Experienced Craft Hepburn Style.

Yesterday was the first Daylesford Craft Experience get together. Merrilyn and Zoe organised a fabulous day at the Peppers Resort in Hepburn.

We were all given a goodie bag with heaps of patterns, several of which were designed exclusively for the day. We were also given some fabric, thread and a needle so we could get stuck in with pointers from the designers themselves.

This is a lovely stitchery by Melly of Melly & Me.

This is my attempt below. Still a bit to do but my stitches are becoming more even and consistent.

Ric Rac wonder Jodie showed off how to use her Gocco machine. My god that woman can design! She is just one of those people that is a pleasure to be around. Maybe I see similar naughtiness in her as I have in me.....

My mini quilt postcard went into a basket along with everyone elses and we all chose one to take I home.

I received Michelle's great postcard, which I love. It's going straight to the sewing studio!

Michelle makes amazing dolls. Her 'show and tell' mermaid was freakin cool!!! I should have taken a picture.

I'm looking forward to sewing the Choc-pop quilt over the next week.

I've also made lots of progress with the quilting on the purple wonder. In fact the machine quilting is done, I just need to do some hand quilting. I can't wait for the big reveal.

Abbe x

Trackies, chocolate and a quilt = The Good Life

That's my night tonight. I have the very sloppy trackies on, I have some choccy in the cupboard waiting for munch time and a quilt to be quilted. Not a bad night indeed.

I got home to a very chilly house this afternoon so I got the fire going and headed upstairs to the 'sewing studio' which is also the warmest room in the house. This Chocolate Lollipop, Anna Maria Horner fabric has been stashed for a few years. I finally decided on the right design and spent the whole arvo cutting out. The photo is average but I love how it is turning out. It's so wonderful when a plan comes to fruition.

This is my next installment for the 1st Wed Block Swap. Megan wanted pink hearts on 16.5" calico blocks. I'm happy with how this turned out. I did blanket stitch around the raw edge. Hope she likes it...

And this little baby is the smallest quilt in the world!

Okay, so that might not be true. It is however, the smallest one that I have ever made. I am going to this wonderful event in Hepburn, Victoria tomorrow and we had to stitch something on a fabric postcard. Since I'm a quilter rather than a stitcher, I decided to make a quilt. I actually machine pieced it without using a foundation. I may have said one or two swear words in the process...

I did manage to stitch my name and I think it's readable.

Time for that chocolate and a cuppa.

Ab