FNSI | I met Pam Holland!

Well, my FNSI was a doozy ................... I met Pam Holland ...... and what a lovely inspirational lady she  is too!

My LQS, A Quilter's Odyssey, organised her for a guest speaker role, which was held at the Jubilee Community Centre, Wynn Vale.

I was really taken with this method of embellishing a quilt :)

this was my personal fave - the lines are all stitched :)

this one drew lots of ooohs and aahhhs!

The lady herself!

My photos don't do Pam's work any justice at all ..... her work is amazing, and if you get an opportunity to see it up close and personal; go for it!

If you would like to read more about Pam, and her wonderful varied talents, see her website HERE

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Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Farmers Wife | Installment #5

it's been a while since I worked on my Farmers Wife blocks





just two for now - 23 down .......... 88 to go!

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Christmas blocks - June and July swaps

Time for some more piccies of my latest Christmas Block Swaps

This is what I sent to Natasha for June

here is what I received from Natasha

here is what I sent to HelenW for July

here is what I received from HelenW

Helen sent two blocks as she was unhappy with one of them - I can't see anything wrong at all!  I love them both!

Here is what I sent to Wendy/Bob

Here is what I received from Wendy/Bob (I pinched Wendy's photo from FB)

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A UFO Finish!

I finally finished the quilt for my friend Dianne :)  I am reasonably pleased with how it turned out - it has been so long since I quilted anything of any size on the Brother BM-2600 ..... I had forgotten just how small the throat is :(

Anyway, all done now - here are some pics of my Lifetime Quilt #13 - Rainbow Coin Stacks  :)

here is the shot I took in 2011 when I first finished the flimsy

I shortened it, and added another white strip on each end, then sandwiched and quilted.  The backing is a red and white gingham type pattern, but is stronger than gingham - I think it is actually sheet material.

all finished, quilted and bound

diagonal quilting and obligatory rolled/folded photo

matching quilted cushion

One of the benefits of the quilt is that Dianne's gorgeous grand-daughter will be able to play "I Spy" on this quilt.  Hopefully, Dianne will be able to use the cushion in the club rooms when she returns - the club rooms have plastic chairs and they get so cold in the winter :)

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FNwF - show and tell

FNwF came around quickly, once again, but this time I was prepared :)

The combination of a sick Mr Fixit (yes again :(, he hasn't had a very good run this year) which left me to my own devices, and my desire to make a quilt for a friend who has been diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukemia saw me able to spend time in my sewing room.

I won these coin stacks blocks whilst participating in Block Lotto in 2011 and whilst the flimsy has been completed for some time, I had lost the motivation to actually finish the quilt.  Dianne loves colours, and it has just kind of happened that everyone has been posting rainbows on her facebook page, by way of inspiration; so I thought it was perfect that Dianne be the recipient of this quilt.


marked up ready for quilting with painter's tape


Diagonal quilting finished


binding rolled over and clipped


my messy sewing room - LOL - time for clean-up when this UFO is finished!

This will be Lifetime Quilt #13

I also made Dianne a journal cover.




This is completely reversible: so that when Dianne's treatment is finished, she will be able to turn it around and have the cameras showing on the outside, and use it for her photography :)

Dianne is such an amazing woman, I truly believe she will beat this terrible disease.

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CraftMad Family Quilt block swap - UPDATED

I realised I hadn't posted piccies of my most recent swaps with my CraftMad Family Quilt.

this is the block that took forever to arrive from UK - mailed on 23/3/15 and eventually arrived 10/6/15 such an unusually long time for mail from UK - usually it is 5 working days

This is the block I made for Beth, for May

This is the block I made for Wendy, for June

This is the block I made for Mrs A, for July

This is the block I received from Mrs A for June

received from Merry, for July

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Fat Quarter Swap Update - June

Here are pics of what I have sent and received for June 2015

sent to Sharon for her Birthday

received from HelenW

sent to HelenW

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CHERISH Do Good Stitches - June Block

after my success with May's block, I got sidetracked in June and was a bit late sending off my June block.

This block was super easy to make, and ended up being a huge 21"
I am really looking forward to seeing the finished quilt with this one :)

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Missing Christmas Blocks ...........

not once, but twice!!!!  What on earth is happening with the postal service lately?

You may remember back in May, I sent two blocks to my partner, Traci in USA.

here are the tease photos :)

well, normally when they arrive, I post colour pics ........... well, they have not arrived, but the empty envelope has :(

so here are the colour pics

I felt so badly that Traci's last swap with Christmas Block Swap was not a successful one, that I made two replacement blocks

and they have gone missing too!  so very frustrating!

next up is a block for JanF - a new member of our Christmas swap group - since it was very close to the start of the month when she joined, I offered to swap with her first (one of the benefits of being the Swap Co-Ordinator I guess :) )  here is my colour reveal

I had a block take forever to get to Australia from UK - it was posted on 23/3/15 and got to me on 10/6/15 such an unusually long time for mail from UK - usually it is 5 working days

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