Hello, just me knocking on the screen to say hello and have a brief chat. I hope all’s well at your place. Here in Australia, our school children have returned to school this week after a 6 week break over the summer. As a student I recall those 6 weeks went very very slowly and we always thought the holidays would never end. Now that I’m 50 something, 6 weeks flies by with the blink of an eye. I’m guessing I’m not the only one to feel this, I think it is a “mature persons” dilemma.

Well, it is summer and the wet season here in Brisbane and we have had so much rain over the past two days or so. We had approximately 180ml in just one 24 hour period (which equates to approximately 7 inches). As you can imagine the roads are very awash, and it’s wise to stay indoors and off the roads at present. This I find very easy to do. I have three quilt projects on the go, and one more that have come across my radar in the past day or so. So I will force myself to stay at home and quilt. LOL

I posted a tutorial last week for a quilt I’ve made several times. I call it All Squared Up and it’s a very easy pattern, yet incredibly smart. I often make it using scraps, but for this tutorial I’ve chosen only three fabrics. Perhaps you’ll find this tutorial useful. Here’s the link:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art174853.asp

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I’ve been spending some time on the computer looking for interesting items for you to check out. I had a conversation with Barbara the other day and she told me she really enjoys the goodies I deliver each week. Thanks Barbara for the feedback, I’m glad you enjoy the sites. So here are some for this week:

http://retro-mama.blogspot.com/2011/10/home-for-holidays.html pretty fabric house ornament – really clever

http://www.sharonhollanddesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/birdie-pincushion-project.pdf the sweetest little pincushion I ever did see!!

http://www.africankelli.com/2007/08/07/a-junie-tutorial-seatbelt-sleeves/ seatbelt sleeves – such a good idea

http://www.instructables.com/id/Collapsible-Bucket/ a super duper idea when space is at a premium!

http://www.red-brolly.com/red-brolly/2011/10/diy-craft-round-up-super-doily-tutorials.html great ideas for using old doilies that we can’t bear to throw out

http://stitcherydickorydock.blogspot.com/2011/10/dresdens-decoded-tutorial.html a very modern version of the Dresden plate pattern

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctpublishing/sets/72157627912391852/ Here’s some eye candy with some great photographs from the Pacific International Quilt Festival

http://www.prudentbaby.com/2011/10/how-to-make-hamper-from-pillowcase.html great use of the old pillowcase

Well, that’s all from me this week, will up and away and bury my head in my sewing room. Do keep busy with a little quilting this week, and I’ll pop in again same time next week.
Cheerio for now


Judie Bellingham, Quilting Editor
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