I have never known a month go so quickly as this one has.
I spent last night making the big bloom from the 1st part of Esther’s new BOM There Are Flowers in my Window it reminds me of old fashion roses I use to grow in NZ . I’m not making this BOM but helping a new quilter to applqiue, some times it is easier to see how to do some thing than just read how to????????
My Rose in full bloom!!!!
This is like the old fashion roses that I use to grow.
This is how I would build it if I was going to machine appliqué it using iron on fussing
My box of fabric that all ready has the fussing ironed on, I keep it all in one box.
Ive pulled some colours
pretty close need more contrast.
Needed some more pieces so ironed on the fussing to them.
That piece of deep mauve is far to dark.
Have made up some templates out of an old Xmas card to draw around on the back of the fabrics.
I start from the out side using my printed pattern to get a feel.
Start adding more pieces then eliminate the fabrics that don’t jell for me.
That fabric with what looks like an arrow in the middle of it will have to go!!!!!
Gone much better.
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No I don’t like the colours in the centre trial and error LOL
Daylight much closer to the true colours. Nearly there I would add yellow and green bullion stitches in the very centre of these roses. That’s how I would and did make the flower .
While on my week away I sat and worked on me 6th panel of my 1920 30 crazy quilt completed all the herringbone around every patch but still need to add two new patches after about 9 years all the panels are restored and stitched around all the patches. Im very happy.
I need to add a pice of velvet here.
and a pice of velvet here. Then its on to joining them all together in to a quilt top finally after around 90 years in a draw some where in the USA
For Anne Marieke
There is the most beautiful walk along the rocks at the head of Nossa I could walk that walk every day and never get tide of it.
Every time the water is incredible weather it be sunny or wild weather.
It is all ways moody and beautiful.
Every now and then you come across a beautiful wee bay full of golden sand .
Look how clear the water is even with it rough.
Stunning paper bark trees every where.
River mouth look at that colour!!!!
Sunsets and dawns are the best time to visit the beach or sea.
SO much beauty
love these colours.
Sea is rushing in to the mouth of the river at high tide.
Stunning colours.
So beautiful.
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Rod is standing on the above terrace reaching out to cut off the dead fronds from our giant palms there were 9 of them hanging down blocking our view
here you can see the saw the palm is so tall now it is a very hard and difficult job to do.
All the dead fronds one would not want to be hit by a falling one it could kill you.
Off to bed my day has run away with me Happy sewing every one and thank you for visiting. Cheers Glenda
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