my new pen

Last week I saw these pens on  Trade me (nz),  so i bought one to try . I've done a little sample of how it draws and  the colour.  It is lovely to draw on the fabric,  fairly smooth and you get a fine line .  They are called,   'air erasable' pen by 'sewline'.  You trace your stitchery and  the lines  will stay anything  from 2-10 days  according to the packet. (I suppose that has to do with humidity in the air)   If you want to remove it or change it then just dab with a cottonbud  that is dampened with water. I use a  gluepen by sewline also which is excellent!  I think they were about $8.50.
(sorry this pic is not great ....'nosey norbitt'  the kitten was being naughty!)

A couple of weeks ago I was in the salvation army shop, and saw this tapestry cushion . It was only $3.00 !  So i bought it. It had another cushion stuffed into it and had an ugly border around it so i pulled it apart and will put something much nicer around it  or maybe put it in frame to keep it from getting wrecked and hang on the wall....

all my blocks so far

I am still deciding on how to finish this.... I was trying to add a pic yesterday but it wouldn't work... but now it has , yay!

When i was at my mums during the school hols, I managed  to make 10 more of the 'candied hexagons' . But i haven't made any since ,work gets in the way! Here are half of them.

My blocks so far of Lcqal

I have finally finished my blocks for lcqal . I don't know what sashings i will do yet, I have been looking at all the finished tops on the flickr page tp try and get some inspiration.
they all look amazing!  some have done two tops and three!!  I have also been working on Henrietta Whiskers b.o.m. from bunnyhill. We are up to no. 5 already and this the only one i have been able to keep up with.
I  saw my big sister (pamduring April as her and her husband came to N.Z. for the v8 motor racing in Hamilton. We visited a few Patchwork shops and bought a little bit of fabric too.

block 3 Lcqal

block 3
Originally uploaded by susanriddell33

this is block 3, the basket block i have finished it and all blocks are completed now. It;s not exactly what i wanted but that is all the fabric that was left . LOts of fun doing the Qal, thanks konda and all the other designers for the blocks, look forward to next one .

block 12 Lcqal

block 12
Originally uploaded by susanriddell33

I have finished block 12 and block 3 as i was undecided on block 3 but have done it now. Now i just have to decide on my sashings and borders..... don't know what i will use yet. I ran out of red on this so pieced bits together to form the stripes in the middle, it is 2 different fabrics but hard to see in this pic.

block 11 lcqal 001

block 11 lcqal 001
Originally uploaded by susanriddell33

this is block 11. of the lcqal. had a bit of a job to get this out of some of my scraps . i had to join the brown up the middle but i figured it out. The next onwe will be tricky for me to get out of what is left???

redo block of Lcqal

redo block of Lcqal
Originally uploaded by susanriddell33

i have redone this block as i didn't like it. I moved 2 blocks around and am happy with it now.

Henrietta Whiskers block 1 and 2