Finished!!

Hi All

I just had to share that Irish Circles is Completed and on the Bed!! I'll add some better photo's when the weather is better.

The final stitch on binding

Angus getting comfy in his bed, waiting on me to also go to bed so he can join me.

Frosty winter Mornings on new Ornamental Pear buds 

Happy Stitching
til next time
Linda
xx

Quilting Circles

Hi Friends
Just a quick progress update to end the month with. I've completed the hand quilting on Irish Circles. I'm so pleased I've stuck with it and can now see this quilt being finished, very soon! I'm currently machine quilting the borders with clamshells.

Irish Circles is a Karen Cunningham design, hand pieced & needleturn Applique

Til next time

Happy Stitching

Linda

xx

Time: Where Art Thou!

Hi All

Just a little post to say hello because its been ages!! My time gets away and it would seem not slowing down anytime soon.

Stitching progress has been slow; but progress none the less.

Eyton Hall has been joined & papers removed. I'm now onto making more hexies for the border section - which will also be all hexagons. Yes I really am doing that!!

Torrington Park the Quiltmania Mystery Quilt by Michelle Yeo has been in the works too, I'm way behind with only 3 blocks completed. We were extremely fortunate to meet Michelle in Sydney.

 

On Sunday I decided it was time to get onto something I'd purchased from Cutting Cloth at the Sydney Quilt Show (our last blog post). Making this beautiful pillow case with crocheted edge; the fabric is divine and the crochet edge the sweetest. How lovely for the Pfaff to get a change from mending!

Cotton Crochet Edge - a new skill for me

Next on the agenda is a couple of little Christmas Stitcheries - I'm trying to gear up to being in the Spirit. Something that has been missing the last few years.

JulieAnn & I are having a sewing weekend in November; managing to go away without leaving town! I can't wait; we'll definitely post an update.

Well that's about it for today; hello from Angus too

Take Care &
Happy Stitching
Love
Linda
xx

Sparrow is Flying





Hi Friends

 

Following prep of 8 applique blocks at last month's getaway I've stitched every chance I could and below is the result!

Little Sparrow (design by Susan Smith) is together but still has some finishing touches by way of a little embroidery for sparrow beaks and legs as well as detail in a few leaves & flowers.

 

I started this quilt at Summer School 2010 - 7 Years Ago!!  

 

Final Stitches

A few of my favourite fabrics in this flower and throughout the quilt

 Little Sparrow ~ almost there

A Close-up of the Hand Pieced Centre and those Fiddly Blocks!

  

Now its onto getting that embroidery done and continuing with other projects underway.



Roses from my Garden

Lady of Shallot ~ Garden Delight ~ Splice ~ Jane McGrath

Mother's Love

 

I hope you had a Happy & Peaceful Easter with those you love

 

 

Until next time

Happy Stitching

 

Linda xx

 

Sew Good

Hi Friends

 

Here we are Marching on through the year. Time is zipping by but JulieAnn & I tried our best to slow it down by having a couple of days getting away from it all at our favourite little place in Tumut, NSW Australia.

This is the view from our Cabin; you can see why we love it here!

Happy Ladies Wining & Stitching

Enjoying some Sweet Potato Chips....with Wine of Course!

JulieAnn has been working on her Sarah's Revival,

a design by the late Sue Garman.

There are so many components to this quilt, I felt JA achieved greatly by getting it to the joining stage

Just so you know, the whole quilt is needle-turn applique - just gorgeous

I'd previously traced all pieces of Little Sparrow (Susan Smith design) onto freezer paper so spent the weekend organising fabrics and getting them cut & glued into place ready for stitching. The Centre is complete, along with top & lower large blocks; still quite a lot of work ahead of me..... 

  



A Beautiful Sunset on Tumut River

 

And here we are; happy friends after a fabulous weekend but sad to be leaving to go back home

 

 

Thankyou for checking in, I think I'm going to play with our layout again, as this one doesn't allow photos to be full size. (as you can see, that's just what I did)

 

 

Til next time,

Happy Stitching

 

LG

xx

 

 

Out & About

Hi Friends

The year is skipping by way too fast, so I thought best get in an update before its gone. 

JulieAnn & I had another wonderful getaway to Tumut for a weekend of stitching & friendship. Thankfully we went when we did, these past weeks the Caravan Park has flooded....eek!!

QWE JA & LG

This view never disappoints: no filters - just natural beauty

Tumut River 

                                                

A very friendly Magpie enjoying a Treat

JulieAnn spent HOURS on these sawtooth borders - sew much work in their preparation

& completion

Onto what I got up to: a project that has been floating around in my head to use some of the beautiful Toiles I have collected.

These show my thought process of what "will be"

Pictures all selected, cut into circles and their placement.

Hexies in progress

Little Sparrow had some time spent on her.

Beautiful Butterflies

That would be me! Another project packed away for a very long time.

Expressions of Morris

I was very excited to find I'd even started the prep work!

Other happenings this month was my son Samuel's (Sam) 24th birthday. Love to see him smile...we've been down a hard road. So very proud of how far he has come.

Sam and his Nanny (my Mum of 84) with the cake I made - a feast of chocolate

Lola has had an upgrade, I got myself a new bigger red ride

I am super impressed & love my Mazda

On a drive about the place I had to stop & take photos of the Canola Fields. The bright yellow is also so cheery and reminds me of a beautiful friend....

And of course Angus can't be left out: here he is enjoying the sunshine 

My Beautiful Granddaughter Miller at 8 months of age

I miss her terribly.

Last weekend JulieAnn & I had a mini roadtrip to the Boree Creek Quilters Exhibition. Boree Creek is a little farming town in the region.

The local ladies have been hard at work; its lovely to see other peoples works and

their different styles

This Quilt was really beautiful; made up of all bits and pieces including lace,

crochet and doilies

Lots of colour here

 I really wanted to see right side of the quilt these pillows were sitting on,

but that was not to be. 

A Favourite: Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses

Christmas is in the Air; some clever ladies!!

A few sights on the trip home

I had to get JulieAnn to stop to allow me to take this: The Rock NSW Australia

(where JA lives)

Beautiful scenery with the Canola fields in front.

More work on Little Sparrow: another piece completed (except for touch of embroidery)

Also part of LS, 12 of these babies.



Prep work underway to complete 13 of these; all hand pieced.

Well bloggers that will have to be it for this update, I'm having trouble with formatting. I hope you enjoyed the scenery.

Take care, wherever you may be
Til next Time; Happy Stitching

Linda xx