a little sewjourn

 found myself away ... again ... on the weekend

yes - completely spoilt with time to sew for fun lately

in a little cottage & studio

known well about the traps .... in country victoria

we have driven by this neat retreat so many times

on our way up to 'our' riBer .... that

my husband now points it out to me!

now i've been & stayed & sewed ... yay

we had gorgeous blue skies

crisp cold days & nights ... & frozen hot water taps

we were warm & snug

greeted by a cosy cottage with a fire burning - thanks mel...

plenty of space to spill out & be free to work on any of the multitude

of projects brought along

i made a promise that i would only work on 

quote "stuff for me"

this weekend it was all about the journey .... no real finishes

but alot further along the road with quite a few projects

& a couple of new ones in the mix too!

the project list included:

my dissapearing 9 patch block swap quilt top

in aquas & red from way back ....

i remember that i started to sew this all together

in a different layout & i changed my mind

then i made more blocks ...

& thankfully i had it all written down

it arrived in Lancefield in block form

departed as a quilt top ...

does it 'need' a border? not sure ...

 another enJOY the journey kind of quilt

this is my half square triangle tonal values quilt

aka katie ... that i really adore

once apon a time i went through my entire fabric stash

& cut many many 3" squares

so did a great friend of mine

we made up our HST's & then did a little

one on one swap ... where we only swapped the ones we wanted to

& we are cool enough with each other to say - nah, not that one but ta!

not all sewn together yet by any means ... queen sized

but it is on its way ... see the favourties carelful auditioned 

for the centre stage!

 now ... since i was on a roll with digging out the ufo's

there were some snowballs to work on too ...

i really love this quilt & i have no idea why i haven't pulled it all together before now

... there is an enJOY the journey story behind this one

re: running out of the orange-y base fabric

& another about a mystery missing block

... both literally blocked my path with this quilt

... but it is now all sewn together as a finished quilt top

yay ... for ginger blossom

what else ...

ahhh yes ... nothing like another project

this one has a deadline ...

for it is my outfit for the day

had to be done

.... the circles ... i have them on my mind

really awesome piece of treasured fabric purchased on a recent

jaunt away to our nations capital ... at SIT

has the 'look' of hand screen printing

hemp ... lovely weight

its halfway to becoming one of Nikki's skirts...

main fabric is a wool in the perfect co-ordinating shade

that was found in my stash!! ... & the perfect amount

needed some coaching ... as it has been a v long time since i have made 

myself a garment ... thanks my friend ... & for the late night chats too!
may need to be led through the whole invisible zip insert!

there was also some knitting of a little stripey vest for my little boy

& some free-form patch working from the scraps bag

 also been completely inspired by

this free download quilt pattern by

parson gray ... & i have loved this curious nature range

for a while ... so it was time to commit!
also ... that circle-y theme surfes again!!

... the wonderful Brianna put this together over the course

of the weekend ... it looks absolutely stunning ...

she had lots of extra fabric ... so i've now cut out the best part of this same quilt

only mine has the fabrics in reflection .... intentional of course!!

thanks for the inspiration Brianna ... lovely getting to know you also!

 lots of yummy food

cosy place to lay my head

great company & new friends

late nights sewing & chatting

projects galore ... thanks girls

 karen - claire - leisl - brianna - mel - &me...

thanks ladies

 our awesome collective group weekend sewing effort