WOW or WIP’s shared with Esther Aliu 4th March 2020.

This afternoon I played with my lovely Hope centre making up my first complete 1/2 circle and 6 dolls for my first corner I’m slowly machine appliqueing? Will make up the other 5 heads tonight if I can stay awake!

WOW or WIP’s 4th March 2020

Hello All, I did not want to write the date today it makes me realise my year is flying by to quickly. Each day I have it planned for sewing but things happen and some times it goes so quickly I don’t get any sewing done! I played all morning with Sue then this afternoon it was back to my lovely Hope centre making up those tiny 1/2 circles and wee dolls.

This is what I need to make up and 4 of them they are only 3inchs by 2inchs!!! It is glued to cardboard so I can make my templates.

This is how I made up my 1/2 circles before adding the tiny tear drops and loops. I’ve added a very tight machine embroidery stitch to give me the diamond back ground shape.

Finished making my background 1/2 circle.

My loops cut out in one piece of fabric !

Completed making up the tiny pieces now waiting to be machine appliquéd to my centre, need to make the other 3 now.

My loops are going to be made with of irononfussing fabric so made a template so I can cut them out in one piece.

Top is my template to make up the loops in one piece of fabric!

I worked on appliqueing down these leaves till I ran out of thread on the weekend and had 4 leaves to do. Managed to pick up the last small reel of thread yesterday which will be enough to finish this block, then I can start hand appliquéing down those wee circles.

Close up of those leaves which are big around 4 1/2 inch’s square.

Then I was side tracked during most of last week trying to finish my Wee houses?!

Will add another dark strip around this about a 2inch strip. Ended up scraping this idea

And this one.scraped it !

Went with this frame which was a nightmare as the two silks taught each other every 1/2 inch of the way, so had to pin every 1/2 inch!!! I bent at least 30 pins trying to push them through these tightly woven silks. Then I stupidly added a flange to make it 4 thicknesses of silk?!

Finally I finished those 4 mitred corners and I could breath!

All hand basted ready for machine quilting in the ditch around each block.

Then it was a couple of hours pulling out all those threads!!!

All machine quilting done in the ditch. Time to do the hand stitching in the evenings now which is pure enjoyment.

Now going to hand quilt those wee houses by hand have done the pink house and it was fun seeing it pop as a wee 3D house

Now going to hand quilt those wee houses by hand have stitched the pink house and it was fun seeing it pop as a wee 3D house

Now to day I need to play For awhile so making A Sunbonnet Sue for fun.

I made sound 37 of these 25 years ago when living in PNG as a friendship swap, blocks were 6 1/2 inch’s square. I all ways wanted to make a quilt up of Sue so may be I will start today

I made around 37 of these 25 years ago when living in PNG as a friendship swap, blocks were 6 1/2 inch’s square. I all ways wanted to make a quilt up of Sue for my self so may be I will start today, I’ve kept this one from back then to remind me of the fun I had making those Sun-Bonnet Sue’s . I made them when I started to learn about patchwork!!!

Made up my pattern yesterday and playing with my first one this morning.

Looking more like Sue, I all ways give Sue boots with heels LOL.

Have boxes of lace so many of them will have lace!

May be she will look some thing like this by tonight? This is all just pinned this morning.

Circles were some unfinished ones I bought online from the USA many years ago 1930 fabrics some shirting and some feed sacks, many I unpicked and redid. I completed them and then added the bow ties with some 1980 1990s fabrics, added a red flange then the border. It is going down to be quilted and given to a fire victim in Victoria.

This one I made from NZ and Oz fabric designs, then added all the interlocking rings. It is also been quilted and bound by other quilters and been donated to a fire victim. I hope they bring a little warmth and comfort.

In and around the garden.

Still trying to find out which butterfly he will become?

Night moth

Another wee critter found on my work table.

Yesterday he was attached to my car and had to remove 4 strands which I attached to the corner post of the carport. When I came back home he had rebuilt this beautiful fine web?