After having the pieces cut out and ready for assembly for nearly a year I finally finished sewing together my patchwork quilt.  The pattern is based on a pattern I picked up at Addicted to Fabric; I just picked the fabrics and away I went.

Shame it’s taken me so long to put it all together.  I had purchased all the equipment to hand quilt it, but after I finished pinning it all I decided it was way too hard to hand sew as my first quilt.  (It measures 210cm x 210cm)

So I’ve decided to send it to Altogether Quilting to let them do the actual quilting for me.  I’ve made the back pieces and I’ve got all the batting, so it should be a walk for them to do it on their machine.

While I was back in Addicted to Fabric buying the finishing touches for my quilt I took the plunge and signed up for the Prints Charming book launch and stitching session.  I’m so excited to be going. (There’s even Prints Charming fabric in my quilt top!)  I can’t wait to meet these talented ladies in person and see what wonderful stitching treats they’ll be bringing with them.

I’ve been working on a little something for the Rainbow of Stitches competition that’s being run over on Feeling Stitchy. I’m under no misconception that I’ll stand a chance at winning, but I’m loving the challenge that working in only one colour is giving me.  I also love this old school vintage design which I found over on Stitchy Britches.

I’ve been playing with different thickness (number of strands) thread.  Trying to give the piece a little depth through the lines.  I’m not going to go nuts with the stitching – plenty of back stitching.  I’m hoping it turns out well, but it’s all about the journey at this stage.

I’m hoping to have this design finished and posted in the flickr pool by the end of today, so if I want to hit that goal I need to get off the internet and stop drooling over the other Creative Spaces on Kootoyoo.  But you can still keep looking – so go, check it out!

Today’s creative space is rather similiar to last weeks only on a bigger scale.  I’m currently embroidering this image from Andrea over at BadBirds.  I was originally intending to do it all in red, but then I started and for some reason I picked other colours.  (I did chuckle that the colour I originally planned to use is number #666 from DMC.  It’s the red in this photo.)  I’m hoping to have it finished this week before I head back to work next week.

To add to the wonderful experience I’m having with stitching at the moment my little present from Etsy turned up today…

I purchased it from Namolio and it’s just as divine in person as it is in that photo.  I’m not sure I’ll be able to bring myself to actually use it, it’s just too wonderful.

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Today has been a hive of activity.  Inspired by the woman at Brown Owls I’ve started on my Ginger Beer Plant.  I’m following the very helpful instructions posted over at Meet Me At Mikes.  It’s kind of an interesting looking mixture.  It reminds me of the fluid that we put in the fly trap for the backyard.  The smell is rather potent as well.  I’m crossing my fingers and hoping that at the end of this adventure I’ll have twelve liters of drinkable fluid and not just something to pour over the plants.

I also got out the CWA’s cookbook and made some chocolate biscuits.  I just love and adore chocolate so I couldn’t resist getting this close up shot of the milk chocolate melts.  The biscuits were baked and ready in under an hour.  They’re not bad, but a little dry.  I’m going to make some ANZAC biscuits tomorrow.  I’ve been craving them for the past couple of days, I’m hoping they’ll be a little better than today’s batch.

I’ve also been working on my Dolly Donation.  I’ve finished the girl and I’m half way through finishing the boy.  Hopefully they’ll be done by Monday and I can put them in the post.

Today I’ve spent a lot of time amusing myself and avoiding the chores.  That’s going to have to change for tomorrow…

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