Boo Boo...

Ok! So I got it horribly wrong! Like hard core wrong :P 

You know the star block I did for P.S I Quilt? Well... I didn't see a part of it and got ALL of the measurements WRONG! 

So tonight I have spent a lot of time redoing my boo boo to the required measurements and standard... This is what the block is "Suppose" to look like...

I'm kind very proud of it!! It is a lot smaller than the one that I originally made... like half the size... I personally think that the smaller ones are cuter... 

Toodles

Trystan...

Update - The Plan...

Righty-O then! Here it is! I worked on one thing on Friday night that needed my attention... It was my very first table runner... I'm pretty happy with it and am thinking of doing an entire quilt in this style! 

Before 

Each of the squares you can see are individual and so I have just moved them into different patterns to see which style I like the best... 

This was what I made...

After...

I like it! And that is just as well coz it's going on my dining room table!! lol!! 

What do you think?? This being my first attempt at this style of quilting and of a table runner in general, I'm pretty happy with the results. Regardless of the fact that I can see that many mistakes its not funny... But alls well that ends well... I have made it and now know what to do the next time to improve on it and I know where i went very wrong, So the next time I make one I'll get it spot on!! 

I'm happy with my efforts of the night - meaning there is one less "Unfinished" project on my shelf! I have an inkling that this is going to be a regular thing!! Hummm?? I might even as a friend to come and stay the night so we cant get twice as much done ^_^!! lol!! 

I hope your Friday night was a success like mine was !! 

Toodles

Trystan

Chuffed...

I'd have to say that I'm some what chuffed with myself today! I set out wanting to attempt something new - what I thought was difficult, and ended up going further and beyond my own expectations! 

Rachel, from P.S I Quilt, posted a blog just recently trying to recruit fellow quilters to make Just One Star each for the making of quilts that will go to the American Soldiers over seas.  I scoffed and said to myself, "There is no way in heck that I'm going to be able to make something hard core like that!!" 

But during the night I thought that maybe if I had a tutorial to copy off then just maybe I might be able to do it.. So this morning I set out with the desire to look for, find a tutorial and then have a go at making a star... No pressure... :P 

The tutorial I found and used was from  a blog called V and Co and let me tell you! It was just the type of tutorial that I LOVE! Step by step pictures and instructions as you go!!  

And so here is my star! 

I have promised to not only show my finished result but the before finished pieces... so these are some of the mid done pics...

Almost there...

Done! 

Are you proud?? I am!! *sigh* I feel better now... I've achieved and learned a new thing! 

I use to think that this block and that ALL star quilts were very fiddly and extremely difficult... but upon closer inspection, a tutorial or two and putting my shoulder to the wheel, I've come to the realization that the only fiddly part about these star blocks and quilts are the cutting!! 

Toodles... 

Trystan

The Plan...

OK! So here is the plan peeps- On Friday night Im going to participate in a Friday Night Sew-in... it is being put together by a lovely lady named Heidi (Friday Night Sew - In) and has me all fired up to work on all of those unfinished sneaky projects that I always seem to find other things to do instead of!

On Saturday morning (or night - depending on when I get the time) I will blog and show all of the before and after pictures of  the things that I have worked on, during the night...

Now come to think on it... I might make every  Friday night a Sew-In night!! What do you think??

Toodles

Trystan

The Plan...

OK! So here is the plan peeps- On Friday night Im going to participate in a Friday Night Sew-in... it is being put together by a lovely lady named Heidi (Friday Night Sew - In) and has me all fired up to work on all of those unfinished sneaky projects that I always seem to find other things to do instead of!

On Saturday morning (or night - depending on when I get the time) I will blog and show all of the before and after pictures of  the things that I have worked on, during the night...

Now come to think on it... I might make every  Friday night a Sew-In night!! What do you think??

Toodles

Trystan

Competition Time!!

I've just recently become a very big BIG fan of 'Twitter'... And amazingly enough more so than google and facebook!!  With this, I have discovered that there are many competitions on offer all of the time!  One such competition is run by Bailybelle Creations which is simply FANTASTIC!


Here are a taste of some of the great comps on offer! 


Sew, Mama, Sew!
P.S I Quilt
Lesley Grainger Design
1 Choice 4 Quilting
Fabricworm
P.S I Quilt 

There are so many other comps out there too. The only thing now to do, I suppose is to go out there and FIND them! Someone has to win!! "Why can it not be me?" says I!!

Toodles

Trystan

The Truth about Mothers

MOTHERS
Real Mothers don't eat quiche; They don't have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils Are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, Filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough Doesn't come out of carpets.
Real Mothers don't want to know what The vacuum just sucked up...
Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' And get their answer when a littleVoice says, 'Because I love you best.'
Real Mothers know that a child's growth Is not measured by height or years or grade... It is marked by the progression of Mummy to Mum to Mother.....



Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mummy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn’t know everything!   14 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother? She wouldn’t have a clue. .16 YEARS OF AGE - Mum? She's so five minutes ago.
18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it!
35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mum's opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mum.


The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, Because that is the doorway to her heart, The place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that sheShows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!





 

HIT ME!

It has only just hit me that my type of fabric style, home decor style, quilting style EVERYTHING! Actually has a name! 

SHABBY CHIC! 

Having only just made this discovery re-emphasizes the true fact that I'm dreadfully new to this world of quilting and demonstrates just how much I still have to learn... 

*SIGH* 

But let me tell you, I'm gonna have an absolute BLAST learning and finding out all there is to know of the things that I like and don't like and all of the ins and outs of this new and lasting passion of mine!! 

Toodles

Trystan

GOOGLE IT!

I'm so excited to be apart of this!! What? You ask! OK - I'll tell you! 

A Monthly Block Swap!!! YIPPY!! 

Are you excited too?? This is the first time that I've been involved with something like this!! And I can't wait to get started!!

I'm now proudly apart of a blog called http://quiltblockswap.blogspot.com/ 

The lovely lady I'm making a block for is named Jen and she lives all the way over in Pennsylvania (where ever the heck that is -_^) and loves Batiks fabrics and has asked for a log cabin block to be done in them...

I'll be honest with you... I've never done a log cabin EVER and have no idea what Batiks fabrics even look like!! :O I think I'm in over my head here already and I've not even begun! 

ARH! But wait! I've just had a BRILLIANT thought! 

GOOGLE IT!! 

Thank the my lucky stars for GOOGLE!! If I need to find anything - GOOGLE IT! and in a few seconds it'll be right before your eyes!! *SIGH* Gotta love technology when it works!!  

ANYWAYS....

Here are the images I came up with... 

This is Batiks... or a type of Batiks... I think?? ANYONE please correct me if I'm wrong!

And this is a log cabin block... I'm sure we've all seen one before... I know I have - but I've never as yet have I actually attempted one! No time like the present to learn eh?!! :/ Just hope I don't stuff it up! I'd hate to be sending something ghastly for my first blog swap! :(

I might have to go shopping in search for these Batiks fabrics... Oh no! What a shame! More trips to the quilting store!! LOL -_^!!

I'll let you know how I go!! 

Toodles

Trystan

It Came...

My new 1/4 inch foot!! My DH (Dear Husband) bought it for me off e-Bay for $10!! What a bargain!! He knew I wanted and needed one and so went a-lookin' to see if he could get one for me. What a sweet surprise!! And to make it even better it is a Janome foot too and will nicely fit my Janome machine! How observant of him!! LOL!! 
Now - hopefully - I will be able to sew straight!! 


I just needed to share my excitement... :) 


Toodles


Trystan

SURPRISE!!

Well wasn't I as proud as punch the other day when I toddled down my drive to my mail box to be greeted with a wonderful thing! A package! And who was it from? Bee!! My quilting sister no less!! Inside was the most beautiful thing that Id ever been given... A pin cushion ring! 

It was such a lovely, unexpected surprise, and it truly brightened my day!! It was custom made just for me too!! Bee knows me too well! I ADORE the fabric used!! Bee and my other sister, Miranda, have matching button and "LOVE" word ones too that were custom made just for them!!    


I'm cheering!! YIPPY for surprises and loving sisters who know me!! 


Toodles


Trystan

First Things First...

An apology... I've been struggling with my mobile phone - Which is my only source of internet - and have only just gotten the problem fully fixed! Two replacement phones later and many struggles with dragging little ones into a shop and out again, have once again opened my home to the outside world! 


In general I'm a horrid blogger... better to have some than none me thinks... and having 4 children makes the job even harder to accomplish... *sigh* 


So here is my apology... I'm sorry for not blogging this past month... I hope you will forgive me... 


Trystan