A new month.....

Winter has officially started here... but the fire has been burning a few days.... I still have my lovely Autumn mini quilt up from Maria and will need to change it for the season.

I've had a nasty cough so been lying low - this cold front is a good reason to stay indoors.

May finishes included...

My Bali Batik Quick Curve Ruler quilt.... (just needed the binding done)

The crochet blanket (which is a gift)

The Giraffe baby quilt (pieced, quilted and bound for a gift)

A pair of little shoes....

... and a dribble bib....

I had this quilt all cut out using some more of my Terra Australis fabrics..... it is the second top I have made using these...

Naive Melody was the start of using this fat quarter pack I fell in love with.... this top was finished in January 2021 - still waiting to be quilted....

This is a free pattern called Puzzle Box by Christa Quilts.... effective and easy....

I have taken out some more fabric to slice and dice.....  Chookyblue is having a Churn Dash SAL and I do love a SAL ... and I had this fabric in my cupboard that needed using..... and I love the comraderie sewing with friends.... 

the binding was made for Puzzle Box - same light grunge as the background....

Evening sewing has produced this snail for my Field Journal embroideries....

Righto, Gotto Go..... stoke up the fire and get to slicing and dicing..... and some sewing....

Have a lovely rest of the week....

OPAM time....

Thanks always to Kris who keeps up the OPAM tally for us... I have 25 finishes 

Safari Snaps was a finish this month....

and so were the 21 Bird House Tags...

I made myself a sewing tray and thread catcher....

And this week I finished off this baby quilt....

I did these sweet stitcheries (designed by Michelle) in 2015 and put the top together....

Finally got to quilting it in December last year....

... and this week sewed the binding on and hand sewn down at Sewing Day....

the backing is rather delicious I think....

This trough was once a worm farm, then a compost heap and now has graduated to a herb garden (with a few lettuce and rocket to fill spaces for now)

I have started this sweet baby quilt, I bought the pattern a few years ago and am finally doing it.... at the moment going through all the colours and cutting up the little pieces.... a big painstaking...

I saw Jennifer's lovely knitting and got enthused, I don't have one hand made jumper and I need an easy carry project later this year..... nothing like a bit of preplanning!  Delicious colour wool from Bendigo Woollen Mills....

Fits perfectly in my drawstring bag - a gift from Michelle....

This picture is a wierd colour, I took it off our TV.  Hubz has been keeping an eye on this Bald Eagle in Canada, yesterday it was protecting bubs from the snow but late afternoon her Hubby came by and we could see a second egg (which apparently they don't expect to hatch)....  Youngster has grown lots of course.

Technology is wonderful for this sort of thing, we also watch the birds and flowers in his brothers garden and a number of waterholes in Africa.

I have made a decision about what to do with the rest of Terra Australis.  Found this free pattern on the internet and I have bought some creamish grunge to be a contrast.  It is a good jelly roll pattern too.  If I don't have enough of the fabric it will be an easy one to add a couple of plains to.

A good month, I am getting through some of the quilt tops I have, but also making new ones!!!  

Righto, Gotto Go, some more giraffe blocks to cut and perhaps I can make a start on Puzzle Box chopping...  I should be nice and bake a cake though..... Hubz has a birthday tomorrow....   hmmmmm

February Finishes

Thank you dear Kris for keeping up OPAM this year....  it is fun looking back to see what has been done...I for one forget after about 10 minutes!!!

Just a summary of what was made in February...

12 masks (masks are no longer mandatory here after Friday) but they may still be used...

Snap purse... 

6 Tags

Happy that I have made good progress on various other projects too.....

FNWF and OPAM and WOOFA

My two OPAM finishes last month were quilts.... 

Dutch Treat (reverse applique)

Mama Tembu (international sisters block)

The tops had been made some time ago so have been in the finishing queue - therefore also fit into WOOFA projects (hosted by Cheryll) for January.

Thank you Cheryll for having us virtually for FNWF .....

I did some quilting on this Safari quilt I made some time ago.... It is a lap size and made up to look like snapshots.  Big seed pod type shapes in the quilting.

Over the weekend I will make the binding and attach back and front by machine - I usually hand sew down but not this time...

I have a couple of hand sewing things I am working on.... this is the first of the little neighbourhood houses for February done. 

Keeping going with this little piece - Just filling in this fabric with some lazy daisy flowers and french knots... then I will make it into a little snap bag.

Once the binding is done for the Safari Snapshots I will be starting this one......  my Elephant ... so far I have prepared some of the papers for foundation piecing..... there will be quite a lot of work to do and not much to see for a while as there are almost 100 blocks to make before they get put together to make it up....  the pattern has been so well done and is easy to follow with what colour goes where.  The other bonus is using these solids there is not a problem with wrong side and right side... ( I often get that mixed up with the sewing in reverse of foundation piecing)

On Thursday I made up these masks for a friend.  I like the 3D mask from See Kate Sew and have added little strips inside for the nose.  So far the only ones I have had success with not fogging up glasses.  

Righto, Gotto Go, after my coffee I will get sewing that binding...

Hope you all have a lovely weekend....

November!

Thank you Kris for hosting OPAM..... this month I did get my pretty Nature Panel quilt finished.... well all I needed was quilting and binding as the top didn't need any work!

I had done the quilting in October and finished off with the binding this month...

Thank you Cheryll for hosting WOOFA... working on some of those 'in the queue' projects...

 I carried on with quilting ....  these blocks were from a 9 patch swap done in 2013!  I made a couple of tops with all the patches I had.... the other one was made and gifted in 2016... you can see it HERE if you are so inclined.....

and I also put this quilt top together.... after a few years of waiting....

It has now progressed to the waiting for a backing queue but has it's binding ready and waiting...

This is another UFO top that has been laying around in a plastic box.... it was made several years ago....

I need to buy some red for binding for this one....

Meanwhile handwork has continued in the evenings.... I've done a couple more of my coloured blackwork....  

Roses.....

and Dutch Iris.....

Trying to get a few leaves done each night for the next Civil War Bride block....  it looks a bit spindly at the moment!!

Progress has been made on the Jelly Roll quilt fabric sent by Sue.... I am doing two quilts... a larger one using the darker fabrics in the roll and then a baby size using the lighter fabrics....

These are put away ready for a machine sew day with friends later this week....

Righto, Gotto Go......

The sun is shining today, washing is hanging out, mowing is having to be done again....  but I will be off to the sewing room of course....  

Hope you have a wonderful week.....