In 32 days we fly out of St Louis airport for the last time. It is bit of a hike.
The distance from our house in the USA to our house in Australia is
8964.19 miles or 14 426.47 Km.
We are moving from this:
To this
17 November 2009
16 November 2009
Gotta love Minis
The nancy(s) and I all made a mini quilt from this tutorial by Oh, Fransson for scraps at Sew, Mama, Sew. I blogged about it here. I decided it is time to just do it and complete some things including the quilting. I often think I am done after I have pieced the top. Minis are great as they are quick to complete and the perfect size to practice quilting. I decided straight line quilting would be good for this one. You know if I make a miniature version of every quilt I would like to make, I may actually get 5 % completed!
11 November 2009
Sewing with Nancy(s)
I had my sewing day with Nancy and Miss Nancy yesterday. They surprised me with a birthday present. This must be the longest birthday ever. Not that I am complaining. Although I did not mention my birthday until the day before so they would not have time to get a gift as they just got me going away presents and made me a signature quilt with our redwork group.
So this is the card which looks like it is stitched. It isn't stitched ( I checked the back and it is a Hallmark LOL).
Here is my present.Some great batik fat quarters!!!
These are my favourites and I want to find a little project to do with them and make a kit to send in our air freight in case I have any spare time when we first move into our house.
For Miss Nancy I used some Australian fabrics I thought she would like. Her son is living in Australia at the moment. I made a simple coin quilt.
The back.
So this is the card which looks like it is stitched. It isn't stitched ( I checked the back and it is a Hallmark LOL).Here is my present.Some great batik fat quarters!!!
These are my favourites and I want to find a little project to do with them and make a kit to send in our air freight in case I have any spare time when we first move into our house.I wanted to make a gift for the Nancy(s) as I have enjoyed sewing with them so much over the last 3 years.
The back.
I made this for Nancy. I got the idea for the pattern from a quilt she pointed out in a magazine and chose some fabrics I thought she would like.( I just realised I cut off the binding-it is black)
The back.
For Miss Nancy I used some Australian fabrics I thought she would like. Her son is living in Australia at the moment. I made a simple coin quilt.
The back.I did wavy line quilting as my free motion is not good enough for so much solid colour. When they arrived I told them I was doing some hand sewing for the day. After I gave them their presents I showed them the labels I had written ready to sew on. I ran out of time! Lucky they saw the funny side. Especially since they had to tell me how to make the labels!!!!!
08 November 2009
Bandanas
Yesterday when I was in Hobby Lobby with Brittany I found some great Bandanas. I remembered seeing a quilt made with 4 bandanas sewn together on a blog so I bought 4. When I got home I wasted a lot of time trying to find this blog but was unsuccessful so I sewed them together quickly to see how they would look.
I like how they look and it would make a great quick quilt that the kids could do anything with. I could just quilt it and bind it in black. OR I think maybe I should put some black sashing between the bandanas and then a larger black border. What do you think?
I like how they look and it would make a great quick quilt that the kids could do anything with. I could just quilt it and bind it in black. OR I think maybe I should put some black sashing between the bandanas and then a larger black border. What do you think?
When I sewed them together I did not remove the hems so I will have to resew no matter what.
07 November 2009
I Don't believe it
I won again and it is another great giveaway. I think I will stop entering giveaways as I feel a little guilty at winning so much. I won the kit to make this amazing quilt. I love it and cant wait to start but I will have to as we are moving to the other side of the world next month and will probably be a little busy.
This is from Emma at Sampaguita Quilts. She is a very talented quilter you should check out her blog for some ideas and inspiration. I particularly like this one.
This is from Emma at Sampaguita Quilts. She is a very talented quilter you should check out her blog for some ideas and inspiration. I particularly like this one.04 November 2009
I won I won I won
I love winning giveaways. It is great to win fabric, patterns or anything involved in quilting but nothing compares to winning a quilt!!!!
Isn't this amazing? Not only is it a beautiful quilt, it is one I could never make. It is about 13 inches. I cant wait to put it on a wall. I won the latest competition on Getas' Blog. This blog is great. She is incredibly talented and very generous. Her work is gorgeous and I love to just look at all the things she has made. There are lots of tutorials and she sells patterns and instructions for quilts like this. Maybe in 10 years time I will try one!
Isn't this amazing? Not only is it a beautiful quilt, it is one I could never make. It is about 13 inches. I cant wait to put it on a wall. I won the latest competition on Getas' Blog. This blog is great. She is incredibly talented and very generous. Her work is gorgeous and I love to just look at all the things she has made. There are lots of tutorials and she sells patterns and instructions for quilts like this. Maybe in 10 years time I will try one!
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