Thread called "Westwood".

We were away for a couple of days last week. I came home on the weekend to a parcel on my dining table. I was not expecting a parcel-- so was rather curious to see what was in it. It was from Katie and Pam of Cottage Garden Threads, and there were 3 skeins of a colour I have been after, and they have come up with it and have called the colour "Westwood"!  What a surprise!! I am rather chuffed, needless to say.  The threads are in the colour testing phase and should be out in the shops soon.

I promptly embroidered this little boat with "Westwood".

"Westwood" by Cottage Garden Threads

 

I have had to paint more large sewing machine buttons and have finally finished them. Here is a selection of the colours available. I call a group of sewing machines a "patchwork" of machines. Someone on Instagram suggested that it should be a "bobbin" of machines. Regardless they look quite cute in a group.

A patchwork or bobbin of machines

 

 

 

Last week we went to the Blue Mountains for 2 nights. I was keen to see the daffodil display at Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens, and they were just beautiful. I really enjoyed seeing them.

 





Daffodils in Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens

 

 The next day we did a walk in Wentworth Falls area, and this is Wentworth Falls on its way down into the valley.

Wentworth falls

 

All I all, it was a lovely few days-- being away, and coming home to my surprise ie threads with my surname as its name.

 

Have a lovely weekend.

Cheers

Yvonne

 



Sewing and knitting for Friday Night with Friends

I am a little late posting what I did on FnwFs hosted by Cheryll, but it is better late than never.
This is what I worked on-- an embroidery, then after awhile I switched to some knitting.

Embroidery

Knitting-- making a beanie

 

 

Then on Sunday I had one of those rare days where I sat and did craft most of the day--heavenly.

 

I had cut and sewn the front and back panels of the pouch, but I had to put it together. I find zippers a challenge-- but finally managed to do the zipper for this pouch. The pattern for this pouch is on Noodlehead. The instructions are very clear and the pictures are easy to follow.

 

One side of the pouch

The otherside of the pouch

 

 I used the left over fabrics from this quilt. I had made this quilt for my son in 2011.  The pouch is large enough to hold my knitting-- so I now have a knitting bag.

My son's quilt

 

 

Thank you Cheryll, for hosting another FnwFs.

 

Cheers,

Yvonne

Friday night with Friends is tonight

I had missed many Friday nights sewing with  blogging friends-- but I am going to be there tonight. Thanks, Cheryll for hosting it.
Head off to Cheryll's blog and sign in, by clicking onto the FnwFs logo on my side bar.

FnwFs

 



See you there tonight.
Cheers,
Yvonne                                                           

Winner is... and few days in Melbourne.

We have been away and back again-- and I realised that I had not picked a winner for the Red Embroidered Cushion Pattern. Thank you for the lovely comments, and the winner is ..... Ondrea.
I  will send the pattern to you shortly, Ondrea.

We went to Melbourne for 4 nights-- the aim was to attend a wedding on the 18th July. Unfortunately, I did  not find a single patchwork shop , but we did have a fabulous time in this beautiful city. We stayed in St Kilda and travelled on the trams to the CBD etc. Victoria Markets was fabulous and the laneways in Melbourne are a great feature of the city. We did a walking tour that started out from the front of the library at 10.30 am-- and it was well worth it.
Here are some photos of Melbourne.

Luna Park, St Kilda

 

Lovely tea cosies in a shop window

 

 

One of the Arcades in Melbourne

 

 

on a corner of the Melbourne CBD

 

Street art in one of the lanes in Melbourne

 

 

 

The beautiful cake shops-- I am sure I gained 2 kgs by just standing and looking at the cakes!

 

Sign outside a café

 

Fresh vegetables in Victoria Markets

 

 

View from a bar in Rialto Tower

 

 

St Kilda Beach

 

This was the lovely arch used for the wedding ceremony-- made with lots of gum leaves and flowers

 

I made this hexagon ring for my suitcase--to help identify my bag

 

Cheers,

Yvonne

 

Where has time gone to? and a chance to win a pattern

It is now July, and I have been chasing my tail.  But I finally think that I have got there.

I had visited Marilyn from The Patchwork Teahouse in Warburton, and whilst  there, we had a discussion about the new French general fabrics from Moda, called  Bon Voyage. Marilyn sent me some of the fabric when it arrived in the shop, and I have been happily playing with them. Made these, -- which is another version of the Blue Heart designs I had made previously,-- and they have got a pattern and hopefully, Marilyn will have time to cut up some of her fabrics as a kit for them. Otherwise, I am sure she will have the kits of this fabric in her online shop, once she is back from Adelaide. She will be attending the Quilt Show in Adelaide next week-- so make sure you drop in to see her and say Hello.

Red Heart Embroidered Cushion made with the French General fabrics, Bon Voyage.

 

Red Heart Embroidered Wall Hanging made with Bon Voyage by French General.

 

Christmas Hearth Cushion with 3 stockings

 

I was madly packing the patterns in their packets last night, and today they are off to the post office on their way to Victoria, then Adelaide. They are doing more travelling than I am!

 

 

The second deadline I have is to send  a quilt and matching cushions off to Homespun magazine by mid July. I have completed them, written the pattern and all the other things that need to be done for the project and they will also go to the Post Office --on  Thursday. I would like to take a photo of them because it will be awhile before they come home again. Unfortunately, I cannot show them off just yet -- am busting to do so-- but need some patience!

 

 

Once these are done-- I might be able to go back to a slower pace again. I am such a slow stitcher-- that is the problem. And of course, writing a pattern up is just so time consuming as I am paranoid about making a mistake.

 

Next project in mind is a Christmas one, I think.

 

P/S I do have a spare painted button for the Red Embroidered cushion, so if anyone would like to win the pattern with the button, please leave a comment for a chance to win it.

 

 

Cheers,

Yvonne

 

Post re FNSI ( A little late) and the Sydney Quilt Show

Where is time going to? It is past the shortest day ( Hurray!!) and almost the end of June. I just remember us coming home from our holiday to Victoria at the end of April-- and lo and behold-- it is now almost the end of June.

I joined in Wendy's FNSI last Friday and realised that I have not done a blog post for it and it is now Wednesday. So this is what I have done. It is only partly finished.

Embroidered Heart cushion with new French General Fabric

 

I am making this cushion with the new French general fabric that is just out. It is the same pattern for the Blue Cushion I have done in the past. There is more embroidery to sew on that and of course the back to be sewn on too. So this is what I got up to on the FNSI. Thank you Wendy, for hosting it.

 

 

Last Thursday, I went to the Sydney Quilt Show at Glebe Island. As usual, I spent some money ( a good amount, actually)-- but forgot to take photos of what I bought-- so that will have to be for another post. My favourite shop is Hatched and Patched and caught up with Anni and Peter there. Spent the most there, as ususal.

Anni at Hatched and Patched

 

I have been collecting red and white fabric for ages now-- I am sure I will have enough fabric for half a dozen red and white quilts now-- did not stop me buying more though. I loved the red and white quilt section at the Quilt show-- here are a few of them.

 

Red and white Quilts

 

Love this red and white quilt

 

This was so intricately done-- amazing



EPP hexagons-- fabulous

 

I will have to visit other FNSI bloggers -- so I had better be off now.

 

Cheers,

Yvonne

A Beach bag and another FQ Birthday club gift

Whilst in Victoria, I found some lovely, dark blue batik Bali Pops fabric. I decided that a beach bag would look really pretty with those fabrics.
So this is what I made up with it:

My Beach bag

I decided that it needed a sea side themed embroidery on it . So I drew this up and embroidered it and appliqued it to the front of the bag.

The front of the beach bag 

 

This is a close up of the embroidery:

 

The embroidery on the front of the Beach bag

 

I was going to go for a walk to the beach with the bag and photograph it down by the water-- but the weather here is wet and miserable. I will have to do that on another day.



I belong to the FQ Birthday Club run by Cheryll, and  I have received the final parcel in the post. The fabric is bright and gorgeous.

The final parcel from the FQ Birthday Club

Thank you to all the people who have sent me birthday wishes and fabrics for the birthday club. When I use these fabrics in a project, I will always remember the person who sent it and the birthday club. Thank you Cheryll for hosting it.

Cheers,
Yvonne