1/2 of the fabrics from Patricia they are beautiful. Thank you so much Patricia.
other 1/2 of the fabrics from Patricia; they are roughly 14'' by around 3' so plenty to use for my flower arrangements. I have been very spoilt.
Well my day has started off cloudy but warm. A lovely parcel arrived last night from Patricia with some kimono off cuts that will work beautifully in my LE> I even made up two wee star flowers with some of the silk fabric last night before going to bed.
Hearts, border, and lone star are not appliquéd on to back ground yet. Lone star is made from some fabric I just received from Patricia. I love the idea that lots of pieces of fabric in my LE are from other Quilters from around the globe who are making LE.
I have just started to make my polka dot leaves and oak leaves; I'm still think they may be to light but I will leave them till after I have added my vase and flowers and see what they look like then. I will add the same brown behind the polka dot leaf peepholes too when I appliqué them to the back ground fabric. Have made up one set of hearts to appliqué down, but need to add two wee flowers either side first. SOme one has just learnt to crawl so Nanna will have to put gates up to keep her away from pins and needles!!!!!
Papua New Guinea doll from the 1960's Given to me last Friday by one of my Opp Shop costumers who knows I lived there for 6 years. She found it in a Garage sale and to day I have just dressed her again after cleaning her out fit.
These dolls were taken to PNG by the trading company then working out of PNG; these dolls were sent out to the village ladies and they were asked to dress them in their village costumes. each village has a very distinctive dress wear. This wee doll is from the Highlands I can tell my the colours that are used to dye her clothes which are made out of woven vanilla bean finer. These wee dolls are now very collectable but I just love her for been a lovely reminder of another part of my life where I learnt to appliqué!!!!!. and she will always remind me of my lovely costumer who has become a friend over the 5 years I have been volunteering at the Local Church Opp Shop.
Taken this morning Looking North. I'm Just back from lovely time with my friend who I meet every Wednesday morning for a walk a long the beach but over the last 4 weeks I have not been able to meet her due to pulling a tendon in my foot. So we meet and had coffee instead of walking the beach.
Looking South it was cloudy and showers coming through but a mild 27C but few people were swimming.
After the beach I call in to a couple of small Opp Shops and say hello to the ladies that work in them as volunteers also, this morning I came out with less money than I went in with.
I found this amazing charcoal sketch on white silk at the Redcross Opp shop this morning, because it was of another women sewing I just had to bring it home, she has such a beautiful serene look on her face as she draws the needle and thread from the fabric.
These perfume containers also came home with me for my DGD!!!!! Plus 1/2 dozen pressed glass pieces from around the 1930's
Orchids are flowering here there and every where in the grounds around the house at present.
In the wild of PNG the locals call them the moth flowers as they dance like moths in the breeze.
I have just been out and taken some random photo's of the tree's beside out home.
One of our lovely old rain trees.
This is a native creeper that final will smoother huge trees and they die then it all falls down????
We don't have a lot of flowers in the rainforest but it is always full of exotic birds and butterflies of multi colours.
Now I'm going to curl up with a good DVD and do some more quilting on this ever going WIP's of silk on silk called the 4 seasons.
It is 3pm and not a stitch done or house work for that matter but I have taken you to the beach to a local Opp shop that I do not work in LOL a walk around my garden and now I’m off to link with Esther on WOW. http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com/ Happy stitching All Glenda
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