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.....

Month end.... month beginning

And goodbye to September, hello October....

Cheryll hosts WOOFA..... where we work on something hanging around and Kris hosts OPAM where we count up the things we have made over the month.

I finished off this pinwheel quilt at long last.... a few years ago I was given some HST scraps and I added some colours to it.... it is a happy quilt....

During September retreat with the Brisbane girls I made a couple of things.... this little bag - very clever little pattern... sew sew, turn through and it's done....  

Then another of the ladies there helped me with this pedal non slip mat... works a treat!

... and I made up this little vinyl bag... fabric I had purchased when we visited shops at our last retreat!

... so now my next WOOFA project is out... I want to finish this quilt .... I bought these printed squares from a New Zealand business (which has since stopped) at a show several years ago and sewed them together a few years ago.... it will be a lovely lightweight quilt...

Righto, Gotto Go.... storms didn't eventuate here... we got a silly bit of rain and some gusty winds .... a bit of a let down really.... but the air is clean and the sun is shining and it looks beautiful outside...

Have a lovely weekend....

That was August

Well it's WOOFA and OPAM time again.....

Almost everything was quilts which I finished practicing my quilting....''

These quilts are all WOOFA projects as they had already been made as tops...

feathers

railfence

blocks....

I Spy

Shocking Pink

The rest are new projects for OPAM

I also made 4 gold towels for Hubz...

... and crocheted a windspinner

Thank you Cheryll and Kris for our count ups...

I did have a couple of smallish finishes at retreat but they can go into September as a photo shoot still needs to be done....

Keep well everyone... xx

July Month End.....

Another month has come and almost gone....

Hubz is officially retired from his job.... however he is staying another month to hand over and work on a specific project (mostly from home hopefully).... my children are calling him John Farnham (known for his repeat last tours!)

Golf sticks have been purchased....

WOOFA

Thanks Cheryll for hosting WOOFA and encouraging towards finishing up those projects....  

I finished off a bunch of tray mats which have been hanging around...

Wish You Well was completed...

shocking pink quilt top got made from scrap HST's...

mouse quilt top got put together....

this last week I have worked hard on practicing quilting ...

This one was my first effort after my calico wriggles ... big loopy swirls on a small lap quilt....

This I spy quilt is a nice single bed size and I did an all over sort of watery design....

This is a small lap quilt and I worked with curved and straight rulers.... in the ditch and orange peels in the squares... lots of lines in the border...

This is a square medium sized... ruler used for the lines around the feathers and then lots of smaller swirls in the white....  

Learning what I can and cannot do in this machine.... In some ways it is  alot easier than the sit down machine but I think there is less flexibility for moving around and changing thread colours.... I don't know how they manage to do a feathery border down the sides....

Anyway I now have 4 quilts to bind!!!  And a quick trip out to the local big store that always has sales on and got some wadding for a good price... great for the practicing...

OPAM

7 tray mats 

1 mug rug

4 dilly bags

2 bondi tops

30's star baby quilt

Wish You Well quilt

Thanks Kris for keeping a tally and keeping us finishing those projects....

It was good looking back... I got a lot more done than I thought I had... my handwork projects have not made a lot of progress though....

I have been on jury duty but so far only been called in one morning.... and not selected for that jury so that was a short visit.  

The quick edit link for the gadgets on the side bar has disappeared.... I will have to find another way to keep my lists - perhaps pages.... Mr google did find a way of fixing but really didn't understand it.

Keep safe everyone... and have a lovely weekend...

The year is half way.....

Hubz is retiring the end of this month... so that's exciting.....

Retirement and pension is a whole new ball game for us.... don't really know where to start or what is out there ... oh well....  he is old enough for a pension but I am not ...

Happy for tips if you have them - those who have 'been there done that' or have family who have.  Thanks.

Anyway.... back to the real fun of life... the sewing....

I had one finish last month to go towards WOOFA (thanks Chez) and OPAM (thanks Kris)...  I still love it

I got a lovely surprise in the mail from Lin in France.....

I have always admired her amazing crazy patch work...  This is what happens when you mix craft with art - I love it.

There is so much detail in this little mini cushion (it's not a pincushion - I would never stab it).  Thank you so much Lin and I just love the teal and green together.... 

I finally finished off this small quilt.... I love the bright 30's fabrics and these were left over HST's from a bigger quilt I made some time ago.....

The backing is pretty cute too.....

I quilted Wish You Well and it now has the binding attached... I just need to hand sew it down.

I have got a bit obsessed with the blackwork.  This is the new one I have started.  I am doing a 'formal garden' but I haven't done all the borders yet... I was in a hurry to add some plants to see what it will look like.  I am using single thread of these two variegated thread....

This is a very generous free pattern through a facebook site which some friends put me on to...  each section will have different flowers...

I will put it away ... I have another block of Civil War Bride I want to get finished...

Righto, Gotto Go....  it's coffee time... then chopping and sorting.... my sewing mice are on the table ....

Hope you have a lovely weekend