WOW with Esther 3rd Aug 2016

My next lot of 90 365Quilty Circles started, when I finish these I will have completed making the 365 circles, I have been playing with these most nights this week I do love making them, back ground is a lovely silk and the circles are all Japanese fabrics mostly silks.

I have been working on my LE border also , it is very very slow but Im close to finishing appliquéing these leaves down at last, the silk is so thick Im blunting the needles so far I have gone through 4 size 11 needles.

My last leaves ready to be appliquéd on,  these will take me several nights this week to do it is slow but I enjoy every stitch I make.

close up of where I started on this border, I do like the wee touch of blue in the wee flowers and they are small.

I managed to finish appliqué the wee faces now to machine zig zag around the last two lamb bodies.

I have unpicked two of the borders that were machine sewn and hand sewn then then added sashiko down the centre of the border to help keep the wadding in place when it will be washed. There are 2 layers of wadding here so I have to make one stitch at the time. Bottom border is finished now have to unpick that top one,  I have  two more borders to do. I hate unpicking but it looks so much better.

You can see more clearly here were I have unpicked and redone it by hand. Top border still has the machine stitching and no sashiko quilting down the centre.

I check every night now as it is over two weeks but he’s still in there.

A paddock of small Kangaroos down near the beach this Avo.

Went for a walk along the beach this Avo, it was wonderful this is looking North I walked that way. .

Looking South.  Temperature  was around 25C just perfect.