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Well the time has come for us to be parted.
The labels are stitched on
and covered with flaps
Her bag is made and she is neatly folded and inside.........safe and sound.
And she is off to stay with Fay for a while.....while she gets valued and then awaits her glorious unveiling at the Quilt Show in July. So until we meet again on Friday 29th July it's farewell and happy travels my 'Dear Prudence'
Linda :)
Well I said I hoped to be back by the end of the weekend to show you the new quilt I have been working on and guess what?.........I am! If you remember I started with the Fat 1/8th bundle of lovely fabric called 'Curio' by basicgrey.
and here is the completed quilt top
I used one of the fabulous patterns from the Moda Bake Shop website.....it is called Crossroads.
The pattern can be made using a Layer Cake or a Jelly Roll, plus the extra cream fabric. There are Layer Cakes, Jelly Rolls and Charm Packs in 'Curio' available now in the shop.......but you will have to wait until September for the bolts to arrive.
Linda :)
PS. And 'no' Cathryn I haven't finished my Selvage Quilt yet.....but as women we are excellent at multi tasking and can certainly work on more than one project at a time.....lol! Mmmm what shall I stitch next?
One of the best things about this time of the year is that the cows are being dried off and we are milking less.......so it is quicker and we are finished and inside earlier at night.....this also means that we can make the trip to Colac to catch the earlier screenings of movies. Last week we went to see
but the screening time was at 9pm. It was very funny.......Simon and Nick are great together........but it wasn't a movie for kids!
Last night we went and saw
this time there was a screening at 6.15pm.....perfect.....except for the bus load of Under 14 football kids out for the night........still not sure why they sell popcorn at the cinema when most of it ends up on the floor! We headed off for Pizza afterwards and met up with Hannah.......and the bus load of kids!!!!
Linda :)
Last Thursday I received my pre-cuts of the new range 'Curio' by basicgrey. By Saturday morning I couldn't take it any longer........I just had to crack open the Fat 1/8th pack.
The colours are beautiful.
By Saturday afternoon I had the fabrics cut and had made a start on piecing a quilt top.......the pattern is off the Moda Bake Shop site......so maybe by the end of the weekend I will have something better to show you.
Linda :)
It has been a long time since I have done anything in the garden........that is apart from mowing the lawns and doing the occasional bit of 'weeding' with the roundup. My vegetable garden is almost unrecognisable, the roses are straggly, and the bush rats have decided that with my inactivity in the garden it would be a great place relocate to! With under two years before I have to have it spick and span for a wedding.....yes Emma & Ryan will be married in the garden.......exciting but there is so much that needs to be done......I finally made a start this afternoon. The hebes along near the carpark area have been in for about 4 years. They have been great.....very hardy.... but have started to look bare in underneath. So here is the before shot.
And then after I attcked them with the pruners.
I'm hoping that they will reshoot and in two years look fabulous....
that's plan A....if they don't plan B will be to rip them out and plant something else......be warned hebes it's grow or go!
While I was in the garden I took some photos of the last bit of colour before Winter sets in.....(or has it already?)
Although the hydrangea finished flowering months ago, the old blooms still add interest in the garden.
Still a few roses providing a last splash of colour....this one is Golden Touch
....yes I know there's a deadly nightshade plant in the background.....one of many!
The Alstroemerias are great and their blooms make excellent cut flowers.
There are still a few on this massive clump.......which I will have to divide up shortly. It is that big it has pushed itself up out of the ground and has formed a mound.
My favourite tree in Autumn is the Lipstick Maple.
It's brilliant red leaves really stand out and this is why I have planted another 5 in a lovely row further down in the garden. I'm afraid another windy day will see the last of the leaves gone for this Autumn.
So that the garden isn't completely bare of leafy trees during winter, two years ago I planted an Irish Strawberry Tree. I know that the grow rather large so it's good that I've got a big garden to accomodate it. It has lovely little bell shaped flowers which are followed by 'fruit' that look a little like strawberries.....well they are round and red.....but not edible (at least I don't think so). My tree is only about a metre high at the moment, but it has got flowers on it.
I really have missed spending time in my garden. It is good for the mind and body......maybe the body will take a bit of getting used to it though!
Linda :)
PS. I'm not sure whether the regulars noticed the new surface on the car park in the first photo......
Russell spent Monday and Tuesday ripping the red gravel base and smoothing out the 4 truck and trailer loads of scoria. Here's hoping that it packs down okay.......anything would have to be an improvement on the red gravel .....it was okay in the dry but very yucky when it rained.
The pre-cuts for the new range 'Curio' by basicgrey arrived on Thursday.
The range won't be in the shop until September but there are Jelly Rolls & Layercakes $45 and Charm packs $14.50 available now. I also bought a fat 1/8th bundle for me........so I will be working on a new quilt for the shop over the coming weeks.
Linda :)
As many of you know I have groups of ladies use the upstairs classroom area for sewing get togethers. Sometimes they bring their own lunch and sometimes I provide the lunch......but the urn is always on and boiling. Today I had a very special group of ladies come to the shop for lunch and a little bit of sewing and a little bit of shopping. Under the wonderful guidance of Heather, Sue and Gloria, thirteen ladies from Cooinda made the bus trip from Terang. Although the weather wasn't particularly nice they were all keen to have a day out. A few of the ladies belong to the Camperdown Clocktower Quilters group and are keen and accomplished quilters. Here they all are enjoying their desserts of pavlova and chocmint cheesecake
........quite a few of the ladies did mention that they didn't think they would need a very big tea....lol!
Before they left, Mary made a presentation to me on behalf of the group. It was 2 lovely bowls. Lorna (the lady with the red scarf) painted this beautiful blue floral bowl.
The photo really doesn't do it justice.......the blue is a lot brighter.......it's gorgeous!
The other was a beautiful orange/yellow smaller bowl......
again the photo wasn't good......I should have taken it this afternoon and not this evening!
I hope the ladies had a lovely day.....I know that I did.
Linda :)
Since I finished my Hexagon Quilt I have so much spare time that I really don't know what to do with myself............NOT! Last week I decided to have a wee bit of a clean up at the shop.......so out came all of the bags and boxes with all of those bits and pieces that had been shoved carefully placed in them for safe keeping. I now have about 15 unfinished projects to occupy my 'spare' time as well as lots of 'gee I forgot I bought that' pattern(x 12) to make. So now my sewing nights are being taken up with trying to get my 'Pies and Tarts' quilt finished and my sewing days are spent wading through this big huge pile of selvages.
Last year I started a Selvage Zinger Quilt.....on Friday I decided to get it out and continue on with it. The blocks are quite simple
but when laid out together they make an interesting design.
I am not making much of a dent in my pile so I think I will have to work on some other selvage projects as well.
Linda :)