Quilting Frame

This is the quilting frame my dear Dad and hubby made, I bought the instructions from a guy in USA and my hubby used his tremendous welding skills to make the frame and Dad used his excellent woodworking skills to make the carriage and such. The total cost of the frame was less than $300 so a bargain in my books. It works like a charm!

The photo below it is the first completed quilt I did on this frame, my gorgeous sister Inge pictured with me pieced it for our niece Georgia's Xmas present.  

Building Houses From Scraps - English Paper Piecing

This another english paper piecing project I am working on, it was actually inspired by another blogger Jeanneke from The Netherlands, link is here. Those houses were much smaller than these are and are foundation pieced I believe rather than english paper pieced. My sister Inge and I came across this blog one very late night when she was visiting with me and we thought what a fantastic project for our quilting group to do. So we bought the pattern from Jeanneke and tweaked it to the size we thought manageable for EPP and started to sew. On our next quilting weekend we put it to the girls as an idea for a fundraising project and they all agreed to take on the challenge. So the aim is for each of us ten ladies to make 12 houses, one a month was seen as achievable and then sew it all together and make a divine quilt to raffle to raise money for our Day Oncology Unit where three of us work as chemo nurses.

So i started and I literally can't stop. I completed my 12 in a very short period and have now sewn 55 more to date, with five more to sew to complete my own wall hanging for my sewing room. For some in the group it has been a challenge, some have pooled their strengths and are working on it together and others have also become addicted which I do so love! Inge, my dear sister is just as obsessed as myself and she too is making her own.

So I will post the completed project when its done and keep you updated.

English Paper Piecing - 8 Point Star Quilt

As I mentioned in a previous post I have become quite addicted to english paper piecing and have many projects on the go at the moment. My 8 point star quilt is coming along nicely, I just love the colours in this quilt, its very me. So many people cant understand my obsession, they think I am quite crazy really. I however feel sad that they havent experienced that calm, in the zone, sedate feeling you get when you dig into your bag and take out your little EPP kit and commence sewing. I actually embrace waiting rooms, train rides, being a passenger in the car etc as these are perfect opportunities to progress on my so called crazy projects! Does anyone get what I am saying?

Xmas Stockings all in a row

On our quilting groups second quilting weekend my sister and I decided to do a tutorial each for the girls. It was a fun afternoon, my sister Inge taught us all to make these gorgeous xmas stockings out of op shop acquired denim jeans from this tutorial here. So from the one pair of jeans we each made one Xmas stocking and an apron as shown in a previous blog post.