all in together. It is a lot brighter in real life.

The Black one is all Scaps, and out of my head, sort of made it up as I went along. I went through all my bits and anything that was 2 1/2 inches or bigger went into it. I had so many I did the back as well. To be honest I am not sure whether I like the back or the front better. The back is the one with more black. It was a bit of fun (not) to get it all straight on my frame so that I did not miss any of the colour, but it all worked out fine in the end.

George is modelling for me today

2012-01-15T17:35:00.002+11:00

And isn't he cute. These are the baprons that I have made for my lovely granddaughter. I sure hope they fit her as well as they fit George. The first one in the middle row is the back of one. I only made five, and to make the picture come out right we needed six photos.

The Bapron

2012-01-14T18:37:00.000+11:00

Look what I found on Craftiness is Not Optional, click here if you would like to try it too, take hardly any time to make and it is soo cute. I have two made so far and another three to go.

Eli's quilt

2012-01-02T20:59:00.001+11:00

And finally the quilt for my nephew for his birthday is done.

2011-12-19T10:56:00.001+11:00

A Dress each for my Granddaughters in Tasmania, and seeing I was at it I also made some for the newest Granddaughter. I bought the T-shirts and added skirts.

I know this is not sewing, but I am so impressed with this flower, I have had the plant in a pot for going on 15 years, and it has never done anything, and now it is flowering

A Bag for someone special, the pattern is for the Rivendale Collection by Sally Giblin and is called "Dilly-Dally-Daisy.

The next Sentimental Journey Block, with a bit of a twist, this is not exactly the way it was supposed to be, I like to change this a bit.

And last but not least a bag made out of a tie. This was from the Learning Fibre Arts Yahoo Group.

EQ7 BOM

2011-11-16T17:56:00.002+11:00

November Novelty, the latest block of the month from EQ. Very easy to make, the hardest part was choosing the fabric.

Sentimental Journey

2011-11-16T17:54:00.002+11:00

Here are the first three blocks of the Sentimental Journey.

My Jewel quilt

2011-11-16T17:48:00.003+11:00

I have come to a stand still, I have run out of black, and have only a small bit of the coloured fabric left, so for the time being my Jewel quilt is hanging on my curtains, I look at it each time I come past, and it still has not come to me what might be next.
I was going to put four borders on, one bright ( a solid colour) and then black and then the original fabric that I used plus another black. The only problem with that is that there is just not enough fabric left. My daughter thinks I should make diamonds all the way round, but I am not convinced. We will see.

Kaleidoscope

2011-11-10T16:35:00.001+11:00

My daughter sent me this picture today and I just had to share it. She made it on her mobile phone. There is no way I could cut this one up.

I just had to put this up straight away

2011-11-04T13:05:00.002+11:00

It is turning out beautifully, three rows together and I have to show it off, this is the centre of the quilt, it will be over 6 foot square when I am done. I am just taking the blocks as they come, all my previous ones I have picked and moved and then moved again, this time it is come as they are.

Continuing on

2011-11-03T19:13:00.010+11:00

4 of these
8 of these
4 of these

32 blocks like this with three coloured bits.

12 blocks like this

So I made 13 blocks like this and there are also four plain black ones. This is a total of 81 blocks, I now have to add the little triangles to four sides of each block, some will get coloured ones and some will be black. I am working on one row of blocks at a time, starting with the middle.

What's happening at my place

2011-11-03T17:59:00.005+11:00

A few weeks ago I was going through my stash looking for something, I did not find it, instead I found this.

I remember buying it ages ago, there was about 5 metres in the piece.

So, as I had found it again I took a photo of it and had a play in EQ7.

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This is what I came up with, The white section is the coloured bit and the dark is the black.

Sentimental Journey

2011-10-25T09:43:00.001+11:00

I have also made the next block for Sentimental Journey, but as you can see it became two blocks, I made the big one, then realised it was supposed to be smaller. I goofed!!!!!!!

So now the big one will become a cushion cover to go with the quilt.

It is a long time since I posted

2011-10-25T09:35:00.004+11:00

I haven't been totally idle, I just haven't been posting, somehow it all seemed to hard to bother. Anyway, here are a few tops that I have completed.

The black one is going to bed double sided, I have the coloured squares all sewn together and I ran out of black, as I am that far from Spotties, it has to wait for another day.

And this one is for a raffle for my Grandchildrens dance studio.

Both have to wait till I get my frame out again to be quilted. At the moment my frame lives under my bed.

Vicki from

2011-10-25T09:30:00.004+11:00

The Pickledish Patch has a great give away, you can win your very own copy of EQ7. This is a wonderful program so that you can design your own quilts. If you click on the little picture it will take you to Vicki's blog. Good Luck.

Syverkstan Quilts

2011-09-04T19:46:00.002+10:00

I have also been making a cat quilt, the pattern is from Syverkstan Quilts Here is Cat number 7, (its the only one that is nearly done, still needs eyes and nose) This is going to be a raffle quilt for my Son.

Sentimental Journey

2011-09-04T19:38:00.003+10:00

A few months ago Cheryl and I decided to do another quilt BOM, we chatted Vicki and now it is happening on our forum, A few other lovely ladies have joined in as well. I drew mine up in EQ7 so that I could play with the colours, the first picture is a photo of the finished block, if you look closely you will notice that I mixed up the colours from what it was supposed to be with my EQ mock-up, but it turned out OK.

Nappy bag

2011-08-23T14:41:00.003+10:00

My new Grand daughter needed a nappy bag, so I got to work, I sewed, unpicked, changed my mind, sewed unpicked and changed my mind again.

I was thinking on calling this bag my "Changed my mind Bag" because it happened so often.

Instead it is Penny's Bag.

It has a total of sixteen pockets, because Penny's mum wanted lots of them.

The outside was two fat quarters (the pinks) cut into three inch strips and the Green to give it a bit of zing.

I then cut six inches off the bottom and made that into the outside pockets.

The inside lining is the pale green check, wit the pink stripe being the base and internal pockets, I made the inside pockets a little big so lots of "stuff" would fit inside them, then put elastic in the top for a little gather.

As I said previously, an awful lot of mind changing.

18th August 2011

2011-08-23T14:18:00.004+10:00

Today my newest Grand daughter made her entrance into the world, Penelope Marie weighed in at 7 1/2 pounds. Toni-Marie and Mark did a good job I think

a few other things

2011-08-18T21:39:00.002+10:00

The Orchid that I found growing nicely outside in a pot

And I made a couple of Toilet bags too

Woohoo

2011-08-18T21:31:00.002+10:00

This afternoon my oldest daughter gave birth to Penelope Marie, I have been busy sewing in preparation for her arrival. At the moment I am attempting to make a nappy bag for her, I am making it up as I go, doesnt look too bad (yet)

Here is the cot quilt I made, I will now have to make the label for it, now that I have a name to put on it.

What my younger Daughter can do if she tries

2011-08-06T16:00:00.002+10:00

Isn't it gorgeous?

I am so excited

2011-07-26T19:07:00.002+10:00

I have finally won something, which is a real rarity with me, only happens once in a blue moon or so.
But what is even more exciting is that I have won two things in the last few days. A DVD from Disney, from Samelia's Mum's blog and from Gabi at Bee-Inspired a lovely little hand made Sewing Kit.

Woohooo, if I knew how to put a little person dancing on here I would.

Thanks so much to both of you, The DVD will go to my Grandson who will soon have a little sister and the Sewing Kit, well it is going to be MINE.

Baby Stuff

2011-07-26T18:59:00.001+10:00

I am soo pleased how this turned out, I was a little bit worried that I would not get the face looking as nice as it should, but the little bear has turned out so cute. I hand appliqued the bear and her pillow, and just quilted very close to the edge of it, the outside squares all have a "z" through them, thought it fitted with the sleeping.

This is for my new granddaughter. (When she arrives that is)

A Cushion Cover

2011-07-14T12:59:00.003+10:00

I found a pattern on the net on doing flying geese in a circle, click here, I really wanted to try it, and I had heaps of black so that became the background, I used scraps (again) as the geese themselves. When it was finished I decided I had to make something out of it, so after digging a bit I found more scraps of the same fabric and got just enough to make the border and the prairie points.

I am happy with it, I used a pale blue heavier than normal thread (sorry no idea what it was there was no label and I have had it forever) as the quilting thread and went 1/4 inch off the ditch.

I really like the pattern, but it is a lot of fiddling and there is a lot of wastage.

Another Baby quilt

2011-07-14T12:51:00.003+10:00

I have finished the pink scrap floor quilt for my new arrival, only thing left to do is put a name on.

Here is the back of it. All done in little bits of left over flannellette

And here is the front, the colours are not true in the photo, the outside border is done in purples and yellows and the corner stones ar red.

Caught up

2011-06-13T10:56:00.002+10:00

I have finally caught up with all those quilt tops that have been sitting round taking up space in my stash. The last one was finished yesterday. This was an attempt to get rid of my blue scraps, unfortunately it only got rid of the bigger bits, still heaps more in the box.

Still stitchin'

2011-06-08T10:48:00.003+10:00

First of all an update on the floor quilt for the new baby, I have all the rows sewn together and three out of the five have the back binding sewn down. At this point I ask myself is it worth not having to quilt it afterwards when I have to sew all those little half inch strips down by hand?
Frustrating !!
I think I will go over them later on with the machine and one of the fancy stitches, this quilt will be washed over and over so I don't want the stitching to come undone.

The front view of it, after a lot of consideration I went for green sashing, also out of the scrap bag, the green one this time.
I tried really hard not to use the same colour twice. I have all the across bits cut ready to go as well.

This quilt has been hanging around for ages, the centre hung on my curtain, here beside me for ages, because I could not decide what came next.

Then when I finally got it completed, the quilting frame was not set up, so it hung around some more, and then when I set up the frame I only set it for two metres, so it would not fit on, finally last week I decided that enough was enough and extended the frame and finished this one off.

My son has claimed this one, but I am waiting for his 20th birthday to give it to him. It is huge, I can hold it off the ground, just if I stand on tiptoe. I have only put thick fleecy fabric on the back of this one, so nice and warm yet fairly light weight.

And last but definitely not least the rest of last years swap blocks from my forum. The photo does not do it justice, the colours are much nicer in real life. This one ended up on my bed last night because it has and is so cold here at the moment.

Last Years Sampler

2011-06-03T17:23:00.004+10:00

This is the remaining blocks from last years sampler, I made a lot of these blocks twice, once for my swap partner and once again for me in their colours.

Here is the photo that would not go into the last entry.

2011-06-01T14:10:00.003+10:00

Obviously something went wrong, anyway it has magically appeared here, These are all my pins that I use on the frame, and as the frame is packed up, the pins needed to be decorative.

What a mess

2011-05-31T21:11:00.004+10:00

Today I finished quilting the last of the 9 quilts that were in the line up, and since then I have taken down the frame and returned my bedroom to a bedroom. But out here where I sit and sew and play on the "Puter" it is a grand old mess.

Starting with my desk, which is also my cutting table, I have a pile of papers that need to be sorted into recycling and keeping, under that is my current pink scrap quilt spread out ready to be joined, and then on top of that I have plonked the Janome 1600 so I can clean it before I put it away. Beside that I have a box full of thread and bobbins also looking to be put away, then a tray of pins that my DD designed into a beautiful yellow flower ( which she says I am not allowed to deconstruct) and then there is a pile of books that are to go to Vinnies.

Beside me is the ironing board, with a pile of ironed green scraps on it that will be the joining bits for the QAYG pink quilt, and beside that is yesterdays finished quilt, that my DS has claimed as his.
This quilt needs binding and then I will take a photo.

Today's finished quilt is behind me on my horn cabinet sort of covering the sewing machine. behind that is the rest of the pile of green bits, that were also ironed, but now need doing again.

Sigh!!!!!!

And tomorrow it is the Dentist..........sigh some more

My Lovely DD said I should add a photo here, so here it is.

Row by Row 2010

2011-05-26T15:34:00.003+10:00

Last year Cheryl and I did a monthly Row by Row, I have finally quilted it and made it into a single doona cover.

I have finally done it.

2011-05-26T15:23:00.002+10:00

I have had EQ6 and now EQ7 for quite a while, I play with it pretty much daily, but have never totally designed a quilt on it and made it, I have made portions and then made the quilt and then drawn it in EQ but never in the right direction until now.

So here is my original design.

And here is the quilt. The colours are not exact, but it is all there.

Wonder if this means I am now a designer.
(Of Sorts) LOL I am quite proud of myself, and the quilt looks really good in real life, The photography could be better (Robyn) but there was too much shade on the clothes line with the sun behind me.

This is my "Man Quilt" Not sure which "Man" it will go to yet.

Whats Happening here now

2011-05-22T12:51:00.003+10:00

My oldest Daughter is having a baby, and I wanted to make a floor quilt for our newest addition. So...... as we know the baby is a girl, pink it is. I got out my pink scrap bag and here is the result, the nine centre blocks are Crazy Patchwork, the outer rows are just on the diagonal. Each block at the moment is 7" square, I will trim them all down to 6 1/2.

The big question at the moment is what colour to join them all with, I have audition brown and blue, but I am still not sure which it should be if either.

Catastrophe

2011-05-19T21:09:00.003+10:00

When I finished making the bag below, I decided then and there to make one for me, but in my colours, ( in other words in Blue), So off I went to my fat quarters draw, and .........the rotten mice had got into it and had a party.

I was so upset, anyway to make a long story short 4 days later they are all washed and ironed again. I haven't been game to put them back in the drawers, so they are all sitting on the desk here looking at me.

Photo is of them all on the clothes line.

Needless to say I have not made or even started to make the bag yet.

Another Bag

2011-05-19T21:01:00.002+10:00

I have been making another Bag for Craft Quarters . This was such a fun little bag to make. I am pretty sure that I will make myself one of these soon.

The Bag is called Dilly-Dally Daisy and is designed by Sally Giblin.

Still in a slump but.....

2011-05-02T09:56:00.004+10:00

I just have no inspiration at the moment, and no inclination to do any sewing either. But I have managed to finish my bed runner/ table runner and get it quilted. The photo is a little washed out for some reason (must be the photographers fault) and I have also done a close up of the sashing, I discovered a use for all those fancy stitches on my machine. I sew the sashing to the back of the quilt and then stitch on the front.

Bed Runner

2011-04-14T15:44:00.003+10:00

I had a heaps of Batik bits left over, so when I saw this pattern I just had to try it, it is going to be a runner for the back of a bed, next will be a small black border, and then........not sure yet, I will work it out as I go. Nothing like working it out when I get there, I very rarely use a pattern now a days.

Todays happenings

2011-04-14T15:25:00.003+10:00

Our wood shed is full, don't have to worry about winter now, it is that full that the chopping block is outside the door. Jade our youngest poodle is standing guard.

Not much happening

2011-04-14T15:13:00.004+10:00

It has been one of those weeks, I have had no inspiration at all in the actual sewing feild, I have however been "playing" with my EQ7 and come up with a few potentials. The first two are for my neice, I havent got the right shades for them yet and the centre will be slightly different, she wants purple. The two bottom ones I am going to try (one day) to make.

Two Dollars worth of quilt

2011-04-06T17:46:00.003+10:00

Last year while browsing at Vinnies I found some blue fabric all bits and also some bright yellow, it cost me $2 altogether, so after a little figuring I made it into a quilt. This is for my Poodles, they love getting under something warm at night, and I really don't like sharing with them, so now they have their own.

That is four of the quilts done, I have one more small one and then I will have to extend the frame or get very innovative

New Shop

2011-04-06T09:54:00.001+10:00

There is a lovely new shop opened. All sorts of wonderful Fabric. Check it out here It is called Raggedy Station

Medallion Round Robin for 2010

2011-04-03T11:51:00.001+10:00

I have finally finished my medallion for last year, all it needs now is the label sewn on (when I find it). It turned out really lovely, it is a little darker in real life.

I am on a roll

2011-03-31T21:18:00.003+11:00

Another quilt finished. This one is from the Charm Square swap from my craft forum. I added a few other blocks because I wanted to make my quilt a little bigger, I has turned out just big enought for a table cloth or a lap quilt.

Mini March Baltimore Block

2011-03-28T11:37:00.001+11:00

Here is my 4 1/2 inch square block of the Baltimore BOM that I am doing this year.

Notice Board

2011-03-27T17:21:00.003+11:00

Yesterday and today I have been working on making a notice board. While I have been cleaning up and getting rid of stuff, and I am by no means done, I found this old frame that I had been saving to put something in, well it is finally used. I did make this for my daughter, but she tells me it is too big for her space, so it is now mine. I found a block I liked "Schoerock Cross" fiddled with it a bit and here it is.

Carpenter's Square

2011-03-27T17:03:00.004+11:00

I have already posted a photo of this in the making, here it is complete.

I saw this block on someones Blog, and I can't find where it was now, ( so I apologise profusely to the lovely lady who helped me make it) Anyhow it is done now and quilted. I did have a little trouble with it because I had to make two of the blocks different to the other two so that all the lines matched up, but it all worked well in the end. I am very happy with it, and it is the size for a bassinet or a cot quilt.

My Three Seam quilt

2011-03-12T15:20:00.002+11:00

Remember that 3 seam block, well it has become bigger, I used a charm pack to do the centre and went on from there. I can't remember the name of the charm pack, and there is no more of it, so now I will have to find something else to go with the centre. The top photo is what I have so far, the other is a print from EQ7 of how I want it to look when it is done. I have the dark brown fabric and the lighter one picked out, but nothing for the outer border just yet. It is just sort of falling together when I get to the next bit.

I did Something Wrong.

2011-03-12T15:18:00.002+11:00

I have no idea what I did, but I seem to have lost all the posts I got from other bloggers, I used to come in and read them, and they have all disappeared. Guess I will have to do it all over again.

March BOM's

2011-03-12T13:28:00.002+11:00

I now have three BOM's going, this is the first one to get finished this month, it is from the EQ website if you would like to try it you can find it here

The BOM's

2011-03-05T21:38:00.003+11:00

February's BOM's

Batiks

2011-02-25T18:45:00.004+11:00

I bought a whole heap of batiks to make and Amish quilt, and here it is, the colours are a bit brighter than they really are, the photo was taken on a really bright day.

The reason for this quilt is that my friend Cheryl and I do something the same each year, Cheryl in her colours, me in mine. This year it was and Amish pattern. This was supposed to take a little longer than two months, but I just could not stop after I started. So now we have to find something else to do for the next ten months.

Those three seams again

2011-02-25T18:01:00.001+11:00

I really had to make something out of those three seam blocks, so here is the start, the brown centres were the original blocks, the cream centres are where I joined them up.

I had a little chat with my fellow quilter here where I live (wave to Mary) and I think I have now come up with what will be next. I am going to do a little unsewing and then add a brown border.

The little squares are bias and they have to be sewn down a little round the edge so they look like cathedral windows.

A Cushion Cover

2011-02-25T17:50:00.005+11:00

I made a cushion cover out of my three seam block, added a couple of borders to make it a little bigger, made the back out of another three seam block and hey presto a new cushion cover. I took it too the front veranda to take a photo or two and had two poodle come to see what I was doing.

Hello to my new neice

2011-02-25T17:41:00.002+11:00

My Niece had a baby girl on the 6th of February, and today I got the official introduction, A lovely postcard with her name, date of birth and her parents names. On the envelope it came in are two stamps, one with a picture of her on it. I wanted to share this, I have never seen anything like it before, and thought it was so cute.

2011-02-14T19:19:00.003+11:00

I have been doing a few BOM off internet sites, and here they are, both blocks are the January ones, The first one is off the EQ blog site and the other is from Angie's bits and pieces.

Nothing to do with fabric

2011-02-14T19:16:00.003+11:00

I am not sure what to call this position but this is how my son plays the computer, Madison the poodle is helping.

Number three Baby quilt

2011-02-13T14:48:00.003+11:00

Well here is Number three, this is made with Beatrix Potter fabric, my design.

I have made all three of these quilts for a friend of mine who is about to become a great grandmother for the first time, we do not know the sex of the baby, so... more than one quilt was called for.

Another Baby quilt

2011-02-09T21:39:00.002+11:00

This was number one baby quilt, but got delegated to the back burner when inspiration hit and became number two, it is now done. I want to thank Linda from our Craft Forum, for loaning me the pattern. Thanks Linda, it was easy to do, the hardest part was getting to the quilting.

Experimenting

2011-02-07T16:05:00.006+11:00

A couple of days ago while I was blog hopping I came across this block. I instantly had to make it, it is done with just three seams.

I was going to add a link here, but I cant find where I found it (sob) I will try and find it again.

A Day or so Later

I have found the U tube site, but I can't find who it was that directed me there in the first place, so if you want a look see click here

A Pressie for Me.

2011-02-07T15:42:00.002+11:00

Today in the mail I got a brown paper pressie, How exciting, it was even more exciting as my daughter was home and immediatly wanted me to unwrap it, so just to tease her a bit I left it for a whole 5 minutes. ..............And here it is.

Thank you so much Barb, it is great.

Barb has done a great job, she has stitched in places and given my lady real earrings.

Small Treasures

2011-02-01T18:25:00.002+11:00

I have made another quilt top for Craft Quarters, this time with stitcheries, it is a top only.

Visitors in our street

2011-01-25T20:50:00.002+11:00

This morning these two fine gentlemen graced our street with their presence, they were straight over the road from our house. Tonight they are still there somewhere, they sound like they are meowing.

Heffalumps maybe

2011-01-23T23:13:00.002+11:00

Another Baby Boy Quilt, I have a friend who is soon to be a Great Grandma, and she has asked me to make her some cot quilts. This is number two, it is complete.

Baby Boy Quilt

2011-01-23T23:02:00.005+11:00

A Couple of days ago I was blog hopping instead of sewing, and I found this pattern on Quilter in the Pines blog, and I just had to try it. I finished the top this morning, I have been looking at it and trying to decide if it needs something else. The pale blue fabric has little bunnies on it, so I opened up my EQ7 and had a play with putting bunnies in, I am still not sure.

A Cushion Cover

2011-01-14T20:44:00.002+11:00

Since Wednesday we have had builders in our house and unfortunately for me they have to walk straight past my spot. So......... no sewing. I am deprived... Today being Friday they finished off early so I was able to get into it again. When I made the "Splendid Hues Quilt" I had some left over bits, so with a little fiddling and trimming I cam up with this cushion, it looks heaps better in real life. (The shiny bit beside it is a reflection of my rotary cutter on my ruler) I made this this afternoon. I put fleecy fabric inside as wadding and backin all in one.

Splendid Hues

2011-01-07T09:37:00.004+11:00

Last night I finally got all the way round the quilt I have been working on since Christmas, it went together really well, grew extra quick, and then I got to the mitred corners. Well I dont think I will go into that, but let me just say that they are not as easy as I thought. Hand sewing the binding down took ages, mainly because the back itself is sewn to the prairie points and it is fiddly. Anyway here it is.

I forgot to add that this is a kit available thru Craft Quarters The fabric range is from Willmington prints and the pattern is a free one that comes with the fabric, this quilt is the lap size finished about 73" by 73". There is also a queen size on the pattern sheet.

whats new

2011-01-06T09:17:00.002+11:00

Gosh a few days in and already I am not doing well. Let me see........
Tuesday I did no sewing at all, just lots of procastinating. I did buy some new fabric, Batiks.

My friend Cheryl and I are doing an Amish quilt this year and I decided that the batiks were the way to go.

Wednesday I spent ages drawing up leaves for a new baby quilt that is in the works (no photo) and today so far I am cutting out those leaves.

So far so good

2011-01-03T22:05:00.002+11:00

Today is the 3rd of January, and I am still managing to produce something, I have made my blocks for the BOM from Our Craft Forum. I nearly didn't make it as I had problems with the second one printing out the wrong size for the paper piecing

2011

2011-01-02T16:43:00.003+11:00

I am going to try and write down everything I make this year, so I thought I better get started with what has happened so far.
Yesterday I finished a show quilt for Craft Quarters, I still need to stitch down the backing, but that is handwork, I will put up a photo when I am done.
Today I made a skirt from a moda pattern. I am pretty pleased with it. Love how the colours compliment each other. This is for my oldest Grand daughter Olivia for her birthday, now I just have to wrap it and post it.

2010-12-28T09:21:00.000+11:00

This is Patrick, and he is so gorgeous, he is a giveaway. Click here to go see him

Library Bag

2010-12-17T12:58:00.001+11:00

My Grandson Samuel starts big school next year, and he wanted a library bag with a cat on it, when asked what colour cat, he wanted all colours, so this is what I came up with.

Medallion Round Robin for 2010

2010-12-17T12:55:00.003+11:00

Here is my gorgeous medallion for this years swap. There were heaps of other ladies involved in this. I totally love it.

More Bags

2010-12-17T12:48:00.004+11:00

The last photo is the bag I made for Craft Quarters, the next two photos are of the bag that I made for myself, or maybe a christmas pressie. I did it all on the machine. The applique is machine stitched as well. My second time trying that. I am very happy with the outcome.

Christmas Tree Skirt

2010-12-17T11:07:00.004+11:00

I Have sent off the parcel to my lovely daughter in law and she was suitably impressed with the contents so now I can put up a photo.
This pattern is out of APQ and is mostly done per the pattern, I really did not like the reindeer that was in the pattern, so I deleted him and made the bell instead.

New Craft forum

2010-12-06T14:41:00.003+11:00

I have joined a new Craft Forum that does not have advertising, and restrictions on what one can chat about. If you would like to look and maybe join, Here is the link

A Christmas Pressie

2010-12-06T14:34:00.003+11:00

This is heading off to Tassie, I have only put a tiny Photo in just so that my lovely DIL doesnt see what is coming before it gets there. (I know she checks my blog out....Hi Emma (big wave))

another Bag

2010-12-06T14:28:00.003+11:00

I have just completed my second bag for Craft Quarters

2010-11-18T19:44:00.004+11:00

This is a lovely bag I made for Craft Quarters The bag is made with charm squares. Looks great. It has two Zippers (these are not my favourite thing to put in)

Aprons

2010-11-07T15:37:00.002+11:00

These two aprons I found in my local vinnies store, I would like to find a new home for them, so I will give them away to whomever wants them the most. They will go to two seperate people.

And this is my Granddaughters apron for her school work. I made it double sided.

Nearly Done

2010-11-07T15:21:00.002+11:00

My lovely granddaughters are all getting the same outfit for Christmas

I loved the shopping bag I did for a swap so much I decided to make some more, this is the first, it too will go to someone for Christmas.

This is the bag I made for the "Decorate a Shopping Bag Swap" this went to Liz, (Mum of Six)

2010-11-07T14:16:00.002+11:00

On top of all that I have been knitting more socks, and more socks, I will not put up any pictures of them, because they are only socks. I have finished with those for the time being and have now started on a pair of Norwegian House slippers, one is done and it is huge, the other is half way, these need to be felted once they are both done. I have never tried this before.

More stuff

2010-11-07T14:06:00.004+11:00

This is a lap quilt that is also waiting for quilting, it cost me a whole $2, I found the fabric at Vinnies, I does have a couple more borders, but I dont seem to have taken a photo of it with those on.

Bom blocks

The Row by Row that I am doing from the internet this year, one row to go. Click here to see the patterns.

2010-11-07T13:54:00.002+11:00

My Medallion from last years swap.

The other bag that was thrust upon me.

A swirly dress for my granddaughter Olivia, she will get this for Christmas
And this is a cover for a sewing machine, I made this for a friends birthday.

What I have done since my last post.

2010-11-07T13:32:00.005+11:00

Can can, I love this one.

Table runner for Lynette B, also a swap.
This one was thrust upon me, not my choice of colour or fabric, But it turned out well, was made for a cousin.

Knitting

2010-08-29T11:29:00.004+10:00

I have become on of those people that cannot sit in front of theTV with out doing something, usually it is applique, it used to be cross stitch, but my house is full of pictures so that sort of went out the window. Or I got sick of it.
Just lately I have been knitting, I started out with the soul slippers, made five pairs of those, then decided that I needed something better than that to do so found myself a nice pattern on the net for socks. I am now up to the fifth pair.
I had to model them myself, because for once there was no one here to do the photo taking, so I stuck my feet up against the back door and off I went.
I also made three matching beanies for my grand daughters in Tasmania, but was so anxious that they got them while it was still cold I forgot to take a photo.

Those Blue scraps

2010-08-29T11:15:00.005+10:00

For what seems like years, but is only really a few months, I have been trying to reduce the amount of blue scraps that I have accumulated. I have a plastic box with a lid that I could no longer get the lid to fit except by basically sitting on it. So I decided it had to be reduced. Now I am very much a hoarder, always think that if I throw it out or give it away I will need it. So this is what I have come up with, it still needs one more plain border (maybe two) I want to make it into a doona cover for my bed.
If my adding up is correct there are a total of 136 blue squares made from the scraps. Eleven borders so far and the turning in the centre. I made it up as I went along.
The centre is sixteen 4 1/2 inch squares. All the rest are 5 inch, except for four in 3rd border which I had to make bigger to make them fit.
By the way the lid now goes down on the box easily, but it is still full.

Blue update

2010-06-21T11:55:00.003+10:00

So far I have 16 squares at 4 1/2 inches and four at 5 inches. My plan is to use the 16 as a centre with sashing and go from there. The reason I have two different sizes is............the calico I have used in the back was all different sizes, all scraps too. Now to me that seems perfectly OK. I will get back with what comes next, atm I don't know.

The Watcher

2010-06-20T21:18:00.003+10:00

I had a visitor while I was chopping fire wood, he flexed his muscles and did not even offer to help. He is not tame, we live on the edge of the National Park, and outside our back yard is vacant land, they come a graze there, he is just a big old man Roo and bolder than the younger ones.

I know what I am doing, I think !!!!!

2010-06-20T16:34:00.004+10:00

My son and husband don't think I know what I am doing, but I do (really) This is my blue box, all my blue scraps end up in here. I am making it smaller, the lid wont fit on any more.

the latest placemat swap

2010-06-11T11:32:00.002+10:00

This one is for Leanne, it was fun to make and he is such a handsome fella, King of the Roost.

My Tassie Family

2010-06-11T11:07:00.002+10:00

Snug seat

2010-05-24T21:51:00.002+10:00

A lovely lady, Terri, on my craft forum kindly sent me the pattern for a Snug seat, I have made two for the twins. I did not have a baby to try it with so I just used a pillow. If anyone would like one of these just contact me via this blog, and I will give you Terri's email address, she makes these seat on order.

Knitting

2010-05-24T21:41:00.005+10:00

Just lately I have been knitting, I have made a few pairs of slippers, and a scarf, easy, so I decided I would attempt a pair of socks. So I found myself a pattern for a lovely simple pair of socks. My printer is totally out of ink so I had wrote it out, went for the knitting needles and this is what happen. There was such a mess of needles that I did not know where to start, so I found a lovely pattern for a knitting needle case, only took a couple of hours from deciding to make it to finishing it.

I have been asked for the site where I got the needle case instructions, click here, and scroll down to September 7, 2007 and the Knitting Needle Case Tutorial. I actually made mine bigger, I used the full length of a fat quarter.

Mothers Day,

2010-05-12T18:26:00.002+10:00

I have been working on a quilt for quite a while for my mum for mothers day, I made it with one day to spare. the Top Photo is what my lovely daughter made for me, it has a bag in it that you put in the microwave to heat or in the fridge to cool.
The bottom photo is the quilt my mum got, it has not got a name but it is rainbow coloured so maybe "Fractured Rainbow"

Seeing Double once again,

2010-05-12T18:01:00.001+10:00

I have finally finished the quilts for the twins, took forever to do two. They are the same, but not identical.

Wonder who thought of this.

2010-05-07T15:00:00.004+10:00

OK I am going to try again, I was making my Row by Row that Cheryl and I are doing and came across this. A new way (for me anyway) of doing flying geese.

What I have done over the long weekend.

2010-04-28T00:12:00.004+10:00

A while ago while I was blogging I came across a blog (unfortunately I can't remember whose it was) with a quilt for kids on it. This is an orgainisation in the states that supplies fabric to quilters to make up for children in hospital that are there for long periods. I sent them an email and because I am in Australia they would not send the fabric to me. So........ I got onto my other lovely daughter who is living in the states at the moment and she got the fabric sent to her and then sent it on to me. Last week I got an enormous parcel in the mail. (I am still happy dancing about it). In it was the fabric for the quilt plus lots more.

1830's quilts

2010-04-27T23:52:00.003+10:00

I am not even sure if I have not loaded the two of these up before, but here they are again, Thanks to Barb Graham for the pattern. These are for my sister in law.