WOW 29th Feb 2012 leap year!!!!

I had to make 3 more blocks for the friendship quilt

I have been working on my friendship quilt this week, I had to make another 3 blocks to be able to make a 6th Row. It is interesting how I see these blocks now. When I first received them I just thought how lovely they were and who they were from. Now I’m looking at them as a quilter and looking at some of the workmanship, and some of the stitches which are so so tiny I can hardly see them even with my strong glasses on!!!!! Others the design and lay out has been well thought out, others are little pieces of art.

It is now coming together nicely.

I have added a wee bird as I wanted to add some yellow in the outer part of the quilt to give it a bit of zing, I think he does that?????//

A little bit of yellow for some Zing??????

Finally at 7pm last night I completed the last block and to day I have plans to sew every thing together and I will  have another UFO finished. That’s number 3 UFO for 2012. If I don’t complete any more I will still be happy. What do I call a UFO (Unfinished object) and a WIP (Work in progress). UFO’s to me are quilts started over

All blocks now completed ready to be joined to make a complete quilt top.

ten years ago, and WIP’s are ones since then!!!!!!

I have taken the plunge and I’m now going to make the Dear Jane blocks. After been a  visual follower for the last 10 years I took the plunge and bought the EQ manual 10 days ago. It arrived Monday around midday and I spent an hour browsing it then and around 6pm downloaded the software and we had a very very late dinner baked beans!!!! Just joking hubby is a very patient man and has always been very supportive of my art side.  I’m a visual person so if I did not have the computer skills I have after running a booking office for our computer school for 10 years I would not of been able to work out how to use the software. But it is excellent and steps you through each stage. I made up my first block yesterday A3 but appliqued it by making melons then needle-turn appliqueing them to the 4 1/2″ square.

My 1st block A3 of my Dear Jane to be.

Fiddly but a good challenge to get those points even!!!!!

No beach today as we have been having torrential rain and it is still raining down there, so I will just have to stay home and sew how terrible!!!!!!!!!!!, may be I can get another DJ started after I complete putting the friendship quilt together!!!!! plus I can watch Esther’s blog to see the unveiling of For Get Me Not!!!!

Garden is very bedraggled after all the rain but looks fresh.

Our local weed!!!!.

The above is a local weed but we like it as it flowers all year round and adds a touch of colour to a  mostly all green garden.

Only orchid in flower at the moment.

Rods garden always has some thing flowering.

Stunning colour way to use in a quilt flower!!!!!

Family arrive from Japan next Saturday so I must complete where I’m up to on my Peaceful Pathways quilt this week; all quilting is to be packed away this week for a month, hope I don’t have withdraw symptoms??????? My blog is linked to WOW (Work on Wednesday) at Esther Aliu’s blog every Wednesday http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com 

Cheers Glenda

Cheers Glenda

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