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works in progress
Everything I have been working on this week is not originally my project. However, they all need to be completed for the Airing in April so I had to get them done, sooner rather than later. Most of my...
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slow stitching on a wet Sunday afternoon
WM is not well so what could be a better way of spending a wet Sunday afternoon than curled up in front of the television watching the final two-part episode of “A Touch of Frost” (a British detective...
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more works in progress
Before I continue, thank you to all the people who left comments in my Sunday post about binding quilt – it seems we all use more or less the same method!My year will not continue in this vein. Right...
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fourth finish in ‘fifteen
I admit that none of these projects began with me. However, I did finish them.Firstly there were two quilts for which I had to make binding, attach and hand stitch. For our quilting group, they were...
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blue, blue, blue
No, I’m not suffering from depression; I have three projects to talk about and they’re all blue.The first is my blue scraps project, Crumbed Churn Dash, for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge over at...
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slow stitching on the first finish of February
I’m linking this post with Slow Sunday Stitching over on Kathy’s Quilts blog when it goes live later today (it's 7pm Sunday here in Sydney, Australia).This afternoon, I hand-stitched the two sides of...
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it’s February and some people’s thoughts turn to hearts
This is not the story of a finished quilt, so I hope Val will forgive me – but the Tuesday Archiveslink-up at Val’s Quilting Studio looks like so much fun, I couldn’t help wanting to be a part of it.I...
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pretty (scrappy) in pink –- a work in progress
Deb, who blogs at A Simple Life Quilts, and I were email-chatting the other day about quilts in progress. I mentioned that I had a pink and purple row-by-row quilt in progress and should pull it out,...
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saying goodbye to pink
It hasn’t been a very productive month, sewing-wise, for me. In the middle of the month, my uncle, who has been researching my paternal family for many years, sent me some information from a distant...
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As of Monday, I became the full-time carer for my aging mother who has dementia, at least until a bed in an aged care facility can be found -- this could take months.Please excuse me if I'm not around...
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plenty of sewing time
Just popping in with a short post …Mum is doing well; she has improved physically in the week she has been here which is a good sign. She is no longer stooped and shuffling; being undernourished will...
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good to be back home!
edited to add photosBetween last Friday and Tuesday, we (WM, mum and I) notched up over 2,000 kilometres (1250 miles) by driving out to Bathurst to collect my nephew from university then to drive to...
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finishes!
I’m linking this post with Thank Goodness It’s Finished Friday which, this week, is being hosted by Janet at Simply Pieced blog.Last week, before I went away, I managed to get the binding on my...
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knitting continues but it’s not my choice of project
Firstly, welcome to all my new followers; many of whom have started following since March when I wrote my last post. I hope you’ll stick around but I’ll understand if you don’t; my posts are very...
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Violet & Friends and the Scrappy Churn Dash
No, it’s not the name of a new children's book or television program. The title is a combination of two of my finished quilts: “Violet & Friends” and “Scrappy Churn Dash” (see what a difference...
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there is work in progress
At Easter, DD and the family came to visit – it was so good to be able to spend time with them again; especially since DD and I got to spend some time together in the sewing room. Older Grandson helped...
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long ago and far away…
Actually, it wasn’t that long ago – only last month – and in terms of the whole world, not that far away – about 600km or 375 miles -- WM, Mum, MIL and I had a holiday/vacation in the seaside town of...
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still here, still stitching
I’m sure you quilters know that moment when you lose the love for a project. It’s when the end is almost within sight but there are still some hours to be put in. Well, at least that’s how it is for...
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a very special visitor
Today we had a visit from an Australian native bird, a kookaburra. He (actually we don't know if it's a male) has been sitting on the fence for a few days, apparently waiting for us to feed him (look...
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mum’s blankets
Yes, I'm still here though I probably don't have many followers or readers left! My life is full of crafting -- there are quilts to make and knitted blankets to complete. Most of you would know that my...
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