OOPS Quilt show challenge entry photos now attached.

 Well blogger has not been my friend. I could not upload the photos to my last post. I have spent a bit of time transferring my photos to the computer.

 So here goes. I have copied my words and have added the photos...

On Sunday we held our quilt airing which is located at a local school. 

The quilts are pegged over the fences and stair rails. Rope is tied between the trees to hang more. These are older used quilts which cannot be put in to our quilt exhibition. It’s just to get them out of the cupboards and air them.

Here are some overall photos. it was an extremely windy hot day.

We had 16 entries into the challenge. Black and white with 10% of colour.

1st prize

2nd prize

my entry

3rd prize

My CHALLENGE quilt at the quilt airing

 Our quilt group set a challenge this year to make a quilt that has no sides larger than 60”, to be black and white and with only 10% of colour. This took a bit of thinking but about 15 years ago I saw a picture on Pinterest that appealed to me. A friend drew it up for me back then and it has been sitting on the top shelf of my bookcase ever since. The penny dropped and out it came. I had to chop off 6” in length but it worked. Out came the vliesofix and the drawing started.

Then choosing fabrics

Matching fabrics to the patterns.

We have the quilt laid out but not ironed on. I wanted to sew each section slowly. Do 1 seam then match the fusible pieces before sewing the next seam.

All the strips are sewn, the appliqué is done and the eyes are stitched.

Just the right amount of binding

Unfortunately I lost at bobbin chicken

All quilted and bound and it measures 58” long. Phew, I just made it.

I think it fits the brief and after 15 years I still love the design.

On Sunday we held our quilt airing which is located at a local school. The quilts are pegged over the fences and stair rails. Rope is tied between the trees to hang more. These are older used quilts which cannot be put in to our quilt exhibition. It’s just to get them out of the cupboards and air them.

Here are some overall photos.

We had 16 entries into the challenge

We are ok and still here

 I know it’s been weeks and we have done a few things. Yes, I know I have to do some catch up posts. I have been very lazy.

But….

We have a digital photo frame on a stand in our lounge. It plays all day and I can add to at any time. It shows the date, time and weather.

We actually caught it at a funny moment today. 

It’s a shame the photo wasn’t from today though.

16 hours and 16 minutes 

on the 16th

and 16 deg Celsius

A great cafe

 We went and had lunch at great cafe in Rutherglen . It’s called Caffeine N Machine. It was also a museum of old motorbikes and memorabilia. Tony had a lovely walk around.

Here are some photos.

The bacon and eggs on toast for lunch and coffee was great too.

Sorry forgot to take a photo….

Pretty flowers

After all the rain we had the other weekend my plant by the front door has started to flower.

It is such a pretty pink flower.

MOOving along slowly

 We are off visiting my brother and on the way came across a little road block. You could call it a traffic jam.

We were MOOving along slowly.

Tony had a bit of a MOOving conversation with one cow.

I couldn’t get any better photos as there were cars behind which actually thought I was going too slow and they overtook me in the middle of the cows crossing the road.

We had a laugh a few kms down the road as one of them had been pulled up by police. KARMA.