Simon, Swampy & Hexagons

Laurie Ann asked to see Simon, Quilt Tester and potential Rug Chewer. Here he is (the beagle) with Swampy. He is also in the August archives.

It is very windy here today. I tried to take a photo of the wind, but it isn't an easy thing to photograph! It's going woooo woooo, the leaves are thrashing around, the sea looks rough, and for some quilt content - the blocks were starting to fly off the design wall til I shut the window. The Japanese quilt is still up there - I have 6 of the 10 rows squared up and sewn together. Nearly there.

I have to confess that I am starting to think about hexagons. I would say I'm not one for hand piecing - too slow - but then I think maybe I should have a project that I can do by hand. In front of the TV, on the ferry maybe. I gave paper piecing a go with this, but the thought of setting in the extra pieces and the time factor... I suppose I could start, and then see how it goes. I can always stop when I've had enough. I saw a photo of a quilt in a mag the other day that was a medallion-style which had one of the rows/borders made out of hexagons. I googled paper hexagon template and found a page you can print off and cut up for the papers.

There I've almost talked myself into that haven't I? It seems that a lot of quilters have 1 hand pieced project on the go. Any thoughts?

Finished the Rug

I was awake early this morning, which is not like me at all, so I went to the Lamb Island Craft Group which meets once a week, on a day that seems to change fairly often. There were 7 of us there today, with people doing whatever they feel like. It is really a bit of a chance for people to talk I think, which is nice. So I took my rug along and finished it. Sadly I started the middle coloured bit more than halfway through the blue, so it is asymetrical, but I'll get over it. Here it is in its place in front of the kitchen sink. I am a bit worried that Simon will chew on it one night when I am not at home. We'll see how long it lasts.

I probably should have washed up first!

Twice in One Day?

Well it will be if I get this post finished before midnight. Soon I will be like May Britt posting 4 times a day LOL!!

Thanks for your encouraging comments about the sewing room organisation. I still can not start anything until it is all done, and the other 2 quilts ready to go.

Except maybe this crochet rag rug, because it isn't quilting... I'm really impressed with the outcome. I have always been a crocheter, preferring the instant gratification of crochet, that in my experience, doesn't come from knitting! I had this 10.00mm hook (it is an N) so I had a go. The navy is linen, which I will now put on the other end as well. The bits in the middle are from the scrap boxes. The rug will be a rectangle which will go on the timber floor in front of the kitchen sink. I want to make some more, but where will I put them? I'm not big on mats generally. Bathmat? Would take ages to dry. Placemats? Maybe. Pot holders? Mat to put hot dishes on? Hmmm.

Oh well, the plotting and planning keeps me off the streets! I am moving departments at work at the end of this month - I am going to work in the Emergency Dept. So, my rostering arrangements are changing, and not for the better. Where I am now I go to a different ward each night, and I pretty well have a set roster. This will not be the case in ED. The roster came out and of course I am working the night before the next quilt group meeting, which will be my first one. So I figure 'in for a penny, in for a pound' and have asked for the day off even though I haven't even started there yet - bit cheeky. The boss rang me today and said it was ok, so I am pleased. I want to go while I am still inspired.

The Fairybread mystery has been solved I see. I plan to put a little pic of it up as my ID photo.