Where did September go?

Quilt camp at Ferndale is the only stitching this month.

The view across the Hawkesbury River.

Lots of us sat in the sun stitching admiring the gum tree in bloom.

Lots of laughter on the veranda along with some stitching.

Lynn Alchin organised a great weekend.

 

 

 

Lots of hand stitching with this group of happy campers. Nice to see old friends like Julie.

 

 

Joss worked really hard all weekend

 

 

 

Michelle paper pieced blocks and then prepared the finale borders of a beautiful quilt.

 

 

I spent some time on a much neglected Grandmother's Flower Garden project. Sorry no photos.

 

I hope you all had a good month. Maybe there will be more stitching this month.

 

Terry

 







Fabric Choices

Do you ever wonder what possessed you to buy a fabric?   Was it the colour, popular fashion ,price or just cause?

I was running through Spotlight ; yes running in  White Rabbit style when the sale table reached out and  grabbed me.  

My had to have fabric. Why you ask?

1. it has all the right colours grey, turquoise, lime green etc.
2. feels great to the touch perfect for backing
3. extra wide 59" so maybe no piecing the back
4. the price was right $6.00/meter

Not convinced yet?

 

 

 

I laid said fabric out on my new  (don't tell DH) cutting table . Don't you just love the venue ?

 

AND ....that's when my reason for purchasing this yardage hit. Well sure all of the reasons above are valid but really . I spent my whole life looking at colour incidentally blended together in mirror image. Give kids paint and you get butterflies. Yup I said butterflies .

 

 

The incidental quality of the process of squishing paint inside a folded piece of paper. Happy accidents and strange results. Got to love the experimentation. So my "butterflies" are going to be the backing for   *****

 

 

 

 

The "Tumbler Quilt" started earlier this year with Victoria of Bumble Beans.

 

 

 

The perfect Match made in Heaven. The colours of the front and back will compliment each other but more importantly it's all about unexpected results.  Letting go, finding your inner child, and throwing out the rule book.  Love IT.

 

 

 

The unexpected results of playing never cease to make me happy. It's all about the process.

 

 

Hope you had a good middle of the week.  Terry

 

 

 



  

Colour Fix

I am not a Project Manager. No No
 I have discovered that trying to find and co-ordinate tradesmen is very stressful.

I have not sewn AT ALL .... this week!!  BUT......

I did get my colour fix by rearranging the spare room.

DH and I have been camped out in this room for over a week while the tiler and plumber worked on the en suite. I'm still trying to source a glazier to install the shower.

Was it the great rag rug that inspired me ?
The desire to play with quilts?
                                                     OR
All the home reno shows I've been escaping to lately?

Whatever!    Here is the great rug.

               

That much vibrant colour is enough to inspire ...

GS is coming for a sleep over today and I'm interested to hear his comments on the new arrangement.

Make sure to do something for yourself and have a good weekend.

Terry