Our Tassie Trek....

If you are looking for quilty, crafty photos, I am 

having a break....

My hand piecing while on holiday...

but if you want a look at beautiful Tassie,

the photos are here!

The Nut at Stanley

A view of Stanley from the chairlift

 Some scenes from the film

 "Light between the Oceans" were filmed in Stanley.

The end of the tulips at Wynyard

The Big Penguin at Penguin

Cradle Mountain Lodge - the view from our room

Dove Lake with Cradle Mountain behind

Waldheim Chalet

I love this saying....

Pencil Pine Falls

The Old mill at Oatlands

One of the many murals at Sheffield

More soon....

SUZ

Dreamer Catcher

A few months ago I was lucky enough to win a half 

day workshop at Amitie....

with the aim to make this quilt by Michelle 

Mackillop.

I even got to sew on a wonderful old Featherweight 

machine!

So for the last few months I have continued piecing 

the background...

lots of nine patch blocks...

These were then cut into four,

to make a disappearing nine patch...

then sewn back together,

until I had this!

I finally had the opportunity to go back for 

another session...

preparing my circles and leaves (feathers?) in the 

meantime.

I foundation paper pieced these two sections....

but I am not happy with them.

So I have decided to hand piece them,

the perfect project for my upcoming Tassie Trek!

I'm using my recently acquired Cotton & Steel stash!

This pattern has not been released yet, but I will let 

you know if it is!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Hoping to Finish...

these projects for the 4th quarter of the Finish-Along!

1. My Chuck Nohara blocks have almost run their course, 

 and interest is waning....

So I hope to have this together by the end of the 

year....

2. My "Oh Christmas Tree" quilt...

which is only at this stage.

3.  My Spelling Bee quilt....

that needs quilting

4. And my newest 'start'...

Not my quilt, just what I am working towards!

a Dream Catcher quilt with lots of hand piecing and 

applique!

Linking up with the finish-along again!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

A Follow-up...

As a thank you to Rose for all the Cotton and Steele 

fabric and blocks she sent me,

 I decided the Lola pouch 

would make a nice gift...

Some Jane Sassaman for the outer and Lighthearted 

for the binding?

The Lola is my 'go to' pouch pattern!

It goes together so easily,

with everything well explained!

I was glad I remembered I had these leather 

tassels;

they do add a certain 'finish' to the whole thing!

 I have also wanted to make one of these....

for ages!

It is from "Patchwork Please" a very popular book 

from a few years ago!

And then I remembered I had a half-finished 

mug rug 

that was a perfect match!

I hope Rose drinks tea!

They are now living in the US, so I can share them 

with you !

I hope you love them Rose.

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Finished....AGAIN!

Long time followers of my blog will probably 

recognise this quilt....

In fact it is one of my most 'pinned' quilts

 of all time!

Who knows why?

  

I pieced it and quilted it a LONG time ago!

Where I got the pattern!

But for some reason, the quilting was horrid and

even worse after the quilt was washed! 

Horrid!!!

So I unpicked all those stitches, and banished it to 

the back of the cupboard!

This week I gathered up my courage and decided it 

could not languish there any longer!

It's still not perfect but at least its finished....

again!

I chose to machine the binding, just so I could be 


done!

As they say, better finished than perfect!

Now I can move on to something else,

which is always a good thing!

linking up with Fabric Tuesday

Happy sewing!


SUZ