Earth hour and other quandaries

As March is drawing to a close, I thought I should pop in.  I've been working on a sweet quilt kit from Amitie lately.  It is called Ginas Nina.  I think it was the start of my attachment to the kei honeycomb fabric.  I bought it last year at Stitches & Craft.  It supposedly is for my 3 yo...

altho who knows?!  Anyway here are some of the little nine patches in progress.

Did you know it was Earth Hour tonight?  Obviously I've been on another planet coz I was in the dark about it.......luckily R read about it in the paper hence the candle!  Where was the publicity this year? Not a media event this year.

Another birthday, another bag!

The denim from the Fabric Store worked well for this.  (It was going to be for a quilt but not soft enough really) I do love the way the prints highlight against the denim.  I think I might have to make another of these to keep!

Beehive February block

Beehive February block, originally uploaded by beeware70.

Into March now so I am glad the Beehive block for February is finished & posted back to Rebecca of missi mu. She is making a quilt for her mother-in-law based on a lovely Material Obsession II design Playground Days. I love her choice of fabrics- florals, stripes and spots in blues and yellows witha smattering of orange.
This block was not too hard to make although I did unpick one row 3 times. This may have been because it was 11 o'clock at night.....

Time, time, time....

Well...I'm not too good at popping things in this blog too often.  Maybe I'll get better...but life just seems to move very quickly.  Monday turns into Friday in a flash.  And it seems the only time I get around to writing a post is when I should be in bed.  Some fine-tuning required! 

I started off doing the lovely Amitie Block-of-the-Month with gusto way back in June. 

I have now met with some procrastination & the more recent months are being neglected.  I have been doing this all by hand which is beautifully meditative but a little slow.

However I must get on with it because when on holidays in Melbourne earlier this year I had a sneak peak of the next Amitie BOM and it looks very nice.  Lots more handpiecing....to come.

I'm going to the Kino craft fair today to while away my time looking through Japanese craft books and to say hi to Amy.  What a great way to spend a Saturday arvo!

We love bags!

I have a 9 year old daughter who seems to have lots of friends.  Who have birthdays.  So I've started making bags for them (after some initial help from KT!).  If I'm particularly tardy with them I like to add a bit of Audrey sweetness (love these books!)  Bronte thinks bags are a bit old hat now- what should I do next?!

I suppose I could at least branch out and do a different style!!

Faceless & Nameless....

Sometimes we can all feel a bit like that. 
However we must remember that tomorrow is another day and  it is a transient state of affairs.

This little boy was made from Jodie's pattern after much encouragement (read hassling) by my eldest daughter in the school holidays.  Unfortunately he has been faceless & nameless for more than a day but there are plans ahead...

(And he is loved already in any case)

Beehive Rocket quilt

the Beehive space quilt
Originally uploaded by beeware70
Not the best photo...pity about the camera strap. I was lucky enough to be the recipient for October's blocks for The Beehive. I decided that a stack of fabrics I mostly had collected previously and were destined for a quilt for my 6 year old son should actually be cut up! Revolutionary really! Especially a good idea before he turns 16!

Really he is still 6 and I hope this quilt is finished by his 7th birthday!! It is based on the Retrostarbust in the Material Obsession 1 book and uses some great Prints Charming fabric amongst others. One of the benefits of living in Sydney's inner west! The clever Beehivers sewed up the BIG blocks for this quilt. It is very vibrant.