broderie

grey winter days and bright moments

this week in melbourne there has been lots of grey skies and rain, floods and an earthquake, the shortest day and black caviar winning the diamond jubilee stakes at ascot in the united kingdom, wimbledon starts tomorrow, then the olympic games are not too far away. quite a week !

just some flowers first, all much like the weather, grey and white ! or these, a bit more colourful !

my home has had lots of friends calling with lots of bright moments and i have also been out too. as some of you will have read i spent an afternoon with meredithe with some sewing friends and that was good to see what each was doing.

two more patterns from trish harper will appear on my etsy store in the next couple of days, you want a sneak preview

this is 

'safari sunrise', careful where you pitch your tent, that is when the sun shines again ! watch out for the elepants and the hippos in your neighbourhood !

and the juggler ! a glimpse of this pattern suitable for children as a cot quilt or one just to love and give comfort

gail and the sewing girls were here on saturday of last weekend and there were lots of bright moments embroidery wise, as always and some things nearing completion

and in the current marie claire magazine just out in australia, guess who has a double page spread, congratulations !

creation gail bett / mrs sew and so, well i know her!!! she comes to the broderie house to teach us to embroider !

the pattern and the instructions for the appliqued version and the embroidered one are in the magazine, i guess it helps if you can read the french language, but we embroiderers are really quite clever to work out the instructions when there are how to pictures too ! the stylists for the magazine have left an apple for the teacher, mmmmmh now there's an idea if you want to be teacher's pet !

i have my beautiful vicuna scarf to keep me warm on these chilly days, the finest of wool and so light and warm to wear, without the bulk

my plans for the week are to play with some of my toys and, oh yes that special birthday of my friend is only 3 weeks away and so i am still stitching hexagons and planning in my mind and looking forward to the event, excitement is building amoung the girls !

until next time, i already have some things to show you !

 

 

hexagon lego

i have decided for patchworkers, that making my 5/8 inch hexagons and all the patterns is like playing with lego !

of course this week i have also been watching television till late into the night and into the very early morning ! the queen's diamond jubilee celebrations in london has kept me up and stitching ! and the tin i am using to house all my covered hexagons seems very appropriate, purely by accident !

so i am having fun, and the fun will continue into next month. a friend is having one of those big birthdays, you know the older we get, the bigger the birthdays ! i have organised a quilting party weekend and this is all preparation for those special 2 days.

this tin full belongs to another friend, sharyn and the following two photos are those shapes put together by the birthday girl herself, we are all enjoying the preparation.

and you all know how i often say i am spoilt, well spoilt again i was when this new book arrived in the mail for me

thank you ! thank you !

this is a lovely new book by brigitte giblin and is very inspiring, i personally love the way that so many of the quilts really showcase the fabric choices.

looking forward to making some of these

 and this

love this one

those large hexagons really showing the beautty of the fabric patterns

you see the queen was in my living room along with the other members of the royal family, and i also loved seeing the australian crews in the surf boats on the river thames ! oh how i would have loved to be in london for these last few days of celebration

when i was young !!! i used to follow the surf carnivals all round the victorian coastline, my brother was involved and many happy memories remain with me of family times and young love affairs !!!

i also want to let you know about a new business in hobart, tasmania

i recently bought some dish cloth cotton from the stash cupboard called 'sugar n cream' , i have not used it yet, but it is really beautiful cotton thread. go and take a look at what they have available ! not related to me in any way, just nice to do business with !

well away i will be to cover some more hexagons !