Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Book Review on Jan 19th, 2008
We’ve been reading Salvation Creek for book club. It’s a memoir by Susan Duncan who was unfortunate to lose both her brother and husband within a matter of days. This tragedy bought about a midlife crisis of sorts – she packed in her job and decided to try to find a place in the country [...]
Posted in Baking on Jan 18th, 2008
I feel very Australian when I bake Pumpkin Scones. Possibly because this lady was well known for them. My littlest, P, loves them and I can pretend that she’s eating vegetables. Of course the biggest, A, doesn’t like them at all, so I’m still searching for something with vegetables for her. I used the recipe in [...]
Posted in miscellaneous on Jan 16th, 2008
So I’ve changed the look. I’m not sure about this particular shade of green, but I’m happy with everything else. I might do a bit of experimenting with different shades of green over the next few days. It’s so hot – 38 degrees (100)!
Posted in Magazines on Jan 16th, 2008
My Inspirations magazine arrived today. This is one of my favourite magazines – I have yet to make anything from it, but the pictures are beautiful. and I doubt I’ll ever make anything like these (and certainly not by hand), but they’re beautiful and certainly inspiring.
Posted in Quilting on Jan 15th, 2008
This is one of my Turning Twenty blocks. I’ve been quite pleased with this pattern. The cutting has been easy and it’s coming together nicely (although I did mix up some of my A and B blocks today – I realised before I stitched them together so the disaster was averted).
Posted in Machine Embroidery on Jan 14th, 2008
A friend has ordered a bodysuit (onesie) for a friend’s baby. The font is Nadianne from GG Designs. I have a CD with 25 fonts – very useful. I think I should design my own fonts, but that’s quite time consuming and it’s nice to have some fonts I can use when I’m in a [...]