First Flaunt for 2011

Finished 'nappy bag' before baby was born didn't get it posted though, as baby came early.  Phoenix Rand Timmers arrived on Feb 9th weighing 9lb 11oz.

 Mum to be selected fabric a fellow quilter emailed the link to the web page with the pattern
http://amingledyarn.wordpress.com found under Tutorial: Hip Mama Diaper Bag.  The bag has 2 pockets on the front one either side a zip pocket on the back and 2 inner pockets one full width of bag the other stitched into 2 pockets finished of with a lovely padded strap.

The parcel hasn't arrived in Launceston yet.  I have about 30cm left to stitch down on the binding of Phoenix's floor quilt and then to get onto other projects that are lining up.

Zentangle

http://janemonkstudio.com
Jane does lovely Zentangle design and teaches workshops, visit her web site to check these out.

Farewell gift

We have a Malaysian carer who has been working with Timmi while she has been studying medicine.  She has graduated and early in the NewYear will be returning home.  I have made this bag with permission from Leesa Chandler of Chandlers Cottage Beaumaris.  I used a Gum Leaf fabric from Leesa's Australian prints range and also her studio bag pattern.

November Flaunt

I actually finished this in November but as it was a challenge and swapped at Vic Scquilters Carrum Downs Christmas lunch I couldn't post a photo of it last week.  Now it has gone to its new owner I can put up the photo.  It is a Christmas table runner my own design machine pieced and quilted.

Friday Flaunt

I have been busy finishing UFO's this months total is 3 finished and about 30 to go.  I had listed about 20 UFO's for the MelbCBD Scquilters group but I found more.  I was looking through boxes for cream on cream fat quarters which I know I have about 20 of when I found another heaps of UFO's I had forgotten about.

The first UFO is my version of Country Times by Cathy Stevenson of Canberra I had this quilt machine quilted by Sue Morris of Cotton Top Quilting in Waterways here in Melbourne, I am very pleased with Sue's quilting and the quilt I cut the quilt out when we were in Tweed Heads in 2007 from fabrics I head taken with me on our caravan trip.  I bought 1 fat quarter of Sage Green in Tweed Heads and the backing I bought at the Gold Coast Craft and Quilt Fair 2007 Cathy Hodgkiss helped me spend money at the fair pointing out different gadgets that were a must have.
13/1/11 Looking through my blog and noticed that this quilt is being held up the wrong way will have to rectify that soon.

This UFO is the Mystery Quilt I designed for the online MQ group mine is 50 X 50" Christmas wall hanging.  I machine quilted this on the second try, the first lot of machine quilting I froggy stitched and started again using a meandering stitch from top to bottom.

The final UFO is pattern and fabric from Oz Dye Art girls Ami Hillege and Michelle Steele.   The Pattern was in AP&Q Year Book Vol 7 No. 2.  This quilt is a wall hanging .

Froggy stitching

I was half way through machine quilting my MQ 11 when I decided I didn't like the quilting as it was too dense.  Now in the process of froggy stitching the centre of this quilt.  Thank goodness for Leesa Segele's technique of unpicking with a scapel it's a lot quicker.  The quilt is a lap size.

No Friday Flaunt

I am waiting on a quilt to come back from the professional quilter then I can do the binding.  I have basted a small wall hanging to quilt myself haven't decided whether to machine or hand quilt.


It's school holiday time in Victoria DH and I have the grand daughters 2 days this week and 2 days next week.
 We cooked on Monday made the Tiger cup cakes from Coles Spring cookbook.   Chloe cut up all the licorice for the tigers whiskers, I helped cut up the jubes then the cup cakes were decorated.

here are a few of the cakes.  Chloe did a good job with the decorating.
   Tuesday we went out for lunch as it was grandad's birthday.  Not sure what we will do next week depends on weather.