I'm back

 

It has been a busy few months. We went to the states to catch up with old friends and visit new places and had an amazing time. I have not sewn a lot. I made another table runner like this one only longer and better and gave it to good friends in the U.S.

 

A friend from the gym is moving to New Zealand so a made her a little table topper with Australian fabrics. I used a Moda Bakeshop pattern, Positively prefect by April Rosenthal

 

 

I added an extra cross to the back.

 

We had our first regatta last weekend. That is my crew out in front. I paddle at position 5. The Sydney boat just behind us ended up coming first and we were second. We were very happy with that result.This race was 14 km (about 8 miles). Tomorrow we are racing a 20 km (about 12 miles). Let me say I am a little concerned about making the distance. OK more than a little!

Hopefully I will post again soon.

A long long time

Wow I cant believe how long it has been. I have manged to finish a few things but not enough considering the length of time.

 

 

 

 

 I finished the full size top of city quilts. It looks great. Now to quilt it.

I finished the scarf. It is very pretty and lacy. I was terrified the whole time I was knitting it that I would make a mistake and lose the lot.

 



Brittany had to make a project for school and instead of listening to her mother and teacher she decided not to make a small project. Guess who finished sewing her rainbow tie dyed bean bag.

 

 

 

I finally made a lined drawstring bag from the In Color Order blog.It was very fast and easy.

I have completed a pillow too but I do not have a picture of that yet!

Knitting

Yes I couldn't resist. I decided I needed to knit a scarf. I got some knitting magazines out of the library and found a nice lacy pattern that was easy. The only problem was the only local shop that sells wool is kmart so the choices were limited. I ended up with baby wool as I wanted a finer ply. I think it looks good. I am sure I have a container of wool and needles somewhere but I cannot find them. How do you lose wool and needles?

  I forgot to post pictures of the back of my latest runner. I just used scraps pieced randomly.

Dave went to a Quilt Shop!

 Dave was in Alaska for 1 month and actually went to a quilt shop and bought a quilt kit for me. It is gorgeous and will look great when made. I want to practice some techniques before I start this one though.

I finished my mini City Harbour and still love it. The colours are great and do not show in the photo as it is cloudy and raining for a change. If I wait I may never get a photo of it. I am working on the lap size version now.

I love Minis

I love minis!!!I decided to test the City Harbour quilt from City Quilts by making a scaled down version. The measurements are about 2/3 of the original with 8 rows. The main reason I did this was to see if I like the Teal in it. Well I love the Teal and I love the mini so I now want to make every quilt in the book in mini. How cool would that be. I have all the rows sewn on the real size one, I just need to sew them all together. I think I will finish the mini first and see how the quilting looks.



It was very cloudy so I could only take photos in the lounge room on the blanket box. You could not see the whole thing so I took photos of each end.

I have managed to get a little sewing time.I made three granny square blocks. I am not trimming them yet because who knows when I will finish enough and be ready to put them in a quilt.I am not good at scrappy so when I saw what Sewfantastic did with hers I had a brainwave. I would use black and white for the inside squares and a different colour for each block. I could not get a colour exactly like Kona Ash but I found a nice grey at lincraft. It is one of their quilters homespun and is really nice.

  I bought Rhani a new bed. A bean bag from the op shop. She loves it. Isn't she cute.




  I made something for gran. I can't show it as she reads my blog. Here is the back.

Progress Report

I have been working on my City Harbor Quilt from the City Quilts. I love the quilt in the book and decided to make it exactly as Cherri made it. I have made the first set of rows and love how it looks. I am not sure about the teal blue colour in the next set of rows. It looks great in the book but it looks a lot greener to me in real life. I am going to make the whole row except that teal and then decide.

I have also got on the granny square band wagon. I am using some charm squares I have had for a while but want to use kona ash for the background and I do not have enough. I don't want to order anything online for a while as I need to reduce my stash so I might see if I can find something similar locally.I know I should have ironed the fabric but who knows how long it would take me to post this if I did that.