tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78325715703468313092023-11-17T03:00:36.796+13:00Sweet Home AnawhataThe girl from the bush.
My blog is about all the crafty things I love to make . Family life in general and our pets . Patchwork is my most favorite thing...crochet is coming a fast second!-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-49252497917135841552018-10-10T22:07:00.003+13:002018-10-10T22:07:53.355+13:00my Insainity quilt topWell I have not been here for rather a long time..but thought i would show a pic of my 'finished IQ top...I finished this quite a while ago but am still undecided as how to quilt it..I've been too distracted with other things...crochet and la passacaglia quilt...another hand pieced quilt..epp...
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-41596438976739398142015-04-08T11:39:00.001+12:002015-04-08T12:04:05.750+12:00My Insainity quilt progress. I've been busy still joining up the IQ (insanity quilt )...It's about all I've been working on really at the moment ...Well I've finally got the centre completed !...158 scrappy diamonds done and cream pathways connected too!..Now I'm working on the green borders between the flower borders...I think I need about 142 more green hexys ..to cut before I sew them.I've stitched a quarter of -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-56200281954494389732014-12-01T11:56:00.001+13:002018-10-10T22:09:49.849+13:00my insanity quilt progress.I have started to join some of the flower border across the top now .and a little down the side .It's slow going but still enjoying the process . I've made heaps more of the diamonds but still a few to make yet. I do the different borders when I feel abit bored with a section to keep me motivated too. I mainly do abit most nights in front of tv. The IQ page on Facebook helps keep me -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-28983006346327451472014-09-03T14:15:00.001+12:002014-10-08T16:15:05.288+13:00flowers.So far I have made these flowers for the border of the IQ ....love making them still .I've joined up a little bit of the cream pathways...still heaps of glue basting of hexies to do yet!....I've cut heaps waiting to be glued.
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-80945142321619855042014-08-05T11:05:00.001+12:002014-10-08T16:15:58.500+13:00Progress on IQ.Well so far I have been going great !...really enjoying making these cute hexies ...This is the Insanity Quilt by Rhode Pearse ...she has just released the pattern forsale in her shop as the magazine is out of print now (2008)...I done about 42 diamonds so far ...now I need to find some cream mix fabrics for the borders so I can start joining them up ...I need to do 158 diamonds and 64 flowers ..-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-13388361986579322992014-07-11T12:02:00.001+12:002014-07-25T09:48:17.404+12:00A new gadget I found this lovely very useful gadget in spotlight a few weeks ago....on sale too!...so I bought it..and a couple of black 'pilot frixion pens' too..Now I've started a new project ....the insanity quilt by Rhonda pearse ....it's all 1/2" hexys ..should keep me out of trouble for a while !
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-7117833038702616782014-06-27T14:46:00.001+12:002014-06-27T14:46:41.173+12:00LE progress My ist vase almost finished ...just needs some stitched stamins on flowers ....
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-21005090152247563092014-06-27T14:25:00.001+12:002014-07-11T09:56:26.472+12:00I've Been knitting .Well it's been awhile since a post...I've been doing a little knitting. I made this twisted neck scarf in a weekend ...size 10mm needles knits up really quick...I got the wool at spotlight in there sale for half price .love the colours in this one .its really light and warm to wear too.I have done little on my LE quilt ...one vase done ...3 to do ..
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-17141416184956967692014-05-02T09:17:00.001+12:002014-05-02T09:17:09.701+12:00pretty crochet flowers http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/23/how-to-make-crocheted-flowers-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-41304175897244146842014-04-03T09:25:00.001+13:002014-04-03T09:25:46.545+13:00more sleep..Well daylight saving ends this week end ...it's quite dark in the mornings now we put our clocks back so we get an extra hours sleep .."..I just wish someone would tell my roosters "......
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-11945521955188465752014-03-28T09:51:00.001+13:002014-03-28T10:03:18.941+13:00Another cute bonnet .
this bonnet can be reversed if you like....very cute!
mrs Bear likes it.
the back view.
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-62600919424599999202014-02-13T15:08:00.001+13:002014-02-21T09:37:57.066+13:00A babys bonnet .
I made a bonnet for leilani...hope it fits as she is a prem baby born last news years eve. I dont have a dummy to try it on either.
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-53835108432388809252014-02-12T08:37:00.000+13:002014-02-12T08:40:25.724+13:00my machineThis is a.pic of the husqavana machine I won at spotlight back in October 2013. Its very basic but nice to sew with .I have started a rope bag using this as you need a 3 stage zig-zag stitch. I will put pics up later.
-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-36351098010442835952013-12-28T22:31:00.000+13:002013-12-28T22:31:33.592+13:00Hello, Im still here...Well I'm still here but not been blogging sorry as still don't have a computer of my own.....So it's nearly the end if 2013 and I am going to try and get back into it Next year!!....
I was reading someones blog today and she said she tries to do 1 ufo a month so i think that's where i might try and start the new year off at.....I'm sure I could find at least 12 ufos without looking -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com2New Zealand-40.900557 174.88597100000004-65.234714 133.57737750000004 -16.566399999999998 -143.80543549999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-9313019301932899022013-07-01T09:14:00.001+12:002013-07-01T09:14:15.340+12:00computer woes againWell the computer died again and it 's not fixed yet so I won't be doing much blogging till it is sorry.
I haven't done much sewing at all except for my "whiggly whimsy quilt" the top is done still have to get the backing for it, soon I hope.
I started the new crochet blanket I will put up some pics soon of progress. It is going really well. It is a nice bright blanket as-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-27273902772388264452013-04-13T12:15:00.001+12:002013-04-13T12:19:55.323+12:00"I've done a little knitting,...no sewing yet...It's been a few weeks since the last post. My friend Mandy went to spotlight and told me about there sale of yarns and wool. I bought 2 balls of lily mesh yarn. Some lovely green tones. Green is one of my favourite colours...then purple. So I made this scarf.....then another ...another...another ....and yet another!!
It is the first time I have tried knitting this -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-47173968217970427282013-03-24T22:58:00.000+13:002013-03-24T22:58:36.015+13:00Finally the computer is fixed!Well it is fixed for how long I don't know.... The mother board was fried apparently.
I haven't really done any sewing except for 'Terry's treasures qal" . I got carried away with the cutting out and ended up cutting all the strips out....and even joining them all up too. The reason because I am making some jackets and don't have much spare time. I had about a week between jobs-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-60675871190433428682013-02-14T09:56:00.000+13:002013-02-14T09:56:15.654+13:00the computer is dead..Well the computer decided to die a few weeks ago so I have been a little quiet. I haven't really done any sewing except I started a 'scrappy trip around the world'. I have made about 30 blocks or 40 , now i just have to join them up. I just haven't had the time as i have been making 'wool coats for a lady so that has taken all my spare time lately but today &-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-49736650488109425762013-01-13T21:27:00.000+13:002013-01-13T21:27:05.381+13:00My sscs gift.
I nearly forgot to post a pic of what I received in the sscs 2012 swap. I got this lovely wall hanging from Kris . I showed my mum and her friends and they all thought it was really lovely and nicely made too. She also sent me a nice pair of scissors for embroidery and some little squares from 'moda' and a cute frog tape measure, a cross -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-66393595346398196022013-01-12T15:13:00.001+13:002013-01-12T15:13:22.893+13:00sscs 2012 pressy for my swap partner
I should of done this post by now but just got distracted by things here so here it is . My swap partner was leanne . She is in Tasmainia so I hope she is ok with all the bush fires that are happening over there at the moment. I made her a 'half eaten gingerbread man ' for her ornament to hang on the xmas tree. Then I decided to make a cathedral windows cushion -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-32867721906523578322013-01-09T22:45:00.000+13:002013-01-12T14:24:32.902+13:00some flowers
unpicked
Maori potatoes..not very pretty outside but..
a lovely pretty purple flesh inside (sorry pic is dark)
Before Christmas I won an auction here in nz (called trademe). I bought some hexie flowers .They are quite old, vintage almost looking. The colours are rather ugly . They had a yucky pink centre on everyone and some of the surrounds -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-16680893290683309722013-01-06T12:32:00.001+13:002013-01-06T12:49:14.745+13:00"Six more mouths to feed."
"Happy New Year everyone". I have been away at mum's over the xmas break but came home on saturday. The weather was hot but not so great back at home. Well before I went away I managed to buy some fertile eggs on trademe and had them couriered to my mothers as she had a 'clucky' chook and we put the eggs under her to hatch...so that by the time I got there at xmas they should -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-58577082932451827122012-12-11T22:16:00.000+13:002012-12-11T22:16:23.507+13:00my sscs parcel has arrived!The mail man delivered my sscs parcel last week, but I havn't had time to do a post about it. It is from Kris of tag along teddies. She has made me a lovely ornament . She is a christmas angel and is hanging in my sewing room at the moment as i still haven't put up the tree yet!! Then she can live on the tree ." Thankyou kris, she's beautiful." I -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-38726009856391956052012-12-02T17:35:00.000+13:002012-12-02T17:35:01.867+13:00some buys from the hospice shop...Well I went a hospice shop down the rd where i work and saw these bags and thought I would like just the handles to put on some other bags i will make and they were only $3 for the red one and $2 for the other one. I would never use them as they are so I shall pull them apart soon. I also found a book on' bullion stitch embroidery. It has a few lovely projects in it to make. I -girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832571570346831309.post-40955470897776340162012-11-24T11:33:00.002+13:002012-11-24T11:33:41.625+13:00end of the week.I took my son Conor for another drive to the end of our rd, (our rd is 10 k long and all loose metal) and we got there just after 8 pm to see the sun setting. It goes down just after 8 pm these days as we are into daylight saving. I have a few pics but probably won't get them in the right order so I leave it up to you to figure it out.
(These are in reverse order, sorry...so scroll up-girl from the bushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694078926048982759noreply@blogger.com4