magpies of the world unite!

My lounge (and a part of the kitchen) is strewn with pieces of material.


Bits from my quilt, bits for monster toys and a crib quilt for baby Tester, bits from my scarf and other odds and ends that I might need...just in case. The magpie in me is in heaven (as are the cats) - the more responsible me is thinking about the mess some might call it...and the inevitability of having to clean it up at some stage.

 I'm very inspired by all things Denyse Schmidt at the moment. Her prints are pretty awesome and I lurve, lurve lurve her quilts. I love her colour combinations and the designs themselves are modern - nothing fussy and garish.

 I'm working on a quilt based on her Hope Valley range. I loved the greens and yellows and didn't want to mix them with the pinks and oranges so I tried a reversible effect.
Now I know why it's not done more often--in some places it's too bloody thick to sew teeny tiny stitches!  Doh.

The other Denyse Schmidt project I've been working on is the scarf from her book. Not using any of her fabrics- just bits of tweed and herringbone (surprisingly soft!) and silks and cottons pieced any which way. I'd love to try cushion covers like this.

 Oh lordy..this photoshoot was interesting.

Dolorean - Country Clutter


The Nu Page- A Heart is a House

worth a thousand

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oh so blah

Lol...the blahs are what I usually do when I draft a blog post.

I upload the pics first, making sure there's space for the text which comes later. But this morning I feel like I should leave it in.

It's not that the morning at the Helderberg Nature Reserve was blah in a boring way. Absolutely not! The air was crisp and filled with chirping birds and ribbitting frogs and it was bucolic and lovely.

It's just that despite all the prettiness I couldn't get into any kind of photo groove. It doesn't help that I'm not into taking pics of flowers...or mountains and lakes. I stalked a few toddlers with their grannies but the savvy grans soon cottoned on and whipped their charges off to get milkshakes at the restaurant.

 

And school starts on Monday.

Blah. Bleh.