my Insainity quilt top

Well 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...

My 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 them on to see how they.look....I like it .I've joined up green border stripes of hexys and then I will sew them to the flower borders then sew them to the next quarter of the quilt...Sorry if the pics are out of order but you get the general idea...Back to sewing...

my 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 me motivated .so many lovely IQ.in the making and they are all so different. I'm detetmined to finish this one !...I'm hoping to have the top done next year....sometime ....I'll just keep sewing.!

flowers.

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.

Progress 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 ....don't know how long this will take but a fair while I imagine ...I love a challenge ....I'm still doing Esther aliu's 'love entwined ' applique quilt too !...

A 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 !

LE progress

My ist vase almost finished ...just needs some stitched stamins on flowers ....

I'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 ..

pretty crochet flowers

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/23/how-to-make-crocheted-flowers

more 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 "......

Another cute bonnet .

this bonnet can be reversed if you like....very cute!

mrs Bear likes it.

the back view.

A 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.

my machine

This 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.

Hello, 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 too hard!.....Watch this space!!!

I can tell you one exciting thing that has happened...back in October I won a sewing machine!  I was at spotlite with my friend mandy and she talked me into going....and i won the lucky drawer...I couldn't believe it.  My machine is a husqvarna viking.  It's nice and new goes really well too.  I've never had that brand.  I like it.....I am halfway through making a bag that i will show you some pics when it is finished...might be my 1st finish of the year!!

. I am at my mum's in Paeroa at the moment for Xmas.  Well I hope everyone has had a good xmas, bye now.

computer woes again

Well 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 I am using up all my scraps of bsalls of yarn. I will probably put cream on the final border...
I made my dog a coat also of crochet afghans squares i had laying around...not sure if chippy really likes it but she has a thin slinky coat so it will keep her warm.
Any way thats all at the moment.

"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 type of yarn and is very easy and your work grows really fast which I like alot!

close up

my model...Chippy!

the colours so far.

I also finished my ripple blanket too...I decided not to do an edging....  ..our computer has been down so no blogging and I forget what I have finished ...I should jott it down when I think of it i suppose.
I was talking to my friend Fays daughter and she was telling me about 'scrumbling'...what's that you say...it is a type of free form crochet or knitting where you start off then change to different yarns and add bits on using different stitches and you come out with something really different and a total one off. google it and take a look.

chip loves the blanket

Finally 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 so made the most of it and sewed all 7 strips up but that is as far as I have got.  Till the next quiet time.....
I haven't taken pics of my strips yet sorry so can't show you yet.

she is a bantam so smaller than a normal size chicken.

the chicks are about 2 1/2 months old here and almost as big as her...so cute!
trying  to keep her babies warm!

I have a few new pics of the chicks I hatched  one real cute one of mother chook trying to keep her babies warm.
Now I've just  have to try and get some things done.

the 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  I finished them so might get a few days break and can get back to the scrappy trip blocks and get them joined up at least.  No pics yet sorry. And I am going to the qal with terrys treasures blog too.  I have just bought the background fabric so I better get cutting and do the first stage or will get right behind .  I will have pics next time I hope.

My 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 stitchery some floss threads and some yummy lindt chockys...iv'e eaten those just the other day.   Thanks again Kris.

sscs 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 cover.  I hope she liked it.  I used some 'bliss fabric'  I had.
Here is a pic:

one 'half eaten gingerbread man'..too cute!

the front

the back  with invible zipper