Not much sewing going on here but

Simplicity bias tape maker

other goodies bought at Rosehill

stripy fabric to make bias 30% off

bib and backing fabric

block party and grey prima 30%off

organic fat quarters 30% off

I did go to the craft fair at Rosehill Racecourse last Friday with Kate and Jaclyn and came home with the lovely tape maker. I was going to buy 3 clover tape makers $60 instead I bought the Simplicity bias tape maker from Punch with Judy with 7 different sized tape makers, a box to keep them in and and extra rollers for $169. I also picked up the new issue of Homespun from here and Stitch from here. I also bought Eiffel Tower scissors from scissorman
Then Monday and Tuesday Spotlight had 30% off everything, the stripy fabric was $4 a metre minus 30% equals $2.80 a metre. Flannelette to back some fabric bought at IKEA to make more of these for Violet.
Block party and plain  light grey prima from something in the future and organic fat flats - white, natural, lime green, yellow, light blue and hot pink.

Name Game Swap

my quilt from Marg

My mini quilt from Marg arrived the other day, isn't it beautiful. 

Life has interrupted my getting much sewing done at the moment, even my geese for a swap are only half done, I'm going to take an easy morning, watch a movie and try some sewing this afternoon.

WMQG

Anorina and me

Last Saturday I went to the first meeting of the Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild at Corrimal, it is quicker for me to drive to the coast than across the city to go to SMQG meeting. I met in person Anorina of sameliasmum who lives down that way, we were both part of the Flickr bee - Bee in Oz last year. See the stitching on the table you can see it finished on her blog and she has a cover girl quilt on the current issue of Homespun. Anorina is also the person behind the name game swap from the previous post and an all round crafty person.

more swaps

Blocks from Natasha

the stitching around the name

 

a corner of the quilt

My blocks (she made me 2 as she was late) from Natasha for January block swap adventure 2 arrived today in the mail. They are more orange than yellow, she must know I like wonky stars, aren't they great.

My mini quilt is on its way overseas I did flying geese in a ring adding the name of my partner to the top. The geese are a from charm pack of Kaffe Fasset and I hand quilted following the seam line with purple cotton perle. When my partner says she has received it I will show you the whole finished quilt,

More blocks

top for name game swap - still need to finish it

today's play block A1 from Dear Jane mine on the left, Clare's on the right.
Think mine needs a press and mine is the one sewn wrong.

Block from Margaret
block swap adventure

I spent yesterday sewing a geese in a ring as the main part of the name game swap for my partner, need to do her name,quilt and bind and have in the mail by 29th Feb. It is travelling across the ocean to the other side of the world.

The other week Berrima Patchwork had a sign up day, showing all the quilts that you could do there over the year. There was a Dear Jane quilt that Clare said I would love to do that! Well I have the book and the rulers so we decided to do it together, each Wednesday we are getting together and doing a couple of blocks and trying to do some in between as well. We will have some time apart as she goes to visit Jen in London but I still might spend Wednesday sewing, Dear Jane or something else.

My block for February for block swap adventure arrived from Margaret today in the mail, hers was posted to USA on Monday. This is the only regular swap I am doing for the early part of this year, having a break from the other 2 while I try and get my bee in oz quilt finished and do my swoon quilt.

A few blocks

Block from Jolanda

Block for Margaret

Blocks for Waverlee

From the top my block from Jolanda arrived during the week, my block for Margaret for this month in the block swap adventure.
I joined a new group - Quilt club Australia on facebook. It is all Australian quilters and they had sign ups for a quilting bee, I'm in group2, you use your own fabric and make the block the person for the month wants. This month we are making 8" aqua and red string blocks for Waverlee in WA, fast easy and I made her 2 using fabric already in my stash. These will be posted tomorrow (Monday) as will Margarets block.

Block swap sewing

Log cabin for Shirley in USA

Wonky Star for Jolanda in Portugal

Wonky Star for Natasha in Canada

I finished this months blocks yesterday and mailed them to their new owners.