Stone Soup

Havent blogged for a while, get quite disheartened when I cannot put up my photos.

Our Atr Quilts Around the World Stone Soup reveal has been a bit slow- I had taken a final photo and...you guessed it! Will try here.

Today I appliqued 8 healing hearts for the New Zealand mine tragedy. On SCQuilters there was an appeal so that every child who lost someone in the disaster will get a heart quilt.

Anthony's Gift

This was the result of a Batik challenge between DD2 and myself, a gift for her husband's 40th.(5 months late)

Flora

With a bit of luck here is my Flora.

Rainforest

Managed to get my photos on the blog but no dialogue- computer dummy eh?
The Rainforest is A3 size, made as a commission for a friend, as this was Take 2 I was pleased about that! The original one got chopped into the UFO postcards for my SCQILTERS group. I,m currently working on quilts for my youngest two grandsons who are 5 and almost 4. I have learned that a baby quilt is best a little large (generous cot size) if you dont want to be soon making a sofa rug in a year or two! Both of the tiny quilts I made the boys are in reasonable nick but much too small now. Their sister's Quilts are much bigger.
Today I spent time with friends making quilts for hospitals/nursing homes, tomorrow am working on a rag doll-love dolls and teddies too.

Rainforest

try again

It has been a while since I last tried to post a ohoto on this blog- I get quite disheartened when I cannot do it. Looks so easy when others do it! Anyway I will try to put up a photo of the Rainforest , made for Lorraine. It is A3 size and is the second attempt- the first was going to be binned but my DD suggested cutting it up into postcards. Great idea, they will also be posted with a bit of luck. the third project was a challenge quilt between DD and I using (mostly, in my case) batiks. This is an overdue 40th birthday pressie for my SIL.

I have made a few more ATCs, not very computer savvy so I'm practising. Its been a busy week so far with the two guilds that I belong to meeting on Monday and Tuesday because of the public holiday- hasnt left much time for the housework,LOL! Any way here goes!

Flora

These are some of my fabric selections for the Flora Topic for Around the World in Art Quilts.

The darker one is a cuff off an old blouse of someones, it is panne velvet in delicious colour.