This was the view from my front yard when I got home from feeding baby lambs the other day. I couldn't help but capture the moment. Lucky I had my iPod handy.
Mum's been helping me have a clean up of all my (many) piles in my sewing room. She's been very encouraging, and I can hardly believe how good it looks. While going through said piles, I did come across all these wonderful bright scraps - far too good to put in the "round file". In order to de-stress from all the tidying, I quietly started making some blocks while mum was having her afternoon nap. Don't look too closely at the uneven bits, but I really like it. Much better than in a pile in a snap lock bag.
. . . and thanks for all the lovely comments about my blocks inside blocks. It wasn't 'till I looked closely that I realised that I was showing it to you upside down, so here it is again.
This was what was left of the yummy biscuits at our Quilt Class the other day
This blue quilt belonged to one of the other ladies - just stunning in the strong colours and contrast.
Mine with the stripes is a bit harder to see, but gives you lots of sneaky illusions of different angels for the boxes. I'm thrilled with how it is turning out. I'll take some more pictures tomorrow in the light, as I've put a couple of boarders on now.
Bleak and cold, but I can't help LOVING these trees, silhouetted on the setting sun landscape across our wonderfully FULL Lake Wendouree.
I made some gloves for my sister's birthday - I hope she likes them. I got help from my friend with A House in the Country - thanks Lizzy. And just for the record, how could anyone think these little guys with the eggs are scary? I guess one of them could have been having a bad day . . .
A few posts back I was raving about this wonderful woman who made quilts and was brave enough to "put herself out there" and have a solo exhibition. She has made a little film about it, and if you'd like to see it, click above and have a little glimpse of A Pieceful Life. With just a "little" bit of encouragement, she has started her own blog, and I'm pleased to say, that she is "hooked" and is loving it. Go over and say "hi" and welcome her to Blogland. I've started a class with her to make one of the lovely quilts, and have used the Kaffe Fasset Shot Cottons with stripes to build my blocks. The advice was "no stripes" - I didn't know that before my decision, and thought . . . "hmmm, typical me!" Anyway, it's looking great so far. Maria has a picture of it in progress here.
Thanks for all your help with the photo space dilemma. I have just been and purchased some more space and will be back to posting some more pics tomorrow. This was a view on my way home from school one night last week. I just HAD to stop and take a picture.
