Saturday I received a lovely parcel from Australia, from Catherine for her Australia Day drawing. A lovely pattern for a quilter's retreat tote, 4 packets of Eucalyptus drops and a packet of Milk Bottle's (not photographed, already eaten), along with a lovely card with a Koala on the front. Thank you Katherine, I'm looking forward to having the time to put the bag together.
Friday I decided it was time to get the nine patches made for the swap I'm doing with Bren and get them into the post.
While I was in the sewing room on Saturday I was fiddling around with the embroidery blocks and the setting blocks, working out a layout. I have it in my mind, boy that's scary, I hope it stays there, otherwise I'm in trouble.
I also managed to get these trimmed down to size and started a few more.
Writing the pattern is going to be my biggest challenge, as I can be somewhat wordy at times, so I'm getting Bren to proof read it for me once it's done, and double check my math to make sure there won't be any boo boo's.Libby has put out a challenge to show our ironing board covers after she read a blog where the writer apologised for her ugly one. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was this post. So here it is in all it's ugly glory.
Lovely ugly green patch sewn on to one end. I never buy ironing board covers, but choose to make my own out of what ever's on hand at the time. Even if they do need the odd patch attached they still last a lot longer than the store bought ones.Spent yesterday afternoon in my sewing room ironing and folding fabric and cleaning, what a mess it was. Now at least I can see my cutting table and machine table and there's actually a floor in there.
Now it's time to mess it up a little, I think I'll have a play with some of the Civil War Blocks, and thank you to all the lovely ladies who pointed me in the right direction, regarding these blocks.
Happy Stitching, and thanks for stopping by and visiting with me.
16 comments:
Gee the embroidery blocks are looking so good...come on... when do we see it out together, the suspense is killing me...,nice Aussie treats, milk bottles I had forgotten all about those...Your ironing board looks pretty good....
Your nine patches are lovely! Hey, as long as the ironing board cover does the job, who cares what it looks like!
I love all your blocks! I can't wait to see your stitchery quilt out of your head and in a photo LOL!!! And of course I'm looking forward to that pattern! For the record I would rather have wordy instructions than not enough words!!! I've got a few like that you open it up and there's just a picture LOL!!!
Your embroidery blocks are wonderful. I'm looking forward to seeing it all completed.
How handy are you, making your own ironing board cover.? WOW!!! I'm impressed.
Love the nine patch blocks, they are probably my favorite blocks....
the stitchery is so pretty.
thanks for sharing the pictures.
Kathie
It's nice to see more of the designer quilt blocks. They look very pretty - I can't wait to see the layout.
Love the nine patch blocks too. What a fun swap.
My ironing board is not fit to be seen. I also have a little table top ironing board that I bought in Ikea. It's really useful.
Your "love" blocks are beautiful.
I really love your stitchery blocks and how they are coming along! Wonderful!! I do believe it is true we all have very used ironing boards, but yours looks fine.
Oh all the lovely things happen! Lets see... VERY powerful koala on the front of that card. neat! Cute nine patches. Oh gee very cute. Lovely stitch work and goodness the ironing board cover...I just thought of that recent and tossed a tea towel over the stinker!
Fun visiting, *karendianne.
Ahhh - another ironing board patcher. Good for you *s*
I love your stitchery blocks! I can't wait to see it all put together. I wish I could have opened my windows today - too much snow and cold temp. to do that here!
What a lovely gift. Must have bought back great memories for you.
Love those blocks too. You have been a busy girl.
Drawing up the pattern is always the trick. It is nice to have others proof it. That helps. Love the stitching and its really turning out great. I have vowed in the next week to make a new ironing board cover and matching cover for my sewing chair. I just have to carve out the time.
What a lovely package and fun blocks. As for the pattern, it also helps to have someone "test" make some of it too. Even with proofing, some of the mistakes don't show up until someone tries to make the blocks. :0)
Love your tote pattern. By coincidence, I purchased this same pattern in Melbourne last week. It looks gorgeous made up.
Lovely blocks! Do you starch you hand embroidery blocks prior to cutting them to size? Hum... perhaps they are startched from the start! You do such beautiful work. Thank you for sharing!
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