Well, my FNSI didn’t go as planned!!!! Firstly, I didn’t have the canvas to stretch my stitchery over….diddlepot me, forgot to buy one……so it’s still awaiting its fate…..
BUT……I did manage to get a little done on my Baguette bag though….
It IS getting there……now only the lining and the handles to go! So some progress is being made….finally…….and that will mean a long term UFO is out of the pile!!!! YAY!!!
On the weekend, we had a wonderful lady from Mackay come a tutor us for the weekend…she was A-MAY-ZING! We learnt how to design and gather design inspiration, then use different techniques to create our design and we learnt so much about what our machines could do!!!!
It was such a fun weekend. I’ve never considered myself into art quilting, but boy, did I learn a thing or two….not that I’d change my style much,I’m still a stitchery gal, but I now am looking at some techniques quite differently!!! The most reluctant in our group were even free motion quilting with ease by the end of the two days……. Sue was really, really good to work with and easy to understand, so if your group is looking for a tutor, just email me and I’ll pass on her details! I can recommend her highly!
Sue, our tutor
Me with my design……taken from three lines and a leaf I got from a coffee cup, believe it or not!!!!!
embellished with scrap threads, and beading…..such fun!
I’m going to work my design into a cover for a folder to hold all my machine stitch samples in….something I’d always planned to do…….ONE day!!!!! LOL
This week has been making curtains for our local Respite Centre as a donation from our Guild….. What a mess we make…..
But what beautiful fabric to work with…..
and we added our own ‘spin’…..
A bit different to quilting, but we just had to add our own quilting style!!!! Don’t ya just love ‘them dots’??? Off to sew some more curtains…….two down……eight to go!!!! Sugary hugs :O)
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Just a reminder that tonight (well, our time in Oz) is the FNSI….you can sign up over at Heidi’s blog….being Friday the 13th, I’m sure there’s going to be some mayhem going on!!!!…and it will be lucky 13 for someone! I’ve been MIA again lately……but I HAVE been busy…… ………..doing a big tidy up of my craft mag stash……they breed, you know!!!! (especially when you’re not looking!) - 
……..finishing off a mug rug for my non blogging partner Leena for our Christmas in July swap - 
Well….I can’t show it all now could I???? That would spoil the surprise! ……..making a log cabin block for our guild’s block lotto - 
…..designing and making borders for a mystery quilt I started…….oooooh, I think about 10 years ago!!!!!…..now come on……I know it’s not only me that does it……….. 
……starting two more Market Baguette Bags for a lovely nurse at the hospital who begged and begged till I gave in……I’m a sucker for sob stories…. 
…but this time, with BLUE handles!!!! 
……working on my stitchery Marilyn sent me for my birthday 
….baking fudgy chocolate brownies with my own Masterchef son 
not that the waistline needs them but chocolate IS good for the soul! …and sending off a parcel in our Fat Quarter Swap for July….with a Christmassy theme 
can’t show too much….Raelene may be watching!!! ….and today?????…….vaccuuming!!!! I think it is well overdue! Sugary hugs 
