Launceston Downpour Tuesday 13-8 –2013

Overnight on Tuesday Launceston received over 50mm of rain.  While that is not a lot in some areas, it is very large for Launceston.  As a result of the local infrastructure unable to handle this volume Esmes Patchwork was flooded with a loss of over300 bolts of fabric. Inventory on the website will be reduced dramatically as a result of this. Please bear with us while we update the site and please don’t hesitate to contact us if you need anything.

July finishes

I have been very productive this month and finished a few projects. Above is  a cushion and pincushion made from Happy-go-lucky. The hexagons are new precuts and I have almost finished putting a small quilt together with them.

Precuts are so quick to make up. The 2 1/2" squares go together so easily and fast. The cushion below also uses these squares as well from the 3 sisters Lario range. The stitchery design is one of Helen Stubbings.

 

 

And another finish- block 2 of Chateau Hexagon.

We still have a few of these left.

And on a miserable wet Sunday I am getting some time at the machine, hopefully to finish off more projects. It would be easier if there wasn't so much new fabric coming in to tempt me!

New from my iPad

 We went to Longford this morning to take photos of some quilts in natural settings. The first quilt is one I have played with in an app that I downloaded. It is my new Tilda quilt.  The next photo is my Year quilt that I have also played with. This has been a big learning curve once again. I just hope these will now upload. Working on the iPad is still very challenging for me.

More Christmas blocks finished

My absence from blogger for a month can be explained by the photo above.

Last month my daughter introduced me to instagram. Now this has been a great experience, but it has also been consuming a lot of time. I have learned heaps and one of the best things has been learning how to make collages - as shown in the photo. I have also been learning how to download apps and how to lose all your info from your iphone! Some info has been found but a lot was lost to cyberspace never to be seen again. So I will now try and catch up with what has been happening.

 

Kim whipped up this bag really quickly last week using some Boho fabric.

Here's another photo collage from Stanley. A lovely weekend away with great weather and a climb to the top of the Nut. Great perseverance was shown and I did make it to the top!

 

The next three photos show new fabric from Lynette Anderson, Nancy Rink and treasures from Shabby Chic.

 

Now I am using my iphone so much I will try to update the blog from there in a more timely fashion.

Hexagon madness

 

It appears I have infected some of my students with the hexagon craze.

Carol is using La Belle Fleur to make her hexagons.

 

Christine has used Paris Flea Market to make this beautiful table centre.

Here's Ann working with Jubilee to make these beautiful hexagons that will soon be made into something wonderful.

 

 Donna is making great progress with her hexagons and Tilda fabric, below.

 

And Judy's Japanese fabrics seem to change shape each week.

 

Block 1 of Chateau Hexagon is finished. I did have a small hiccup with the appliqued pots.

 

 

 

This was last nights effort before the unpicking.  Too much wine at the weekend, maybe!!

 

And today I had a play with some music sheets and doileys to make some bunting.

They have been sewn together and are hanging in the shop, but I forgot to photograph them!

Next post I hope.

 

 

Finishing projects

 

Some projects take a while to get finished. This bag has been sitting around since Christmas, but I finally finished it.

 

Other  projects take only a couple of days. This wombat quilt came together very quickly and now just needs Leanne to quilt it and someone to take a quality photo to do it justice!

 

I am keeping up with my "It's time for Christmas" project. I have joined the first three blocks together in a slightly altered format. How many of you are working on this Homespun magazine quilt? And are you keeping up?

Chateau Hexagon

We love Lynettes  button clubs so much that we have signed up to participate in Chateau Hexagon. This will start very soon so email me to put your name down. These are some of fabrics we will be using and I have even made a start on the hexagons using Helen's hexies. See Lynette's tutorial on her blog, they are so easy, quick and fun.