Colour and Diamonds

From all the fabric I picked out last week I cut out diamonds. Small, medium and large. Then the fun started. Playing with them on the design wall. From the design wall to the sewing machine. After quite a few changes and a bit of unpicking this is the quilt I come up with. Still have a small boarder to add.

From all the fabric this is all I had left over. It is a wonderful feeling to use up a lot of old fabric from your stash.

On Tuesday night I went off to a lecture on colour by Kaffe. What a great night. Kaffe had so much to show and tell us. He has a wonderful way of putting colours together.

 

On Wednesday it was off to a class with Kaffe and Brandon to make the Shadow Pinwheel quilt from Kaffe's Quilt Grandeur book. I had the best day. Both Kaffe and Brandon are so clever with colour. I got lots of great tips and hints from this class.

                                                          My quilt

 Looking down the room at every ones work.

 

Looking back the other way. Every ones quilts colour story's were so different. It was good to see what each person come up with.

Brandon me and Kaffe.

After the colour lecture my friend Jan and I went out for tea at the Turkish Place. Once we walked in the door the place was full of colour and patterns. It all fit in so well with the lecture we had been too. Plus the food was delicious. Great end to the night.

Wounderful colours of Parrots

 We had a few days at my mums and each morning the King Parrots would entertain us. They would amuse us for hours. The colours of the parrots are beautiful.




On our way home we went around by Bingara. Stopped and had a walk around the main street, if you looked up at all the shop front ceiling they were all old pressed tin. Just stunning. Great ideas for quilting.

Made a second "Circle Play" quilt. This time the fabrics are all greens and greys. I now have to find a out side boarder, any ideas ?

I have picked the fabrics for my next quilt. Brown, orange, yellow and red mostly. I spent the day cutting out different size diamonds. Now it's time to hit the design wall and try and put it all together like the picture I have in my head. You offend get a wonderful surprise at the end.

The Design is coming along, its all fitting together better then I pictured.
 The colours are fun to work with. I seem to work in colour story for a few months them I move on to the next, helps to make my quilt life more exciting I think.

Down the road from P and R house is a flower farm. Each time I drive by I think to my self I will have to stop one day and check it out.... Well I finely called in and got two bunches of beautiful flowers. 

Time to go, I had better go and do a bit more on my Diamond quilt.
 I have a busy week ahead. I am of to a work shop and lecture with Kaffe. The workshop is being put on by Precious Times. Playing with all that wonderful colour, I can't wait.

The new Year has arrived

 

 

 Christmas has been and gone. Time to start a hole new year. My cousin Jan said how you start your year is now its going to be for the rest of the year. I hope this is true because I have been stitching since news years eve. The Rogers house hold has been a hive of activity. We have made 6 quilts between us, plus a few samples for classes. It has been a lots of fun.

 

                                                           
                                                               Megan and Belinda
 Doug and I had Christmas at "Bexley" Rowena with all the family. The weather was a rotter.  Like the rest of Australia it was hot, dry, windy and dusty. Even with the heat we still enjoyed our Christmas.
It's been that dry that my uncles have been feeding there sheep for months. Every one had a hand in helping out.

I run in to my friend Kathy at the Narrabri markets and she had just picked up her quilt from the quilters. This is the quilt Kathy made in the "Circle Play" class I had at Carinda. I had better say she also had a little help from Lou and Belinda. Ha Ha.... Look great Kathy.

Once I got back from "Bexley" it was straight in to the sewing.
 Pauline and I have been busy little girls sewing like mad. Doug has gone up to Kathreen working and Rob went out to the farm so we had the place to our self. We have been sewing from day light to dark plus a few very late nights. It has been wonderful.

Sorry more photos on there side, I really have to work out how to fix this problem.
 Pauline had quilts to make for her new classes plus patterns that I has to tried out and tested.
 A lot of Pauline's quilts are quilt-as- you-go. I have learnt so much and picked up lots of tips. 

                                                     Pauline busy at work.

 
A sneak peek of the quilts we have made. Two quilts for the jelly-roll workshop.

Pauline is also working on a book, It will be on some of her quilt-as-you-go technique.
She hopes to have it out by the middle of this year.

I love all the colour in this photo. (Sorry one more on its side)  Beside the Cabarhal pub is this wonderful coffee shop full of colour and stunning things. Who said all colours don't work together.

Well    I have the binding to put on one more quilt so I had better get busy. Pauline only has 3 more days here then they hit the road again. She has a busy year ahead full of classes all over Australia.
Doug will be home on Thursday and we will be going down to NSW for a few days. Bye for now and happy sew.

Catching up

 

 Boy oh Boy time has got away. What a busy time of the year...
.Before the Christmas rush started I had a quilt to make for my friend Patty. She asked if I would make a denim quilt for her son. Patty had been saving all her old jeans and jackets, so off I went cutting, slicing, lots and lots of unpicking seams and then the designing. After many broken needles I got it all together. I think my arm muscles doubled in size after this quilt.
It was a lot of fun to make.
  The quilt is so heavy. I put a ticking on the back, no wadding and I tied the two layers together with red cotton.
It reminds me of the old wagers we had as kids, once you got in to bed you couldn't move because of the weight of the quilt.

  Patty loves her quilt and she said her son may not get it, looks to good on her bed.
 (this is photo was taken on mums bed not Patty's)

 This little quilt was made for Pauline. A table cover for her sales table..... Yet to be quilted.




November I went back to Emerald with mum for the craft fair. It was great to catch up with all my  family and friends.
 I had the every special day with my wonderful friend Sylvia and got to see more of her stunning quilts. ( sorry the photos are a mess and on there side but I can't seem to move it, need a few more pointers on blogging. Yes I did move them around and edit them on the computer and all was fine but once they go on the blog they seem to go back to how they were,  why I don't know.)

 Sylvia needs to have a Exhibition of her work so every one can enjoy her Beautiful quilts.
Thank you Sylvia, I love your quilts.

  This photo belongs with the bottom hexagon quilt. All the little bits waiting to be stitched in place.

  The quilt Sylvia is working on now. Helen is also working on a quilt the same, can't wait to see them finished..

Better go for now, Happy sewing one and all.

Sorry if I have lots of spelling and grammar mistakes but I don't have any editor's to help me out now days.

Darwin holiday

No sewing or patchwork, way to busy on holidays. We have just had the best time with family and friends.

 Went up to Darwin for our niece wedding. Lorrae and Davids with all the Phelps family.

After a week with family and friends doing over the sites of Darwin. Doug and I set of to Armhemand to catch up with my brother Greg. He works for Davidson's Safari. OMG what a stunning place

Crossing the river in to Armhemland. Spotted two crocs while we were crossing.

The Rock Art is the best I have seen. Unreal.... It is every were..... Just stunning.

 
                                                      Large Rainbow Serpent.

The lovely orange and blue Grass hopper is only found up here. Their colours are so bright.

                                            Cruise on the billabong. The Bird life is wonderful

Greg and Doug fishing, and yes they did catch a few. We had Barra for tea.

 
Sunset cruise on the billabong. it was beautiful. Ever photo was a different colour, The colours were so pretty.

 Sorry the photo is on its side, but I can't seem to move it. Looking out over the flood plains.

Back at the camp, Relax and watch the sun set with a few drinks and nibbles. It sure is a wonderful place. It is one of the places you have to add to your bucket list.

  sorry... One more on its side. I really don't know how to move it around. Well any way... While in Darwin I court up with a friend I haven't seen in 25 years. We went to primary school at Pilliga together. It was wonderful to catch up with Joyce again.

Back at P & R's now, so its back in to the sewing.