"Scraps of Time" Exhibition

 If you would like to take a stroll through our little quilt exhibition ... scroll on down. The theme was to make use of our scrap baskets ... see if you find the repurposed men's ties.

MPQuilters are a small group of ladies (currently 10), most of us travelling at least 50km to 100km once a fortnight to sew and chat. Some members have moved too far away and new ladies have joined ... we think we're coming up on 30 years of friendship and fabric ... our 1st workshop was May 1995 and the rest they say, is history.

So without further ado ... labels and final touches were made after I'd taken these pics.

All About Leaves

Playing catchup with some colourful leaves.

My Temperature Tree now has it's leaves for May and a June branch ready to sprout. Loving the blues and a purple as the temperature drops ... thankful for a nice warm fire to stitch by.

This Autumn Leaf fabric had been tucked away with the pattern ... lost and found ... and hey presto ... a portable ironing mat and bag to take to patchwork days.

Maybe now I will make some progress with June Chookshed Challenge.

Lost and Found

 My mojo tends to be on a permanent lost and found mode but this post is about sewing projects. You know when you have a project in mind ... and you know where you stored it ... but it's not there? Maybe it's those pesky little craft gremlins playing hide and seek!

Well, after my marathon effort of finishing projects for our Exhibition, it was time to get back to my king size bed quilt. I knew exactly where that was ... but I FOUND a few other things tucked away neatly inside the container.

My scrappy version of a Flower Pot wall hanger I had made and forgotten about. The pattern was "LotsaPotsa Flowers" by Betsy DeFazio I browsed in an old magazine.  So a rushed quilting and binding job and just made it in time.

Another FIND was my original piece of Sashiko for the Chookshed Challenge ... maybe I can add this one to a new list for next year?

But wait, there's another FIND.  A carry bag complete with insulbright for taking my iron to patchwork day ... it was all cut out and ready to sew.

Always a great feeling to have a finish, especially when they've been around for a while. I still have 1 or 2 projects that the gremlins have hidden ... yes, I'm blaming them.

I hope to post some exhibition photos this week. The opening on Saturday was a huge success but unfortunately I couldn't attend ... we had a family reunion to attend and much catching up to do. Mum was 1 of 8 children and some of her cousins were also able to attend ... luckily the weather played nicely too.