Sewing, Sewing

Today, I received a letter,  It was such a blessing. I think I will frame the letter.

There is a Craft Show  next month at Caulfield, I will wait until  closer to the date before I decide whether I will go.  In the meantime I am going to Canberra for a week to stay with my sister in law.

Over the past week I have been sewing a quilt for Charity.  Only have the vertical sashing and border to add, it's quite bright (but not too bright) but still suitable for a boy/man.  Last week I made a cot quilt top  in 3 half-days.  The quickest yet.

I have recently read Geraldine Doyle's autobiography, and also of Jane Powell (she was in 7 brides for 7 brothers),  and lots more movies.  Still have Debbie Reynolds auto biography to read.

More reading

Monica McInerny writes about various places in Australia.  Hello, from the Gillespy's is another such one.  I couldn't put it down.,

I am now reading one by Wendy Alec.  Another book of hers I tried a few years back, I've forgotten the title but I couldn't get into it and had to hand the book back to its owner.

Baby quilt     I have completed all the handwork except for the binding..  I have to order more fabric of a certain pattern to make the project longer.    I am back on the strippy quilt, only about 6-8 strips to go.  Using up all my small pieces in my stash.  Then it's back to the snowball quilt..

Books   I am currently reading about a woman who was a maid in a mansion in the 30's.  In the past week I have re-read 2 of the Elm Creek series.  And a mystery, which is not my usual genre.

The Craft show

The craft show at Jeff's Shed is on from tomorrow till Sunday.  Must make a list of what I need (and keep to it).  I'm going on Friday.

The baby quilt is progressing steadily.  I'm designing it as I go.  There is a lot of hand work still to do before I put it together.

Thew row by row from 2010 has been added to.  I have been putting  a row of 5" maple leaves, only 2 leaves still to make then I will put it a way for a few weeks and get on with other things.Show

A UFO?"

This is my broken dishes quilt still unfinished, I am quilting it 'in the ditch' by hand.  I think I still have about  1/2 to 2/3 to go.

UFOs

I wonder how many UFOs are too many  There are too many temptations in all the magazines I have,
Just last week I started another large quilt in red and white, snowball pattern.  This is in addition to the Round Robin from 2010 that I pulled out of.   There were only 3 borders around the square I did to start it off.  I decided to make maple leaves but to make them fit I had to add another 1" border... The first side has been sewn on and there are almost enough patches for the next two sides. I can take it to the meeting next Wednesday

 I decided to do another quilt of 2.5" X 5" and use more of my scraps, This has been put aside until I get another project off the design wall..

Progress

It has been a few weeks since last post.  This last week  I  had a bad head cold but I've been feeling better now.  

Bowling
Last Tuesday I surprised everyone including myself, with 66 pins over average on Tuesday and 50 pins over on Thursday.  But only 20-25 on Friday.  I won some money last year and I'm using it for practice.

The baby quilt
I'm working on it steadily, I have until November to get it finished and ready for gifting.  No photos until then.