busy as always!

 

I have now got into my daily routine, well sort of. Have been x stitching a bit in the mornings and then started embroidering on the panels of a bag.
Have been asked to help with a nice wall hanging quilt for the towns festivities being 200 years old this year. Have been working on it too but not allowed to show. Its a real privilege that l will be mentioned in helping with something so special for many years to cone. There are not many quilter in town so it will be lots of work for the few of us that are willing to help.
 We are also now into autumn and just love the cooler weather at last. So now it just back to enjoying life in general.
 It was my son Bennie"s birthday yesterday and l can't believe that he is now 38years old. Where has the time gone! It is also hubby"s birthday tomorrow and he approaching his 70s very fast.
Have a great creative week with lots of blessings to you all.

Another new bag!

I have now started on my next project and will be adding a lot of embroidery.
Will be adding lots of pretty flowers.

My Angel of Cross Stitching

My Angel of Cross Stitching by Joan Elliot has made an appearance again now that my crazy quilt is done and yesterday l did a few stitches after not working on her for more than 2 years! Wow  time just goes by so quickly!

Row by row

Now ready for my hand quilting. Love hand quilting because it gives me my time with my thoughts. Also just in time for winter hybernation!

Block completed!

This is the extra block l have embroidered for my best friend of over 30 years. She is the one that likes to push me out of my comfort zone on my embroidery journey!

Another Block?????

I had one block left from my Crazy Quilt and decided to embroider it for my bestest friend Anna.
I notice that this is not the finished block but at least you can see what I have completed.
I really had lots of laughs on this one, I tried to embroidery some of the stuff I had done on my
big Crazy Quilt, but as always my work has a life of its own and this is what I have accomplished.

Now hanging in its right place forever!

My crazy quilt has found the right place in this home. At last l now can admire my work while working on my other project s!

My Autumn wallhanging

I have now completed my lovely autumn wall hanging and just in time for our autumn now. I received this gorgeous fabric from a very dear friend Pamela who lives in Florida USA.

cotton fabric at last!

Well now onto the next project. I love these brights from DaGama textiles. Just added a crazy border and now for hand quilting but somehow l stitched one cat wrong way, so will have to undo that first. Lots of paper piecing used here.

More embroidery

I have a block of my crazy quilt left and working on it and here l have added a picture of each stage which is not planned. My creativity just takes over and decides what next.
I have used organza ribbon for flower and crochet maroon centre with gold beads. The stems and leaves are also crochet cotton. Found a easy way to make these lovely leaves. Anyone interested to know how? Just leave a comment and l will show step by step in my blog.

A Small Addition!!

I nearly forgot a small necessary addition a quilter always adds to a quilt and that is a spider and web. Its for good luck!  There are many such cute traditions in the quilting world that goes back many generations l am sure! Some of them long forgotten.