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heART the craft

a collection of favourite images & ideas

collection no.3

 pintrest-ed from here

originally from here

... loving her style

..... woah .... "hello"

love this

found pinned but was from here a while back i think

& then ....you had me at hello

simple clever classic graphics

tick ...... pinned ... but from here

there is nothing sweeter when you return huh!?

this is cool ... & clever & crafty

pinned ..... & from here

hello & home

roll those two ideas into one

= a welcome mat ....

purple & green

 so way way back ....

when we had a different address

i organised a block swap 

the idea was that it might be the perfect way

to keep in-touch with some friends

thus began the block swaps of 2009 & 2010

09 was all purple & green

here's the "how to tutorial"

it was all great fun & now holds some lovely memories

so what we all did ...

each month we had the 'homework' of sewing up 12 or so blocks

working with the block design & size & variations

the only rule was that we were to include one of 2 base fabrics

any other fabrics were to be purple or green of choice

we'd get together, rotating visiting one another's homes

there was show n'tell & lots of laughs

each time we always sewed an extra block ....

went into a box intended for our

Prayers & Squares at ABC

i was supposed to have gifted this a very long time ago

not sure what happened at the time

but then it was packed away ....

just last week i passed it on to mum

(my mum .... yep she's a crafty type too & she is a major part of P&S's)

last wednesday .... she arrived with purple & green blocks in hand

would you believe that ....

that very day there was a prayer quilt request in purple & greens!!!

not kidding ... a God thing i think!

so this lap sized prayer quilt was pieced together

for a special lady who played a part in our ABC's history

we hope you feel the love & prayers of all the peoples

from now & then from ABC Mabel .... you are loved

these photos are from our time during church yesterday

when the ties were tied ... & a prayer is said

i'm so pleased with this end result

it seems that it is all in God's timing

so a big thankyou to Katherine & Kylie & Sam & Louey

& Wendy & Nicole & Jo & Lizzie & Jenny 

i love the journey that was this block swap

we really should all get together with our 'finished' quilts!!

you can see a glimpse of Katherine's finished p&g block swap

quilts over here .... she made them into twin quilts for her 2 older girls

i know that Nicole has sewn all her blocks together

& here's mine .... um .... cough .... still not finished ...

however it is now all at least pieced together as a finished quilt top!!

i added another strip layer to each of my blocks ...

& then

the following year

there was the red & aqua swap

with a slightly different crowd of friendly faces

how i met my awesome quilty bloggy friend Bron ...

that's another story .....

amen to all the seasons of life

 

bit of acid, spots & some stacked coins

 what did you do last night?

9pm & i was a little .... well bored really!

footy just doesn't 'do it' for me ...

my stash of scraps is a magic pudding

seriously .... i work hard on using it & it multiplies

 decided on a variation of my 'free-styling scrappy patchwork'

not sure how ... it just evolved & i quite like working that way

so thus the stacked coins element

i know where this single bed quilt is going!

.... so i wanted something really bright to go with...

found this amazing large scale print in my hoarded stash
'Wildwood' by erin mcmorris for Freespirit westminster fibres

seriously i have whole pile of neatly folded caressed beauties

that i've hoarded ... happy just to look at all lined up pretty like

a wave of corageousness swept over me

crikey!? .... it was cut into .... black & white spots were added

you can't go wrong with spots & these are a great size ...

it 'works' ... now to find a worthy backing?

maybe a b&w stripey binding but we shall see

lots of wonky curvy soft machine quilted lines i think

perhaps a few lines of perle hand quilting stitches running across the stacked coins

quilt top made in a bit under 2 hours

quite enJOYed my friday night in the end

hmmm now .... the backing & then baste ....

lets see if i can get that far in less than 24hrs?

might even get on a roll & baste the others that are still a-waiting!!

yep .... enJOYing my journey ....

heART the craft 2

heART the craft

a current favourite image & idea

if you've been reading along for a while
you'd know i very much enJOY the journey
so this speaks to me
 
painted by a freelance illustrator, currently a london-er
meet Charlotte Trounce
found this work c/o pinterest

 love your work Charlotte
thanks for sharing
... i'll be reading along from now on

little wip's

 been a busy bee .... a-making

for the annual Canterbury Primary

up-coming Art Exhibition & Gift Shop

its by invitation which is a nice compliment

& i love playing a part

so lots of sweet funky little

fabric slip covered notebooks

& travel tissue packs

& cute little photo albums too

these are all great gift ideas

but i love the idea of the pocket photo books 

being given as the gift already full of 

someone's photographic journey ....

a party... a wedding ... great times with friends ... a destination

so here they are

as works in progress

now almost freshly finished

just awaiting swing tags ...

joining in

heART the craft

heART the craft

a collection of favourite images & ideas

collection no.1

been perusing pinterest

a feast lovely images for a 'fix'

if i'm going to be bombarded with visuals

i may as well choose what i like hey!!

top left - adding a pop of color to your kitchen? 

.... pinned originally from little bit funky

bottom left - creative globe ideas
this quote by Gandhi is a favourite for sure

... pinned by Nobiggie

right - embroider a trip on the map and frame

... by Martha Stewart

cool is the crochet

while chatting

i made a few circles

wip

my mosaic village

 ok so at our cabin, on the riBer, that we love,

there is a table ...

t'was moved there 2 or so years ago 

when we packed up our first home to move onto a new adventure

at that stage it had sat .... a UFO .... for quite some time

in fact years .... i'm too embarrassed to say how many ...

managed to talk husband into the idea that the riBer would be its perfect home

it is a mosaic village

& by the time i finish it... it's rather lengthy story, will have been told

to the 'entire' village ..... 

yep, you may have heard recent whisperings 

by said husband, that he's still not sure 

where this table's final resting place should be??

he has both suggested & threatened the tip many times!!

so ...

i thought i should crack on with it! he he ...

after a mega materials clean up & sorting

the sun is now shining brightly with rays of gold on a blue blue blue sky day

the church stands strong on the hill beyond the olive grove

the large gum sits neatly over the ridge

the cobbled piazza is the centre square in town

i'm into symbols ... noticed much?

"well see" .... its our 'village'

in a village the meeting place is the piazza ...

and to me a table is a place to meet & share a meal & our heARTs

& the best bit is that a mosaic of course brings all 

those little pieces together to form one big picture

 ... there is still a LOT to do ...

but it is my work in progress

and its kind of been 'freshly pieced' once again

joining in ...

my village

i love the village that surrounds me

if we've ever chatted in person i'd have been likely to have referred to

the age old concept that

its the village that raises the child

our modern village is built in the flesh blood heart & soul

of the people we surround ourselves with

the people we choose to spend our hours with

& in return those who are intentionally interested in the same investment

i am more the richer for this village

to me it is priceless

may have mentioned from time to time

that we have a little cabin up on the riBer

to me it is the space to breathe deeply

to laugh to eat well to tell stories to spend time

there is just nothing like spending bulk time with people

its this little place in our hearts that helps form

the village around us .... & our boy

this easter we soaked ourselves in

laughter & new experiences

there was some boat play...

& yes, that is me below with a friend traveling at great speed!

timber sawn & marsh mellows toasted

biscuits ridden, paddle steamer action, eggs hunted, books on bunks

a new room was constructed with 1st & 2nd apprentices

lunch to be had, walks & parks, card games .....

some crochet & a touch of sewing ...

.... oh & some mosaic? (tune in later for another post!)

 as it turned out, i drove home in a car by myself

i'm perfectly fine with my own company

i just crank up my playlist .... no apologies for my music taste!!

but that winding gracious road ... its fields of yellow gold now barren

the scraggy siholette of gum trees scattered farm houses the wine country

then the rocky top of the great divide that reminds me...

 of a scene in the Princess Bride ....

.... it always steals my thoughts & heart

i adore & enJOY that journey

each time i venture northward it changes me just a little

.... i love my village!

ps .... thanks to Karen who took most of these photos!!
pps .... did you spot the rainbow??