Working on my 1930’s crazy panels 18th Feb 2015

Morning every one not a lot of sewing to look at as I have been just picking up my 1920 crazy patchwork panels this week.

^ Panels of the 1920- 1930’s crazy patchwork quilt I’m restoring and doing herringbone stitch around each piece of fabric.

I have been working on restoring and embroidering around the patches this week on the 1920 crazy patchwork panels, I have taken it with me when I have had an appointment, and on Monday I sat on the range for 1 1/2 hrs while they cleared a huge tree that had blocked the road, I have never known the time to fly so quickly in a traffic blockage LOL.

In this block I had to replace several pieces of fabric the long dark navy piece is from a silk tie, I added this just for fun it is not an antique piece of fabric as you can see LOL. ???????

I liked the clean white and blue dots of this piece of fabric but it is quiet badly marked with brown spots so rather than complexly cover it I have added some appliqué, large one was my first centre for my LE compass I think I made 5 before I was happy LOL

In this block the two pink fabrics are silk which I added this week. One is a sateen and the other crepe both Japanese antique silks.

One block completely finished the Herringbone stitch around each piece of fabric really stabilises the blocks and brings the block alive. Block on the right needs 3 of the light pieces of silk fabric replaced and the top left hand red wool piece also as it is full of moth holes. So lots of restoring on this block before I can do any embroidering.

I managed to complete 5 of the blocks in this panel this week so very happy with that. Last two need around 7 or 8 pieces of fabric replaced so will take a while to complete these two.

I went down to the beach this morning, finally it has stopped raining so far this month we have had 589.5 mm of rain?????

I stopped at the look out at the top of the range

I stopped at the look out at 7am this morning on top of the range on my way to the beach, it has stopped raining after several weeks of constant rain but there is still a lot of rain hanging around the sea looks very dark and moody. I’m standing about 900feet above the sea level.

My girlfriend and her mum we walk for an hour along the beach front and it is so beautiful.

This is where we sit over a coffee that ties us an hour to drink LOL

This is where we sit over a coffee that takes us an hour to drink LOL

Dogs playing in the water below where we were sitting

When I arrived back home DS who has been away building the last 3 weeks had been cleaning up the yard he is now mowing the orchard below our homes this area runs down to the tourist railway-line and the Barron river which is in flood now.