One day soon....

I'm going to finish my Jacobean quilt - I managed to finish the blocks and then became distracted for well over a year. Now I'm back on track, progressively completing the border. I'm hoping to have it quilted in August, so I'd better get a move on!

Magic woodwork

I have the most amazing husband - he is a very talented woordworker when he gets a chance - he makes these sewing boxes, which are a reproduction on a old design he was shown. He also creates stunning jewellery boxes and wood turned items. Occasionally, he sells them when he runs out of room.

Dyeing play

I managed to spend a couple of days dyeing recently - it is something I enjoy doing, but full time work has limited my chances severely! I decided to play with some bright colours and then tray dyed this cheerful piece - what do you think?

Music quilt

Two of my children were fortunate enough to be taught by a fantastic keyboard teacher named Dianna. To thank her for her outstanding teaching and calm, gentle manner, I made this music quilt for her. She seemed to really love it, which is the best reaction you could hope for!

Photography at Montsalvat

Last weekend I attended a portrait photography workshop at Montsalvat, east of Melbourne. I love taking photos, but don't have a huge amount of confidence with taking portraits. I also had never got around to using my camera on manual controls, due to always being in a hurry to grab the shot, probably!





Well, I learnt a hell of a lot, and now need to play a little to see what I can do on my own! The first portrait shot was taken during the workshop - the second one was me playing with a vaguely willing subject the following day!

'Garden Song'

I've just finished this quilt and enjoyed creating it. I donated it to my sons' secondary school to help raise funds at the Christmas in July night held recently.
I had help from fellow Squilters regarding what to include on the label.

Lani's quilt

I really enjoyed making this quilt for my beautiful girl. I used a pattern, from a magazine, but substituted some of our own designs so the quilt would reflect her favourite interests or activities. One of the blocks even contains a drawing Alana created using fabric crayons.

Welcome! Ths is a totally new experience for me, one which I'm sure I'm going to love!

It's autumn here, and most of the leaves have fallen. We spent some time last weekend attacking each other with leaves - as you can see, we had a great time!
Our two youngest loved climbing the big oak trees and collected some acorns to plant - knowing Liam, they will flourish, and hopefully he can use them for bonsai in a few years.