Going in circles.....

A little sneak peak of what I'm working on this week, a project that contains lots of circles which I have very nearly finished working on tonight so you'll only have to wait till tomorrow to see what it is :-)

In the meantime here's some of my favourites that are inspiring me on flickr recently...

1. Crochet cotton afghan, 2. dqs11, 3. ...with a favourite vintage eiderdown!, 4. Liberty Love Pincushions, 5. Bird House, 6. ❀, 7. super duper spring flowers, 8. 10 | 365, 9. Fabric Bundle Springtime in Turquoise, 10. presenting the tuffet!, 11. Colorful Crochet, 12. Buttons & Thread, 13. Baby Rippe Quilt Front

Enjoy!!

Monday mosaic....

Some pretty photos to inspire you at the start of the week...........Enjoy :-)

1. Gorgeous fabrics for the next Tampa Modern Quilt Guild block workshop!, 2. abc quilt top, 3. stacked coins quilt top, 4. Buttons, 5. yoyo pillow, 6. Lilis Quilt 9, 7. Red and Pink Embroidered French Knot Color Study by Sarah Hennessey 2, 8. Bow Tie Quilt, 9. Button Stash

Spring flowers in autumn...

I'm in the midst of making fabric flowers today which remind me of spring and summer flowers even though it is in the middle of autumn here. It's cool and very blustery outside so I'm quite happy to be inside and up in my sewing attic happily absorbed with making these simple flowers, making them up as I go and working with some pretty pinks and reds.


Here is a sneak peek of a nearly finished project I am working on. I sewed these flowers on over the weekend with Caitlin nearby playing with the buttons in my button tin. I remembered being a similar age, enjoying the very same thing, picking out favourites, wondering where some of them came from and their past lives...

1. Spring/Summer Bags, 2. Klammern, 3. Crocheted cushion, 4. PTS 7 Sneak Peek, 5. hand quilting progress, 6. nannas patchwork, 7. Mimo..., 8. scrappy swap, 9. polly pinwheels block!, 10. zipper pouches , 11. granny bag - spring floral , 12. summer quilts-ready for a picnic, 13. Untitled, 14. zippered pouches, 15. little bird blue, 16. Sewing machine

I shall leave you with this mosaic of some pretty things found around Flicker recently...all very happy and pretty don't you think :-)

Something pleasant to come back to....

When I arrived home from camp I had a lovely parcel from Heather Bailey's shop waiting for me which softened the prospect of the 3 loads of washing that was also awaiting my attention not to mention that the housework fairy hadn't been around while I was away. 

Anyway a week or so beforehand I had ordered some laminated cotton to make a new swim bag for Catilin to take to school. I let her choose the fabric design and then thought I should make the most of the postage cost and order some more Nicey Jane prints to add to my collection that will be put to good use in my Farmers Wife sampler quilt.

So earlier this week I whipped up Caitlin's new swim bag fairly quickly except I got stuck a little with the buttonholes for the drawstring to go through. I've done heaps of buttonholes before of course but not since I've had my new machine. I read and re-read the instructions and was still stumped until I finally figured out the 'buttonhole lever' that they were referring to was on the machine not the buttonhole foot! Duh!

 I lined the bag with some pale blue toweling that I had leftover from a previous project, to soak up the moisture from a wet towel and swimsuit and to make it a bit more sturdier. The recipient is pleased with it but I don't think she will get much more use out of it until next summer as it certainly feels like autumn has arrived this week.

And I have also finally gotten around to printing out some templates for the first 10 blocks of the Farmers wife sampler quilt. I am feeling quite eager to start this quilt and use some of those pretty Nicey Jane fabrics. This Saturday promises to be wet, windy and wild so the perfect day for hunkering down in my Sewing Attic and working on these blocks. I love a good storm, don't you? :-)

For my inspiration mosaic this week I've put together a few of my favorite FWS blocks from the flickr group here.

1. Farmer's Wife , 2. 02.26.12 135, 3. Farmer's Wife Quilt, 4. Farmer's Puzzle, 5. Farmer's Wife Quilt - finished, 6. Farmer's wife quilt sampler, 7. so far, 8. blocks, 9. Weekend blocks (33), 10. Farmers Wife Quilt-a-long, 11. Farmer's Wife Quilt Top Complete, 12. Corn and Beans

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

Circles on my mind...

A baby boy quilt I'm working on today. All pinned and ready for some simple hand quilting with my new AMH pearle cottons.

And here is a mosaic of circle inspired projects to keep to today's theme...

1. french knots, 2. Celebrate Colour - felt art, 3. embroidery, 4. Sneaky peak of my latest crochet creation :), 5. Pastel Polka Dot Quilt Top With Ruffle, 6. Mini Quilt of the Month, February: Circular Applique, 7. Scrappy Pincushion Swap--Round 2, 8. footrest top view 2, 9. Twinkle pillow, 10. ORBC Q-Along Circle Quilt from leftovers, 11. pillow front , 12. 'Strawberry Sundae' wall art closeup, 13. Rickrack Pies 59x59", 14. pillow front :), 15. Single Girl Quilt, 16. Mini Quilt of the Month, February: Circular Applique

Enjoy!!

Brooch swap mosaic

1. folded flower bookshelf decoration, 2. Martini brooch, 3. DSC_0009, 4. recent brooches, 5. Making use of the new felt rope., 6. Vintage Brooches On Dressmaker's Form., 7. Heart mobile up close, 8.green, 9. Little Pink House, 10. flickr.com/photos/74067014@N00/4976499711/, 11. main 006, 12.Mixed Media, 13. 'Strawberry Sundae' wall art, 14. susans flowers, 15. Embroidery from our workshop at Ballarat Patchwork, 16. little garden pin cushion

This is my first ever mosaic made for the Brooch swap. I hope it gives my partner some idea of what I like. Making a mosaic is really easy and fun. I followed Jo's instructions here using the Big Huge Labs Mosaic Maker. I think I might be making more mosaics in the near future :)