Fig 'n' Berry Creations

A night stitching...

Lovely night stitching up at Mrs. Martin's Quilt Shop last night.  It is always a lot of laughs.  Especially good after another week of us all being sick with the flu - first Emma, then me and now Paul.  I think just need to keep her home and locked up for the next few years!!! Anyway, the doctor assures me it is good that she is picking up things now and building up her immune system - I should ring him in the middle of the night to come and deal with an upset baby!!  She and I are over the worst of it now thank goodness. 

We will have a quiet few weeks now so that we are ready for our trip up to Warracknabeal where i will be teaching for the weekend.  I am really looking forward to it.  The projects have arrived up at Quilters Harvest and Shirley and Del are busy making up kits and goodie bags for the ladies who are attending - very exciting...

Back to the quilting machine today - I have a beautiful teddy bear quilt to quilt in gorgeous country fabrics and then a baltimore to start on.  Somebody has just woken up and will want their breakfast...happy stitching...

A day of finishing off...

What a beautiful (very full) day.  It all started off early this morning while the little miss was still fast asleep in  her bed.  I finished a quilt and then i got stuck in to finishing my christmas block of the month - and it is finished (hooray) apart from the outside border which i will need to buy tomorrow.  As is often the case the fabric that i thought would look perfect for the border when i was making the quilt does nothing for it now that it is finished - so it has changed from a green border to pink!!! 

Then we went off for a lovely drive up the dandenongs for devonshire tea with my dad and then off to Cloudehill so Emma could run and run and then run some more... needless to say we ended up with one very tired little girl.  Then we came home and i have just got back from dinner with the mothers group girls - thai - very nice and printed off a few pattern orders to go off tomorrow and here i am - the end of another lovely weekend...

cottage garden threads - ric rac

 

This is a pic of part of a block of my new 'Cottage Garden' quilt.  I am loving using Cottage Garden Threads ric rac, the varigation is beautiful and just gives a different dimension to the quilt.  The fabric'Pom Pom' by French General is also gorgeous - I can't get enough of it at the moment.  Anyway, only two more blocks to do and this quilt is finished - hooray, will be just in time for the trade show. 

Have also got through lots more quilting...I have had a lot of really different quilts come in lately - lots using Batiks's - very nice.

Also, something cute .... Emma - I LOVE my little girl.  We are off to Gymbaroo tomorrow and then a trip up to Mrs Martin's new quilt shop - lovely.

 

Very productive weekend and fathers day...

I hope that everybody  had a wonderful fathers day, we had a fantastic day (actually a fantastic weekend all round).  I had my dad up for a yummy lunch and a lot of laughs watching Emma, she is very entertaining - who needs tv when you have a 17 month old...  It has been amazing weather this weekend so we managed to go for a drive and get in lots of walking - lovely.

I also managed to finish the stitching and applique on my projects for the Quilters Harvest retreat up at Warracknabeal, all that is left to do now is construct them.  Would be nice to wave a magical wand and have the three projects constructed and the patterns written!!!  Unfortunately I will not be able to show you the projects until after the weekend as they have to remain secret for the lovely ladies who are attending.  I am really looking forward to teaching at this workshop and hopefully I will get to meet a few of you...I think there may still be a few spaces available if you would like to come along for a few laughs, yummy food (and a bit of stitching) - you know how these things go...