Author Archives: glenda

How do the weeks go so quickly even in Lock down?  My days are just not long enough to do what I want to each day!  I   

Life has been flowing past to quickly and no Blogging for over a month so trying to catch up?  

A glimpse in to my quilting friends art world.  Thanks for all the inspiration Margaret 

Antique Japanese kimono lengths of fabric that is Hand dyed indigo fabric.  Given to me nearly 40 years ago?   It’s taken me this long to work out how to Get rid of the yellow ageing and bring it back … Continue reading →

Indi’s wall art. I have just spent a wonderful 2 days staying with my Grandies and their parents. My granddaughter 7 and I played with fabrics most of the time. I took a pile of very colourful 1990 fabrics with … Continue reading →

Only 4 more days and Part 2 of  Esther’s lovely BOM Hope for 2020 will be released,  there’s  a lot more  this month to work on compared to Part 1 but if you do lots of prep work it will … Continue reading →

WOW or WIP’s  4th March 2020 Hello All, I did not want to write the date today it makes me realise my year is flying by to quickly.   Each day I have it planned for sewing but things happen … Continue reading →

I’m blinking as I just realised next WOW or WIP’s will be March!!!   We will be nearing the end of the 1st 1/4 of 2020!    I want 2020 to slow down as I’m sure it’s going to be … Continue reading →

I think the weeks are getting shorter?  They told me my days would be very long when I got older, how older do I have to be LOL. last week I was working on my child’s quilt till I received … Continue reading →

Wednesday rolls in again????  How quickly the days and go when you are a quilter.  there are never enough hrs in the day to fit in sewing time?????   In the garden this morning.         As I was … Continue reading →

Found the below this morning,  a sample of how to reverse applqiue  it was called, but not sure if thats the correct word, it was a night mare to do as I’d used a calico for the top fabric and … Continue reading →

  Hi every one,  I did think 2020 was going to be a great year, well quilting and sewing wise for me it’s been wonderful,  my knee has improved so much I now can sit for several hours at the … Continue reading →

Morning to you all who have woken to a beautiful Wednesday also.  Showing photo’s of parts of one of my blocks for WIL   Its taken me a long time to applqiue down all those fish I added in the border????  … Continue reading →

Did say I thought 2020 was going to be a great year, well it’s flying by so fast I might miss most of it?  All ready two WOW or WIP’s up and I have nothing to show except things from … Continue reading →

Happy New Years Day All. How I enjoyed typing 2020 just now. I’m so so sure it’s going to be a great year for most people it has such a great ring to it. Yesterday while cleaning in dark places … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas All.  I hope you all wake to a day to be shared  with love ones and if not you have memories of wonderful Christmas days to think of?   All but one of  my family made it home and I … Continue reading →

I was asked about my HH I have written and sent out thank you notes to many and still doing this, so if you have not heard from me it may still be in the mail  . I thought you … Continue reading →

Hi ALL with all the things going on I’m late writing up my blog, have uploaded photo but no messages or captions this week????   Lets see how far I get this time? its 10am now. Sharing how I made my … Continue reading →

Hello All,  2019 is winding down very fast.  Last week I’ve been mostly unpicking silk Kimono’s to do some more dying.  So nothing new to show in the sewing department, so showing some quilts from the past and the garden … Continue reading →

I write the 20 th of Nov and realise there’s only 5 weeks till Christmas morning?   I realise that all been well I will be at my Son and DDIL’s home  and with luck will walk along the beach … Continue reading →