Goings On...

Right-O then... here's the thing, to see the pictures your probably going to have to cut and paste the photo link... I know.. it really sux but the sad truth is my phone is crap and I can't upload pictures onto my blog!
Now that is over with, I'll write the rest of my post...

The past little while I've been a beehive of activity, what with moving and all, and my mind has been a buzz with different ideas and projects I've wanted to do!

Some of he things that have been on the plate have included being apart of a Mug Rug Madness Swap... this is my rug...



I.also sent vegimite, chocolate and a pin cushion! The first I've ever made to be exact!
And this is the rug I was sent! I love it! Thank you so much Cecelia!



I've also started to make a shaggy baby lap rug for my girlfriends baby who was born just the other week... I've made loads of progress... here is the "I'm ready to start sewing" picture...



I was sent a lovely package a few months ago from Carrie from Rose's Quilt Co. And have only just sent a gift back to say thank you! I made Carrie a mug rug! I bet she thought her package got lost in the mail or that I was very very rude for not saying thank you! So this is a pic of the package she sent me and or the mug rug I have just sent her in return!





I will write again with more of what I've been doing... as for now it is very late so good night! And sleep tight!

Toodles Trystan

Ripper!

Ok... so here is the deal... I stumble upon this awesome giveaway by by 1 Choice 4 Quilting, while I was stalking one of my quilting buddies, and just had to share it with you!
It so brilliant! I'm so excited! 10 things - that's right - 10 - are being given away! From fabric to cream to quilt kits and there is even jewelry in there too I think???
Anyways, this is massive! 1 Choice 4 Quilting NEVER does things by halves... and we all benefit from their lovely and generous nature!
So get in on it!

This is a ripper of a giveaway!

Toodles! Trystan

P.S sorry I can do more than write about it... I'm blogging on my phone and it won't let me do what I want! BOO!

The Move...

ok... so here is a short and sweet explanation of where the heck iv been over the past few months...

we have just moved and my phone has been feral.. meaning iv has to change service providers coz my old one just wasnt cutting the mustard...

meanwhile iv done heaps of sewing... but as i happend to be random i have some how misplaced photos or maybe iv deleted em by mistake??? anyways... iv made a shaggy quilt

this picture is of my youngest playing with my scrappy basket... pretty cute eh???

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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