August update!

I have been busy with catching up with quilting projects the last couple of weeks. We are about to start a biggish renovation on our house so decided to get as much sewing done as I could before the plaster dust begins in ernest!!

My first job was to complete my red and aqua quilt from the bee I did last year. After joining the blocks together with blue sashing and red posts I used a lot of leftover fabric to create the back, then machine quilted the block edges, put the binding on, then hand quilted each block to compliment the circles.

Completed Top

Pieced back

Binding done

Close up of quilting

Miss Hailey thinks it is for her!!!

Bee Blocks

When I returned home from holidays there were 2 parcels waiting for me from the USA from my fellow Aqua and Red Bee buddies.............

Today I had sewing group and managed to complete both

Star block for Lynne

Converging Corners block for Shanna

Sadly the photos are a bit dark - should have used the flash!!!

Aqua and Red Bee

I have been absent from my blog for a month now as we have been moving house after 24 years!!!

Maybe if we had moved more often it would not have been such a mammoth task!

The only sewing I have done is my Red and Aqua Bee blocks as I do these on the machine, so 'Dear Jane has the blues' has been put on hold till our sewing group starts again this Friday. Can't wait to be doing something creative again!!!

November block for Jill

Here is the second November block for my Aqua and red Bee......

Aqua and Red Block Bee

I have recently joined a Block Bee dedicated to lovers of aqua and red. This is the first month and I have completed November's block for Caroline. The fabrics are fun!!

Craft and sewing Show

We decided to have an excursion today in place of our usual Friday sewing group, and went to the 'Craft and Sewing Show' on in Melbourne at the moment. It is always a great place to stock up on fabrics for your stash, and purchase pins, blades, rulers, etc and discounted prices...........

Here are some of the fabrics I purchased in preparation for the Aqua and Red Block Bee that starts in November.

On the way home I happened to pass 'Patchwork on Central' and popped in to see if they had any 'Liberty' fabrics I could add to my Dear Jane stash........and guess what - they did!!!

Here they are.........

Next Friday we will be back to normal sewing group and I can start to play with some of these colours!!