Love Enwine as it is this morning on my bed another step closer to been able to work the flowers inside these borders but these little pieces are all yet to be appliquéd down they are just basted or pinned at present except for the bottom section which is appliquéd down and finished.
Exciting links on Esther’s WIP’s blog this morning. This week I have been working mainly on making all the zigzags and Dutch Pixies for Love Entwines first border. I have almost completed making them all just a few Zig Zags left to make then it is all appliqué for the next few weeks. To day will see those last few zig zags made I hope.
Thursday I found several lovely wee blocks (I think the designer of them is Bronwyn Haye’s of Australia) while hunting for some thing else (sound familiar) I was in a Red-work online swap in 2009 with 11 other ladies and I choose to work in a DMC dark blue thread instead of red, these are 5 of those blocks and I think they are perfect for the top of Annabelle’s quilt. So at the top I will add these and at the bottom some lambs I had fun making in felt. It was Esther’s quilt Little lamb that made me think of Lambs.
Blue-work blocks top and felt lambs at the bottom of Annabelle’s quilt. My hubby thought they looked like prehistorical rock drawings so much for my art????????
A dear friend of mine (85) makes these wonderful cotton reel holders for me, he gave me another one on Saturday and it is full all ready, it is so easy to see my threads at a quick glance. He varnishes each prong so the reels slip on and off so smoothly. Base has velvet on them so no scratching of surfaces!!!!! I’m very spoilt.
Yesterday I had to visit a Dr about my arm, on the floor of the waiting room was a huge floor mat about 4 metres square all in greys, I loved it, it looked like a great patchwork!!!! then I realised it was made up of 1 inch strips of some thing not a whole cloth, on closer inspection I realised is was a animal skin of some kind, I was sitting at a edge so bent down for a closer look and flipped the corner over and it had a tag made in India 100% leather!!!!! WOW this was a patchwork rug, my guess it has been made out of left over leather pieces as all the strips where no longer than around 18″ and ranged from almost white right through to almost black. Strips where joined flush no seam with a flat zig zag stitch so it lay very smooth and looked like one piece of cloth. Next time I will take my camera so I can share this amazing quilt with you all. My guess it is made out of Brahman skin. What puzzles me is that in India the cow is a like a god to them and only in 2 states are they aloud to be killed so how did these skins end up in this rug here in Australia ???????
Some lovely old doilies that came in to the shop, I have washed and ironed them but these ones need a little repair work done on the lace. All the others have gone back to be sold. Whats so nice about these doilies is the large amount of crocheted lace instead of just a few rounds.
No Beach today we have had heavy rain all night and I was not able to get down the range this morning as there has been an accident on the range and it is closed. SO no beach photo’s or garden photo’s today. I have my fingers crossed no one was hurt in the accident.
Up date:- I found a lovely wee site this morning while blogging instead of visiting the beach it is Called Blue and White and is a little shop in Tokyo Japan, this site got me thinking of some lovely quilt as you go blocks I have been making on and off for >>>>>>>> don’t know how long. Made from wool kimono fabric and silks from old kimono’s. 
You start with a 14 1/2 inch square of Kimono fabric why 14 1/2 inches because that it the width kimono fabric is woven. It’s a little like a cathedral window block. I have made many quilts like this over the years I have been quilting and never stop enjoy the making of them. Best part the quilting is done as you go. I will take photos as I make them so I can share how they are made next week.
Quilt as you go finished 6 1/2 inch blocks, only the centre 12 are sewn together, I have decided to have a rest from appliqué after pulling these out and make a few more of these may be for this week any way LOL. My fine Japanese silks I’m using in the windows is limited so they are displayed so well in these dark frames of Karsuri fabric. which I have a lot of.
I’m off to link with Esther http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com now as my computer keeps dropping out there is a cyclone forming off the coast so lots of rough weather around us so I need to link before we loose power .
Happy sewing ALL Glenda
Oh Glenda keep safe. Thinks of you. Love your photos especially the doilies so nice that you are salvaging those little works of art.
Hugs Bunny
Hi Bunny cyclone is heading well North of us at present we are just getting the rain, but they are so unpredictable, they are hoping it will go back out to sea when it gets closer to the coast so we have our fingers it will. I have just pulled a old wiP and having fun with it now so not worrying about the cyclone as I’m having to much fun LOL. Hugs Glenda
glad the cyclone is not heading your way – take care. I just love all the quilts that you show. I will be taking some redwork with me to work on the plane trip to my daughters – the flights are not real long and have just as long of wait at the airport for the changing flights maybe I can actually get one of my blocks done?
Hi Karen, this year is the year of WIP’s for me some of them have been so long since they were seen or worked on it is like working on a new design and quilt LOL. Like you I have to have some sewing on hand when I’m travelling, longer I wait for a plane the better as I get so much uninterrupted sewing done LOL. Hugs Glenda
Love your LE fabrics! You have lots of other great projects to keep you busy too – stay safe!
Thanks Elaine, we are well battered down waiting it out, all beeb well it is still well nNorth of us and we are still just getting the heavy rain which the rainforest trees can do with. I have so many WIP’s packed away I don’t know really whats there any more LOL. Cheers Glenda
You are such a busy, productive lady, Glenda! Looking forward to your photos of how to make the cathedral windows block. I’ve been wanting to make one for years, and it seems like a nice change from applique.
Morning Ursula thanks for dropping in. I will take photo’s step by step to show you haw I make these. It’s a little different from the traditional cathedral window, uses more fabric but makes a much warmer quilt and no raw edges. You end up quilting through5 layers of fabric so I use the push and poke method not running stitch as it is so thick. But as I said it makes for a lovely arm quilt. It is also a wonderful way to use up beautiful small fabrics in ones stash around 6 1/2 inches. I have lots of Japanese silks that are only around 14inches wide and just over 7 inches deep so this is were I use those lovely pieces and that means saved for another 50 years or more. Cheers Glenda
Have loved reading all your news! Lots of eye candy, too! The little blue and white embroidered blocks are too adorable!
Hi Sue thanks for dropping in and yes the rework blocks are very adorable, I brought them around 8 years ago don’t have the patterns any more and wish I could remember if they really are Bronwny’s patterns. I have hunted the web for them but no joy. But they are very sim;air to her lovely designs. Cheers Glenda
Pre-historic rock drawings?! ha ha ah! I am laughing so hard Glenda! This reminds me of the time my DH mentioned my ‘lovely muted pebble’ quilt…WHAT lovely muted pebble quilt??? I love reading your news each week, I’m always shocked that you have so many quilts going on when it seems that although I started WOW I can never seem to work on more than one at any given time?? LOVE your LE on the bed too, I never tire of seeing your progress there, its going to be a wonderful quilt.
Yes Esther I really do have far to many WIP’s thats why I’m trying to finish some of them, I don’t think I will even get 1/2 of them finished before I can not sew any more. But I do enjoy quilting so even if it’s on WIP’s I’m having fun. Hugs Glenda