Lots Accomplished - Yeah!!!

Great things have been accomplished since the s'n's shed was finished.

DH Ian made the extension sewing table yesterday. Its the same height as the Horn sewing cabinet and it gives me plenty of room behind the sewing machine to spread out those quilts that I'm going to be making at great rates of knots. It also allows friends to bring over their machines and we'll be able to have lovely days sewing and talking and laughing as quilters do.

When I go into Bundy on Thursday I'll buy some cheap vinyl at 'The Warehouse' and I'll glue it onto the top. That will make a durable covering for it.

Don't faint, but my ufo pile is getting smaller. I am sewing the binding down as I type on my 'Around the world with Diamonds', well I started doing that this morning at craft and will finish it next week while we're camping at Peach Trees.

I started this quilt in 1999 at a class run by Dawn who used to own The Patchwork Tree at Alderley in Bris. My DF Leonie quilted it for me about 2yrs ago (I think). Will take the label with me, embroider it and sew it on too and it will be FINISHED!!!!! That's me peeking over the top of the quilt.


In the year 2001 also in Brissie, I belonged to a group of ladies that met through scq and got together once a month. We called ourselves 'The Old Chooks' or something to that effect and what better block could we swap. So finally here is my 'Chook Quilt' complements of 12 old boilers. Now ladies don't get upset you know I only mean it in jest. LOL

It will now reside in the 'to quilt' pile which is growing very quickly. At last count there are 9 tops to be quilted. I'm procrastinating again.

You will also be pleased to hear that 'trev's quilt' is now ready for the quilting machine too. I would put a photo up here (an I have one too), but the one and only time he looked at my blog was when I put up the photo of the front of his quilt. Who would believe it!! so I'm not taking the chance of him seeing the back until I'm good and ready. Plus too I can't wait to see his face when he gets to see it. We could almost use it for the front.

My cobblestones arrived in the mail today. They are very well put together, which is lovely to see. When you don't know the sewers sometimes you are a little disappointed in the workmanship, but these blocks are just lovely.