Do you remember my word for the year? It was “change”, and a lot of change I have had so far… I have moved countries (yet again), set up a quilt shop, started learning how to do long arm quilting… all this while still managing to teach my children at home and run a household….
Phew! It has taken a while, but Nine Patch Nirvana is done! Alice and I started this bom back in 2009. I finished the top last year sometime but wanted it quilted by Nora on the long arm… instead I got to practice on it myself 🙂 You’ve heard of dog eared quilts? Well, this…
A friend of ours had a quilt that had some holes and he asked if I could have a go at repairing it. I couldn’t say no, so I brought it home and had a bit of a look… I found out that it was quite easy to fix and had been made in an…
It’s a very special month here at the moment – the holy month of Ramadan. This is the month where Muslims across the world fast during the day for 30 days. Usually we are quite unaffected by this in Australia… life goes on as usual for us non-Muslims, but here… well, it is a different…
During the summer months most people leave the Kingdom for cooler places… But for those who have still been here, the Guild organized a sewing day each Tuesday in their quilting room. I have been most weeks, and today I went again to have some fun. Elizabeth was going a little stir crazy, so she…