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A beautiful change in weather today - Its been raining!!!  AND blowing a gale...

so much cooler!

So - in between my lessons and having a small break -

I was looking for something - as you do - not sure now what it was now ...   LOL..

But I found this tucked away in a box with all my skeins of embroidery wool

Another UFO



Some wool embroidery for a pin cushion, using some of my felting of my very own' home grown' sheeps wool -  I even remember his name .

Raymondo and he was a Moorit Corriadale sheep and a lovely light faun colour. 

 The wool is felted onto some gauze.

I guess I should put it together and finish the other one too

Makes me want to felt some more - I still have bags of my sheeps wool in the container at the back of our block.

The lovey pottery sheep I brought back from Scotland...my favorite place in all the world..

Back to my lessons

Inklingo

Have fallen a bit flat in the last couple of days...after some tests done on Thursday..

all is well,  but I havn't felt like doing much.

However today I have finally worked out which pieces to cut, and have my one Inklingo Feathered Star cut and ready to sew.

I hope to make this one block for the centre of a white ( not quite whole cloth)  quilt. 

I have a couple of other things to complete, and heaps more in my mind ...not sure thats a good thing...but more things during the busy week I have ahead!  I hope!

My appologies for not visiting all my favorite blogs.

I hope to catch up on these during the week.

OK - For Deanna from Wedding dress Blue

TA DAAAAAH

I have just finished this fisrt attempt as Quilt Whispering a quilt I hope one day to make .

Part of our homework for our QW class with Carla Barrett.

This drawing I did yesterday - inspired by Diane Gaudynski

This is how it looked in my folded mirror...

and some fabric I have dyed with Andrea's help - just playing - not too sure on the colours though.

As Andrea is debilitated with Migraines over the last 3 weeks - I am never quite sure what the day will bring - So I am off to get some sleep while I can.

Hope tomorrow is a better day for her.

Yesterday I joined Joanne of Thread Head 's

Quilt Along, and completed Block #1 (x 2)

           ... and today I finished and quilted a cloth Zentagle 'fabric card' a first for me. 
                                     Its not quite right, but I am happy with it.
                   I wasnt sure how to go about it, but have been inspired by Jill from The Quilt Rat -
                                                 Thanks Jill - you are an inspiration :)

Look what came in the mail today!

Glue tips for Elmers Glue

2 rolls of wide freezer paper,

Some new sissors

and a small ironing board to go on the table.

Not much achieved today - Andrea unfortunately had another of her migraines this morning, but she is at school now.

This alway's disrupts plans, and its nearly time to go pick her up and take her to ballet now.

Tomorrow it will be fine to get going - I hope :)

Oh and tomorrow its Wednesday ...  That came round quickly!!

Some photos of quilts and the WAFTA exhibition at the Perth Craft Fair taken yesterday

This was the first we looked at.  The WAFTA - West Australian Fibre and Textile Association had this wonderful exhibition of work done by some of it members. 

The work was really wonderful and quite varied. 

This is my friend Liz, and this is one of the two pieces she entered in this exhibition.

Liz also has an on-line store and specialises in English Piecing here

First quilt I need to show you is Julia's quilt.  What a wonderful quilt that is!

Congratulations to Julia...

These samples are on a board advertising a class to be held by Jan Rowe in June of this year...

This was just so interesting and I just wish I could attend...

My Grandfathers Flower Garden by Margaret Smith, an Accredited Judge. When exhibited in the Memories Quilt Exhibition in 1996 It was awarded 3rd Prize in the theme section

It is Machine pieced, hand appliqued and hand quilted.

This photo does not do this beautiful quilt justice, but I have included it and will show some details. 

It was a double sided quilt and was made and sewn by Jo Northcott

It won Best Longarm quilter.

This is the reverse side of the quilt - Just beautiful .... gold stitching and 'sparkles' too.

These next two photos show some of the wonderful details.

You can tell the quilting was interesting to me :)

 Friendship  was made by Robynne Vallence - this won the President'[s Choice.

Enchanted By Karleah Olson - in the Student quilt maker 14 - 18 years .  It shows the Prince with his sword in the walls of the enchanted palace in Sleeping Beauty.  As you can see it won a few awards!

This beautiful quilt was made by Sheila Pye in the Traditional Predominantly Applique - Professional

section.

It is called Coxcomb and Currents revisited.  It is an original Design.

A beautiful quilt.

I hope I have this one correct ..

Called William Morris and Friends and made by Helen Rhodes. It won 2nd Prize fin the Predominantly applique  Professional division.

I was getting a bit wonky on my feet at this time - so sorry about the loss of some of the quilt.  This is called My Hexagon Rose garden by Dale Bergin.  It took 3 1/2 years to complete and has 1340 hexagons in it. It is an original design.  I won a Judges Commendation and is hand quilted.

The quilting in this was wonderful I thought :)

This was called Across the Rubicon by Cheryl Botha.

This won a first prize for First Time Entrant.

A close up of the beautiful quilting.

This was absolutely AMAZING  First Prize  by Jan Roe..Tropical Delight!

All things bright and beautiful - Jane Rowe

My apologies to the makers of the following quilts - I stopped writing them down...

Another beautiful Quilt by Sheila Pye - You can see all the awards it won in a previous show.

I can't put a name to this one sadly..but its really beautiful - the quilting is amazing!

So that's it from me for this year on quilt Shows.  It really was well worth the visit.