Going Camping

This  was for a little boy who needed a cuddly quilt.  There are waterfalls, rivers with huge fish, camping sites with bears coming out of tens, moose, people in canoes and large birds.  And only one dog!

Trees and birds

It is several months since I completed this quilt and delivered it to its new owner.  She loved it (Phew).The light coloured panels have birds sitting in trees that have red berries.  The smaller green panels are of a forest.  The small frames all around are of birds or the foliage of trees.  I don't usually make quilts of this size, 100" X 75".

My Garden

I love Amarylis, their flowers are so big and vivid. Unfortnuately this years blooms have been nibbled by a tiny bug.

Back again

It has been a long time since I added to this blog.  There was a change of procedure and I couldn't work out a new way of doing things like putting up photos, and I didn't know why the change had to happen.  now, though I hope I can manage to do things that I used to do.   

Kitchen Swap

On our Craft forum, we recently had a Kitchen swap.  I made this plastic bag holder for my swapee in USA

The green part, top and bottom had gum leaves and the body had Australian birds and some native flowers, mostly gum blossom.   I'm very happy to report that she loved this gift.

Our new headboard

This is a quilt I made a few years ago, it is 80" square.  Hubby and I decided to make it our head board, so we painted the wall behind to match the roses in the border. The quilting was done by Desley of Addictedtoquilts.com.au and has three  patterns  Just look who is making himself at home, he reorganises the pillows himself just how he likes them and can look out the window from where he is. And he didn't move a whisker while I was taking the photo

Music, anyone?

                                             My beautiful Hammond has been repaired at last.
Now for retraining my fingers to make music and not just noise, because of working full time being so busy has prevented me from keeping up my practice.  When I first began High School, my parents arranged that I take piano lessons. There was an ulterior motive because within 18 months I was playing for the hymns at church.  Decades later I bought a small organ and traded up twice to this model.  Again I took lessons and was able to play well enough that people did not leave the room.