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 It is a lot smaller than the one that I originally made...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

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

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

Avoidance...

I've been a bit naughty of late... :o I've been avoiding this blog like the plague for the one and only fact of having already used most of my internet data for this month! :( NOT COOL! So needless to say I've been trying NOT to go over my quoter and by doing that hopefully avoiding a nasty bill :o... 


"What's been happening?" You ask?? Ive been busy doing lots of things and not doing lots of things. I have almost completed that list - ok - so maybe not... I've fixed my embarrassing sewing machine cover: 

Though the bottom has not yet been bound, I reckon it still looks pretty good!! 


I've also finished three drink bottle covers! I've no picture to show as it has been deleted some how from my phone... :P BOO!! 


The one thing that I've been really wanting to do for a bit I've FINALLY done! :) PARTY! It's a - Ummm... I'm not really sure how to describe it... When you see the pic you'll know what I mean... it's a stitchery block keeper... U roll all of your unfinished quilt blocks in it in between stitching sessions so they dont crease and so they are not lost... It's kinda like those puzzle mats... except for stitchery... 

OK~ So I suck at taking pictures :P What can a girl do?? I've gotta fail at something!! Or I'd be too perfect!! LOL 


I'm still struggling with the name sake wall hanging... I can't find the right fabric for it! Nor can I find the right pattern... I wonder if he'd mind some animals?? Humm..?? 


Here is what I've come up with... 

I'm not too sure if I like it enough for it to be good enough you know?? Humm...??

ANYWAYS....


Blessings have been blown my way too... There have been some great fabric sales of late and, in my opinion, I've gotten some pretty unreal bargains!! 


A little shop in Morayfield was flooded during the January Brisbane floods and was having a big flood sale... The bottom level of fabrics was water damaged and (after having been washed and ironed and put back on the bolts) was walking out the door at $8mt!!! So naturally I headed on down there as soon as I could with my three girls in toe, to see what I could get! I skipped away with over 7mt of fabric!! WHAT A BLESSING!! It wasn't even damaged to my thinking!! 
Last week was my other bargain buy... I went out with my three little shadows Fabric Shop Hopping or FSH as I like to call it, and was blessed to walk into a new (new because I'd not seen it before) shop that was having a SALE!! (I LOVE SALES) They were selling fabric for $5.95mt!! Needless to say I couldn't resist getting some as well as 3mt of batting that was only $5.50mt!! WHAT THE?? Have these people gone crazy?? I surely hope they go crazy more often so I can benefit from it!! LOL ;) When I got home, to my utter horror at the sheer lack in fabric in my shopping bag SO immediately resolved to set off for more the next day!! How could I not??!! I came home with more fabric and some lovely panels too!! 
I'm quite satisfied - for now! ;) 


Toodles!! 


Trystan