A Friday Flaunt actually on Friday!

I set myself a goal. I am on 2 weeks holiday and I decided I would have to start finishing projects, so I am busily working away on my basket quilt. I have joined the main body of it, and have two border fabrics siting waiting to be attached, hopefully later today.

When I am finished this quilt I will get it professionally quilted and while that is happening I will attempt to get an applique wall hanging finished. It is a BOM block of the month called, "Postcards from Paris" I only have four more blocks to go. If you go to www.rosepatchwork.com you will probably be able to see a picture of it. Or maybe not I have had it for quite some time, well over a year!


TOTALLY UNQUILTY OR ANYTHING ELSE
Every week I go ten pin bowling in a small league. It is good fun, more a social thing than a win thing. Anyway I just had to say I managed to bowl a 203 game a few weeks ago. I was pretty happy with that! A pity I couldn't be a bit more consistent, the following week I bowled a 90 game......just as well we can have a laugh at it!

Finally a flaunt, but not on Friday!

FLAUNT FIRST

Well I have finally something to flaunt. What a silly word, flaunt, flaunt, flaunt.
What is a flaunt? I have just looked it up, it is to show off, well I guess I am showing off but doesn't that make it sound a bit arrogant? Oh well, I suppose sometimes you shouldn’t over analyse things...

Anyway I have been going to the class and after wanting to quit as I just couldn't get it to work I have overcome some hurdles , mainly me, and actually put together some blocks. I am really pleased with the results. Can't wait to finsih it now.




I have now joined together all nine of my big basket blocks (15 1/2 inches) and have made four smaller blocks (6 1/2 inches) these are to go in sashing between the rows of big baskets. I will make a total of twelve smaller blocks. It is quite good fun. It actually takes longer to cut out the blocks than to do the sewing!

MOVIES
In my last post I mentioned that I was looking forward to seeing "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Well I have got to say what a dissappointment! Nobody told me it was a subtitled film. I am just not into reading movies! I want to watch a film, and enjoy the big picture. I was lucky in that I had read the book so I could stop reading sometimes and not miss much however Brian, my husband hadn't read the book so he was solidly reading. When we left the cinema I checked the posters and there was nothing to say it was foreign language. Not happy!

WEIGHT

Well let's just say the dietitian is not going to be too impresses this month! Well there was Easter to contend with as well as school holidays. I will be better next month.

Advent Calender ( Friday flaunt on Monday)

Christmas is almost here! A tradition my family has, and I am sure many others do is counting down the days to Christmas using an advent calander. Probably 20 plus years ago I made a calander using glue and fabric pens and for the last three or four years I have meant to sew a new one. I am pleased to say I have just completed a beautiful new advent calander for the family to enjoy (even thought they are not really children any more!)
It took me a while to find a pattern that I was happy with I eventually found this pattern in a Patchwork and Stitching magazine.
This is my calander.....

Friday Flaunt!

What is a Friday flaunt.......well each Friday, bloggers who belong to Quilting Down Under chat group post a flaunt of their productivity. Visit Cinzia's blog to find links to all the bloggers - http://lgfns.blogspot.com/
Anyway I have finally found an easier way to download photos from camera to computer so now I can participate too.

My first Friday Flaunt is my first Jelly Roll Quilt. It was so easy to make, I love it when you are sewing points and they actually join point to point.