Scrappy Heaven

My Surprise parcel from Christine arrived. Lots of wonderful repro scraps- so many they would not fit in the photo. There was also the latest Fons and Porter Magazine with a great article on nine patches and a Pattern from Miss Rosies Pattern Co. called December Rose and some needles to try out. Love all the baskets in the quilt.  I can see some of these scraps making their way into my Civil War bride quilt. So much colour. I love it. :-)

I have finished the Civil War Bride Quilt Block 2 and am making good progress on block 5. Slowly but surely I am getting there :-) Off to fabric Fondle :-)

Cheers Lynne

Craft and Quilt Fair Adelaide

The Craft and Quilt Fair is on in Adelaide 5th 6th 7th and 8th November – that is from tomorrow. We are going to have a Vintage Sewing Machine Display like we had last year :-) Lots of Fun. I am also going to be making a baby’s throw quilt for the floor for a  Family member. We live down by the beach so the Quilt is to have a sea/beach theme. No Repro’s in this quilt. It is all cut out and ready to sew. My Friend Rosemary is going to help.                       Rob has a phone interview with ABC Radio at 6.30am tomorrow morning. Just as well he can bounce out of bed and be alive because I certainly could not. Need the big cup of strong coffee before I can do that.

This Lovely Red  Eye 66 Treadle will be part of the display. If you live in Adelaide, make sure you come along and say '”Hello”. I think we are next door to the girls from the Knitters Guild. I am certainly looking forward to seeing all the quilts on display.  Just need to remember to take the camera!   
On another note can say I have nearly finished B2 of the Civil War Bride Quilt. Am a little slow I know but this quilt is being made from stolen moments of time. Exams are happening in our household in a big way. Both Year 11 and 12 so the tension is high! Those stolen moments are my sanity. Couple of weeks behind on the Nearly Insane quilt too but I just received a delivery of all this luscious fabric from AutumnRoseQuilting. She is wonderful and cuts F8ths and F16ths of full ranges Perfect for  Nearly Insane and the CWBQ. I do shop locally too but these were just too much temptation for me ;-)
           Cheers Lynne

German Handcrank with Angels

  
If you look closely in the centre of the bed and in the corners(the pictures can be enlarged-just click on them) you can see Angels on this beautiful German Saxonia Handcrank Machine. Machines with the large handwheels and internal gears are often called Saxonia machines as most of them were made in this part of Germany. This particular machine was made by Stoewer and would date to around 1900. Notice the porcelain Handle on the crank. Cheers Rob

Challenge 7 Red Items

 

Painted Fans of Japan on my Japanese sewing box called a Haribako 1920’s. Notice the ruler at the rear of the top photo. My little pincushion has a cat button turned up for you to see. The mechanism inside is to act as the third hand for holding the kimono fabric as you handsew them together and also to hold the threads.

 

The red of the Sturt Peas (South Australia’s flower) in the stained glass at our front door.

   Don’t you love Humpty Dumpty. He is a pincushion.  My Sister-in-Law made him for me :-) The sweet little needlecase with the little ladybird pin for goodluck was made by my Dear Friend Nancy. One side has Strawberries in the centre and the other a bird. We collect bird fabrics :-)

A Red Toy Sewing Machine. Had to have one of those didn’t we :-) This is a little Vulcan from the 50’s.

  Red flowers from the garden A rose and a Pelagonium :-)

“Spring Radiance” A predominately Red Quilt made in a Judy Hooworth workshop quite a number of years ago.

I do have bright fabrics too :-)

My Kaffe Fassett Bag :-) Now I would like to Challenge Lurline to join in the fun and find 7 pink things from her home.  Cheers Lynne

Nearly Insane Block 64

Do you like the Wattle and Waratah together. Think I have made 40 blocks and only 58 to go. No Rush I am still enjoying the journey. Am going to do a little more on B2 of my CWBQ tonight, more leaves :-). Different colours. Hope to post a pic of a sewing machine on soon. Cheers Lynne

Nearly Insane B65

B65 is a few weeks late but is is done :-) The Centre is the Waratah – the floral emblem of New South Wales. Not a repro but a symbol. Next weeks block 64 has fabrics chosen and it will have some wattle and waratah. Just little scraps that give my quilt an identity :-)Love the Pink in this one. I only have the tiniest piece left but that is the beauty of this quilt. You only need little bits. Still Having Fun  Cheers Lynne

Nearly Insane Block 20

Well I finished B20. If you want a confession it is not meant to look like this. The top two triangles are meant to look like the bottom two. I don’t mind that they don’t. Did not want to make another and it is not a simple task undoing the errant ones. Mine simply have a mind of their own. Original blocks colours were nothing like this either. Mine definitely has a personality of its own just like its owner ;-) I am halfway through last weeks block too so stay tune. Have been busy appliquéing leaves on Block two of the CWBQ. I know it is slow going but it is also soothing too.  Hope everyone has a Good Eventful Week. Cheers Lynne