Wall hanging

This was a pattern I found a while ago and was playing with. I finally got some batting and finished it off. The only problem now is finding somewhere to hang it. A present for mum is always a good idea, then it is no longer my problem :)

More quilts

So...I am not very good at finishing quilts apparently. I was sorting through my craft stuff/unfinished projects and found three more quilts that are either almost finished or a fair way through, far enough that with some dedicated work, it should only take a short (that is relatively short) time to finish. In theory at least, I love theory!

Quilt one is an applique flower quilt made from flowers I got from my grandma. I got as far as appliqueing the flowers on, and laying it out and then got bored so put it away. It only needs to have the squares sewn together, then a borders put on, quilted and bound-not too much it is only a small quilt

Quilt two is one of many quilts that my grandma did and then when she passed away they were divided up around her children. A couple of years ago, my Auntie gave me this quilt and said that if I finished it I could keep it, a gesture I found very kind. Unfortunately it then sat in my cupboard for a couple of years until now, when it really is high time I finished it. So I have gotten some backing fabric, and batting, and am in the middle of tacking it together so I can try and quilt it this winter while it is still cold enough for me to be able to hand quilt-once the weather warms up it will have to be put away again until next winter-fingers crossed it gets finished next year is going to be busy enough as it is!

Quilt three is a scrap quilt I started when my grandma was dying and she was teaching me how to do patchwork. It took about 7 years to finish the top, and it has been sitting in the cupboard since then. I decided not to work on this quilt at the moment, as it only requires backing and quilting, and I dont really want to hand quilting projects on the go at once, and this one is going to take a lot longer to quilt than quilt two-but at least I know how I am going to quilt it-around every hexagon, of which there are over 1000.

Chiquita

I got new pj's for my birthday (which are sooo nice and warm and cozy), and Chiquita decided that she liked them very much as well-she didnt want to get off my lap!

Feeling crafty!

Because my parents are on holidays, I decided to move doing my craft stuff inside to the lounge room where there is a heater. As a result over the last 7 odd weeks that they have been away, it has been taken over slightly, and is somewhat of an organised mess-I know where everything is but mum would have another way of describing it (I promise it will be completely restored before you get home mum!)

As a result, I now only have 10 odd days left in which to finish the projects that are laid out before they need to be packed up and moved back into my room where there is considerably less room to spread out-got me a lot of sewing to do! (the most important of which is appliqueing 8 stars and 4 moons so I can finish the large bright quilt currently taking up most of the floor space)

Mums pillow

For mums birthday I decided to make her a pillow cover for one of our large square pillows. I got as far as making one of the blocks before her birthday, and said that I would make the rest and finish it off on an IOU.

Well that was 7 months ago, and it really was high time that I did something about making the other 3 blocks, and finishing the cover off. This is the completed top, now I just need to finish it off with making it into a pillow case-patience is the key, you wouldnt want to rush these things :)

Puzzle quilt

This quilt I started while several years ago (probably while I was still in Uni), and then didnt get any further as I was unsure of how to quilt it. When I decided that I was going to finish my projects, it was at the top of my list, but I had to wait until winter, as it was too hot to try and hand quilt it during summer.

After a couple of weeks of hard work, I eventually finished quilting it, sewed on the binding, and have a lovely lap quilt, or as the case actually is, another quilt to add to the pile on my bed to keep me warm at night.

Crafty stuff

So I decided that it would be a good idea to try and finish as many of the crafty projects I have on the go before I pack up my stuff and head back overseas. I have a bad habit of starting something, then getting bored with it, and then moving onto something else, and not finishing the old project.

Unfortunately, when I started going through my stuff to make a list of what I needed to finish off, I began to find out just how long the list was, it was almost 2 pages long!!!! Now I knew that I really did have to do something about a lot of those projects.

So, that was 6 months ago (I dont do new years resolutions, but I made the decision at that time that I really had to do something about these projects this year), and although the list really isnt getting any shorter (I blame it on me still finding projects I have stashed away half finished and not on my starting new ones) I have made some great progress on several of the projects which were quite large, and finished some of the smaller ones.

Lest see how we go for the rest of the year blogging my slogging through and progress of above goal.

Attempting to lay out a quilt (which has been in progress for a couple of years). Unfortunately, there is not really enough room, and the cat helping also didnt make it easy. Now if it will just stay like that for the next 2 weeks while I can get it appliqued and sewn life will be great!

Lunar eclipse

Ok so what do you do on your birthday? Getting up at 4.30am to see the lunar eclipse seemed like a good idea at the time. However, come 4.30 and it was freezing and suddenly it didnt seem like such a fun thing to do. I persevered though, got my camera and tripod, and went to view the eclipse.

Now standing in the garden with a camera in my pj's sounds silly but it was worth it, a lovely view of the moon being covered up, turning red and then sliding behind the trees and out of view, where I promptly went back to bed. Unfortunately I then got a message telling me the moon looked really nice and I should go and see it. I proceeded to wander round the garden trying to find a spot I could view it from, that didnt involve climbing on the roof, or wandering the streets in my pj's when it was 3 degrees.

It was nice, it was worth it and I did spend another half an hour taking photos until the haze covered the moon and made haste for the warmth of my bed.