A finished top plus more

I finally got Tropical Sashiko Sampler together. The pattern is a Sylvia Pippen pattern,just have to get to quilting it now.

Another little project completed is this Dilly Bag made from some dyed fabric from a dyeing fun day.


 Attended a workshop recently for this Fast and Fabulous quilt technique. The workshop was conducted by Penny Vanderwal. A great way to put a top together quickly.

 

Surprises

Last week I entered a couple of my quilts into the local show and was pleasantly surprised. The art quilt won 2nd place and then the small quilt came third.

The art quilt was a reminder of the boab trees in the Kimberleys when we travelled through the region on a recent trip. The small quilt is a Sue Daly Design. Titled “Field of Flowers”.

Sewing compendium

I have had this pattern for sometime and decided to make this over the holiday break. It was a little more time consuming then I had imagined but in the end I was happy with the result. It has extra pockets on the inside and lots of room to store sewing needs.

 

 

My next UFO is this Tropical Sashiko Sampler, I have slowly been making progress on it and now I can see that I will soon be able to be put it all together.

Fresh Start

Welcome to a New Year. I am hoping to share some of my things more often this year.

This is Baileys first quilt, he is now 8 years old, better late then not at all. I gave it to him at Christmas and he was really thrilled with it and enjoyed playing "I SPY " with all the different characters and animals  he could find in the blocks.

Last year I attended a workshop for this paper pieced New York Beauty. I was determined to make all the 36 blocks before Christmas which I did. It will now rest a while before I sew the blocks together  and then quilt it.

A couple of finishes

Finally I got my piece finished for the Toowoomba Quilters Exhibition Botanica display. This is a memory of our trip last year through the Kimberleys in WA.

This is the product of a workshop which I attended with Lisa Walton, we started with a  plain white piece of fabric and then did sun printing, painting and rubbings with shiva stiks then we collaged the pieces of fabric. I have named this Colours of Australia. It reminds me of the diversity of the Australian landscape.

 

Recently I retired from work ( after 25 years)and was presented with this lovely bunch of flowers, a gift card to go shopping with and a signed card from fellow workmates. I am busier then ever but I am enjoying some sewing time now, and the garden has also received some much needed attention too.

Textile treasures

Recently I attended a workshop with Lisa Walton from Dyed and Gone to Heaven. We dyed fabric and then added some stencilling to the fabric and painted designs onto the fabric.

The last day we started to put the fabric pieces together, it was sort of like putting a jigsaw together, this is what my finished piece looks like, now it needs to have some stitching on it to tame down some of the colours in it.

The colours remind me of the poem by Dorothea Mackellar “My Country” the land of drought, flooding rains and then the fires that are so much a part of rural life.

School Holidays

Last week we had 2 of the grandchildren come and stay for a week. They enjoy getting out on the farm and helping feed the animals and other outdoor activities.

So we played some backyard football, painting pictures, played a game or 2 of Snakes and Ladders, cooking and even had morning tea down the paddock with Grand dad. Sorry no photos -forgot to do that. But did get a couple when the cousins came to visit.

                 

Hayley                                               Mikayla, Cody and Bailey.

Feeding the chooks                               Mikayla and Prince.

The house is quiet again now that they have gone home, maybe I will get to the sewing room again.

This is Cody who turned 3 yesterday. It is hard to believe how quickly time goes by.