WOW or WIP’s with Esther 10th Oct 2018

Blocks are made from a silk obi belt, si

Blocks are made from a silk obi belt which is made of gold thread and green silk but very very tightly woven so quiet thick and heavy.

Sitting beside the swimming pool after been in the garden all morning.

This is where I was cleaning in the Garden this morning racking up the leaves from the crazy path that wanders past a fish pond then down to the lower slopes, tthen washing the paths clean.

We have jumped in to summer over night it seems. While we are heading for a very long hot summer they say in Australia many of you are now starting to lite furnaces or fires? For me this time means lots of work in the garden before the wet arrives in 2 or 3 months. So I do not get much done sewing wise over these dry months. Plus for the first 2 weeks of Oct nearly every day is a birthday party celebration in our family so even less time to sew LOL.

Right now I’m making up the last 4 blocks of a memory quilt off my mum, using very old hankies, lace, and dollies that I found in her draws when I was sorting her belongings when she left us.

Close up of the background fabric for the blocks.

When I join the blocks I will add a bright Irish green flange first to each block then use a dark green for the sashings.

Below are close ups of some of mums treasures she had saved in her life time or made plus a few from other quilters who helped me with these extra blocks I needed?

This lace was around a piece of silk that fell apart when I was handling it for the block so sat and unpicked the lace from it, then added the wee bobbin lace basket in place of the silk. It would have been a hank-chief at one time but a very long time ago, well over 100 years old.

MY mum did beautiful fine needle work.

She was all ways making these lady dollies, she would make 4 then added them to each corner of gingham material cut into a metre square, crochet a lace edge around the square and they would be engagement gifts. This Dollie was given to me by another quilter though.

Another very very old hankachief that must have been very precious to my mum. I added the hand lace butterfly as I needed some thing to strengthen that centre silk that is so fragile now, plus I All ways like to add a butterfly to my quilts.

another tiny piece of hand made lace from another quilter.

She must of loved this style of fashion as it is on many of her pieces.

another quilter made this one for me it is from the lace that was used to make her Wedding dress.

Below block is handmade lace Ive attached to the outer edge then a fine fine crocheted dollie?????

Another vintage handkerchief she cherished.

That’s all I have to show in the sewing line this week?

Catching the Palm nuts as they are dropped by rats, possums, and bats in the night, if I don’t remove them every second day they start to ferment and the smell is awful? So I lay this cloth and empty it every second day. This morning it was full!

In the garden today.