Thursday, May 28, 2015

Another Week(s) in Pictures


Knowing I was so close to finishing Bring Me Flowers, I started to prep months 2,3 & 4 of the  Amitie Mystery Bom whichI had been collecting for 4 months


Month 2 all prepped and ready to stitch


My finished Bring Me Flowers top 


Steam Punk progress, 29 blocks made


Month 2 blocks finished they are all hand pieced


I started working on Month 3, more hand pieced blocks, they are all finished too


Sunday my Mama's Singer Sewing Table arrived, along with an antique Oak Table that was my grandmas


Month 1 of the Mystery Bom stitched together and on the background


I've prepped Birds and Flowers which was month 5 of the Mystery Bom


Birdie number 1, needs an eye and legs embroidered on


We've had PSSA Soccer, the girls are off to Queanbeyan next we think


Ive had happy mail in the form of 2 patterns, Jen Kingwells new pattern, I'm a Farmers Daughter
and Karen Cunninghams Irish Circles, and I am impatiently waiting for the postie to deliver fat quarter bundles of Tula Pink's True Colours and Jen Kingwell's 1st fabric range Gardenvale


a flower


another bloom


and birdie number 2


birdie number 3 and more flowers


I have 1 more birdie and 2 more flowers and I am up to date with the Mystery Bom

I'm got a busy couple of days ahead of Soccer Meetings, I am heading up the coast on Saturday for the night to attend a Big Wig soccer meeting, then home Sunday night and off to our local associations monthly meeting on Monday night. Its lucky I love my soccer playing kids




















Sunday, May 17, 2015

My Week in Pictures

                     

                           

I stitched all the stems on Bring Me Flowers that I had missed

                           
The final four alternate blocks for Bring Me Flowers, which I had to reverse sew 
and re-stitch so they were right 

                           

I've made good progress on my Steam Punk blocks


                           

Bring Me Flowers at the start of the sewing together marathon


                           

Just needs its borders


                           

More Steam Punk blocks


                         

                         

1 border down, 3 to go to finish Bring Me Flowers
 (I have 2 borders to go as of today)

                         

2 borders waiting to be sewn together


                         

I sourced this gorgeous pattern, it's called Irish Circles 
and is by Karen Cunningham, I'll be ordering it this week


                         

Another steam punk block missing it's centre circle though, 
and there is another block finished no photo of it yet though 
I think that takes my Steam Punk block tally to 28


                         

The beginnings of Jen Kingwells 2014 mystery BOM run by 
Amitie Textiles which I have been collecting

                         

And some more of month 1

                         

All stitched together (and unironed) today while I was on the sidelines at soccer

                                   

I found this fabulous book/magazine before soccer, 
there are a couple of projects I want to make

                       

and that's my week in pictures, 

I wonder if I'll get as much done this week











Sunday, May 10, 2015

Still Alive

                     In very random order here is some of whats been happening 
over the last 3 months

Midnight At the Oasis designed by Jen Kingwell, just needs the final border

              

I took myself to Ballarat and spent the day with the one and only
Jen Kingwell, we worked on The Circle Game

                  

Soccer season is well and truly underway 

                   

I travelled to Nowra for the PSSA soccer trials, for the Far South Coast
with this gorgeous girl

                 

Green Tea and Sweet Beans is waiting to be quilted, by hand

                     

We took a road trip on a cold miserable day just to get out of the house

                          

We found Ratty, Henrys most loved toy, he has had ratty
since he was a teeny little kitty


                       

This girl is a fully qualified Soccer Referee, as its her first year she 
can only run the sidelines but she is getting paid and
loving it

                     

This is on my to do list, its called 
My Small World and is designed by Jen Kingwell

                 

I've got  2 secret sewing projects destined for Quilt Market in the US

                   

Bring Me Flowers designed by Jen Kingwell, is my focus project at the moment, I have 2 full
alternate blocks and 8 half alternate blocks to stitch and I can
start sewing this baby up, I also need to add centre to one block and
add some stems

                     

This girl ran 4 kms last Friday in the Zone Cross Country, now for a girl
who ran along the beach for her school cross country before heading to
the hilliest course on the coast she did well to finish middle of the field

                      

Steam Punk, another Jen Kingwell pattern, I actually have around 24 blocks finished,
I've put this aside to finish Bring Me Flowers

                          
 

and as its Mothers Day, this photo of my mama was taken when she was 2, 
today is the 2nd of many more Mothers Day's to come without her. 
I miss her everyday
and would give anything just to talk to her once more

                      

** In case you hadn't noticed I am a total Jen Kingwell fan,
her book 'Quilt Lovely' is fabulous and worth getting