Crazy Busy....

It's all go around here at the moment. Paul has been preping the yard for our new pool, other earthworks to tidy the place up have been underway and then the rain arrived. OH what a mess. We are lucky that it dries out pretty quick.

On the sewing front it's been a bit slow this week. I have had a virus that causes extreme vertigo. I felt so dizzy, and I couldn't be upright for too long. It was horrible. It's getting better each day.

Before I got sick I had been working on samples for next years workshops that I am doing at the shop.

Here's a little taste of what I'll be doing.

These 2 blocks are part of an improv wonky sampler that I'm designing.



There is also a couple of quilts in the works for magazines that I would love to show you but unfortunatley you'll have to wait til they are published.

I should be back at the long arm tomorrow getting the last of the customer quilts out the door well before Chrissy.

I'm linking up at Freshly Pieced for Wip Wednesday...

Happy Quilting

Leanne xo

Not much to talk about this week. I have just been getting stuff done. Above is the quilt for my Niece, it's quilted and just needs to be bound. I machine quilted it in a swirl pattern.

A close up of the quilting. This is a really fun and quick design to quilt. Of course it is easy for me quilting on Dudley the longarm....

The back of the quilt. It really shows up the swirl quilting. Purple is my Nieces favoutite colour, so this wideback was perfect for her.

This is a little something for my Mum for Xmas. It is made from Loulouthi by Anna Maria Horner. My Sister sent a bundle home to me so I could make this for Mum. It is actually already together but I haven't taken a photo yet. More of this to come soon....

I am linked up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced... go check it out...

Keepin' on Quiltin'

Leanne xo

So Busy.....

Soooo busy....

I have been machine quilting non stop for the last 2 weeks. It's not a bad thing and I love doing it but it's hard to be working at home and being able to see everything else that needs to be done.

Oh well, i guess the house work will be there no matter what... So on to what's important...

I have finished a quilt for my bed. It's really nice and Paul really likes it...

Sarah's quilt. It is massive and took 2 days to quilt. Although we did have a blackout at the end of the first day I was quilting so I didn't get as much done as I could have....

A nice all over leaf pattern....

The weekend saw Australia's favoutite car race, Bathurst, on the TV. Paul parked his butt on the couch for 2 days to watch it. This gave me time to catch up on some Farmers Wife blocks. I love doing them. I have heaps already cut out so I can just sit and sew them up when I get a chance...

Saturday was also Paul's birthday so I made his favourite, carrot cake, for him. It was so yummy!!!

I'm  busy but that's good.

I'm linked up over at Freshly Pieced.

Happy Quilting

Leanne xo

WIP Wednesday..... a day late...

I spent yesterday (Wed) getting swap blocks done. I am late with two and early with two. I hope they all like them. Everytime I do swap blocks I want to make a whole quilt out of each block design. I know I never will, but for just a second it's a good idea.

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I have been doing WIP wednesday for a while now and I have never really fessed up on my real number of WIP's/UFO's. And don't even get me started on projects waiting to be started.

So here goes:

Ongoing Projects

Picnics & Fairgrounds Dresden Plate

Oscar's Dinosaur Quilt

Plume strip pieced diamond quilt- currently being unpicked

Crochet Granny Squares

No Progress or Waiting for Inspiration

Blue & Yellow Dresden Plate - started 7 yrs ago

Angel Embroideries - started 8 yrs ago. Embroideries are done, just waiting for fabric to finish the quilt

Pink HST quilt - started 6 yrs ago. Waiting for inspiration

Scrappy Jacobs Ladder- started 2 yrs ago

Paper pieced Grandmothers Flower Garden - Queen size and just the half flowers to go down the sides.

Paper pieced Diamonds and Hexagons - beautiful antiquey fabric. Usually my camping project but we haven't been camping for 18 mths.

Quilt Tops Waiting to be Quilted -  5 ( I won't even go into that) one is on the frame now!!yay!!

So there you have it!! All confessed up and ready to move on. Wow that was better than therapy. My mind is now uncluttered and I can move on

I am linked up over at Freshly Pieced. Go over and get some inspiation. I know I have to with all those quilts in my cupboard.

Happy Quilting

Leanne xo

WIP Wednesday.....

This week I have just been trying to finish what I have started.

My Dresden Plate pieces are being ironed. It's taken so long to get these done. Maybe I was a bit ambitous. It will be lovely when it's done.

Almost all ironed......

Oscars Dino quilt.

All the stack n slash blocks are done,I just need to put this one together.

This is the panel I started with.....

These are the blocks I made to go with the panel.....

Ive' been cutting some blocks for a charity quilt we are making through our Modern Quilt Guild. I only have to cut the white and it's all ready for members to sew up the blocks.

That's what I've been up to. Go over to Freshly Pieced and check out what others are up to on WIP Wednesday.

Happy Quilting

Leanne xo

WIP Wednesday...

It's been a strange couple of days. My boys have gone to stay with Ma & Pa for a couple of days and I've been bangin' around here all by myself. As I am on "holidays" I thought I would put one of my quilts on the frame and do some whimsical custom quilting. I would have done a customer one but I'm waiting on a thread delivery.

This quilt is made from Heather Bailey fabrics. It is so fresh.

I left the whirlygigs with no quilting. I only quilted the background......

The other project I have done a bit on this week is my dresden plate. There are 500+ wedges that were sewn and turned through. Next up is the pressing. I'm putting that off. I should just do 20 at a time and it won't hurt my back so much... 

I'm linking up with WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced. Go on over and see what everyone else is up to...

Happy Quilting

Leanne xo

WIP Wednesday....

That week went sooo fast...

I have done tonnes this week but I only took the one photo. So here it is...

My Picnics & Fairgrounds Dresden Plate.

Also...

I finished my Sweet Nothings QAYG.

Started a dinosaur quilt for Oscar (promised to him 2 yrs ago)

Made a scarf from Loulouthi to wear to the show on Friday

Quilted 2 customer quilts

Cleaned out all the crap from my sewing room. I chucked heaps and gave away some stuff too. It always feels good to have a big clean out...

So there you have it. My creative week in a paragraph.

I have linked up to WiP Wedneday over at Freshly Pieced. Go over and check out what all the other creative people are up to...

 

Hope you had creative week too...

Happy Quilting

Leanne xo