PNG Quilt and WOW with Esther 22 Feb 2016

Another week has come and gone and it is WOW on Esther’s blog so I blog to join all the other quilters there. So a big thank you Esther for all the lovely contacts you give to me each week, where I’m able to admire others art. learn and share. This last week has been a good sewing week for me with more sewing done than normal. Mostly spent on my PNG quilt.

Some how I'm not sure how I managed to sit still long enough to applique those fans o

This is where I was up to last week; all sewn at this stage.

I felt my PNG quilt now needed a border to tie it all together, I had just enough of the main fabric to make a 7inch border all around this is not sewn on yet.

Then last night I felt it needed more?????

Last night I was thinking PNG quilt still needed more! May be some leaves in the border so made up a wee sample.

Last night I was thinking my PNG quilt still needed more! May be some leaves in the border so made up a wee sample.

Went to bed and thought What if???? I add a large flower in the corners then the leaves, so out of bed this morning and made up some flowers and made this sample up, yes I like that?

Final border is not sewn on just lying there with the flowers and leaves lying there too, Im having fun this morning.

Zooming in on the corner with the flower and leaves

close up you can see the flower and leaves are just lying there. These are just randomly placed. I will number them now I like how they look.

I have also had a little time playing with my NZ quilt.

I have been working on my NZ machine sewn quilt also but it is slow going as I find it difficult to use the machine for more than 30 mins at a time or day.

That is an old woollen blanket I have on my work table it stops the pieces of fabric from been blown off by the fans.

I’m on track with my Quilty365 circles and not starting my next 9o

Here I have my next 40 Quilty365s laid out ready to be sewn. a pile of 30 waiting to be hemmed, a pile waiting to be appliquéd on and some freezer-paper circles ready to be ironed on to more fabric? Oh yes one of my LE borders I’m working on too????

Our frogs are finding the dry season very tough on them, but last night we had a huge storm and lots of rai

Our tree frogs are finding the dry season very tough on them, but last night we had a huge storm and lots of rain so they will all be happy now.

Off to take some photos in the garden, I know there is a lovely orchid in flower. Just been for a quick walk around the garden and taken the below photos.

Every thing looks so clean after the storm last night. the trees at last have had a good drink.

Living here in the tropical rainforest means endless cleaning, we have at least 3 piles a week like this, some fronds are around 1 metre long up to 4 metres long and they constantly fall.