I adore Fridays - they are full to the brim with kate-things, a prelude to lazy weekends, buy flowers for the house day, catch up with the daughter day, and first Friday of the month is pamper day (a Christmas gift to myself) for a manicure and pedi once a month - bliss bliss heaven and bliss and some nicely dressed fingers and toes!
LAST Friday was even better than most because it also included a trip to Avalon Quilters Exhibition to view the antique American quilts, enjoy lunch with a great girlfriend at The Armchair Collective at Mona Vale beach, a wee bit of homewares shopping, then a speedy trip to the lovely quilt shop in Warriewood, Cottage Quiltworks. Despite the torrential rain we managed the navigate to the northern beaches, broke two umbrellas in the roaring winds, got drenched several times going from car to wherever and had a really fun time.
Badkate took a few photos of the antique quilts before I saw a sign asking visitors not to ...why is that??? The quilts were from collections owned by well know Aussie quilt historian Annette Gero and Trish Bloomfield.
As always click the pic to embiggen.
Gor-jus triple line quilting c1840
Funny tiny berries and a crinkly ruched viney bias stem also c 1840
Who says flower centres must be symmetrical?
Totally drooly string pieced organised chaos stars c1900
We also sketched up a block layout for a new project for Ms B from a lovely old "cross and crown" quilt with leetle 8 point stars which we think would be 1.5 to 1.75" along the side of the diamond. Tiny stars are just so nice don't you think??
An antique (circa 1890-1920) indigo quilt top stuck to our fingers and made it home...don't scream we plan to cannibalise it for its fabrics split the loot and repurpose it...in its current incarnation it is totally ugly, but was a bargain price and we both need true indigos to repair or finish other antique quilts in our collections.
What news on the quilting front? A program has been mapped out on the calendar for my quilting project and I'm pretty confident I can fulfil the requirements to have Miss Jane quilted by June 3... The centre is almost completed ....
I often have a few needles going at once when I quilt - do you?
a wee little bird, now with wing
..hearts, hearts and more hearts...
...and I have started on the 20 blocks which surround the central medallion. I have then allowed to complete 3 blocks per week, 2 weeks to quilt the chintz border and 5 weeks to quilt the outermost border, bind and do the hanging sleeve!! Easy! Already ahead of schedule.
the back...
..still scope to do more but I can go back if there's time..
Hope you are filling your days with fun (and quilts)
xx
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11 comments:
Love all the pics...with the rotten weather we did not make it to the exhibition, so I was pleased to see your sneaky pics. I don't know why photography is forbidden... At Houston everyone was happy for pics to be taken of the antiques. Love all your projects as always...I need to shrug off my current fuzziness and get stitching!
Gorgeous weekend, gorgeous quilts - thank you (why no photos one has to ask???), and gorgeous hand quilting by yourself!
Was hoping someone might have taken pics of that show at Avalon - just couldn't face the two hour plus drive to see it in that weather! So thanks for the glimpses :)
Love your quilting - going to be wonderful!
oh beautiful pictures, love the quilting and then the flower center just perfect and don't you wish you had a bolt of that green I do!
good luck with the hand quilting I know you can do it
love that bird! and the center....wow
Kathie
Your plan sounds like it will work, but your fingers might be down to the bone! Like you, I do sometimes use multiple needles, especially when I get close to the hoop and don't want to end the thread. Keep working!
What a fun post! I loved the poster. have a T-shirt that says don't drink and quilt with a block with a mistake, lol!
Your quilting is looking beautiful.
Sorry to hear about your week at work, but you cracked me up with the resignation draft. ha ha
Sounds like you have a great plan for the quilting, it's gorgeous so far. Love the note at the bottom, I could send that a few times myself!
I'm glad you were bad :0) I loved your pictures from the exhibit! Triple lines of quilting with feathers ... so very marvellous! Your quilting is looking lovely!
I really wanted to go to the exhibition but it was too far in the extreme weather. Great going on the quilting, especially since you work at a day job. I'm going for the same goal, June 3rd on one of my quilts.
You are really going to town on the quilting! Its looking great.
I guess the girls didn't want you taking photos in case they are going to design them and market patterns. It seems some can be awfully protective!!
I hope your work week has been better.
I still can't get over how lovely Miss Jane looks in the flesh! Great to meet you at the shop last weekend and good luck with the deadline. As a fellow corporate slogger I tell myself that the constraints of the day job make my quilting time even sweeter....Vicki
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