Journal · page 30

The Church

And a quilting we shall go

It is hard to say how much more quilting I have to do on the Dredger Quilt, perhaps 1/4 maybe less. It depends how much quilting I do in the trusses. This is where I was at last…

Impeller

Ah, so the brain is starting to wander onto new creations… even though I have not finished the dredger quilt, not by a long shot. Behold, a germ of an idea for a new piece

Next Knitting Project

I have borrowed this book from Dianne at Spinners and Handweavers.

When only stippling will do

This photo doesn’t show my quilting very well, but I decided to use medium stipple as a background for the branches. I will outline the branches in a darker colour and I will…

The Dreaded Dredger

Not the effect I was looking for. I found this quilting too dense and it distracted attention away from the branches. So I spent a good hour unpicking. Next Quilting Move: I’m…

Pot 'o' pencils

My pencils live in this Raku fired pot (which I made!) I received the pencils as a Christmas present from my mother, I think I was 15. My mother moved away when I was three and my…

It got me

I ran but I couldn’t hide. I got the cold 🙁 I am also officially sick of seeing the dredger quilt on my blog day after day so I present to an ultra close up of my florabunda…

Are you sick of the dredger quilt yet?

The real quilting has commenced – this is the river diversion section Morwell River has recently been diverted for the 5th time for the continuing expansion of Hazelwood Coal…

Hello There!

Taken before I got into the groove. I’ve used light blue taylors chalk to mark guide lines on my quilt… could be a mistake considering I don’t intend to wash it. I tried the soap…

I Should be out of my PJs and Ready for Work

So this will be a quick post I started quilting the Big Dredger Quilt: The start of stitching As I mentioned yesterday, I needed to take the step of setting up my sewing machine…