A Lovely Morning Tea

 Beth and I had a lovely morning with a small bunch of ladies for our "Australias Biggest Morning Tea".

Lots of chatting ....great to catch up...

I finished a small custom quilt....it is going in a magazine so can only show you the back...love how it has turned out.

A close up of the custom quilt that sucked up so much time...glad to see it off the quilting frame....

It felt like Christmas when all the new backing fabrics arrived ....with some gorgeous new flannel widebacks as well.....

Planning a day off today...the sun is out..might take the family out for morning tea...

Have a great week.

Jan



a Birthday......

Number one Son turns 15 today........who would have thought....went by in a flash!!!

Happy Birthday Mister J...hope its a good one.

This week has seen me working on a custom I have poured many hours into ...BUT still not finished.....so pics soon........some edge-to-edges finished....

"Angel Wings" on the first flannel quilt to come thru' this season.....lovely to work on...

Lisa Calle's "Bubble Bath"....

Irene Steeles "Passion Vine"

The week ended with me hanging out at the Novocastrian Quilters Saturday meeting.....saw some lovely show n tell....waiting for some ladies to drop their quilts to me as I am a "Drop Off Lady" for the Sydney Quilt Show for the first time.

Looking forward to seeing how it all works on judging day as I get to stay and help out.....moving quilts around.....as the judges do their thing....can't wait for that..

Really busy couple of weeks coming up..........starting next Saturday with my "Biggest Morning tea"

If you are able to drop in for a cuppa....even a quick one ...on your way elsewhere.....we would love to see you.

Sat. 25th May

10am- 12pm

Unit3/3 O'Hart Close Charmhaven

A great way to raise some funds for cancer research.

Have a great week

Jan

It's not red ....it's BURGUNDY...

My APRIL...yes ...april....traditional nine patch block...a bit late. Sorry Trish...hope I dont get kept in at lunchtime...
The lovely Candy from "A Quilters Hive" chose the fabrics for me this month....just keep in mind that I haven't used RED as I usually do....the block is actually BURGUNDY...splitting hairs I know.

Have a great week

Jan

Australia's Biggest Morning Tea

I have decided to host an "Australia's Biggest Morning Tea" to help raise money for cancer.

Saturday May 25th 10am - 12pm.

$5.00 for a yummy morning tea.

Unit 3/3 O'Hart Close

Charmhaven 2263

ph. 0243940904

Would love to see you there
Have a great week
Jan

Local Quilt Show

This week will see me getting ready for our local quilt show....the Central Coast Charity Quilt Show.....held at the Wyong Race Club on the 13th and 14th April. I have a stall there each year along with lots of other local businesses. Lots of photos next week.

The kids and I spent a lovely Easter in the country with my parents....great to catch up with lots of relatives....great autumn weather as well.

I tried out a new E-2-E pattern from Lorien Quilting called 'Simple Jacobean"......love how it stitched out...

Managed to finish a small custom....

Travelled down to Sydney on Friday to the NSW Quilters Guild for the Friday Showcase......this months guest speaker was Catherine Butterworth....am loving being involved with the 2 other girls organising the Friday Showcase...learning lots ..

I unfortunately got caught up in major train delays and arrived all flustered and stressed....but that soon changed...Catherine had an amazing body of work to show us!! I was so inspired...came home all energised and enthusiastic.......feel the need to do a log cabin...a large log cabin...

Have a great week

Jan

March Traditional Nine Patch Swap

Loving being involved in Trish's traditional nine patch swap...although I think I need to mix my colours up a bit....this month's look suspiciously like Feb's...

Heading to the Central West for a couple of days to visit Mum and Dad over Easter... minus the other half who has to work....just me and the kids. Looking forward to the break.

Hope everyone has a happy Easter..

Jan

Wholecloth

Finished my small wholecloth this week. It was made using Keryn Emmerson's patterns designed to be stitched out with your walking foot....although I added some freemotion stipple in the background.
The fabric on the front of the quilt has been hand dyed by Naomi from "Stitches and Spice". I love the way it has turned out.

This week I need to turn this fabric into 14 nine patch squares for the March "Traditional Nine Patch Swap"

No footy today...a day at home.

Jan

Olive Tree Markets.

Highlight of the week would have to be a visit to the "Olive Tree Markets" at The Junction in Newcastle yesterday.
Miss Beth and I had a great wander around.....SO many lovely things....need to go back when I'm flush with funds....did manage a small amount of retail therapy....

The soaps are from "Goat Soap Lady" and they smell divine. The candles are from "Bumble Beeswax Candles".

Finished a semi custom this week....

Got a good start on another walking foot wholecloth.....bit addicted....some freemotion in the background of this one...

Tried out a pattern called "Puzzle"....Norma Sharpe on some more of 'Stitches and Spice's " hand dyed fabric....a really LIME green... quite like it...another baby quilt.

Just need to bind it.

Off to the footy again today.
Have a great week.
Jan

From Soccer to Footy..

Had this lovely bundle arrive in the mail this week...from "Forest Hill Hand Dyed Yarns".....cant wait to do something with it...

Some E-2-E's done....loving the top pattern... a new one from Keryn Emmerson's "Kitchen Sink Club"...its called "Rainbow Hearts".......the one directly below is called "Keltin Panto" also one of Keryn's...both stitched out beautifully...

The bottom two are Irene Steele's "Bow Meander"

Finished a large custom which incorporated this log cabin pattern by Tammy Finkler...love her work two.

Off to a footy match today as mister 14 has swapped from soccer to footy....first trial match of the season...good excuse not to have to clean the house...

Have a great week.
Jan

Busy, Busy, Busy

Began the week by totally rearranging the display area....we were lucky enough to get the carpet display rack/stand  from Jackie at Blueberries as she was getting rid of it.....had to shuffle everything around to fit it in......should be a good way to display some finished quilts.
You can just see the stand in the left hand corner.

Of course it was pouring with rain as we moved it...

Woke to a beautiful sunrise on Monday....a busy,busy week

Some yummy new wide backing fabrics arrived....

Some E-2-E's finished....

Finished a custom...

Have a great week

Jan

Traditional Nine Patch swap

Nothing like leaving it till the last minute.....here's my 14 nine patches for the February Traditional Nine Patch Swap....

Two Custom's Done.

I got to finish two large custom's this week with NO time for anything else....

A wedding ring quilt which took AGES !!!!!

The back of a lovely needle turn quilt ...I used Keryn Emmersons "Bella Feather" with some hand guided outlining and background fill.

My signs were put up at the factory bay...Im really happy with them...

Hoping for a dry week...we have had SO much rain.

Jan

This week...

This week saw a mixture of things completed........

This one is another of the cot quilts I am making to sell...I have used some of Naomi's hand dyed fabric from "Stitches and Spice"...love the colour...it's called "Cosmos".

I have used Keryn Emmerson's design "Windy Night"
Completed a semi-custom...with a new pattern for me from Joanne Knott..."Fancy Cable"

Hopefully made a little girl happy with "Angel Wings" on her quilt....

NEARLY finished a custom using Keryn Emmerson's "Bella Feather" triangle design....LOVE it...

Am still managing to keep the display area tidy...not sure how long to give myself before the usual chaos takes over....the view out my door as I left yesterday...am loving the new location...

My mission this week is to complete my blocks for the traditional nine patch swap that I have joined......got my fabrics from "Blueberries"at north Wyong...such a shame that I had to go fabric shopping...

Have a great week

Jan

Settled in...

I have settled into the "new shed"..and actually managed to finish something...

The kids are back at school...Miss Beth celebrated her 12th birthday this week...luckily the first time in a long time that she hasn't been going back to school on her actual birthday......the big year 7 this year!!! Mister James is in year 9. I figure I'm allowed a few grey hairs now...time has gone by SO quick.

We always make "Ma's chocolate cake" (my mum)  for ANY birthday......very yummy....

I travelled down to Sydney on Friday for the first Friday Showcase of the year at the NSW Quilters Guild. It is held on the first Friday of most months. This months guest quilter was Lynn Hewitt....love Lynn...loved the "journey" of her quilting that she took us on. I will be part of the 3 person team organising the Friday Showcase...I am enjoying being involved so far..

Have a great week

Jan

Time to Move

For the past 10 years I have worked from home....in the red shed at the end of our driveway.
This weekend we moved the machines to a new location.....

...a factory bay 5 mins. away from home. We have spent the past fortnight painting and making "ant trips" to move things over..

The photo below is the shed EMPTY after the machines have been moved over to the factory bay......feels weird not having all my "bits" here....

BUT...I am looking forward to getting back to "quilting" work now that all the hard work is done....

Have a great week.....and try to stay dry.

Jan