Missed a day :(

I missed yesterday - sorry blogtoberfesters! My excuse for not making an entry is my son - we had a surprise visit, he is in the Navy and living in Melbourne, soon to be moving to NSW so my time has been otherwise consumed this weekend!

I will try to write something more constructive tomorrow.

Sooz

A Plan ...

Well I am still wating for the Grace and have been assured by the courier company it will be here today! I hope its soon because I am betrothed to a coffee date on the foreshore and it is a beautiful day!

I guess the next stage of this venture is to create a full blown business plan. So I will be doing some research over the next few weeks into that and getting it all together - watch this space if you are considering starting your own business, I'll post interesting snippets of information on the subject as they come to hand!

I used to love academic research now I just want to sink my teeth soley into the creative side of things but alas these things have to be done if this venture is going to be a success.

If anyone out their in blog-land has advice on setting up a cyber business please leave me a comment or email, I appreciate all the help I can get :)

Sooz

The Waiting Continues

Well it has been a long day of waiting for the Grace frame to arrive and it didn't. I am just a little disappointed, more because I had lunch with a very old friend planned and had to cancel.

Oh well tomorrow is a new day and not all was lost I watched the whole of series one of Sex and the City - I love that show!

Sooz

Memory quilt one

Well with the arrival of my Grace pending I thought it best to get the first of my memory quilts (the top anyway) finished. (Painting by good friend & artist Karl Cording)

This will be design number one and is intended for those who wish to have a quilt made from special fabric, old sheets/rugs or clothing (they are happy to have cut up). It is a simple design that can work with a variety of  fabric types and/or textures and can be made in any size. In this case it measures 228 X 238cm.

This quilt holds the memory of special friends as the koi fish fabric was bought for me by very good friends while in Japan visiting family. They took time out specially to find some fabric for me and for that I am very grateful.

The theme of this quilt is both a meeting of cultures, Australian & Asian and water. My partner and I are both born under water signs, I feel a very deep connection to the water and love the fact that I will soon be wrapping myself in it every night - without the wet and cold (in the winter time anyway). Australia is a part of Asia and so by creating this quilt I feel I am also celebrating Australia's future whilst reminding myself of my past.

Sooz

The Frame is coming - tomorrow OMG

Just had to express my excitement - can't believe it, I just had a call from the courier agency, my Grace is arriving tomorrow!!!!

I better get sewing, yikes, I'm not quite ready for it, oh well when thrown in the deep end you just have to swim, right?

Sooz

Day 6 of Blogtober :)

Well I've had a busy and productive few days.  I made a new ironing board cover ('cause we all know how much ironing a quilter does!) the old one wore through to the metal.

I quilted the fabric for the top and then made some binding from an old tablecloth - waste not, want not :)

I also spent a relaxing few hours on the foreshore drinking coffee and watching the world go by. Today I went into the city and spent some time searching through the bookstores, checking out the spring fashions and looking through some of the new stores that have opened up since the last time I was there.

I am pretty exhausted to be honest but am committed to the daily blog and so downloaded a few pics to upload (haha) and write this miniscule entry!

Tomorrow I start the second of my memory quilts - will record the stages in pictorial form for you to see and will take some pics of the evolving first memory quilt (intentional memory quilts that is).

'til tomorrow

Sooz :)

Another step in the right direction!

As I was saying in previous post I have been busy getting myself set up to start my quilting venture.

One of the projects that I have been busily working on has been the recovering of my beautiful cane lounge. I decided to recover it to give it a new lease on life as it is going to be moved to the gazebo by the pool (I need the space where it now lives for my Grace).

We are having blinds installed to help weatherproof the gazebo area and my partner is recyling an old dining table we have had sitting in the shed for years into a coffee table to go in our new outdoor room. (Will post some pics of that when its done - it should be awesome, it will be another memory piece to add to our growing collection. He is using the glass from the table top and the old sleepers from the children's sand pit for the base).

The lounge is on its third recovering (same cushions - they don't make 'em like they used to) and I am starting to gain quite a collection of lounge buttons - will have to come up with some ideas for there use in the future. I'm sure a a quick scan of my fellow crafty bloggers will help to generate ideas!

The new fabric is called Henna, my daughter says its very seventies, which makes me love it even more! It was relatively easy to sew the new covers and gets easier each time. I spent $140 or so on fabrics, buttons and zips and I think its look brand new again. My son can't wait to laze away the summer days on the couch beside the pool and so for just that occassion I added a new feature to this edition of the covers - ties for the back cushions which enables one to literally flip the cushion over the back of the lounge and have a day bed or flip it back and have a comfortable lounge to share with friends :)

Sooz