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Making a start on getting the binding sewn on.

Thanks Cheryll for having us around again for another fun night of sewing.    Now it is time to head on over here to see what others achieved last night.  

While having one of my many breaks during this sewing on of the binding a pasta and veggie impossible pie was made for our lunches for the next couple of days.  

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My OMG(s) for June

Is to attach the binding to the quilt as well as putting the sewing machine back into the sewing room so that we can gain back our dining room and table.

Short and simple this month.   I am at the point of just wanting to get this quilt finished.  

Thanks Patty for moving us along each month.

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A Birthday Party

Chookyblue send out an email inviting us all to help her celebrate the Chookshed's 11th birthday.  I was able to drop in for a short while after doing the shopping and before heading off to a belated Mothers' Day lunch.

Janice and Mick kindly baked a birthday cake to mark the occasion. 

It is always a fun Zoom session with the Chookshed stitchers.   Thanks for getting us together Chooky.

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OMG - 13 hours later

At the beginning of the month my OMG was to get 3 more rows quilted and joined onto the 3 that had already been quilted but as you are aware from my previous post the plan changed from QAYG.

I finished pinning the quilt last Saturday afternoon and moved the sewing machine from my sewing room out onto the extended dining room table.  All ready to go.

On and off during the week time was spent at the machine and 13hours later no more pins can be seen in the quilt and the last stitch was put in late yesterday afternoon.  

So I can safely say that my OMG for this month was achieved and surpassed as the whole quilt is now quilted.  

You can see more OMG achievements for this month here.  

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FNSI

I mentioned in an earlier post during the week that I was not happy with how my QAYG was progressing.  After much debating with myself it was decided that what had been quilted so far had to come undone and so it has.   Fortunately I had only completed 3 rows but that took more time to do the unpicking than it did to quilt.  

A start was made early yesterday and I worked on it solidly for most of the day to get the rows all sewn together as well as getting it sandwiched and some pinning done.  

The plan is to get the rest pinned over the weekend.   Once that is done it is on with the quilting.    I only have a DSM so it will be rows across/down or crosshatching that will be done.    The quilt has a wool wadding in it so it is quite heavy. 

Don't forget to go over here to see more FNSI happenings.

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Rose Coloured Glasses

Is the theme for this months blog hop.   While giving this challenge some thought my eyes landed on my current glasses case which is looking like it could do with a replacement.   This then led me to grab out these fabrics from the stash

And create this

Thanks Carol for organising this hop and now it is time to hop on over to the blogs below to see more Rose Coloured Glasses projects.

 

MAY 18^TH

MooseStashQuilting

Just Because Quilts

Quilted Delights

Vroomans Quilts

Karen's Korner

Ms P Designs USA

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A bit of this and a bit of that

But not much sewing has been happening around here this past week.    I did manage to finish off two beanies

The new book club book  has been distributed.     Truganini  was one of the last native speakers of the Tasmanian languages and one of the last individuals solely of Aboriginal descent.

                                                    

Waiting at Manly to catch the ferry into the city

Front row seats on the ferry

Coming into Circular Quay.    This is one of my favourite spots in the City.   In the front of the photo the very low brick buildings at water level are some of the old wool stores and in the background you can see Crown Towers - the very tall shiny cone like shape building....such a contrast from old Sydney to the modern.   

The purpose of our trip was to visit

And see the Archibald Prize entries.    This is an annual event with the first prize given in 1921.     This year's winning entry Head in the Sky, feet on the ground  and was interesting from the point of view that it was made up of  oil, found textiles and embroidery on canvas.

While at the Art Gallery we did go and see the Sydney Modern Art Project which is a new section alongside the original gallery.     There are several exibitions but the main one that I was interested in seeing was the one in the underground former wartime oil bunker.     This exibition is almost completely in the dark.   It does have some moving lights that are up very high that move randomly around the bunker seeking, locating and following their own paths and patterns.    The sculptures are described as "traumatised objects" and you have to agree.   I tried taking one photo to see how it came out but it was not really successful as you could not use a flash.   You can read more about here.

Another interesting exhibition on the roof top was called "Walking Men".      

We thoroughly enjoyed our day at both galleries.   

Back to my quilt - which is not really going to my liking so I see some unpicking in my near future and a re-think of how to quilt it.    More on that later.

Time to go and have a coffee and then pack some things to do at quilting group this afternoon.   It will not be unpicking.   

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