I am back from the Autumn gathering hosted by Leonie and Deidre from the Quilted Crow.
What a lovely weekend spent with some fantastic ladies from all over Tasmania.
Here are my projects for the day
Sandra and Fiona
Marg, Helen, Jo, Lisa
me, Fiona, Jane
Thanks to all the girls for a great day!!!
Cheers
Gail
I am nearly all packed for my little trip down to Hobart, can't wait to catch up with all the Tassie girls.
As promised, here is a photo of the second repro quilt….it's just a top at the moment, I will start to quilt it next week. …and I will think of a name too!!
And look at my Dear Jane!!!! I am up to 98 blocks now so I thought it might be time to put some together…
I am very pleased with the way it is coming along…sometimes to the point of doing no work….just don't tell anyone!! I have also had my nose in a couple of books…..The Lovely Bones has been my night time reading this week….I am nearly at the end…….maybe I should see if dinner will cook itself while I finish it…..(and I have quite enjoyed the book even if the subject has been hard going)
have a great weekend….I know Marg and I will !!
Cheers
Gail
I have been playing around with the Rural Jardin fabric and just wasn't happy with the way my stitcheries were working out…….so back to the drawing board!! In the meantime, I decided to play with some repro fabrics instead. What started out as one quilt ended up being two!!!
A lot of the time, what I have sketched and how the quilt ends up can be really different!
This quilt was still talking to me right up to the borders!!!
so now I have a new design called "annabella's flower garden" which I will be releasing next week at The Quilted Crow's Autumn Gathering in Tasmania.
Next time I will show you the other quilt using the same fabrics.
Have a great weekend!!
Cheers
Gail
Moving on from Rouenneries….
Rural Jardin is the new line by French General and I bought some last year at the trade show….so now it's about time that I started to stitch and make a new design with this gorgeous fabric…
so off to the drawing board…..literally!!
we have a public holiday here in Vic today…..so that means I can relax and draw all day and hopefully sew a few stitches!!
Have a good week
Cheers
Gail
Last year on the way home from Norway, Leanne and I took a few days to rest and recover in Rome. One day we passed a little grocery store in a little side street and immediately were drawn in. I couldn't resist these cute little tins…….now I don't like licorice…….and these little tins were chock full of it……but how could I not bring some home with me?
I reasoned that they would be perfect for pin tins….and they are…..I just had a little trouble getting anyone to eat the licorice!!!
they also had these cute little french tins……so……you know how hard it is…….I just had to buy some of these too!!!
now I just need some more pins!!!!
Cheers
Gail
