Misc

No time to collect selvages/selvedges?
Look at this great cheater fabric I found.
 

I broke my rule and actually bought 1 metre.
 

And here's a handy tip.
I transported my 2.5" strips to my ironing board on my long ruler.

It was very easy to keep them tidy!

The Husband's Mending

Just because I quilt doesn't mean I can mend everything.
But my husband thinks it does.
 

 

I really shouldn't encourage him to think so.
I used upholstery weight thread and a crewel needle.
 

Of course a pretty pincushion always makes the job easier.

What's the strangest thing you've been asked to mend?

Bloggers' Quilt Festival

Amy is hosting her Spring Bloggers' Quilt Festival.

There is still time to enter.

Here is my entry. Sandpipers on the Beach.

This small wall quilt was made as a swap gift in 

Chookyblue's Secret Santa Christmas Swap 2011.

I couldn't find my post where I'd shown it so here it is again.

Be sure and go back and look at all the amazing quilts.

Swanleigh Retreat 2013

I recently attended our guild retreat and only worked on UFO's.
I spent a lot of time pinning.
 

 

And then chain sewing. No sneak peeks. Maybe later.
 

This cute owl came from Japan and
belongs to my dear friend Eleanor.
 

Carla brought her husband's shirts and cut them up.
Here is what she came up with.
 

Barbara had this little iron. So tiny yet worked very well!
(Ignore the old lady hand. Sigh)
 

I got quite a bit done on these blocks as well.
It's constructed using a partial seam, so a little fiddly.

No sewing yet since I've been back.
One lives in hope.

Ruler Day

My group recently had a 'ruler day' where we all brought our
specialty rulers to show and tell and have a play.
Who knew there'd be so many!
 

This was my selection. Some I haven't used yet!
But plan too.
 

Beautiful roses from my friend's garden.
And a little friend to watch over them (and us).
 

Albany Flowers

No sewing lately but I'm trying to blog more so

I dived in to the photos to see what I could show you.

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We visited our friend Allison (no blog) on our flying visit

to Albany in January. These gorgeous flowers were in her garden.

These must be the original ladies that wore a purple dress

and a red hat! They so totally look like ladies too!

 

More amazing colours and shapes.
 

Just hanging around on her verandah. 

 

 

 Wow.

scrappy workshop

Our guild had a charity quilt sewing day.
All fabrics were donated. We only had to take our machines.
Lessons on putting scraps together were included.

You can see some of the blocks created as well as the examples.
The vibrant quilt in the lower left corner was created
from a previous block lesson.

Our guild donates literally hundreds of quilts every year to
various areas of need here in WA.