KILMORE QUILT IN DAY... oh what a day.

I was picked up nice and early by the lovely Rosie. Unfortunately Rosie is a little deaf and had an infection in her good ear. Oh what a fun day communicating ahead.... Anyway, we can do it..
In the car and off we drive.

What a selfie

This post may come in 2 or 3 parts. There are a lot of photos from the guest speaker.
ANTIQUE QUILTS.

All of our HONOUR QUILTS are on display.

The tables are set

Rosie, Jo, Maxine & Jenny

 Cherie and Christine from Heathcote  

The start of THE ANTIQUE QUILT talk. We were shown the most amazing quilts. There were so many stories. I am only showing you photos though.

Next stop Castlemaine, Gisborne & Sunbury

On the road again.
Just down the road is Castlemaine. This is such a beautiful old town. Threadbear quilt shop is owned by Corliss. She has the most amazing reproduction fabrics. Her hand stitching is a real piece of work.

Maxine having a shop

Threadbear  in Castlemaine

We did get to Gisborne too. A Patch n Quilt but I forgot the photos. Mary has a beautiful bright shop with pretty fabrics....


My friend Sue was lovely enough to pick me up from my drop off point and take me home for a few hours. Sue was not able to make it to the quilt in because she was spending it in Castlemaine sewing... the places we travel to thread a needle and stitch.....
It was fun catching up with Sue. We had such a good laugh. It never is long enough.

Oh what a laugh

Sue and I

Some of Sue's  pretty garden.

 I then headed off to dinner and afterwards to my daughters house to stay the night... A busy day

Out to dinner with my beautiful daughter and sweet grandsons.

My road trip headed south.

I was lucky enough to share a road trip back to my old area with a friend. We were both going to the Kilmore Quilt In. I was also catching up with a lot of friends and Maxine was seeing her family.
We set off in the car about 8 am and a coffee stop was up first thing. Then we could really get moving. We spent the day talking and getting to know a bit about each other. It was fun.
After a detour, due to floods, our first stop was Maldon for lunch and a bit of shopping.
Lunch at a local cafe was Devine. So yummy. Look at the selection.

Then The Village Patch quilt shop. Maldon has the most beautiful buildings to. A lovely old area.

Just a little bit of shopping 

Add of course, the Christmas Shop. This is just the most amazing shop. There were so many things to look at and buy.

Another jumper being made.....

Here is what yarns I have pulled out of the box. I have started a jumper for grandson Nicholas. I like all the blues together and I have more than enough to get something done...

The scraps of odd yarn

This is what I have done so far. I had made this design for both my daughter and son when they were little. So that was about 25 years ago. I just love the pattern and you can use up small amounts of yarn. It's just getting the right size. When I have measured up Nick and got the length I want I will start on the sleeves. This way you use the colours as you have them. If you run out after one stripe you can just put in another colour on the second repeat round...

A jumper for Nicholas

Back into the Aussie Hero quilts

I haven't made any Aussie Hero quilts for a while. I thought I'd get back into it with this request. 

It was for a beach backdrop with the Ducati logo... I thought I'd give it a go... I used up what ever fabrics I had starting from the bottom. It started with a grassy piece then on to sandy grass tufts. Added we're strips of sandy colours then on to the waves and water. Now for the sun set in a cloudy sky. Offset by the Ducati Logo...

Beach back drop with Ducati logo..

I had enough of this boat fabric which matched the beach theme. Sadly I didn't  have any motorbike fabric. This is the backing.

The backing fabric

As for the laundry bag. I usedup all the scraps. Once again starting from the sandy beach and a little bit of grass. Next up was a row of star fish shells. On to the choppy waters and the sun setting in the clouds with the stars appearing. I will also put a Ducati logo on but will add the initials of the recipient. I hope this design is liked. I have had fun putting it all together.

The start of a laundry bag

Ive had a win.....

A while ago I entered in to the Pin Cushion Parade over at My Sister Made Me Do It blog. It was a link up and there were many ideas and photos of lots of different pin cushions that everyone made. I only linked up with the Star Fruit cushion that I had made after seeing my friend, Sue, make lots of them. There were quite a few designs I want to make in the future. Great for a little gift.

Anyway, I was lucky enough to win a prize. It arrive today all safe and well. A fantastic fat quarter bundle of Halloween prints. That's going to make a fun quilt for some one... thankyou Ida Jo

My Halloween fat quarter bundle from Ida Jo at 

http://mysismademe.blogspot.com.au

Xavier's knitted jumper....

I originally was going to make this jumper for Nicholas. Then I realised I didn't have enough yarn for  his size so the next best thing was to make it for Xavier. There was enough for a beanie too. More leftovers were to be used up. Let's hope the size is ok..

Xavier's jumper...

After finishing Xavier's jumper I made 2 more knitted squares for Liz. Liz passes them on to an organisation who puts them together for charity blankets.

2 more knitted squares for the charity blankets...

Here is the blanket I keep adding to when I have leftover yarn from other projects. This will be for a charity somewhere when it is done.

Diagonal crochet blanket with all scraps

Kilmores monthly movie row by row SAL

Kilmore Quilters are doing a monthly row by row mystery sew a long. Only join in if you want to. No hard rules. Make any size you want. I got off to a late start with my foot injuries and moving. I have caught up ... well nearly, anyway. I have prepared all my blocks/rows and just need to do the appliqué stitching. This will be done by machine...

They are all to be movie titles. Try for classic movies.

The months and the themes as well as my choices are as follows...

1.... Classic Musical.... This row has been scrapped. I am now working on a new design...

2.... A Special Year.... MARY POPPINS

3.... A Romance.... LETTERS TO JULIET

4.... A Melbourne/Australian Movie.... PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK...

I decided to try and keep mine to suit a child's quilt. I wanted to make it fun and colourful. When it's finished I will have a gift for someone.

The start and Month 1.... a Classic Musical.... this idea has been scrapped..

I went for Cats then CATS ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Now am working on a different idea.  I just thought they were fun. There are 9 of them for cats have 9 lives. Are you superstitious.... and they are all scrappy which is where my patchwork is at the moment. Maybe this block can be used later in the quilt....

1....   CTAS, Cats on a Hot TIN ROOF .... Both ideas scrapped.

******* I was corrected today and told CATS was not a movie but a stage play so I have had to change the name of my choice to CATS ON A HOT TIN ROOF.  Apparently this isn't a musical. So I have got another idea and it is a Classic Musical. WIZARD OF OZ.... What do you all think ??*****

Month 2 is all about a special year. Any year for any reason.

My year was all about MARY POPPINS.

It's a fun happy movie.

The design is a bit pale but once I satin stitch them it will make a big difference

2... Mary Poppins

Month 3 was a Romance movie.

LETTERS TO JULIET was my idea. I love this movie. As I had received some fabric postcards I thought I would add them too.

3...   Letters to Juliet
I made my blocks into envelopes and put in some fabric postcards that have been sent to me.

Month 4 was to be a Classic movie made in Melbourne or at least Australia.

I chose PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.

4.... Picnic at Hanging Rock

Here they are all laid out together. When all the stitching is done the shapes will stand out better. These rows measure about 32" wide. It will make a good size kids quilt. I will had a border to it once all the rows are done. I can't remember how many months we are doing it for.

4 rows all together.

Septembers DEAR JANE blocks

I have  caught up with my DJ blocks that I am sewing along with Kilmore Quilters.
All finished and in plenty of time for the next months. No rushing.. I feel good.

No...  D 4
I just love this fabric...

No... I 8
The outer triangles were made as 2 squares then I cut them diagonally.
But I cut one square on the wrong diagonal so there is a seam where it shouldn't be.
Guess what... it's staying there..

No.... M6
I hand pieced the pieces around the octagon and machine pieced the outer borders.

No. C1
A fairly simple block to help me catch up.

I have been knitting for charity and another crochet blanket..

I am heading of to Kilmore for a quilt in day. One of my friends, Liz, is knitting squares for charity. I thought I would make some to take along and pass on. I have so much odd wool. 1 ball of lots of colours from my mums stash. Mum always made for charity so I will continue until it's all gone...
So when I want something to just pick up and do I knit a square.
Here is my pile of 22.

When I finish the squares I use the left overs on a crochet blanket. It is a pattern that Lyn gave me and it is so easy. It will take a while to finish as I only do it when I have a scrap of yarn left over. It will grow slowly but I won't have to sew any squares together. Easy.....