Butterfly Garden Update...

Have been quietly working away on Leanne's House, Butterfly Garden - I laid out the blocks joined so far 1-6 am loving the look of it...

Completed Block 7 (below) at my stitching weekend away the other week...

Am now working on Block 8 - then one more block to go, borders, sandwich, quilt and bind!

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Block 5 - Butterfly Garden BOM finished...

Yay... another block finished - only 4 more to go (for this quilt anyway LOL)...

Happy Stitching...

PS: Don't forget - come visit me at Sawmillers Quiltery over the weekend (open from 10am to 4.30pm Saturday and Sunday) - gorgeous fabrics in store to tempt you :)

Block 4 = Butterfly Garden BOM...

Yay - Block 4 finally finished - only 5 more to go LOL... Quite like the look of how this one has turned out.

Have returned to Block 1 and have unpicked the centre butterfly and the middle left daisy - daisy was missing a petal, and I have not been happy with the look of the butterfly... have all the pieces cut and ready to start appliquing - will show revised results once complete...

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A little bit of stitching...

Has been quite awhile, though have got back into working on Butterfly Garden BOM, the above is work in progress of Block 4, so loving using varigated threads to create interest within the stitching, don't look to closely at the heart as it needs a press... I worked on this block this afternoon over a leisurely coffee and catchup with my girlfriend Karen (no blog) - was a lovely way to spend the afternoon.

Now this way too gorgeous butterfly fabric is from a new range that Yvonne has at Sawmillers Quiltery - I just had to get a Fat 1/4 to add to my butterfly stash :)

Pop across to Yvonne's blog to check out the most divine Japanese fabric's that have come into the Quiltery.

Below is the BOM sampler I made to take to yesterday's Capital Quilter's club day - this is for the April meeting - I've called it "Double T in Japanese" it is based on a pattern from Quilter's Cache - this is a fantastic website to find all sorts of blocks/designs...

Ooh - how could I forget to tell you... I went for a bike ride with DH this morning - we clocked up 34.9km's today - and it wasn't just on flat roads, am so proud of myself as I faced and conquered three big hills - I may have been a few km's behind DH, though I did it, just love the free riding on the down hills - the horrid part is looking up and seeing that you've got to climb another hill - eek...

The duathlon is now 6 sleeps away - so looking forward to it :) I know that is perhaps a little weird to say - though when I think of the leaps and bounds in my fitness from Xmas - and the amount of km's I've clocked up already on my new Grace - its really quite liberating - I have to say here a HUGE THANKS to Leigh my dear Sister-in-law who was the crazy lass who suggested the duathlon to begin with; for her daily emails of motivation and txts of encouragement - she is the true champion in so many ways - love you xox.

Well Bella is curled up right next to the keyboard, she is such a dear sweetie, took her to the vet yesterday morning for her booster jab, one good thing was that she didn't start freaking out in the car and panting like the last time we went to the vet... she was such a good girl and very relaxed with the vet, once she was back in the cage we walked over the the chemist's so I could do some photocopying (well I couldn't leave her in the car) - people must have thought me the right eccentric cat lady - though Bella was quite happy she curled up at the bottom of her cage and waited patiently with the odd meow to remind me to hurry up !

Have a fantastic week.

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Butterfly Garden - Block Two...

Block Two is complete - these are so much fun - lots of work and a challenge for a first time needleturn applique - though loving it...

Here is the rough layout for Block 3 before stitching together last night, it is now all together and have stencilled on the drawings for the stitcheries which I started tonight...



Today has been a blissful first day of spring - sunshine, a slight chill to the air and NO rain for three days - ahhh

(picture via google)

Have a happy week.
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Butterfly Garden - Block One

Yeah ... have finished block one tonight - fingers are a little sore from the needle - I just can't get the knack of using a thimble - it feels all cumbersome to me - I've tried metal and silicon thimbles, and the good old masking tape - though I can't find anything that doesn't feel alien and awkward - do any bloggers out there have any suggestions - or is it plain perserverance that I need??



My applique is starting to look a little neater - the daisy is my last one to applique and is definitely the best on this block... it's all a learning curve and am enjoying the challenge...



I also pieced together a variety of fabric's that I won't be using on any future projects and 5" squares to make the backing for the "Swirling Leaves" quilt top - ran out of puff to tape the backing down and pin the batting and top together - that can be another nights project LOL :)



Back to work tomorrow... the weekends go much too quickly, I just feel I'm starting to get back into the groove of relaxing by Sunday afternoon, and then its almost time to wind back to full speed to get ready for the week ahead... tomorrow is a day of interviewing prospective candidates for an admin role we have vacant in our Wellington city office.


Have a happy week.
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