Jumpers and Jazz...... (photo heavy)

One of our annual events in the area is the Warwick Jumpers and Jazz.  This year Kris and I went on a road trip to go and see …

The main art installation was a highlight for me, as it usually is....

a lovely cottage and garden....

just so much detail in everything there....

Home Sweet Home.....

… and here we are in front of the cottage....

.. there were flaming mangoes all over the place there...….. here is the jazz troupe...

The fibre art display was amazing... as much as abstract goes over my head I do appreciate the work involved and the thought gone into these pieces... the theme was Galaxy Morphed....

This was a big feature piece, each of those blocks must have been a metre squared.... looking close up was so much detail....

 another clever piece...

I think this was my favourite….. not sure why but close up there were lots of little beads on the sides.. made me think of the milky way...

 this piece was in 3 dimensions .. all those circles different fabrics with an inch or so in between...  very clever...

these little circles were about 2 1/2" in diameter... so quite small...

and each of them had unique stitching and detail in them..... 

Heaps of 8" squares … Kris was excited..... each one totally different....

 … and example of what was there....

 I rather liked these odd figurines …. they looked like fun to make...

 … and for the hexagon lovers out there.... takes crazy patch to a new level...all different fibres and textures in there...

a couple more planets …. 

just amazing work... needle felting etc

I did love this piece... even though abstract there seems to be organisation in there.... nice bold colours

this piece did not photograph well but it was lovely too....

Another big feature of the event is tree decorating.... 

this one was sweet with all the animals... those little red jackets said "adopt me"... I did want to take it home!!

Here is Kris making friends with one of the locals.... 

… and here is me next to one of the trees...

the monument in the centre of town always gets his own beanie and scarf....

This tree was fun... there were knitted envelopes and parcels hanging from the branches...

Taking a break … the seat was decorated as well as the tree.... lovely roses...

.. this one was the winner... so much detail in it...

and back to more flaming mangoes under the palms...

there was an exhibition by a guest artist Jessica Thompson called Jumperhead…. all crochet work...

I thought Kermit was a bit saucy!!

crazy art pieces... I am always fascinated how people think up these things....

A true JumperHead….

There may have been some snacking, some shopping and some losing of phone, some panic and some joy in reunion ….

A fun day out - we are lucky to have this event relatively close by (an easy hours drive)

ChooseDay at the city......

I am so not a fan of the city - my stress levels run high with all the bustle .... I shop in outer suburbs as much as I can and avoid going into the capitals and bow down to the bravery of those ladies that drive in the cities - I do not feel at my age I need to conquer the fear.. but it is real.  

This cityscape I can cope with....

This is for My Small World …. block size is 12 x 11 (finished) and contains 91 pieces …. for those of you who are interested in statistics …. and diagnosing insanity.....

… the factory block was next....

… then a barn....

… and some housing development.... the bigger one is dreadfully dull (except the happy door) but I think it will be okay when they all go together.....  I struggled with Y seams in this one so I am definitely not doing another!

I caught up on a couple of Blockheads blocks...

this one is 12 1/2" square and required some concentration and patience!

and this one is 6 1/2" square

I am using 'scraps' from my baskets for both of these projects, and a couple of bigger pieces that needed to be used.

It was worthwhile spending so much time at the weekend preparing these....  I love it when I can just sit and sew....

Here at home we are making plans to paint the inside of our house.... who thought a 'white' would be so hard to choose???

We have settled on Breeze..... it will be lovely and fresh

The next part for My Small World is making a roof top with clamshell tiles.... they are 2" at their widest … thus far took me hours last night.....  they are sweet but I'm not tempted to do a clamshell quilt (yet) as much as I think they are wonderful.....

Righto, Gotto Go ….jobs to do, pictures to pack up....

have a lovely rest of the week

Weekend sewing ....

Over the weekend I put the triangles and strips together for my star quilt....  

It was made using left over Jelly Roll strips from Ocean Deep quilt (plus some extra strips) and of course background fabric 

It is the backing for Ocean Deep which I have shown before.... a double sided quilt.

I just need wadding and time to finish it off - I think it will be a lovely masculine quilt to have

Then I prepared sewing for ChooseDay.  I am working with scraps and make such a mess with them all over that I prefer to have them cut and ready for sewing

This is my little pile - on the Bottom are two BlockHeads blocks and in the packets are the little blocks for My Small World.  I had a few doors to hand sew so I got them done and put in the packets.

TV time has brought out the Dutch Treat blocks again....  this one was quite fiddly with those tiny little triangles ……

I also put in the last stitches of Sophie the Social Butterfly for my Angel Story quilt

Righto, Gotto Go... Monday looms....