This is the second quilt that I made out at Carols....just charm packs (again), Moda..."Symphony"....very rich colours....I just added a 2 inch red border and then a 6 inch border in the black.....I think I may keep this one as a table topper......
These are the lovely ladies I spent the weekend withat "Kirk Retreat"...Carol our hostess (top right hand corner pink shirt)...opened her second home to us, their farm, we arrived Friday after lunch and come home this afternoon (Sunday)....what a fantastic weekend we had...lots of laughs, fantastic food, nice refreshments, the best company and of course sewing....and just a few hours sleep....To all the beautiful ladies above, thankyou so much, and to you Carol....luv ya heaps, you are awesome....and to our Pat, hope you are feeling better, we all missed you yesterday.
Well I think I still have three Angels to do.....but the end of September is just a few days away.....my previous post I had written "Hettie the Homemaker", bit of confusion happening with my H's....she was "Harriet the Homebody"...this is "Hettie at the Hat Shop"..... 
OK....Hettie the Homebody has some borders.....another completed block for my "Angels Story"...where has this week gone??? Thursday tomorrow.
Remember my copper box....had lots of great ideas for cleaning and thankyou again to everyone for that...the first picture shows we still have lots of green on the box even after cleaning...(apple cider, bi-card - paste made and apply paste with half a lemon, worked well) the green then disappears if you rub it down with petroleum jelly (second photo) ...still a lot of work yet, but it is looking good...thanks so much to my special friend "Carol" who found this tip for me....
NPNT...another completed block....I am on a bit of a roll at the moment, would like to be able to complete one a week....not a big ask....but can I stick to it....will another project come along and temp me.......(probably yes)....
All that has to be done now on the quilt for my great niece is to sew the bind down...very simple quilting...large meander and I have used a variegated thread......bright and happy.....so hopefully I will get that done tonight......enjoy your day..... Monday again tomorrow and back to work...where does the weekend go...
Beautiful spring day today...my DH and two of my sons and friends have all gone fishing, and of course I have been doing a little sewing...today I have done one of the Stitchers Angel projects....Karen from Cotton Spice has designed this lovely pincushion...it is a great size about 7 inches across........I have continued on with the same fabric I have used for all the other Stitches Angel Projects...Moda...Domonique.....I have a collection of old buttons, found a couple in their to finish off the pincushion...I often wonder where these old button came from and what was their purpose...if only they could speak....Thank Karen it was a great project....hope everyone has had a fantastic day........
I have two places of employment as well as my own book keeping service...both Boss's have just returned from overseas and both bought back gifts for me...the top are two lovely hand make silk wraps...this boss I have been with for 33 years...started with him when I was 17, have resigned a few times but still there..only do an hour a day for him....call around after my day job...LOL...
I have a Pandora charm bracelet, two lovely charms for my bracelet......Boss number two owns the Ford Dealership here in town....note the Pandora car charm......as well as this lovely pendant made from silver and shell...I am very lucky I work for some amazing people....
My first two NPNT blocks are joined....I hand stitched the bind down instead of sewing on the machine....as shown in the first picture...room for improvement I think but not too back for the first couple...another glorious spring day in down town Narromine....happy stitching and enjoy your day...
Time is running out...I still have a few more angels to do so here is my block numbr 9 - Harriet the Homebody...hope to get a few borders around this little girl on the weekend.....have a fabulous day....
NPNT...my block number two..........this is just so much fun to do....I am sure I have said this before but if anyone has this at home and hasn't started it...I encourage you to start and join Colleens online NPNT group......
