I have been sewing!

Yes I have…..I haven't been blogging much and I have so missed you all!!

It was my darling daughter Zoei’s birthday last week

Happy Birthday gorgeous girl !!

and also my Mothers….gosh she would have been 82 years old.

 

I told you a couple of blog posts ago that I was sewing up Spin City by Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co. …well this is as far as I have got…I need to sandwich it with the quilt batting and backing fabric and then I am going to do an all over meandering machine quilting design on it.

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I just don't know why I haven't been blog hopping lately and I guess just life has been leading me in other areas.

This is a Christmas Table runner for a special lady and it is straight but for some reason the photo makes it look all out of shape and crooked.

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But I have been sewing and creating and writing up patterns and getting these and the projects off to the different magazines. So I have had to focus on these or I would have made lots of mistakes and not be able to get them into the magazines.

Also a few Framed Hexagons have gone in the post to go to their new homes….

These above are the ones I did in the swap and these ones are the ones I have received…

Plus I have got back to stitching up my little Hexie flowers

so I have been keeping busy….

hugs to all…..

Sewing and designing and gifts……

I have several shapes already cut and glued waiting for me to sew them on to make a Joseph’s Coat quilt. I got enough done using up all my scraps and then just wasn't too sure how I was going to sew them together.

Did I want to just use them for a border on a quilt? Did I want them arranged in a certain way? Well I loved this disappearing 4 to a 9 patch block (thanks Andie) and thought….well sewing several of these together I could then sew the shapes on to these and then have a lap quilt or in my case a quilt big enough to go over my cafe size kitchen table.

So into my EQ7 program on my computer I went and worked out how many blocks and their sizes and put in the fabric I was going to use and this is what I came up with.

I have sewn all the blocks and loved doing them….such fun!!! Now I am stitching the shapes onto these blocks. I am doing needle turn method..because I love it but I am sure blanket stitch could be used as well.

I sit at night times and while I listen to and sometimes watch television I stitch these down. Its a bit dangerous with all them pinned on but I needed to distribute all the shapes evenly over so that no two lots of fabrics were in the same section.

I found a new thrift shop the other day and got a bag of old vintage buttons….sorry didn't take a piccie of them and they are now in the storage jar. Also got this lovely doily for me to cut up and sew the sections onto my framed hexagons that I am doing. Although it is in good condition and so I might not cut it up yet. Should have got the one with the hole in it! lol.

I have made a couple of table runners and given them for presents. This one here went to an Aunt-in-Law in Czech…..she loved it!

I used my Go! Baby to cut out the flower shapes…..makes it so much easier than tracing and cutting out yourself!

This one went to my DIL over in WA for her birthday at the beginning of the month….she loved her table topper too.

I designed it in EQ7 and so my DIL has an original design. Plus she loves purple.

I loved designing it and loved sewing the Dresden plates and I even did fancy quilting on it.

Hope your sewing is going full steam ahead…

I have added a pattern in the Patterns To Purchase section up the top under my banner ….they are pdf patterns and if you want hard copies they will be available in my store soon. Plus if you are looking for those pegs like I used for my lace and trims I was able to get some and I will have a few packets available in my store soon. (just have to list them yet) Under the Notions section.

Hugs to all…..

I have been MIA but busy…..

I have been busy just I haven't been blogging much and haven’t posted for over a week!! My goodness how time flies. That seems to be all what I say lately….How time flies!!

Anyway, I have been sewing a few things and writing up patterns ……..

and I have started to pack my case as its not long now until the Stitching weekend in Tassie is here.

This is a bit of what I have been sewing…..I can’t show you proper pictures as these are for Stitching in Tassie.

and these

 

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I have been poking my nose into the Op-shops a bit lately too….Love old doily's and these ones I am going to cut up and sew into my Framed Hexagons that I am doing all white.

I have more but haven't taken any photos of them yet. I have just finished washing and ironing them. Next step is to cut them up to fit the Hexagon shape. As you can see by the ones above that there are some old stains on them and cutting around these will solve the problem of not having to soak them.

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Vignette Magazine Issue #6 by Leanne Beasley is due out the first week of March…..

You can pre-order it HERE.

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It’s back to the packing and cutting of fabric for the kits that I am having for the Stitching in Tassie weekend.

Busy busy busy……but all good.

Hugs to all…….

A new quilt BOM-along.

A few of the ladies from the craft forum and I are doing a BOM-along.

Marg wanted to do this quilt

and Cheryl said she wanted to do it too and so of course I had to as well….so we shared it with the ladies on the craft forum and a few of them are joining in with us to do it as a block a month.

It’s called Sentimental Journey and is a free pattern from Block Central. 12 blocks all up….so will be fun encouraging each other along on our journey.

We decided that the first block was to start in September and then a block each month there after.

I love the blocks and was quite eager to get started.

So while I was waiting for September to get here I picked out my fabrics …(Park Avenue and Luna Knott. Love ‘em!)

and downloaded the pdf’s with the instructions for the blocks.

Today I couldn’t wait any longer and made the first block.

It was such fun and lots of preciseness …..if that is a word.

I am very happy with how the fabrics are working together and the dark fabric is actually the one that looks brown in the top picture but actually it is a dark green. To see where the fabrics looked good in what part of the blocks I put the blocks in to EQ7 and rearranged the fabrics until I was happy with them. Love EQ7 too!

Prior to making the Sentimental Journey block I made this block……

for the Mystery BOM that I am doing with a few of the ladies from the craft forum. 

Also a Framed Hexagon had to be made for Joma as she was the one I was sending to this month. She wanted anything to do with the garden as her theme, so I hope she likes this one. 

So already a bit of sewing happening for the month and I should receive Issue #4 of Leanne Beasley's Vignette magazine either tomorrow or Tuesday so will be able to post your issue off to you if you have pre-ordered one. It looks good! I ordered in extra issues so if you didn’t pre-order one, you can still get them from HERE.

Hugs to all……

Out Of The Box BOM Block 9…last one.

Yay its Spring!!!!!!….I so love Spring with all the trees and flowers that spring up and shoot out their new buds. Love it!!

Here we go……the last of the

Out Of The Box BOM blocks.

I hope you have enjoyed this journey with Dawn and I as much as we have enjoyed it. We were so excited to have given you these blocks and even more excited to see yours done. Looking forward to seeing everyone's completed and put together.

So put them up in the Flickr group.

In a couple of weeks Dawn and I will have our instructions available for putting the blocks together and our big reveal of the completed BOMs. I love how they both have turned out….and I am sure you will too.

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I went visiting a local Op-Shop the other day and found these darling doily's…..I just had to have them.

Doily's VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

I do love doily's and I have started my collection of them to make these fabulous hexies! You will have to go to Roz’ blog and have a look.

http://rozhearts.blogspot.com/2011/06/another-post.html

I just love it to bits! It is so like the Framed Hexagons I have been swapping on the forum but different and so now I will be going thru the Op-Shops to find more to make these Framed Hexagons. 

Have a great Spring day

hugs to all……

Just a few Hexagons......Love them!

Well that was scary having blogger down....Hopefully its all fixed now.

I have been busy with my hexagon flowers....I love love love making these.

I have started to sew them together to make a length for the Hexagon Quilt that Leanne Beasley is showing us how to put together in her Vignette magazine. I haven't taken a picture yet....

I loved doing the little 1/2 inch hexies from my new Around The Christmas Tree design

 that I made some more

....such fun. Don't know what I will use them for but I just love looking at them.

hugs to all...........