Catching up

I have been quiet but not idle.

Let me take you back a month or two.

In July I celebrated a birthday. The girls gave me some lovely gifts, including a pair of china tea cups, oven mitts, fabric and my own 15" ruler ...

… plus a pair of Gail Pan designed pincushions from Anne and some checked charm squares from Barbara in Malaysia.

In early August I participated in a QAYG workshop. Still a WIP and sewing down the sashing strips to hide the joins at the back. I intend to add a border just to make it a little bigger.

In August we also enjoyed our annual sewing week end in Sorrento. 

On the way we stopped at the new Treehouse Textiles shop in Mornington. 

As in past years on our Sorrento week end, we were spoilt with good food,

and lots of lovely projects on the go.

I worked on my Tea Leaf quilt which has been a WIP since I started it on an overseas trip in 2007. Here it is on the design wall during lunch preparations

I am very pleased to say that the top is finished and has been delivered to Christine for quilting. 396  31/4" finished blocks, each with a hand appliquéd tea leaf. So, so pleased to have this one almost finished for my daughter and to have chosen the binding too. This quilt is based on the pattern "Tea Leaf" from the book "More Quilts from The Quilt Makers Gift"

As a group we did some secret sewing for Annie's special birthday.  We each made four blocks and with a few secret sewing sessions we made this little quilt that we presented to her on the week end.

And I have made a start on my "Shirt Project" that began at our last Mill Rose day. I have chosen my "one other" fabric which has a pattern of hand written text, just to change the rhythm of the project. I just want to have a bit of fun with this one.