Just in case you are all starting to think that I’ve been doing nothing, which, yes, actually I have been doing a lot of ‘nothing’, besides reading Harry Potter (love those books), thought I had better do a post to show that I have been doing something, too…unless you want…
It’s turning out that so far every where this quilt has been entered, an award has been given. Third time lucky – it’s just placed 2nd (category: professional, small quilt, any technique) in Quilts Across Queensland. Gosh, I’d better get cracking on another quilt, mmm, what will it be this…
I wasn’t lucky enough to go to the show this year, but 2 of my quilts flew down for the event. But lucky for us, the Guild has pictures on their webpage for us to view. I was busy checking out the wonderful work there, some fantastic quilts, especially best…
I had 2 challenges sitting on my desk to be done, so what does one do, but do a double whammy and combine the 2 into 1! The first challenge was to use a piece of Australiana print fabric, and mine was a colourful aboriginal print, which had some interesting…
Since I bought the old bernina in my last post, I have, yes, bought another old Bernina, this time a 544. It is older, only does straight & zig zag, very well worn, but running well. So.. to put it through it’s paces, I decided to do a machine embroidery,…
I was wandering around a dusty, junky second hand store, and there in the corner, all forlorn was this stately old machine, a Bernina 640-2 Favorit. Couldn’t help myself, I just had to bring it home. What a grand old Dame she is, built around 1961 and her motor is…