Summer Lily 2

This quilt's 29 fabrics are all cut into strips of different lengths and widths and I have started to stitch the different panels together.

All the different strips ready to be turned into a queen size quilt.

The first 6 panels completed.  I just love the colours!

Shadow Trapunto Quilt 1

For 2019, our quilting group (the Rotary Cutters) decided to stitch Shadow Trapunto Quilts.  My daughter bought me this book by Geta Grama and we each choose a pattern.

I decided on the Indian Summer pattern and enlarge it to make two identical wall hangings for my bedroom measuring 600 x 800mm.

Indian Summer

The pattern was printed on paper and pinned to a layer of organza and 1/2" thick batting.

The whole pattern is then stitched with invisible thread.  Below is a picture taken of the back after all the stitching was done.

And now for the careful and tedious process of cutting the excess batting away without snipping the organza layer.

This will keep busy and out of mischief for quite some time!

New Projects 2019

It's a new year and time for a new project, or 2 or 3...  Whilst at home during December, I decided to start with 2 quilts that I have been putting of for a few years now to work on all my unfinished projects.  But I am done waiting now and started to cut these beauties.

First up these 24 x 0.5m fabrics were cut up into 6 x 2.5" strips each for a queen size quilt.

I then cut the fabric for the frame as well as the border for my mystery quilt.

And lastly I started cutting this gorgeous bundle of 30 Jinny Beyer fabrics for another Queen size quilt.

I am so excited to start these 2 quilts at last!  Just a pity I still have to work full time...

Playing house

It's been almost 2 months since my previous post.  Whilst I had been working hard quilting my mystery quilt, I still have to add the border which means I wont finish this one in 2018 still.  I started making clothes again after about 20 years and have been busy with various embroidery projects as well.

The last two weeks have been spent mostly in and around the home with some time off work, but with a husband out of commission for almost a month now due to a full knee replacement and our domestic workers on leave as well, I was kept pretty busy playing house.  It is extremely dry in our area and with occasional wind, dust storms and a severe heatwave last week, even the pool needed cleaning every day.

I embroidered these 6 spit cloths using the Baby Heirloom Set 2 of Hatched in Africa

which I also used a while back to embroider this spit cloth for a colleague's grand daughter.

I also finished two for twins featuring Barney.

Teddy Bears Outreach Project

At our Guild's last General Meeting for 2018 yesterday, we donated 125 teddy bears to a local hospital to be given to patients who would be unfortunate to spend Christmas in hospital.

I embroidered two bears, one boy and one girl with these designs from Oma's Place using variegated thread for the satin stitching.

One of our Rotary Cutter group members, Marietjie van Rensburg, embroidered these 15 adorable bears.

Below are pictures taken at Life Rose Park Hospital during the handover of the teddy bears to the patients on Christmas Day.

Kitchen Tea

Yesterday was the kitchen tea of a very special friend and ex-colleague of about the past 20 years or so who is getting married for the very first time after a few failed relationships.

I used the Italian Chefs set of Hatched in Africa to embroider four kitchen towels.

I also stitched an origami candle mat at our latest group meeting which I added to her package.

At the kitchen tea, Desire received a dishtowel which I took home and embroidered to match the rest.

Present

It's that time of the year again to submit our income tax to our local Revenue services, so as
Stephanie from the accounting company next door was so kind as to help me again with me and husband Trevor's, I made her a small thank you gift again.

Last year I opted for 3 kitchen towels with Loralie designs and a washcloth with a dolphin - see this post.  This year I continued with another set of mini mitts and embroidered a green set with pumpkins as well as her monogram S and a beautiful free standing lace cross bookmark.  I also included something sweet to keep up her energy levels.

You can check out the other mini mitts I made in this post.