~Diamonds at Large Delivered......A Family Affair~

Here is the label for my Diamonds at Large Quilt finally delivered to my Brother

What a surprise he received and showed it off as soon as he opened it

We then headed outside and did some posing with it

I hope this quilt will give him some warmth when needed

I put a whole lot of love in it so hopefully it will come out!!!

I had one of those quilts from Homespun magazine and thought I would give it to my Sister Brigita

she was tickled pink!!!

Caught up with my Niece Hailey

Who said our hair can't be the same colour LOL!!!

 My Nephew/Godson Brendan was at home this weekend (mostly)

And I got some cuddles from my cute little Great Nephew Connor as well!!!

A great family weekend!!!

Hope we can all catch up again!!!

OPAM (One Project A Month) May......Diamonds at LARGE

Boy how excited I am to have finished Diamonds at Large for this month's OPAM!!!!!!!

Just before Sunset on Saturday afternoon I thought let's go down the beach to see what colours were happening there for sundown and do a photoshoot of this very special Quilt!!!!!

And the big unroll............

had to get the photo on the side due to the wind flapping around

and then wrap around me

then off it's to around the corner to lay it upon some rocks there

and zoom in and all these birds are there going home for dinner

Mr Armchair trying to straighten it up

and success woo hooooo!!!!!!!!

But not for long as lucky there was a little branch nearby to hold it down........

the back

by this time JoJo (Yellow Wiggle today) was quite cold and she scored the quilt around her

A quick selfie

Back from around the corner and there's a lone fisherman casting his line

the light was just lovely

and just one more time

before we headed back home!!!!

Diamonds at Large is for my dear Brother who has very challenging health problems and I am just so excited to gift it to him especially as I bought this fabric for me as I loved it so much......
It just feels so right!!!!

Quilt Name:  Diamonds at Large      

  Designers:   Pam & Nicky Lintott

          Size:    45in x 60in
       Fabric:    Collections for a Cause.....
                          Hope by Howard Marcus

    Backing:    Vintage Rose by Nancy Odom for P & B Textiles

    Threads:     Scanfil 100% Organic cotton for Quilt Top

                       Mettler Quilting 100% cotton Col Nat 4 for backing
                       Stitch:     4.5 on Bernina Aurora 440
Quilted by Me......Dzintra, Queen of the Armchair

and thank you Rachaeldaisy for the suggestion of quilting about an inch out from the Diamond

And Thank You Sweet Peg and Kris for running OPAM for us to finish off One Project A Month!!!

~Celebrating The Chookshed~

Over the weekend my Blogging Buddy Chooky celebrated 2 years in her 'Chookshed'

She invited Bloggers to join in on the celebrations by virtually sewing solo or with friends

I jumped at the chance and thought I would work on my Diamonds at Large quilt

Details of this quilt are over here

A Layer Cake was used for this

The border is also cut up Layer Cake

as is the binding 

A lovely quilt to put together!

I also managed to finish off this little Sewing Wallet

This celebration also offered bubbly (make mine pink) and nibbles

How could I refuse????

Happy Birthday dear Chookyblue and here's to many more celebrations of The Chookshed!!!

Chooky has a poll on her blog if anyone would to check it out

It's about whether she should hold this celebration again!!!

~A little R & R......a gift and Chookyblue's 2 year celebration~

Whilst on a bit of R & R from caring everyday for JoJo and healing I met up with Asta

While waiting for her as dusk was approaching this was my view

how pretty the Clyde River looked with lovely pinks coming in for sunset

And look how lovely is this little belated birthday gift from her

A gorgeous thread holder.....a lovely repro fat 1/4......a notebook and floral tissues!!!

Thank you so much Asta.......I love it all!!!

This weekend my Blogging Buddy Chookyblue is celebrating 2 years in her Chookshed.......YAY!!!

She has put an invite out to help her celebrate by stocking up on bubbles........nibblies......and taking time out to sew this weekend

I'm in on that!!!

 I'll be working on my Diamonds at Large Quilt from this book by Pam & Nicky Lintott

 and using this Layer Cake

I have sewn the blocks together and just have to work out the placement of them

A few versions here

I also hope to make a start on my Sing Bag by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched

these are the fabrics that came with the kit!!!

 So let's break open a bottle of your preferred drink

Line up the chocolate

cheese, fruit.........whatever you want and   L E T ' S   S E W

Congratulations Chookyblue

I wonder how many wonky stitches there might be LOL!!!

Happy Sewing........Dzintra xo

Anyone else from the South Coast joining in?