For some reason the quilts I stew over the most, turn out the best...

The quilt I've been agonising over is coming together rather nicely after all. Actually, I'm really happy with how it's looking now, and just hope it also works in the room for which it is intended. I'm looking forward to quilting this one too, but that's going to have to wait a couple of weeks.

 

So many things to do, and so little energy. I'm not asking for sympathy, though, because I know I am a sucker for punishment. See this....

 

...and this?...

That's my other work-in-progress - instilling some degree of law and order into Phil's workshop/garage. It's his birthday present from me this year. I love the chance to sort out and organise a good mess (and throw half of it away). The worst part has been completed - killing all the redback spiders and painting all the walls. When all the millions of aching muscles have settled down, the next step is to buy and set up some shelving. I know you don't come here for garage makeovers, but I'll show you the end result all the same when I get there.

Oh, and a big thankyou to everyone who has been checking out the quilts for my upcoming exhibition over at Facebook and leaving such lovely feedback. It means a lot to me!

Thankyou

Thankyou for all your lovely comments and well wishes here and on Facebook! We're all rather excited; Caleb most of all ("Why is the baby STILL not coming out?").

Meanwhile, I'm thoroughly enjoying putting my new quilt together. More than halfway there now.

 

 

 And while I have been stitching, Caleb has been teaching Daniel how to play 'Scaredy Cat'. This is a great game for this age, although I did notice that Caleb took two turns for every turn that Daniel had... (They were playing so nicely that I didn't interfere).

 

 

 

A treat for me

Today a special friend came and entertained Caleb and Daniel for a couple of hours so that I could do some uninterrupted sewing. Needless to say, I feel very spoilt! I made a bit more progress on my 'school' quilt. It's a big job - I think I'm only about halfway through the piecing.

Here's where it was at a week ago...
... and late last Saturday night.....and now today...
It's a triptych. The third, and smallest, part is pieced, and I'm now working on the first, middle-sized section.

Coming together...

...piece by piece, ten minutes here, fifteen minutes there...very slowly, but progressing nonetheless! What you see here is a little girl's top. Can you tell?

Eucalypts again

I have been focussing on the loose theme of childhood in my quiltmaking. However, this past week I began a series of mini eucalytus quilts again, as a refreshing change. The piecing on the eucalyptus quilts is much more relaxing to do than piecing faces! Above are the bits all puzzled together and ready for piecing. This quilt includes some screen-printing in the background. I had planned to take more photos of the process, but as often happens, I got carried away with the process and forgot about photos till I was done.

Look what's growing on my wall!

Pieced

Piecing completed. A small quilt depicting forest foliage. I'm not sure what to think of this one yet. It didn't turn out quite like I wanted. I'll wait till its ironed and maybe even quilted to decide whether I like it.