Out and About

(picture heavy)

I went with friends to the Jumpers and Jazz in July at Warwick, a country town about an hour away

The pictures are all mixed up but I will try and give a bit of an explanation -

All scrolled wool made by Barbara

High tea made with wool scrolls

This is a close up of Barbara's wool scrolls, I found it fascinating...

some more.....

here is a bit of information about her work 

(some time ago I was having a clear out and part was some wool scraps from blankets I had collected over the years - Barbara came and collected them - I kept looking at the pieces for some of my bits!!!)

In another room at the Art Gallery they featured another textile artist..... there was this chair!

a mobile with hundreds of little budgies...

This one is a brain....

- again budgies indicating the noise and chatter we have inside....(I thought that was a pretty clever way of showing it)

more budgies

This is a little bit and the artists name.... (sorry I didn't get all the information correctly)

... and the back of the chair...

A large installation on the main wall - more budgies....

The dude in the centre of town had his scarf and beanie on.....

Lots of trees dressed up... I have a few pictures - the wisteria was my favourite...

At a market hall they had a large Alice in Wonderland feature....

- ooops back to the trees..... this tree had lots of nursery rhyme pictures....

fat Mario was there....

At the weekend Hubz and I went off with friends to another country town (Kingaroy) in the opposite direction...

we took the bush route.... 

visit to a view point - was such a gorgeous winter day and we could see for miles....

The area is known for peanut growing... so this is the giant peanut installation...

There happened to be a winery which we felt obliged to visit....

Evening view from our accommodation....

I didn't stitch, or knit ..... 

A couple of fun outings..... 

Righto, Gotto Go...... Friday to get on with....

 

Last week of July

Woohhhooooo

Pies and Tarts are all sewn down!!!

I am still going to add borders but this is the main part done.... 

More Field Journal embroideries have been cut and self framed.....

(warning... there are a lot of these - you will be seeing them for some time!)

The Pies and Tarts project started when I won a 'starter pack' from Glenis at Glenrose Patchwork..... she had provided loads of papers, cut out fabric, templates, and background fabrics.

All I have added is some additional background fabrics.

I managed to see her at the shop when I popped in yesterday and show her mine - and see the 'sister' she had made....

Righto, Gotto Go... I am going to dig in my fabrics to see if I have something suitable for a border....

Have a lovely weekend......

 

Third week of July

Lovely winter weather here this week, cold nights and beautiful days

I have sewn the last 2 of the Field Journal embroideries

They have been so fun to stitch and I will enjoy putting them all into hexagons.

I now have a pretty vast collection of the Cottage Garden Threads and a new project to use them in...... thinking ahead of course!

I have started sewing the tarts on.... you can see the flat ones are stitched down.  It's a challenge to grip the ones in the centre with all the fabric but I will take it slowly ......

I have done July's blocks for K-Drama-Drama BOM hosted by Meerkat Shweshwe 

Modern, different, challenging and not overly time taxing....  I am improving my curved piecing - the light grey was added using buttonhole applique.

This week at Quilt Group they had a Mystery Quilt sewing day.  I got a fair bit done but brought the blocks home to trim and finish off..... they are all placed in their separate bags to avoid confusion.

I still have some homework to do... I'll try and finish these off this weekend so I can forget about them until the next sewing day in August.....

Righto, Gotto Go... I need to do a bit of sorting and tidying in the sewing room then off to town this afternoon.  We are going to watch this new movie Oppenheimer and then do the dreaded groceries.

Hope you have a lovely weekend.....

Christmas in July and FNWF

This week at Quilt Club we celebrated Christmas in July

(I haven't been to one before!)

Even Santa was there

Earlier in the year those of us who wanted to participate signed up for a challenge - we were all given a piece of fabric that had to be used.

Make a pillowcase suitable for a child up to 10 years old, that can also be a wallhanging ....  We had a viewers choice vote..

This was my pick ... and it came in second......

We had cake......

This was first choice.... lots of happy clowns....

Our table was very well decorated... it also happened to be the noisiest table - we read bon-bon jokes, wore the silly hats and even had snowman toy races....

This was my entry for the challenge

My point of difference was using Glow in the Dark fabric so this is what it does when the lights go out....  and of course swirly whirly quilting as the rocket flies.  I called it "Reach for your Dreams"

I do struggle making up things but I had a bit of fun..... all the finished articles will be displayed at the quilt show in September then donated on to charity (which is really why I joined in)

Wendy hosted FNWF and I was lucky enough to be invited to join a few others for a sewing evening so was able to double dip!

Finishing off the last few Field Journal stitcheries

There are 2 left - and heaps to go onto the hexagons.... so this 3 year project is extended longer

Righto, Gotto Go.... the week has many things happening....  hope you have a wonderful one....