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It was another busy week, though not quite as stressful ... thank goodness! And it finished with a lovely day of sewing with my lovely friend, the Fabulous Fiona. Can I tell you ... I was SPOILT!!! :0) Fiona made the YUMMIEST waffles which we ate with maple syrup, raspberries and sour cream ... YUMMO!!! :0) Don't you all wish you could have lunch at Fiona's place?! Tee! Hee! Hee!
The other nice thing about visiting Fiona is that she is such a calming, soothing person to spend time with. After a busy, hectic week with a couple of mini-family crises, it was lovely just to sit, stitch and chat. Thanks Fiona!! So much more fun than therapy! Tee! Hee! Hee!
And since there's a one day cricket match due to start on TV in a little while, I'll be doing some more hand stitching today. A little bit of this ...
Almost finished the appliqué for the centre panel, then it's borders and a little bit more appliqué before this new version of Moon Dance goes off to the Fabulous Fiona to work her quilting magic. It's been fun to re-create one of my designs in a different colourway ... loving both, I have to say! :0) And when I've finished that stitching, there'll be this to go on with ...
... sewing binding down on my Paris Flea Market quilt ... will have to think of a proper name for it, won't I. :0) The binding could take a while to sew down ... this is the BIGGEST quilt I've ever made! It's 90"x81" and let me tell you, it was no easy feat sewing that binding on, working at my little sewing desk!! I think at some point in the exercise, every other object on my desk ended up being knocked onto the floor as I squoodged the quilt around to sew it! (squoodged is a very technical quilting term, don't you think!! Tee! Hee! Hee!) :0) But ... it's on there and it will be very exciting to not only have a new quilt ... I'm keeping this one for my very own self! :0) ... but it will also be another finish to add to my new OPAM list for the year ...
... And speaking of OPAM ...
... Sign up opens TOMORROW!! Yep, if you'd like to join my sweet partner-in-crime, Sweet Peg, and me for all the fun of OPAM 2014, make sure you pop back tomorrow to read the updated guidelines and sign up. PLEASE ... if you ARE thinking of signing up, read ALL the guidelines first and save a copy somewhere to refer back to ... we had a few gals go 'off the air' last year or change their blog to invitation only but forgot to invite Sweet Peg or me ... and it made collecting finishes a bit tricky. We'd love to have you come and play with us. There won't be a number limit for OPAM this year, but there WILL be a cut off date, so jump in quick to play along with us. It really is a very low-stress, fun, encouraging challenge.
So ... I think I'd better go and have a cup of tea and relax with my stitching in front of the cricket while I have a chance, before the avalanche of OPAM signups begins! :0) Hope you're all having a lovely weekend ... my thoughts are going out to anyone in those areas fighting bushfires at the moment ... and to those silently and desperately battling drought too ... you're not forgotten ... we're praying for rain for you and wishing there was something we could do to help! Til next time ...
BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS
CHEERS!
KRIS
5 comments:
Looks like a really pretty quilt, Kris. Now I have to remember to check back on Monday for OPAM! Thanks for doing it again.
A visit to Fiona would be a wonderful way to relieve the stresses of your week, and yes, she is a very calming friend. That is a lovely big quilt and your new Moon Dance stitching looks lovely. Thank you for doing OPAM once again. It sure helps keep the motivation going.
Hugs xx
I think you are very lucky to be able to just drop into Fiona's place..I'll bet she is a terrific hostess as well as writing very funny posts - on not to mention here quilting skills...Hope you get that binding done very soon. Not that you need a quilt to sleep under at the moment but . . .
Your stitching day sounds much more soothing than mine was. We had a project day on Friday to make Jelly Roll Race quilts. You know, where you sew an entire jelly roll end to end, then cut it in half and sew it long edges together. Lather, rinse, repeat. I finally finished the last two (thank God!) shorter seams last night. It turned out much cuter than I thought it would. I'm not really a jelly roll race quilt fan, so I was pleasantly surprised. lol
Looking forward to doing better in OPAM this year. I really fell off the rails last year. I'll check back tomorrow.
Take care,
Susan in Texas
aaaahh... you say the nicest things.... it was lovely having you over... they are always such fun days ... I didn't realise till afterwards there was cricket on in the afternoon!! haha but we were too busy chattering anyways..... I love both your quilts...
Hugz
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