I'm a bit of a recluse and quite happy not to leave my nest. Since Christmas I seem to have been out more than at home and this week was much the same. There was only one day when I didn't have to go out, but thankfully three of my trips were quick ones, so I was able to spend a good amount of time designing and stitching. I spent nearly a whole day on one design, did all the preparation, applique etc and then threw it all out!!! The dream and the end result were two very different things on that one!
This one, on the other hand, has come together even better than I imagined. I've been working on the appliques and stitching detail in between other projects and now it's all pinned ready for hand-quilting:
It uses the great new fabric range from 3 Sisters, called Double Chocolat. I'm rather fond of their fabrics and just couldn't resist this range.
Talking of fabric ranges, I had a small amount of Butterscotch and Roses fabric by Fig Tree left over after I had finished the new free BOM "Apples of Gold" quilt. There was just enough to make this lovely set which will be off to a magazine soon:
And here's another new design! Our very talented daughter in Japan thought I needed a new business card to go with my new website. She was right of course, and then she turned around and designed this for me:
Love it!
Don't you think it is really me?!
We've had the Australian Open Tennis tournament on TV this week, so it was a great opportunity to try out these gorgeous silk threads from Kacoonda which I received just before Christmas. I don't know about you, but I could never watch TV without having some stitching in my hand.
The threads were just beautiful to work with and I had a number of different weights of thread which I used in my design. The colours produced by hand-dying are just delightful. You couldn't NOT do beautiful work with these threads! I can't wait to try out their ribbons and felt now.
At the moment, I'm looking out the window and wondering what weather we are in for next.
You've got to love Australia - bushfires one week, floods the next! Our drought has broken and we have had LOTS of rain and now we're going to be hit by tornadoes! All on our Australia Day weekend too! Sounds like good stitching weather!
Have a great week.
Val
You've got to love Australia - bushfires one week, floods the next! Our drought has broken and we have had LOTS of rain and now we're going to be hit by tornadoes! All on our Australia Day weekend too! Sounds like good stitching weather!
Have a great week.
Val