Vintage woollen crazy patchwork Coverette 25th Nov 2015

Nearly 700 colonial knots made this week inside the hearts, I’m so surprised I’ve done them????  Now just a few cheery stems to finish and those oak leaves!!!! plus two small hearts that will need more colonial knots and a tiny circle and it is completed.  May be next week will see it completed but don’t count your chickens yet LOL.

A woollen Crayz-patch-work coverette quilt was Dropped off at the shop last week and was going to be dumped as it was so dirty, heavy with sand and smelly as it had been used as a dog blanket by the last owner.  I put it in to a large rubbish bag and brought it home, I decided to wash it in the washing machine kill or cure , after 4 washes with woollen wash and 4 with wool fabric softener it was still in one piece and finally in the last wash the water was nearly clear and no sand in the water. It is now hanging inside to dry as it has been raining ever since I washed it.  I will hang it in the sun when it finally comes out and toss it in to the drier to fluff it up.  I’m so surprised it did not fall apart it must have been well sewn.  They have done feather stitch around each patch and it is so perfect it is a joy to look at, some of these stitches have perished like the binding. I’m guessing from the woollen fabric it is about 1950 may be earlier. First 3 photo’s are before it was washed.

A Very old crazy patchwork coverette quilt

All wool scraps have been used and there are many moth holes but repairable. I think I will button hole stitch around each hole after I wash it if it is still in one piece.

Very very heavy due mostly to been so dirty lots of sand and dog hairs.

I have now washed the coverette and these photos were taken this morning it only weighs 1/2 the weight it did now!!!!!!

Some of the lovely flystitiching has disintegrated and there are  moth holes but as it is wool they are not a problem, if I ever get around to it I’m planning on buttonhole stitching around the holes?????

Green binding has disintegrated  the whole way round so it needs a new binding.

It now feels so soft and cuddly and only 1/2 the weight it was after all the dirt and sand been washed out of it.

I needed a break from my LE during the week and played around with my Brolga’s flying in at Dusk you can see how I made the back ground up here

WOW or WIP’s with Esther 24th Mar 2014http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com/

I sat at the machine and appliquéd two of the birds on using bottom line and a very narrow but close zigzag stitch I have a very old 320 Bernina.

One more bird to do , sewing machines and I don’t get a long very well as I have a back problem so it takes me ages to get some jobs finished.

Old fence entrance first is the original gate that was here when we bought the place 20 years ago, then we added the portable gates so we could drive up in to the drive way to open the gates, before we did this we would have to park on the drive way which is incredibly steep and as we become older more difficult to park and get out on the slope.

Putting in new entrance fencing.  Now finally we have a very nice  front entrance from the road which blends in with the rain-forest trees.

In the garden this morning.

This red flower will be a complete ball next week and I will share it with you.

One of my boys left an old surfboard here so I have turned it in to a seat in a quiet place in the garden!!!!!!!

Air-roots from the fig tree

Thank you for dropping in and spending time with me. I’m off to link up with =Esther   http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/wow-doll-making.html   now and read some of the links over coffee and breakfast.

Cheers ALL Glenda