Pondering Moments

Overslept this morning by an hour!  Normally I am first up to get things moving in the house (I nearly said to stoke the stove and start the fire - but we have moved on since those days) LOL

Got my Farm Story's first BOM (the Piggies) out last night and did the copying onto the Steam-to-Seam paper but the pieces of the trough was too wide for my paper and copied it onto the Visa-Fix - but was not too happy with that medium.  Wanted to tape two pieces together but used the V-F.  After consulting with Saddle at work this morning, she also suggested using two pieces to create the one piece - so this evening I will go and do those few pieces over and then fix it to the fabric.

I have not had time to go and replenish my two thread colours to finish the autumn leave applique for the Log Cabin quilt.  Maybe this afternoon after work - fingers crossed!

Sunshine outside!  Yip, it is a beautiful day here in Hobart.  Best place to live in - no doubt about that!  Sorry, no pics today.

Often, when driving to work, the morning scenes are absolutely stunning - especially when Mt Wellington has a petticoat on or the mist hangs low and you can only see the crest with this white woolly cravat covering the bottom half!  OR  When there is absolutely no wind on the Derwent and the reflections are miror-perfect?How do you pull over whilst in morning traffic - especially when there is NO place to pull over!!?  By the time one can pull over, the moment has passed and the scene changed.  But I keep looking!

Spoke to my youngest daughter last night; ended up with her getting upset about my comments and concerns.  I suppose now it will be a while before she wants to talk to me again.  I am seriously getting too old for this type of nonsense!  If only she realised that I dearly love her, care for her and the family's wellbeing and that they need to take responsibility for their actions and not blame everyone from the neighbour's cat to their boa constrictor for their decisions!  Damn, this is very tiring - no wonder I overslept this morning!

Fingers' crossed for a better tomorrow......

Warm regards 

Getting a Move-On

Greetings

Woke up around 4 am this morning - as in WIDE awake!  Without a word of a lie, the first thought that came into my head was - I need to sort out my various BOMs to avoid mixing up patters, losing small bits of fabric, and creating some sort of system for me to work with.

One more large brown and dark pink each autumn leaves to finish applique and then eight small ones.  Also had a look at what is next in the pattern and found, to my delight, that this is where the putting together will begin!  Before I move to that step, I will square each block to the correct size and then get stuck in!

Looking at all my BOMs this morning, I, again, imagined the fun I am going to have with the creation of each project.  All fabric is absolutely stunning and I sure appreciate the time spent on selecting these for each quilt.

Will just have to take some time off in these holidays so that I can give myself more of a kick-start!  I am feeling a bit slow out of the starting blocks when I hear what others are up to - ie Saddle and MJ!!

Now, I must just go and check whether I am the latest millionaire out there - you never know ........

Warm regards 

Autumn Leaf Machine Applique

Well, I gathered up enough nerves, got stuck in and have now made a start to doing the autumn leaf applique by machine.  Here are the first couple.  Looks OK-ish - I hope - (and hope it does not unraffle when it is washed!!)?  The outline of the leaf on the left in the top picture will be on the inside of the quilt top (obviously?) - the leaf is on the other side.

Back to more sewing!

Warm regards

The Autumn Leaf 'Foundation'

Have now marked the centres of each block onto which the autumn leaves have to be appliqued onto.  Found out, to my dismay, that my one marking pen had died on me and, luckily, I had, for some unknown reason at the time, purchased a white marking pencil which came to good use this morning!

Lying in bed last night, thinking of ways to save marking off the centre of each leaf, I came up with the idea of stacking each type and pulling a cotton thread through the stack, then pull off each leaf as I need it.  This way the leaves will not go missing and the needle hole will mark the centre!  I am looking forward to finishing these blocks - another step closer to putting the top together.

This is a quick view of what each block will look like upon completion (minus the free-motion sewing onto each leaf).

BUT, before I get going with this, I came across this beautiful view out my back door.  We live against a gentle slope of a hillside and our property backs onto pure naked bush, trees and, well, forest!  Since moving into our house, I have heard Kookaburra cries come from the forest - and seen some.  There was a nesting pair who had a baby and I watched over many days how they would fly up to feed this little one.  Too far for a decent photo at the time.  Baby has now grown and I am sure that this must he him visiting this morning.  These are my favourite birds.  See for yourself!

Warm regards