One Flower Wednesday

I lost a day last week somewhere. Come Wednesday i was wondering why every one was posting flowers. Was very puzzled until i realised “damn it is Wednesday & i haven’t done my flowers”. I did get them made but not posted.  as time got away again with making another cloak which i didn’t get a photo of it.
Boy was that a nightmare. The young lad decided he wanted his in satin & with a caplet. He wanted to make it himself but has no experience with sewing. Oh dear. Cutting out was mostly wrong. Had seams where it should’ve been cut on fold. Cut on a fold where a seam should’ve been. Then to cap it off he didn’t have enough satin so i had to find other black material for the front sections. I kindly offered to sew it together for him. Oh it’s together now with much effort & cursing. :) Just wish i’d gotten a photo.

This week i’m a bit better with my days. :) Here are my 1” hexies for last week & this week.
The 1/2” hexies &

the babies. Sorry about the photo’s. Lounge room is just to bright. :( Either that or i need a new camera.

This arrived last week . The next in the series of “someday quilts” by Clare O’Donohue. Quite a good read. It’s a mystery novel with quilting thrown in.

These arrrived also. Hadn’t heard of this writer before & came across her quite by accident. Enjoyed these immensely.
Book 3 of the series i posted about 2 posts ago finally arrived. was worth the wait. I couldn’t put the book down until i found out what happened. :) All books from my favourite shop.
Jeanette

I’m late for Flower Day.

I had every intention of posting yesterday but i was busy at the machine. Wish i could say it was working on ufo’s but it wasn’t. I had to make 2 cloaks. Although the pattern is quite simple they were time consuming to make. Tuesday was spent making 1 & yesterday the other. They are now in the wash as both are black & attracted quite a lot of fluff. That gives me 2 finishes at least for October.

Tuesday night i sat & sewed 3 more 1” flowers,

2 by 1/2” & 1 by 1/4” flowers.

I love to read about the Amish & found parts 2 & 3 of a series in a local bookshop. I’d bought part 1 ages ago & had forgotten all about it. At the time the shop didn’t have parts 2 & 3 in stock. It sure was a struggle trying to remember what it was about when i started reading part 2since it was a long time since i’d read the first book.

But then i also found this 3 part series but the shop only had books 1 & 2. They had no idea when part 3 would come in so online i hop & discover the Book Depository had a copy. :) It should be here very shortly.

Jenny recently mentioned she was selling off some fabric & things. I discovered this honeybun which i need for a pattern i recently bought. The honeybun has found a good home Jenny. :)

Jeanette

Flower Day

After spending Sunday & Monday preparing hexies i only managed 2 blue 1” ones this week.

2 1/2” ones &

1 1/4” one.

This i my display stand. An antique spinning wheel i recently bought. It’s missing the cord from around the big wheel to the small wheel which i’ll have to get replaced. It’s really just for display purposes though. I haven’t used a spinning wheel since i was about 16 so i don’t know how i’d go at spinning now.

I was going to start making the hexie bag pattern up when i realised the 1/2” hexie shapes off the internet may not be quite right. Better to order pre-cut shapes to ensure the bag comes out the right size to fit the handles. I ordered another handle while i was ordering the hexies so now i can make both bags. :)

Found this sweet pincushion design over at Cori's . The pattern has 2 styles. I love pincushions. Don’t use most of them. I seem to collect them for display.

This came in the mail yesterday. Couldn’t resist Bronwyn Hayes new pattern. :) I had to go into town today so i went to Bargain Box &  bought some of the fabrics needed. As the rest are small pieces for applique they will come out of my stash.

These 2 i bought just because i could. :)

Jeanette

Wednesday’s flowers

Not many hexies bloomed this week. I only had a couple prepared in the 1”size. 

2 pink ones in another flowering bulb. It bloomed since yesterday when i took my other flower photo’s.

1 little 1/4” hiding in the real blooms. :)

Jeanette

Flowers

I was hoping to show a few finishes but alas my machine picked a bad time to go on the fritz. Off to the sewing machine shop i went only to discover that it will be a couple weeks before i get it back. :(
So i’ll show you a few flowering plants &  bulbs in my garden instead.

My hippeastrum in flower.

A pink bottle brush. The birds love these.
The red bottlebrush is overloaded with flowers this year & very noisy with the birds in it.

A lonely flower on the hibiscus.
Jeanette

Hexagons & Things.

Well here it is Wednesday again. I wish time would stop flying by so darn quickly.

3 1/2” hexagons joined the garden this week.
3 1” hexagons & ….

the bub – a 1/4”. The plant in the photo is a bonsai bougainvillea. I’ve been visiting that shop again.

Great stand alone Amish novel.

Succumbed to buying a Cath Kidston book.
This Tilda book &….

this Tilda book.

Whilst shopping came across these oh so cute coffee mugs. Just love Rachael Hale mugs. My daughter better not break these.

Couldn’t resist this either. A slushie maker for summer. A margarita anyone?
I showed you 2 of the fur babies. So i’ll show you the 3rd one. Garfield is so cute.

Watching T.V. wore him out

So he took a nap in front of it.
Have a fabulous day.
Jeanette

My Weekend

Saturday i was off on a bus trip with Vision Patchwork group. After leaving our pick-up point we headed west up the range to Gatton our first stop. Lovely patchwork shop there. Morning tea supplied by Gail & her staff. Despite the incentive of 25% off nothing really caught my eye at all. I wandered around & spotted some orange fabric & a repro which i bought as fat 1/4’s

Then i mentioned to a fellow tourer about looking for repro’s & she said where she saw some fat 1/4’s. Back i went to look & discovered these. They’ll all look great in my quilts.

Time to leave & head further up the range to Toowoomba. It’s the flower festival time there & as we headed to our next stop all the gorgeous Spring flowers were everywhere to see. Stopped at a quilt show but silly me forgot my camera. Some very gorgeous quilts on display there & a few vendors to visit
These lovely pinks & browns caught my eye on Nikki's stall.

We then had lunch & afterwoods headed out to Highfields, a small town outside of Toowoomba. This stop was to a bead shop. After that we went to the “Village Green” also at Highfields & visited a patchwork shop & a choccy shop. At the patchwork shop i bought these gorgeous fabrics.

Spots & Chrissy fabrics. Sorry no photo of the choccies all was eaten after i got home. :)One final stop was at a church. Not a lot of got off the bus as we we very tired by this time. I did pop off & look at the plant stalls outside the church & came back with 2 plants.  Time to head home a very weary but happy traveller.
Sunday i got up to do this:

I’ve got my sewing room back. :) YAY.
I’m so happy. Now all my stuff is in the one room i may feel more like creating. :)
Jeanette

Wednesdays Flowers

I didn’t post last Wednesday as i was ill with the flu & tonsillitis. Was so bored with just lying around reading & sleeping. By Friday i was desperate to sew even though i was still ill & tired easily. So this is what i did Friday.

4 x 1” hexies. Still using the scrap basket but it’s getting harder to find pieces that i haven’t used on the 1” hexies that are still large enough.

6 x 1/2” hexies,

3 x 1/4” hexies. Took me all day just about. :)

Come this week & i spent Monday cutting out the hexie templates & Tuesday finding fabrics & cutting out. The result of this effort?

4 more 1” hexies,

3 x 1/2” hexies &

a 1/4'” hexie. I added all my made up hexies & now have 62 x 1”, 27 x 1/2” & 10 x 1/4”.

Thought you might like to see my 2 cute fur babies

Lucy is a Blue point Siamese & Evie is a Seal point. They looked so cute sleeping there together.

Jeanette

I’m Late, I’m Late……

No not for a very important date. Yesterday was Clamshell day being the last day of August. All i managed to do again this month was get more prepared. :(
I was so hoping to have at least started to applique them down but life got in the way.
Today is the first day of spring here in Australia. Hope it warms up now. Being Wednesday it’s also hexagon day.
Made 4 1” one last night to make up for last weeks poor effort. :) All still being made from my scrap basket.
3 1/2” ones & just 1 little 1/4” hexie. Not that you can see it very well against the cream doily.

Recently Cori was showing this project she was working on. I just loved it so when she said the pattern was released i ordered it straight away.  Gorgeous applique.  Love the reds & greens. So springlike. Be nice to have it for spring/summer on a table on the verandah. :)
Kim had a giveaway recently & i won a gorgeous tablerunner pattern with a snowman to embroider in the middle. Maybe this one will be for next winter even though i don’t get snow where i live. Lol.

Have a fabulous day, Jeanette
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