product trial

The other day I was gifted a Ecolux light to try. I had heard mention of them from Cindy Needham, Cindy spoke very highly of these lights. So I thought I would like to try one too.

So here is the before photo........

And the after photo....................

A subtle difference, but a significant one for the quilter! I love it!! This awesome little light is easy to install using 3M technology and is safe for your machine. At the moment they are only available from the Ecoluxlighting website

But hopefully they will be available in New Zealand soon! I will keep you posted.

 

 

Last weekend when I was visiting my adult children I slept under one of the quilts I made my youngest daughter  in 2003. Hand quilted, wool batting.
 

Wonderfully waving & well loved!

 

Do you think I needed to do a wee bit of hand quilting to the centre of the hearts!!! Teehee...........

Oh well we are all learning. Lots of tiny echo hand quilting around the hearts.

See the wool batting peaking out on the green sashing? 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Ho, Ho ,Ho...Merry Christmas!

Here you go Marcelle!
I phoned Marcelle yesterday to say her quilt is finished and she said  "you haven't posted on your blog about it?" I said " Well I thought I would give it to you first". "Oh no, I'd much rather see it on your blog first, as I don't do surprises very well". Says Marcelle. I laugh and say, "ok I will post in the next couple of days."

Made using all her Christmas scraps........

.........including the back!



"Please quilt simply" says Marcelle...........

Merry Christmas Marcelle!!

Last night I attached the last hand painted button to Christmas Fun by Lynette Anderson and hung it on my quilt rack next to my Christmas tree.
I really enjoyed hand quilting, just going with the flow, no rush ( although the last couple of days I did think to myself it would be nice to have it finished for this Christmas:-)!!!

When I had thread basted ready to quilt I realised I hadn't done some of the stitching on the edges of the blocks......!!!! Then I thought, does it really matter. I put YoYo's in my four corners just for something a bit different. My Reindeer row is going the opposite way, my house is green....so it isn't exactly the same as Lynette's.....because if it was, well then it would be hers! 

Finished read & hand quilting?

Finished! What a lovely read, nothing quilty, but we won't hold that against the author. My dear friend Barbara gave me this for my birthday, some months back.

Yes.... your eye sight is fine, this is a photo of hand quilting by me. Well the very start, there maybe another post of the finished quilt that has been machine quilted!!! LOL.
It has been years since I hand quilted and lately I have had a hankering for it, so I thought I would give it a go again on my Lynette Anderson's Christmas Fun BOM. I am using a #8 ecru pearl thread, not sure what I am going to do. I might sew the hand painted button's on as I go.
You can see here some of my points on my wee stars are cut off, as my Grandaughter would say : "never mind". Will I have it finished for this Christmas????

 I am waiting for my special rulers to come from Australia, so I can start Bonnie Hunter's new mystery, Orca Bay. Tomorrow will be the 2nd step, but I tell my self it is not a race, but I feel like I am at the back of the pack and can't get traction! Here are the fabric's I have chosen, are any of my readers joining in?