New art quilt

I am making another tree quilt. Yes another :). I finished three Story of my life for the parents for Christmas and this baby quilt....

Having a baby quilt ready to go in my Etsy site. So now some fun. These leaves are being sewn on wash a way and I am going for an Autumnal colour, hoping it doesn't make a mess really :) I am using many different hues of green, this is the start. 

My garden is slowly growing

Tomatoes have gone crazy, which is great as the best tomato sauce is made with home grown tomatoes mmmmmm. 

Christmas was lovely and busy and I made too many cinnamon rolls so I had parties so that other people would eat the cinnamon rolls :) the problem is I really want to keep them and eat them all myself!!:) they are divine. 

I am now doing the Hasfit workouts everyday to combat the cinnamon rolls :) that way I can keep eating them right?:)

Jane

A New Direction

So I had some very fun paper that I had bought a while ago and I thought, better use it..... Sooooo came up with this idea :). The last picture is of real life people! Shock horror!! :) once I had made the first one I trout it would work great as a collage for family photos, so I made another for a friend and I think it turned out quite well. I am going to add this idea to my etsy store. 

Talking about etsy .... I want to get bigger with my garden, but seeds and seedlings cost too much and it makes having the garden more expensive than buying vegetables :) I was reading another blog and they had the same problem and they found bulk seeds on etsy! I never would have looked there, and I'm so glad I did. They are so cheap and full of cool varieties. I am going to use All about seeds and I'm most excited about buying lavender plants and starting my own lavender plantation hehehe 

If I can grow enough, a small stall at my local market will soon be buying my produce :) I think most people would love a lavender plant don't you think?:) and I can imagine ask walk up to my door, lavender all the way along and smelling divine :) ahhhh now that's relaxing, which is what I need with school holidays happening:). 

Jane 

Trees and school holiday

I finished the mosaic tree art quilt. I love it and had so much fun doing this one!!:) I am hoping to sell it on etsy for $1000,000 hehehhe. Well I think it's worth it. Imagine the sewing machine I could buy for that!! :) 

So I want a new sewing machine. I do believe I can hear my poor little sewing machine slowly dying. I can hear it slowing down bit by bit. So I am saving my money for a really great sewing machine. I am going to get a Janome horizon. Once school is back, I am hitting sewing shops and test driving that thing and seeing if it is any good. I will try other machines too, fun fun fun!:). 

School holidays are going a bit better than I thought. One more week left and I intend to keep them busy. We have been to the beach and swimming so much I still have water in my ears :) movies and friends over have helped with the arguing too. I am feeling good about myself that I only lost it about twice hehehhe, it's the arguing that does my head in!!!

Here's my future sewing machine

So now I have begun on a bed quilt for my bed, this will take me a while and I need to work out how long it actually takes me, as that's handy for future clients I think :)

Gorgeous colours aren't they!! Love them and I can't wait to see it all together.

Just read notorious nineteen by Janet Evanovich, I used to love these books, but his one I didn't enjoy so much. I know she has a few more, I am debating whether to try another. Such deep decisions!!! 

And talking about deep stuff.... Tv has come back from their break, and castle is a bigggg disappointment. Castle already gets you to suspend all reality, but it does help to at least have some semblance of a storyline!!. Anyone else seen the latest episode? It took me all afternoon to watch it due to school holidays hehehehehe

Now off to make dinner, I am getting my kids more involved in cooking, so my oldest is going to make dinner with my assistance :) burritos should be a good start :).

Jane

Japan trip

My husband just got back from Japan and got me some cool yummy chocolates mmmmmm 

So I will try the chocolates and let you know how the green tea kit Kat tastes :) hehehe 

Also working in this.....

So this is trying to look like a stained glass window :) it is so much fun to paint again after such a big break while making other quilts. I am loving blending and getting different hues to each colour. So fun.

Last week of school, I am going to enjoy the holidays, I have been sooooo busy these last few months. So will be looking forward to taking things a bit slower. Off to look at awesome photos of Japan and cool GoPro videos :) oh and eat chocolates :).

Jane

Wakfu Done

This quilt is Done! nice and fast :) Now on his bed and he is real happy :)

Now I can keep going on my next project, tree mosaic thingy :) lots of colour and lots of blending hopefully :) If it all works out.

Bought another ebook! I was such a staunch real book person, but it is so cool to have a book on my ipad and I don't have to wait for it to come out in Australia :) It's a Ben Elton book called Time and Time again. It's about.... time travel :) and I am totally absorbed :) Need to get audio books so I can listen AND paint, bliss :)

It's rained here, which is great for the drought, but not great for our plans to go to Kondalilla Falls, oh well another time. It is so gorgeous up there. More time to paint at least.

Jane

Fabric

Okay, I forgot to let you know that when my daughter won her category, she won $200 worth of fabric from a shop called Voodoo Rabbit. I think that is a generous prize and I love this fabric!!! I mounted some of the fabric on canvas and made pillows and will make her a backpack out of it. With the leftovers :) I will make a quilt mmmmmmmmm cannot wait :). Have a look at the delectable goodies.....

The girls are done by J Wecker Fisch and they are called Handmaids for Quilting treasures. Just gorgeous. The day of the dead fabric is byBaile de calaveras, which I think is the month ofmay and the date of the actual day of the dead which I can't remember :) De Leon design group for Alexander Henry, just stunning too, they have pictures of Frida on them as well. The butterfly design is by Tim Holtz! It is called Eclectic elements and butterflight, that is yummy edible fabric!!

Canvas Wall hanging

Gorgeous pillow, same ladies as above

Another gorgeous wall hanging

Day of the dead fabric

This is part of the Handmaids collection, so original!

Same collection,

Cute pillow

Decided to make a ipad case for my daughter with the day of the dead skulls and inside with the TIm  Holtz butterflight fabric

I need to get some clips for the flap

Can you see Frida?

Each part is so cool!

The handmaids again, so cool

Matching... yum

Day of the dead skulls, haven't even used this fabric yet!

Handmaids again, this is so unique

Close up

Funky skulls

Tim Holtz Butterflight

Well that was fun :) I convince myself that I have enough fabric and I don't need to buy any more :) then I see wonderful fabric like this and well, you want it allllll. The shop Voodoo Rabbit is amazing and I could have spent my savings in there :) and totally worth it too! :) I will be happy to play with the bundle for a while and make something cool out of it all.

In the meantime, went up to Mount Cootha tonight and it was so gorgeous up there. I am a quilters pleasure on instgram where i posted a photo. You just want to live up there :)

I have been reading a series of books on an English village written by Rebecca Shaw and they are cute and a good storyline. It's nice to read something without a lot of violence. When I read Lee Child, it is confronting and in your face. That is what is good about it, but it's nice to have a break from that :).

Loving The 100 Still, great show and can't wait for each new episode. What are you enjoying watching?
Jane