Another Year

Well it's 12 months since I actually posted here........so much for my quilting journal.  Where does the time go.  In fact where have the last 2 years gone.  So many plans, so many quilts in my head and still waiting to escape.  Sigh.  Got a couple done.  Made some modern quilts with the intention of selling them.  Very fast and easy and not too much in the way of designing.  This Christmas (as with every other Christmas) was to be my catching up time.  Well, did get a bit done.......a couple of quilts that have been lurking in the cupboard for several years.  I'm a little hesitant to admit how many years....and they aren't even mine.  My SIL will be so pleased to finally get them.  Not much progress with Auto Sketch, think I need a week to do just that and nothing else.  I see Blogger has change again and I will have to re-learn .  I do wish "they" would leave things alone.  If it ain't broke don't fix it.  So will be a while before I post any photos....need to learn again how to do it.

Quilts For Queensland

I have started making quilts for Queensland flood victims. This will be a long, long recovery period so I will just keep on making them. I have started a new blog called (can you guess?) Quilts For Queensland. I have posted a few photos of the floods and the beginnings of some quilts. I would be happy to accept any quilts people want to contribute. Distributing these quilts isn't something I have worked out but have a long time to get that in place. Some places aren't too far from where I live.

Have lots of plaids so thought I would start there. Good colours for boy / man quilts.

I like this setting for nine patch and it's made so easily with an Easy angle ruler

On the design wall

Was nice to have a messy floor again.

Am I really joining this??????

Judy has issued a challenge to finish 12 quilts in 2011. So I have picked 12 that I may have a chance of finishing. They only need quilting so lets see if I can manage that this year. 2009 was a great year for finishing - I actually got 20 finished, but 2010 was a disaster and only finished 2- YES only TWO. It's been a very bad year for sewing and quilting so I'm hoping I can make 2011 a better year. Well, one thing - no sewing has also meant no fabric buying.....so my stash is still at the place it was many months ago.

I really am going to make time for myself in 2011 and get back into patchwork. So here are the 12 quilts I want to (definitely) finish in the next 12 months........should be a piece of cake :-)

Can't really believe I'm doing this - but as the saying goes nothing ventured nothing gained.

NUMBER ONE - CAMBRIDGE SQUARE

Cambridge Square

NUMBER TWO - COUNTRY STARS

Country Stars

NUMBER THREE - DOUBLE WEDDING RING

DWR

NUMBER FOUR - SKEWED STARS

Skewed Stars

NUMBER FIVE - NIGHT LILLIES

Night Lillies

NUMBER SIX - FLOATING STARS

Floating Stars

NUMBER SEVEN - BRIGHT SNOWBALL

Snowball

NUMBER EIGHT - BOM

Designer Mystery

NUMBER NINE - VINTAGE SNOWBALL

Snowball

NUMBER TEN- NINE PATCH SAMPLER

Nine Patch

NUMBER ELEVEN- COLOUR PLAY

Colour Play

NUMBER TWELVE - OLD CHAINS

Old Chains

Still breathing

Well, it has been a long time since I was on here. Hardly any sewing or quilting as life just keeps getting in the way. Was just over at Ms Jan Quilts and she has been absent about as long as me. So thought it was about time I got back into it. My year started out great and even had one finish in January but nothing since.

I haven't been totally idle. Went away for a caravan trip and got up to Cooktown. Didn't want to come home and I sure can understand people who just wander for a year or two.....I could have kept going but alas duties called......maybe next time.

While I was away I did some knitting. It was the easiest thing to do while travelling in the car. Well, maybe hand sewing would work just as good but I didn't have anyting prepared so knitting it was.

Our first day on the road saw a blowout......Our second day on the road saw a blowout.

My favourite place was Bramston Beach....it was so serene and so unspoilt, I could have stayed here for a long time. Hardly anybody around.


I have been threatening to learn to cook for a long time and have a friend who is a great cook so I finally got around to making a tart on our last night under her supervision. And finally Somewhere on the road in North Queensland.

First finish for the year

I designed and made this a couple of years ago. Didn't quite look as woven as I would have liked. Then ran out of black so couldn't do the borders. It's a really unusual blacky/blue so it sat forever in "wonder what to do" pile till I decided that it just wouldn't have a border. So finally got it quilted and finished the binding last night.

I did intend to get another quilted this weekend but when I went to the sewing room I had the overwhelming desire just to sew........................so I'm off to start / sew/ cut or something in that line.

Borders on - - - - Next Please

Well, the borders are on Cambridge Square. Very quick and simple quilt to make and I just love these colours. Now onto the next one........mind you I haven't quilted it yet, but am I loving the time just sewing.

A New Year Begins

A Happy New Year to everyone.

I heard a saying once that you should start the New Year the way you want it to be all year. So I spent the afternoon sewing up these blocks. I had cut it out a while back and really felt like having a sew today. Now just need to sew up the rows and put the borders on......hmmm. Maybe tomorrow??

And I want to reorganise my blog pages. I have too many list of quilts so will just put up one list of UFO's regardless of where they are at..........I'm happy with the number I finished last year and aim to finish a lot more this year. And NO MORE buying fabric. I have enough fabric to make dozens of quilts so intend using up what I have in the cupboard this year. My Stashbusting effort for last year was pretty poor so this year it will be a lot better.