BOM 2013 -Pieces of time - A sampler quilt.by Lori Smith

It has been so hot here, so at times not much has been done.

I have now finished  6 blocks( ahead of the others sharing the BOM, as I am not sure if other things will stop me, and I don't want to lag behind )

  Appliqué block 1

Also - all my blocks will be 'Amish' I think, as they are all a bit incorrect :(

This one I did the wrong way around ... 

I always try to admit to my mistakes, cause they REALLY annoy me. But I have been too lazy to correct them...  

 Appliqué block 2

I found this one a bit difficult...need to perfect my style.

This is pieced block 1

In the pieced blocks I now need to get done 3 and 3... so thats next I think.

I have also made a movie to see if I can show you have I did the appliqué

This is the block I was sewing

Yes it also is "Amish" as I lost one of the petals of the flower..and added another circle!
So - nothing is perfect :)

I have uses a needle size 80, Sulky mono filament in the top, and 50 Aurifil in the bobbin.  

I started using my 820 Bernina- the thread kept breaking - so I changed thread to Superior thread monopoly..

It still kept breaking.

I then changed to my 440 Bernina machine, and had more success on that...I also put a new need in...and it worked fine..

This is the setting on my 440 QE Bernina I used..

I have been a follower of Sharon Schamber for some years now, and always go back to her videos to check how to do various methods.

I did that this time too.  So the way I have tried to do this, is to use Sharon Chambers video for guidance.

Pieced Block 3
 I made this block while I tried to work out the movie...takes me quite some time.
So now I need to do Pieced block2.

I am also sewing another Hop to It Block and some Grannies hankies ones too.
I had these blocks all sewn together, and I need to finish them and start the ones I missed...
Plus too many other UFO's!!

Ooops - nearly forgot Andrea on Australia day.
My elder DD has her Birthday on Australia day too - so its doubly special 

FNSI, Designs and family

I managed to get a small (tiny ) bit of FMQ done for FNSI

Was not able to sit for long...but its a start.

                                                             As I said - just a tiny bit :)

 some drawings I did while sitting with Mal in hospital

My younger DD claimed this one to frame...

I call this one my sea monster

Elder DD wants this one

and maybe this one.

I actually did this on Wednesday ...and this is the carpet that was in the hospital...

It makes a great filler design for quilting.

And Andrea, in her new dress.... and shoes

Amazingly she is now 15!!

Thats it from me.

Pleased to say Mal is improving somewhat slowly .. has good and bad days

but we struggle on :) and keep positive.

Andrea

As my sewing machines have been put away... nothing has been sewn!

The cyclone has been downgraded to a Low with damaging winds...so I am retrieving the machines and getting back to sewing later .  Andrea is helping me to move things back :)

Here are some photos of Andrea breaking in her new Pointe shoes.

As you can see - our small dog Sophie is not quite sure what is going on.



Andrea learning to applique today...her own design.

Andrea with her English Piecing, while listening to Eragon for the third time.

Andrea has just learned how to drive the 4x4 motor bike and is teaching her little toy Poodle Sophie how to be with her safely.