The Red Dress

A nearby town, Warwich hosts Jazz and Jumpers annually and I love to spend a day there.

This year they were fortunate enough to be able to have The Red Dress available for viewing (link provided for further information)

Information provided at the exhibit

Really, really beautiful ............

I am just going to share these pictures, I tried to get in as close as possible with some of the detail

It will be in Brisbane for a period too and going to various places around the world..... if you get a chance I'm sure you would love it and appreciate the work of art it is

Righto, Gotto Go... there were lots more to see that day so I am going to sort my pictures...

Enjoy..... xx

3rd week of July

I do hope you have all had a good week......

I don't have any progress on the Hardanger, I did spend a few hours on it at Guild but had to undo it all as that part was all completely wrong..... I hope to spend a bit of time this weekend playing catch up!

Lots of quilting and binding was done though.... to be honest a loose overall design on a smallish piece does not take long and the binding is all being done by machine so that is quick too...

I added to the sides of the next two to increase the width

these would all be a comfortable cot size....

This one makes me smile... they all look so goofy....

This is the selection of backings I used.  some are left over from larger quilts and the green was a length of fabric I had in the box....

Tuesleydale got 5 blocks done..... I have only 2 more to do and then need to put the blocks together....

The friend I am sewing with is doing a lot more blocks to make a bigger quilt but I have braid foundation paper and a jelly roll to play with.....

Some progress has been made on the pieces for my owls, and also the stitching on the table runner.

Daughter has been back in hospital to get stents between kidneys and bladder and the rest of the week has been uncomfortable for her.   One step forward, two steps back it feels like.

New down lights put throughout the house - it needed doing and in my sewing room I got them set to the brightest.... just lovely having good light in there.  Next we need to get new smoke alarms to meet regulations.  

Righto, Gotto Go..... the weekend is here... xx

2nd week of July

I do hope you are having a good week..... mine has gone by quick ....

I am doing my embroidered table runner in the evenings still..... only this for the time being as I want it done..... 

Day time quilting has been pumping out panel quilts.... these two are completed....

This panel would make a nice play mat....

The characters are quite fun.... you can see the kind of quilting I am doing on these.. all over repetitive meander... doesn't take long at all on these small ones.... takes about the same time as preparing and pinning....

Another cheerful panel is this Circus one....

The last couple of weeks at Embroidery guild I have been working on the centre of this section of Hardanger which I finished today..... These are Spider Webs..... I can see mistakes but am happy with it.... it's not being entered in a competition....

This is where I am at with the whole piece... still a fair bit to do in the sampler piece... it is certainly challenging me

Sewing with friends got these next 4 Wensleydale blocks done.....I think I've got about 3 more sessions to get the blocks done then I can play with layout....

So that's my sewing week...... 

Righto, Gotto Go, need to do the boring groceries and go to a birthday supper this evening... love it when I don't need to worry about food!  Have a good weekend...xx

July starts.....

Blooms has been quilted and the binding added (still to hand sew down)  I did custom quilt it as you can see.....

I do think it is pretty and fresh looking quilt..... sitting in the binding pile now.... top made in 2020

I started quilting this childrens one at the weekend...... going around the edges and lines on the borders so I got it done within the week....

I found some suitable fabric for binding in my stash so have added that....

It's now sitting in the binding queue too.....

Cherish 72 x 60- Top made July 2024

Finally finished off this section of the table-runner embroidery.....  only one section left and it is my goal to get it done this month......

Got back to the neglected 'Tuesleydale' sewing with Tracy this week..... we had to relearn how to do it so were pleased to get 4 done each.....

Tracy and I are already planning what next - we are both enjoying foundation piecing....

I saw Janice had done a panel quilt.... and remembered I had a bunch of panels so decided that will be my next quilting focus..... I found fabric for backings and some wadding left overs that are the right size and I now have a pile....  There are a couple of panels which are long and thin so I will piece some plains to go on the sides to make them a more useful shape.....

That road will be the first... I think it would be a fun floor mat for playtime.....

Righto, Gotto Go..... have a lovely weekend....xx

4th week of June

Oh my goodness, half the year has passed by!!!!

Lost Blogs

I had a message from Julie (thank you so much) noting my blog had not shown up on her list/feed .... and I went to check my feed and so many blogs I had missed (including Julie's).... I don't know what has happened but I am having a lot less feeds to read and having a lot less readers....

I am slowly re-building up a list for on my blog side bar - perhaps this will help.  Anyway if you haven't heard from me, or can't see yourself on the left sidebar,  please give a yell so I can get back to reading your blog!  Thanks

I finished the binding on this quilt at Tuesday girls sewing....  I had a bunch of William Morris scraps and found a suitable WM for the background

I made the top in 2024 and quilted it earlier this year in a fairly loose all over florally design

I do love this William Morris inspired backing....

This pattern is Chandelier quilt - there are a few free and for purchase patterns on-line.  This is the second I have done as it's great for using up coordinating scraps.

After I had sewn the binding down I did a couple of my neglected Sashiko blocks....

I will be more vigilant with them once I have completed the embroidery table runner

Hubz and I went to the local Museum this week, a snack at the cafe and then a stroll around - we haven't been for a number of years and there was a 'secrets' section.

I enjoyed perusing this embroidery. 

The information provided:

STITCHED-IN SECRETS

This piece was embroidered by Jessie Porter in April 1900.  Conservators removed the frame to reveal the original vibrant thread colours at the embroidery's edges.

Jessie lived with her husband Henry (Ernie) and their children Eric, Alan and Dorothy in their home Glenroy in Toowoomba.  When she was creating this embroidery, she hid their names and the name of their property in the design.

here is a close up... what a lot of stitching in there.... slow stitching on steroids!

I can see Jessie in this section but I struggle to find the other names....

The museum also has an extensive collection of Coaches which were fun to see and read about.

Righto, Gotto Go.... it's G&T time here....xx

Hoping you are all well (and that blog reading and commenting can get back on track)