Well the Wine Country Quilt Exhibition has come and gone and guess what? I forgot to take any photos!! Not one!! None, zero, zilch... now how slack is that. I do have a reasonable excuse - we were so busy on the Janome stand that I never had time. I managed a couple of quick looks, but never remembered to take my phone with me to take some photos. So this is the website and you can go have a look at the winning quilts here and see what good quilters there are in the East Coast of the North Island. There were over 160 quilts on show which is outstanding.
Suffice to say I was a bit knackered after that so have been somewhat slow in my sewing achievements. The 365 Challenge is still lounging around in February, but I did manage to do four on Saturday, plus have cut out quite a few. Hoping to make a determined effort to catch up over the next couple of weeks!!
I do love the look of the Ohio Stars, the bottom right one has a four patch in the middle of it, but my two fabric blend a little too much. Never to worry, not doing it again, that's for sure.
This is the Stitchery Block of the Month that I started way back in 2008 (ahem). The Stitchery blocks are almost finished, and not by my own efforts. My friend Lynn loves doing stitchery and has done all but 6 of the 24 blocks. I spent an afternoon before Easter and cut out all the pieced blocks in preparation for my grand stitching session. Hmmm, wonder when that's going to happen?
This is some fabric I found (through my friend Catherine) at the quilt exhibition. I'm going to make a bag for my best friend who has a yellow scoot!! Perfect!
These are some 4.5 inch blocks I made for the Rainbow Scrap for March. The colour was purple with a yellow accent - my yellow is rather bigger than an accent, but I like it anyway. For some reason I am into 4 patches and will most likely make another half dozen or so, then I have pulled out some cream that I will put between for a plain block and make it up into a small quilt for a friend's niece who takes in unwanted babies in India. She now has over 30 children and all want a quilt of their own. Happy to help out.
That's most all that I have to report at this point. We have made great progress in the house and the painting is slowly getting done.Only the bathroom shower and the tiling in the kitchen is left to do.
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break, and that you were able to reflect on the reason we have this holiday time. To celebrate the risen Christ who died the death we deserved to redeem us. May you all be blessed this coming month of April and enjoy your family.
My dear husband Kerry had a small turn in church yesterday. He was carted off in the ambulance to be checked over and praise God, he is absolutely fine. A bit dehydrated and the Dr kindly told him he had suffered from "older person stuffy church syndrome" (if only you could hear me laughing here). It's a fact, they had had several cases that morning and it happens on a regular basis on hot days and not enough air circulation.
However, it has made both of us realise how quickly life can be changed. One minute Kerry was standing beside me singing, then he sat down and in 30 seconds was totally out for the count. I am very appreciative of having him beside me still. Go give your "dear old stick" a kiss and be thankful too.
Hugs and blessings to you all and thanks so much for stopping by.
Clare
I'm linking to Cynthia's blog here and Rainbow Scrappy here
Also Confessions of a Scrap Addict here
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