FNSI

I'll be sewing along with the others on Friday but not at night only during the day.

I need to finish this puzzle quilt and giving it as a present at the party on Saturday night.

Photo of quilt will be on my next post.

Have a look at the others who have linked up over at FNSI

Life's like a Jigsaw Puzzle

I made this quilt for my sons 18th birthday. Unfortunately he only got to use it for 7 months before he passed away. 

It's a sad time for me thinking of his upcoming 20th birthday.

This year all his mates are starting to turn 21. They all speak of John & miss him so much. 

I have decided to make the boys their very own puzzle quilt.

I will make this quilt with 12" blocks with 4 across & 5 down. A total of 24...

I am going to put 1 plain black piece in to represent my son being missing.

I have cut out squares for 5 quilts, traced the little tabs & now I am cutting.

I need 2 for next week. Why did I leave it so late to start. I bought the fabric months ago.

Boy do I like a deadline. Will post photos as I finish them.

Now I have to choose a design for the girls.....

What a few days I've had sewing

I was on holidays for our quilt groups first meeting back this year.

The new numbers were handed out for the Nearly Insane blocks.

So February's blocks have been done a week before the next meeting where I will be getting the next numbers to be done.

Block 46

Block 51

Block 62

I messed this one up so I added a little extra.

If I feel like one day I might redo it. It depends how Insane I get.

Block 79

March 6" block swap

Here is my block I am sending to my March partner Maureen.

Maureen has asked for cream background with a pink spool suitable for a 1 year old grand daughter. 

I hope the 2 blocks I have made will be suitable. I think they are lovely. 

The spools were easy to do so I might even make a baby quilt using this pattern too.

So these are what is in the mail for her.

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Great day of sewing with friends

I got together today with my Monday girlfriends and sewed. We all sewed.

I have got them doing the wonky star block too.

We are all following the RSC14 colours of the month with Angela over at So Scrappy

March's colour is Aqua / Teal / Turquoise. There is blue - green or green - blue.

Which ever you decided they remind me of the sea. I couldn't decide which way to go so I did both.

SEA  BLUE

SEA GREEN

Beth's block is on it's way

I finally got around to doing Beth's block for this month in the 12" block swap over at 

Quilt Block Swap Australia

Beth want the " Wild Duck " block from Quilters Cache.

Using a white background & 2 colours.

Well here it is

February's Pink Scrappy WONKY STAR

I finally got around to doing my block for February.

Angela over at SoScrappy chose the colour PINK for Feb.

I was on holidays & fell behind a bit. Now I'm catching up.

Here is my Wonky Star.

Kilmore Quilters HONOUR Quilt with Maree

I have just caught up on our group, Kilmore Quilters, last meeting.

There are about 31 members who are joining in the Honour Quilt Sew a long. Maree's is letting us know the 4 blocks to make each month. She has chosen 49 blocks, size of 6", that she has paired up with a person that passed away in the war. All these people she has chosen are from our local area of Pyalong, Broadford, Kilmore, Wallan etc....

Here are the first 4 blocks.

1E...Ernest Brown

5G...David Crawford

4E...Reginald Stanley Marsh

2B...William Hallet Stockdale

I have decided to continue this years theme of using up my scraps. 

This will be a BLUE scrappy quilt

Have a look at the page HONOUR QUILT 2014 by clicking on the tab at the top of this page. It tells you about the people that Maree has chosen to do a block for that were in the war.

I have found a site that has a linky for WIP's on WEDNESDAY .

So I'm linking up HERE at Freshly Pieced. Go on over and have a look at everyone else's work who has linked up too.

12" block from BETH

I have been involved with Quilt Block Swap Australia since August 2013. I have just received my tenth 12" block. It was from Beth who lives in Queensland.

I asked for any star in country colours. It isn't as pink as in this photo.

Now I had better catch up and do one for Beth. Then I have to do my paper pieced block. 

I am also expecting my 6" partners info soon.

My birthday weekend

I was lucky enough to have my closest friends and daughter help me celebrate my birthday.

We stayed in the beautiful   AMORA hotel in BRIDGE rd Richmond.

Enjoyed dinner then an early start the next morning to go hot air ballooning over the city of Melbourne.

My daughter & I

Stunning views

Then when we got home to see our grandsons I was given a beautiful coloured picture of balloons.They are so kind and thoughtful.

The eldest is 5 and has just started school. He did the writing.

The youngest is 3 and coloured the top right cloud.