Round Robin #6 Hand Drawn Flower

The centre of this quilt is a hand drawn picture.  This one gave me an opportunity to make my first ever purchase of quilt fabric, and enjoy the creative experience of laying a project out in a shop full of delicious fabric and play.  Planned to get two pieces of purple, but as it turned out bought three pieces - I think it often goes like that!

Arrived complete to the green sash.  I have added purple bands top and bottom, and a black and white sash around.  It is nearly single bed sized.  On it goes for the next step . . .
Meanwhile I have been clearing out ready to go to the Fabric-A-Brac this Saturday.  It has been a wonderful journey to find fabric purchased long long ago, and I hope it will find homes in new hands with refreshing new energy and ideas.  In the final measure and label there were several things I did re-consider, but decided to leave it in the lap of the gods, if no one wants it then it will come home with me again :)

Off the needle

The picture says it all, I have completed a sock.  Where is its pair you might ask.  Well that is still to come!
I used Malabrigo Yarn from Robyn Egge Yarns, lovely to knit.  It is from Uruguay, pure merino.  I can report it is a very warm yarn, I have one warm foot as I write.
This was created with patient one on one guidance from an excellent knitting teacher - Rosemary.  I knitted on a circular needle using a magic loop method.  The beauty of this pattern is it pretty much all knit, easy to do in front of TV, or in the car waiting for school pick up.

A little gift making

A recent 6th birthday gave me an opportunity to do some sewing.  This apron was for my niece and I make it out of some fabric from my Mum's sewing room - I like connections like that.  The bias was vintage, still is it's original packet, can't recall where I picked that up from.

Then to complete the gift the 13 year old here created the Cowgirl Cookies in a jar, after testing the recipe, and after a search for pink M&Ms.

Miss 6 informed my over the phone on the morning of her birthday 'I don't make biscuits like that Auntie Claire', however her thoughtful parents did send me a photo of her wearing her apron mixing the biscuits :)