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Today I managed to find time to attach the satin bias binding around both the front and back of the shoulder bag, it was rather fiddly as the bas is only 1/2inch wide. I machine sitched it on to the front first … Continue reading →

Still working on Esther’s http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com BOM block Forgetmenot . Today I have been making the back of the shoulder bag I have put Esther’s design Forgetmenot on to; see my blog Sat 23rd June.  I have made the back in plain black 100% wool felt … Continue reading →

Green iron on fusing cotton fabric on to heavy 100% wool felt This will end up a carry bag for a gift in Japan in Oct????? I made up the wee bird with felt pieces, using tiny drops of glue till … Continue reading →

This morning it was 10C here far to cold for me I wanted to stay in bed and play with my new Ipad  that arrived yesterday; hubby gave it to me for my birthday , I went down to the … Continue reading →

Well about all I have to show this week is a pile of rubbish!!!!!! As we live in the tropics plus on the edge of the rainforest things grow as you watch them, trees grow 1 to 2 metres a year, every … Continue reading →

Flowers are starting to appear again, these lilies are filling my house with a delicate perfume.  Orchids are just starting to bloom again in the garden. After weeks of rain last Sunday we saw the sun all day for the first time, … Continue reading →

Here we are 1/2 way through 2012 and it seems like we have just had family home for Xmas how is that possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It seems like we are all having a full on year,  Jarrod and Sandra sharing their love of each … Continue reading →

This past week has not been mine really it has been spent mostly in waiting rooms, so I pulled my Vienna quilt out of the attic where it had been packed away over the wet season and I have clocked … Continue reading →

This week starts off with my WIP I spent last Wednesday after-noon and Thursday playing with my Whim!!!! My conflowers looked more like cuttle fish than coneflowers to me???? I decided to try setting my centre on point and what … Continue reading →

Last Wednesday I pulled some fabrics on a whim and this is what I have ended up with so far I have not finished with it yet just had no time, but I want to add some cornflowers???? Will see what … Continue reading →

Hello every one, May has arrived and I was still thinking we were in Summer????? For us it seems like it is as we only get real rain in the middle of summer  Dec through till March normally; and it … Continue reading →

Light Boxes for patchwork. Many quilters do not have the money when starting out to buy a light box or are in area’s where there are no shops to go buy one. If you look around the house you will come up … Continue reading →

First it is ANZAC day,  a very special day for NZ and OZZIES.  It reminds us of war world I and hopefully we never see another like it. My grandfather was one of the first army soldiers from NZ to set foot on … Continue reading →

Working on stitching down my flowers to day on my Cosmos block.  I’m blanket stitching around the flowers I have several appointments today in the city where I will be waiting in waiting rooms for several hours so will get a lot done!!!!!.  To check out … Continue reading →

First lots of love and Happy Birthday Ha in NZ I’m thinking of you. Only sewing I have managed to do the last 3 weeks is a little darning, a few stitiches now and then on my last corner block from Peaceful … Continue reading →

  First I have Anne Marieke to thank for sending me the Liebster award.  At first I had no idea what it was but after doing lots of research I was a little wiser, then I went in to thank her on … Continue reading →

No blog last week, we all packed up and went to Ellis Beach for 3 days from Wednesday morning till Saturday. We had a lovely small bungalow right on the beach with a creek running down the side of it. … Continue reading →

Another UFO top quilt top finished plus tag  sandwiching ready to start machine quilting?????? I bless the day hubby suggested I tag my quilts and bought me one last year.  Yeterday I had this quilt which is 2 metres square … Continue reading →

I have been working on my friendship quilt this week, I had to make another 3 blocks to be able to make a 6th Row. It is interesting how I see these blocks now. When I first received them I … Continue reading →

Only 7 more sleeps till Esther puts up her first part of the Mystery BOM for 2012 yippee. I have been writing this blog since Sunday its a bit like a WIP as I’m down with a stomach virus and … Continue reading →