Designs

Its early in the evening for me to be posting...but I would love to show you what I have been doing today .....ALL day

As you can quess - I am very taken with the freezer Paper way of applique!

I drew this up earlier today - this was the second design - the first had a few too many small feather pieces. 

I didnt really take long to draw... was more torouble cutting it out and choosing the colours.

I was intending to put this on a black background...but may just do it on the white...

Here it is on the black

The colours in the white one are more correct.

Let me know what you think?

 

I think I really like the white.  Maybe make a feature of it on a larger piece of white and go mad with the quilting :)

There I was really getting ready for the FMQ challenge...and this is the path I have taken

I hope to do a bit of quilting on this too - soon  HA!

Just for fun - I took a photo of my sutdio...

from this mess!!!!  not to mention utter chaos!!!  I played - all day.

I had great trouble finding things (wonder why)

Now I really need to straighten things out and put fabric away...

And tonight - there was this beautiful sunset!

So you see - I did have time to notice a little around our house today.

It actually tried to rain today ..amazing, but not enough to even wet the ground.

I am going to try to sew the Granny's Hankies together tomorrow if I can.

School holidays have taken over

Now - just for a change - I am off to watch some TV - and just hope I don't get side-tracked- again!

I havnt blogged for a while .....because....I have been trying to sort out my very messy Studio...I cant find things...so I actually have thrown a lot of books I dont use ..  out!! 

And put a lot of books in shelves in the garage

At 1.15am Yesterday/today - I was still sorting my studio - yet again.

Sorted my design wall  - yet again...

My POTC is off there ready to put some more blocks to it ..hopefully.

And chaos reigns on this side of the studio...also at 1.15am

I went to bed shortly afterwards.

I have been busy - but not sewing much. 

Working on my QW classes and now a bit bugg-eyed!!

Two frogs have re-appeared in our frog pnd - they appear during the sunny hours of the day and disappear about 4.0pm.

They are actually quite big.

We now have a new pond with lots of tadpoles.

No frogs in that one yet!! 

I thought this was a happy photo to finish with - Its Andrea and her small brother Patrick.

Back to more drawings and I guess we need food!!



From this corner you can see where my computer and Printer are where I work out and print my Inklingo pieces, and my Pffaf sewing machine, and my ironing board...which I shift round constantly!

The blank wall is waiting for another design board, still to come from the hardware shop when my DH gets there.

Cutting table and my Bernina that Andrea has, for a short while longer, been using to learn to machine quilt on.Hopefully she will be migraine free and back at school next week!

I have lovely views of hobby farms and the Leschenault Estuary from my windows. 

Unfortunately the sun was in the wrong place really for the photo.

I can see what the family is doing in the family room and in the kitchen when I am at my cutting table, which is at a comfortable standing height.

My design wall...with POTC blocks...have 2 more to do on the 2nd row and then I will actually join the first 2 rows, before I start on the next block borders

Have shifted and re done the shelves on the right. Everything labelled, which does NOT say the I will always be able to find what I want ....sigh..at least I hope I remember that I have whatever it is I am looking for :)

I hope I have got it right...but things can be re-arranged again if needs be.

Now back to my sewing!

I am in the process of re-arranging my studio. 
I am  getting 2 new design boards to cover and increase my design wall as I am out of space with my POTCs and don't wish to take them off the wall
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The shelves are going from there...lots of shfting things...and the new design boards will go next to the original one nearer to the window

You can see some of the progress of my sewing the blocks together.
The top row is complete, and I am sewing the block borders first and will then join and complete the 2nd row.


As you can see - it all looks a bit of a mess!

One of the blocks is missing as that's the one I am working on now.

The loom will go from here ...hopefully...and I can arrange tables to suit my machines for sewing under the two windows. There are two unfinished quilts hanging on the front of the loom.
It still looks messy!
My cutting table is in the foreground and covered with things to move.

These are the fabrics I got solely for my POTC Blocks...I have since sorted and put into my OTHER room with my main fabric stash!

This is my stash after I had it all sorted..

I have the full fabric collectiof the Jinny Beyer Pallette

The fabric on the shelf abover the wadding is what I have transfered of my POTC collection and next to that is my delicious fabric I received from Kathy ..of Kathy's Quilts in Maryland

It was washed - all 15 yards of it, with the help of my friend Liz , and Andrea.

This is what hides behind the other side of the 'mirror room' cupboard.

My other crafts which I do only periodically
Beading, Weaving ,Spinning, Dying wool, and sewing ballet costumes.
Would you believe this is a spare bedroom?

This has taken WAY too much time.. I have found it was difficult for me to work out how to get these bits in the order I wanted...and I havn't even shown you the shelves with all my books on.

Next  time...maybe.

I am now off to do some more sewing.