What a mess

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

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.

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

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

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

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.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notice Board

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

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

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.

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

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