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I had a whole morning of sewing on Saturday, so I thought I'd put my patchwork posies together before I sewed on the outside applique. I need some more of the olive green ric rack and I'll have to go on a mission to find it as I haven't seen any locally. I must say it looks good now it's all together.
It's always amazing what you can get done when you get an uninterrupted block of time. I need a few more of those regularly this year so that I can power on with these UFOs!
Liane
And I've made a start on the third one!
Liane
Wow, what a busy month it's been! We've had so many last school functions - goodbye from the whole school, goodbye to the parents and students and the end of year scholar's day - is it really over now? We're both feeling a bit surreal - after the stress of the last two years and all the goodbyes - we are both just really really tired. Hard to believe that the school era is over for me now - what will I do with the extra time???
For a start I've put together the quilt I was working on ages ago, ready for quilting....
I'm also back working on the applique blocks for Patchwork Posies:-
I'm guessing I won't make great progress in the run up to Christmas now, but at least I've finished the first block!
Liane
I find that when life interrupts your projects, having the work in progress on your design wall helps to keep you motivated. Walking past the design wall, even when sewing time is put on hold, helps to keep the project fresh in your mind.
Of course, I could probably do with more than one design wall - but that involves the studio fantasy!
There is a lot going on at our place at the moment, and even though I know that I'll eventually get back to everything, it is nice to see the "in progress" projects in my sewing area waiting for me.
Liane
On the weekend, I made a start on the stitching for the blocks, only to find that I didn't have a wool fabric the right colour. So after a quick trip out to find these lovely greens - I was ready to go.
After a bit of juggling with the wool to figure out the easiest way to mark the leaf designs - I made a plastic template which I hold onto and cut around. This is very easy because they are such small shapes. I have a completed stack of blocks already and hope to get some more done this week.
Enjoy your stitching,
Liane
All my good intentions for continuing with the quilts I started in class in Toowoomba went out the door when I returned home to the madness! Once again I find myself looking for something easy to pick up and put down in those spare moments. So of course I just had to start another project!
I got the idea from a book that I bought while in Toowoomba, by Barri Sue Gaudet -
You can probably see from the photo, how much this table has been loved over the years from all the scratches and dents. It's place has always been just next to the kitchen and I suppose that's why it's been used for just about everything you can think of. It has lots of character now!
The yo-yos and the blocks went together very quickly last weekend and the fabrics are all last bits and pieces from my stash (I'm trying to use it up - honestly!). I'm now working on the applique and stitching. It's nice to do some handwork again after all that machine stitching in the classes!
Liane
I know I've been absent from the blog for a couple of weeks, but in between all of life's little dramas (computer, dose of the flu through the house, third term of year 12 etc etc) I have actually completed another small quilt.
I've also started Patchwork Posies from the book, In Full Bloom by Blackbird Designs.
I'm often frustrated by how quickly the start of a new quilt comes together and then life intrudes on quilting time and before you know it, it's been weeks since you made any progress! I thought this project would be a really quick one! I finished these blocks in a week - they were great fun! After changing my initial selection for the backgrounds, I am now ready to do the applique blocks.
In stitches,
Liane
I started this wallhanging years ago in a workshop with Alice and Sally from Kindred Spirits. Lots of fun!
I designed this wallhanging using some strips of fabric and some Susanne Cody stitcheries.
I designed this quilt just because I love hearts, applique and handquilting!
Liane
This small quilt was made up from left over bits and pieces from my stash.
This was an early learning exercise in curved piecing with the drunkards path block. I also learnt a lot about the value of contrasting colours!
This was one of my very early quilts!
As you can see from these quilts, I love hand quilting.
Liane
Just thought I'd continue with some photos of small quilts that I have made:-
This is a mini version of a nine patch quilt.
This one was an applique block I did for fun, from a Kerryn Emerson quilting design.
I think I've posted this one before. This was one of my earlier quick designs.
In an effort to improve the look of my photos, I recently purchased a white laminated mdf board from Bunnings for the grand sum of $10. I am now waiting for sunny days to do my photos and looking forward to updating my old camera!
I'll be back with more of my quilts soon.
Liane
