"Ginger Kisses!!!"

I am proudly presenting my latest finish today...

as part of the Blogger's Quilt Festival!

"Ginger Kisses" has been fifteen months

 in the making.

Yes, they are my feet!

with a variety of techniques used- 

foundation piecing, regular piecing and applique!

The obligatory 'rolled-up' shot with spotted binding!

It has so many of my favourite fabrics in it....

A sneaky look at the back...

including "Flea Market Fancy" and 

Holly Holderman's Paris Tea Party!

There's fabric from Provence, fabric from friends, 

and fabric from previous quilts....

My very own memory quilt!

The quilting is very subtle, 

which was the effect I was after....

It's not a large quilt at about 54" X 60"...

but perfect lap, and snuggling, size!

My son Ben helped me with the photos...

what a shame Blogger is not playing nicely again...

I had plenty more shots to share!

This is my entry into the 

Favourite Scrap Quilt section 

of the Blogger's Quilt Festival!

Happy days!

SUZ

The exclamation at the end of the sentence....

that's how I describe hand sewing the binding 

onto a quilt.....

It is a labour of love 

as I get up close and personal 

with the fabrics, design and stitching again!

A sneak peek of some of the quilting..

So a finish is imminent...

as I enjoy the hand stitching 

of the binding of my "Ginger Kisses"....

indeed a labour of love!

Happy sewing...

SUZ

(Blogger is not playing nice today...can't load anymore photos!)

All work and no play....

Well, I don't know about Jack 

but my life has been decidedly dull,

while my worklife threatened to take over!

So I took the opportunity last night to treat 

myself...

and do a little stitching!

I am getting closer to a finish of Ginger Kisses...

(I have spent over thirty hours quilting this so far!)

Then today I made another feather....

to go with the first...

And to finish off the weekend a family celebration for 

 Daniel's birthday!

Dan and Jenny                  MrPnP and I 

Can't imagine where those years went?

That's probably enough excitement for one weekend,

cos its back to work for me tomorrow!

Happy days!

SUZ

Plan Bee!

Well, there was no Plan A!

This, however, is the plan for my turn for the

Mid-Century Modern Bee...

a paper pieced AMH Feather!

I made one last year and loved how it looked!

And it has been on my 'to-do' list all year....

Once I had this colour palette in my mind....

but so few of the fabrics to make it with,

I decided to enlist the help of my bee buddies!

So sure I was of making this quilt, I had bought 3+ 

yards of background solid...

(but have no idea of its name/shade!)

It is somewhere between a grey and a beige.

I cut and sent a piece to all my ladies, 

with two little parcels 

taking less than four days

(Melbourne to California) 

to get there!

So now I am asking for one feather, 

foundation pieced to 

save on fabric, using this tutorial!

In fact, Linda has already made one!

Thank you Linda- its perfect!

Here's one I made earlier.....

I am really loving being the Queen Bee of May!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Remembering...

As today was Anzac Day, when we remember the 

sacrifice made by Australian and New Zealand 

servicemen and women, not just during World War 

One, but in all conflicts since that time....

I spent some of my day off, 

making my Friendship Star banner...

for the "To Boston with Love" project...

                                                               

and as a sign of friendship,

I took these scones, made my Mr PnP,

to my friends who had to work!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

A finish...

for the F-A-L!

If you follow me on Instagram,

(yes, I caved!)

you will have seen these progress shots...

Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?

I could be a while- I am a long way from finishing 

my "Ginger Kisses"!

(Although I could have started a new quilt!)

Happy days!




SUZ

Bee Happy!

I thought you might like to see what I did 

with these hexies from sometime back!

I based it on a pattern found @ Quilter's World....

I wasn't liking this green background

so I replaced it some Essex linen 

and added borders....

drafted the words on Picmonkey 

and took a screenshot....

stitched away.....

added a couple of bee buttons/charms....

Added a zip to the honeycomb backing...

And ended up with this!

May the lovely couple, Molly and Kyle, always 

"bee happy"!

Happy days!

SUZ