Life Gets Better Each Day!

Oh , we are so very fortunate - Ed improves daily and he is now down at Waikiki Private Hospital very close to home - what a relief and blessing - no more hours of travelling and parking daily. I really would like to talk about all things quilty while the going is good - all being well, I will bring Ed for a home visit tomorrow to watch rugby league on Foxtel - whoohoo! See my lovely issues of Vignette that arrived yesterday - 'authored' by our Aussie Leanne Beasley of 'Leanne's House'!
I'm impressed - a happy, bright little mag with great stitchery designs and other delights, too. Congratulations, Leanne! Now I mean it this time, lol! - the very first block (I think!) for my new quilt - I just love it and it is one of the blocks from The Circle Game by Amitie - Jennifer Kingwell! I chose quite a different technique - to applique two circles then the petals on top - kinda creates the circle with a big flower on a star - agree? I have an overall design for the quilt in mind and I daresay it will evolve as I progress. It's lovely and portable and that suits me beautifully at this point in time! Oopsy, a bump in the light mauve petal - I'll correct that, not that it matters as quilt police are not really true!

I'm having a little thought - my 'Sewing Studio' is a pigsty - however, I really do need to whip up a quilt for a very special person in my life, so maybe I'll have to try midst chaos!

Happy Weekend sewing, Folks - enjoy!

Flowers, Japanese Block, Repro Pattern!

It's a wonderful way to start a week - I guess it will be another busy one with Ed slowly improving and hospital trips! Aren't I the luckiest girl in the world - dear friend in Brisbane, Christine of Once Upon A Quilt ... had these delivered to me in West Aussie over the weekend - Christine, you are one of my very dearest friends and love goes to you and yours - I cherish every bit of brightness and happiness!

Dear Cathy of Cabbage Quilts showed similar blocks on her blog - she said I could show if I had a try so I did between 12:00 - 2:00 this morning! This is a hard one to get in your mind 'Setsuko Inagana' - a Japanese block - busy, yes, yes, I know but I love♥ - wouldn't it be lovely if I could get one done a day - thanks for the inspiration Cathy - Great Girl!

Recently purchased at our State Quilt Show - me looking at repros again, lol! Quite a stunning quilt in life - of course not enough colour for me, but I have ideas! Do you like, Kathie of Inspired by Antique Quilts !
I have a few little chores then off to the hospital in the rain - we are blessed at last to have the rain- an hour driving each way, not nice!

Happy Day!

From Lurline!

To all my gorgeous friends - so sorry I haven't replied to your comments on last post - we still have Ed with us!

A little brief coverage for those who care - Ed had major bowel/bladder surgery 4/5 and a post-operative heart attack while in ICU - I brought him home 13/5 - he was good, sort of, and then I rushed him to hospital 15/5 where he had another heart attack and a stroke paralysing his left side. He is still in critical heart care making a good recovery from the stroke, slowly but surely and it is day by daying it!

My 4 children are all with me and still I cannot cope - I'm exhausted and cry all the time - now please don't feel sorry for me that is not meant that way it is just telling you the change in me. One of my dearest long-time friends on earth Christine from Once Upon a Quilt .... I send you all my thanks and love - I daren't name any more friends you are all so precious - one day I will blog with happiness - I hope it is soon!

It Makes My Heart Happy!

We all know Ayumi of Pink Penguin - this is one of her pot holders - lots of fun! This is my dear Ed who is fighting for life - he's had surgery, 2 heart attacks and a stroke at 71.

I am not brave - my heart is broken! I don't like to write unhappy words - I must still need Blogland - thank you and love to you all!

The Sun Is Shining!

Oh, yes and I am starting to feel wonderful! I've had a week in hospital with pneumonia and collapsed left lung - aren't I lucky that I could lie there and think about beautiful quilts to make. I haven't been great for a long time, so let's just hope I have turned a big corner.

Enough of that - I've had a lovely fleeting little browse of all your work in the last couple of days and I'm now tidying up this computer - great feeling! I have just picked the puppies up from their overdue overdue beauty parlour visit and soon I am going to cook a lovely, simple dinner for us.

I am sure you must have all seen the quilt above featured on the cover of Sarah Fielke's new book - a nice book and well worth having for a lovely fresh, modern touch - yes, it is on my agenda! Congratulations, Sarah!

Just can't escape my passion for Kaffe's fabrics, pinwheels, too, lol! Another on my agenda, I just wish the Accuquilter had more variety in their half square diamonds cuts - oh, that doesn't sound right, but I guess you know what I mean! This one above is so simple, rich, vibrant and pretty. I have lots of suitable fabrics in my stash. Oh, I know I am still working on my beautiful Liberty - but this would be so easy to handle in comparison.

I'm supposed be restricted to home base for a few weeks - nuh, nuh, but I will take it easy! Hope everyone is fine and well and stitching happily!

Look What I Found!

Nice to say hello to you all! I have been puddling along with my quilting and doing a lot of browsing - love it! I must put a bit more effort into stitching and commenting - naughty girl, again!

I discovered about eleven blocks in my linen press - my repro of The Wedding Quilt? unfinished and they would be about twelve years old. Here's my favourite block! It is all hand pieced and I must say I'm really delighted with the accuracy I achieved - the strawberry fabric is my favourite fabric of all times - thank you Patchwork on Stoneleigh who have now sadly closed their doors - correct me if I am wrong, but to my way of thinking they were the first shop in Australia to specialize in selling antique reproduction fabics only.

It is a gorgeous quilt - somewhere in my linen press I have lots of details about the original and I know a lot of you repro girls will be able to fill you in a bit further! It is one of my quilts where I stitched like crazy then ran out of steam. I really like the above four blocks, too - I don't have the desire to finish the quilt and the four blocks together don't look right as the strawberry one seems larger - optical illusion, I think - could I make a small quilt from them! - I could make a nice border - please comment if you have any ideas!

So lovely to be back chatting - I must admit I have thought long and hard about continuing blogging - now I'm back I'll try to be good, God willing! Ooooh, the Postie has delivered since I started this Post - it will be some gorgeous modern fabric - I'm going to tease myself and put on another load of washing and also a pot roast for tonight's dinner before I open the parcel!

Happy stitching!

It's Been a Long Time!

I have been really out of whack and I'm so pleased today is the day I'm back to blogging - lots of little reasons - nothing too specific, thank goodness! Very exciting news - kinda simple, yet so whimsical, it's charming! As you can see, I have received two layer cakes of Sherbet Pips, moda by Aneela Hoey. Oh, I could have fun straight away, but I need contrast fabric - maybe I can make a little start anyhow. I have been so good - I now have my 'my house in order', it's so hard for me to live being untidy and when I get that way, I just keep getting more untidy all the time. I have lots of goodies I want to play with in my sewing room, so I can do that without getting the guilts now.

Now - my Liberty Quilt - I am finding the fine lawn is not so easy to work with and what was going to be a cuddle quilt for me may now turn out to be a table topper. I have even thought about adding a knitted edge - my girls will be so unhappy, not their thing at all, they see it as very old-fashioned. Maybe I will have to get to nine blocks and leave it sit for a little while while I ponder.

I have a yearning for a 6060 Janome, I think it is - I have a 2040 Pfaff. Now I don't know if it is the Liberty fabric making it unhappy or if it is the operator's poor shoulders.

This block of The Circle Game is finished - I really do love this one! Sitting on my tush vegging out is just lovely! I must say I am less tired in the evenings these days, so quite late to bed enjoying my reading - enjoying having little lie-ins in the morning avoiding the heat of day that is still bothering us - autumn weather is predicted to come in end of next week.

My little treasures spent the night with us last night and hopefully all will be quiet tonight - hope lots of you are enjoying the weekend sewing - have fun!

Upmarket Sunday!

I guess everyone but me has been to Upmarket in Perth! Heidi and I went for a great day out - lots of goodies to buy! Just showing you a little brochure along with today's mail - I thought I would attempt a much talked about Schnibbles - oh, I think this one will be quite a bit of work - looking forward to trying though!

Dear Kate from Two Little Banshees at Upmarket - looking down at all her pretties (nuh, just caught having a little blink - I didn't miss that gorgeous smile though!)

Go check out her blog - I think these little platypus (platypi, is it?)were feature in a Homespun magazine there a little while back! I've just ordered a lovely little quilt pattern from her!

Gorgeous Jemima from Tied with a Ribbon - really cute fancies for sale!

Yummy chocolates from Whistlers - worth checking out - the Rocky Road was just fabulous!

Such a beautiful autumn day, though it is still like summer here! The venue is Winthrop Hall at the university - really charming!

Naughty me - Heidi and I just onlookers passing by - what a really happy finish to our lovely day out!

Hello - It's Saturday!

Yes, a few Saturdays have passed and no word from me - it is lovely to be back chatting! A promise to myself - I am going to make time to do the things I enjoy! Number One I am going to carry on even if it is just a block here and there on my Liberty Pinwheel in a Cabin - love it, and have a few blocks cut out so that will get me going!

Miscellaneous - the little I have to talk about quilty-wise! See the second block of my Circle Game almost done - I'm really enjoying it - love English paper piecing, but oh, it is so slow!

Have you ever heard of the product below - perhaps a nice little brush does the same trick, but we'll see how it goes!

Hmmm, hmmm - breaking all rules! For this pinwheel I stacked 4 pieces of fabric to 'meld' - cut and then stitched firstly on the bias - perfect pinwheel with no trimming! Maybe I jagged it, I'll try again soon!

DD, Angela visited yesterday with this gorgeous gift for me - maybe I should have photographed it on a different colour to white - I think it will live on my little red cupboard anyhow!

Happy weekend everyone - I'm hoping to get to Perth's Upmarket tomorrow - a new experience for me and I'm expecting great things!

Silly Billy!

Yes, I think the time has come - sometimes I can't believe how silly I can be! I didn't seem to be achieving very nicely on the Wheel of Fortune so I have made a very feeble start on another block of The Circle Game! Blogs I Follow has been missing for at least 5 days and I haven't been able to Post - poor Blogger has problems - I thought! So I have waited patiently and have played about and tried every possible thing that seemed logical. I haven't really lost sleep over it - let's just say I have laid awake racking my brains - early morning the brain is fresh - easy, peasey! - last time I signed in I used my Bigpond address - Silly Billy! ... I should have used my Gmail address! Oh, well ..

I have had visits from the mailman and also supported our LQS! This is one gorgeous book of small quilts and I would highly recommend it for those who enjoy and also repro lovers!

Here's a couple of pics of featured projects!

With my love of dollies, I could not pass this one by!

This will be my first one to trial - she's cute!

Pauline Rogers and hubby visited our local patchwork group last Thursday with her shop of knick-knacks - I'm happy with my little bit of shopping!

I'm looking forward to a trouble-free week - let's see how it goes! - happy stitching to you all too!