Playful Sunday..

A quick trip to our local garden / hardware centre to buy some more rose bushes and some fertilizer, then home to play.
My play quilt is slowly growing.. Not sure about this next border... diamonds are a girls best friends, or are they in this case!
Have to have a think about this one, will sleep on it, and see what it looks like in the morning...♥

On the Wall...

What a busy week it's been..at last I have been able to get back to my new quilt design project.

This morning I woke up all eager, keen and wanting to work on my new quilt, but some chores outside were calling me...when you can't stand to see a mess any longer, then it's time to do something about it!...
Dh and I spent most of the morning cleaning the back yard and washed some windows, what a good feeling it was to have that done...now I can work on my quilt all weekend if I want to... guilt free !
Not a lot more has been done on my quilt, just a few more pinwheels and some thought as what to do next....but you can now see how it's taking shape..
I've had a metre of the centre fabric for ages, love it but never been sure what to do with it.
I thought it would be perfect for the centre medallion for this quilt, and perhaps some fussy cutting somewhere in the quilt. I'm really pleased with how it's coming along.
Sorry about the poor quality of the photo, the lighting is not too good in the sewing room....I think it looks better real than in this photo, the colours are a lot brighter than they look here..

It's nearly the weekend again, have a good one and take care...♥

Introducing Tomi....from Japan

It was a wonderful day yesterday at my local P/work group, " The Pelican Quilters "....
I'd like you to meet Tomi, our Japanese quilting friend...a dear delightful tiny lady.
Tomi has been coming out to Australia for about 7 years now, she loves to quilt, and would you believe Tomi is 86 years old....lives with her son and family in Japan.
This lovely photo of Tomi and I is to show you how tiny Tomi is...I'm JUST scraping five feet tall...

Each year Tomi comes to Australia in our summer, sometimes staying just a couple of months, at one time stayed on an extended visa for a whole year.
She stays with friends, Tomi loves to visit our fabric shops, one of our Patchwork girls picks her up, brings her to our meetings and takes her to quilt fabric shops to get her fix of fabric retail therapy.
Six years ago, Tomi set out to make 80 quilts to hold an exhibition in Japan to celebrate her 80th birthday, and this she did with 80 plus a few more to spare.
The exhibition was a great success, from it Tomi went on to teach quilting the ladies in her local area...the ladies there loved her quilts....I wish I had half of Tomi's energy!
We love her dearly and hope that she keeps coming back for many more years, Tomi is an inspiration to us all... ♥

A bit of show and tell....This gorgeous quilt is Lyn's...Lyn hasn't been quilting for very long, but isn't this quilt just beautiful..I think Lyn said it was the first quilt she has finished, it was done in a class...One of many beautiful quilts to come Lyn!

Well I best get to and do some work..have a lovely day...♥

This and That...

The rose fabric order has arrived at last....I cannot believe how long it took to get here from over East, 10 days....I get parcels delivered from the States quicker than that...I had almost given it up as lost!.. Now I can get back to playing with my new quilt project, the one I started a couple of weeks ago. I love this rose fabric in the front...I can't wait to start back on it...perhaps tomorrow!

In the meantime I pulled out this old UFO, it's been rolled up and put away at the back of the cupboard for years...I must wave to dear long time quilting friend Dana (no blog), I know she loves this and reads my blog....I'm going to finish it Dana, at last! I'm having trouble deciding what to do about the borders...

It measures 36" x 18" I would like to make it a bit bigger so that it's a nice wall hanging...it would look lovely above our bed.

Should I just add a rose fabric border, or do some blocks then a rose fabric border....what blocks would go with this beautiful swag !

Here's a close up... I needle turned the roses, leaves and bows, the pansies are broderie perse, with bullion stitch embroidered lavender sprigs....the background is cross hatch quilted with a twin needle.

I really love this pink and green rose fabric and I think it compliments and brings out the colours of the flowers...Hmmm, what to do!..♥ A finish for February....I have a pair, these will keep my little tootsies warm in winter...

A lovely mild cooler day today....I'm off to my local Tuesday Patchwork group today..

Have a lovely day....♥

Caring and Supporting ...

Dear Bluebird-Lyn, has come up with a lovely idea to show our support for another blogger friend who is going through a tough time right now.
Lyn is co-ordinating the making of a quilt using 9 patch blocks for her. If you would like to participate, by making a block or even just blogging about it, please click on the link to Lyn or on the sewing machine on my sidebar...♥

I Did It !.....

I did it...I washed my DJ...oh I was so nervous while it was washing !

I put two colour catchers in with the wash and as you can see here they came out the palest pink. It's out drying in the shade on the table under the patio....whew, so glad that's done!

It's all good....I'm having a great weekend, Dh, son #2 and I went out to a cafe by the beach and had a lovely breakfast....I hope your all having a wonderful weekend too..

Take care...♥

Waiting...Knitting!

What does one do while waiting for fabric to arrive...knit socks!...
I'd rather be sewing, but I'm waiting for some rose fabrics to arrive so I can incorporate them into the quilt I'm playing with, the one I'm making up as I go along ...hurry up postman!

Another hot day today, said to reach 38 degrees Celsius...we have not had any rain for 62 days straight now...wish it would rain.

Take care...♥