Marmalade

Day 23 of my blogpost a day August challenge

A quilt that took my eye last year was the Marmalade quilt which was a covergirl on the Australian Quilters Companion magazine.

(I think it might have got its name from it's marmalade coloured border?)

I thought it would be a fun scrappy quilt to make; one that could slowly evolve in the background.

In the evenings  in the early part of winter I hand stitched all the Pentagon flower blocks and appliqued them to their backgrounds -

And recently I've started making the triangle blocks - 

Today I 'cornered 'the pentagon blocks and then laid a few blocks out to see how they were shaping up - 

It's going to be a bit brighter than some of my work but I think it will work out. My other projects lately have been reasonably controlled colour-wise so this might take a bit to get used to!!

Anyway, it can continue in the background as my leader-ender project.

And another silly animal photo - most speckled snout of the season award goes to #33 - 

'til next time,

happy stitches,

Raewyn

Lucky Us

How lucky are we? Tonight the family teamed up to give the MOML and I the afternoon's chores off so we could watch a special hockey game.

YD has worked hard and in the last two seasons, has made the Womens Premier grade team for her club. This year her team made the finals and tonight was the night of the big game.

Son-in-law took over in the shed, and son was in the calf shed, so we showered and sped up the drive before anyone could change their mind!

It was a great game but sadly the final score did not for our way -

ED and family were there too. Miss Lily decided she needed a selfie with Ganma -

And was mesmerised with her wee cousin Isobel -

Rounded off with a nice meal in town before heading home -

We were so appreciative of being able to get away for a few hours.....we quite enjoyed our wee date!

'til next time,

happy stitches,

Raewyn

Day 21

Day 21 of my August blogpost a day challenge

Just a quick post tonight as it's been busy day.

I finished stitching this Holly Jolly block this evening - 

And as I walked back to the house tonight, I spied our pile of milk powder in the shed. This is what the older calves are now drinking - it always amazes me that we get through this heap in a season -

'til next time,

happy stitches,

Raewyn