tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22129377609392904082024-02-07T14:09:36.785+11:00Mand-a-LinMandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-84740577731930982342013-11-07T11:12:00.000+11:002013-11-07T11:12:25.045+11:00I am alive! (photo heavy post)<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But I do tend to live over on Instagram these days! I'm 18mandalin there, if you'd like to have a peep at my feed. It's full of flowers, cats and of course fabric. Some sewing, but not a lot, I really lost my mojo for a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Changes are happening in my life and it is playing havoc with my consistency on social media, except for Instagram, cause it is, so..... well...... instant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's a few photo's </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">my garden</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Fabric </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">trip home</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Fat Quarterly retreat</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mandy</span>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-53873558440354753862013-05-09T12:31:00.000+10:002013-05-09T12:31:01.847+10:00preparing to....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-90173238251621470292013-04-30T13:19:00.000+10:002013-04-30T13:19:51.844+10:00i miss you<div style="text-align: center;">
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Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-66331627783637828442013-04-27T22:30:00.000+10:002013-04-27T22:30:28.347+10:00Little updateQuilts For Boston first block, will get onto the second on Monday. 8 year old wants a pillow with the foxes on, very adamant about it, so I will oblige. The chevrons are actually navy, although they look black. <br />
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And these 6 blocks are my newest quilt along *sigh*, I know, but I just can't help myself!!<br />
It's called the "St Louis 16 patch". It all started <a href="http://sewwithsass.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/quilts-st-louis-16-patch.html">here</a> on 'Sew with Sass', great blog name, and has steam rollered into twitter at #stlouis16patch and has it's own Flickr group <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2215693@N23/">here</a>!<br />
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Such a fab stash buster, I'm making a Queen *gulp*, my first quilt at that size. Which means 42 fat 1/4's, so I pulled and paired from my Amy Butler bin. Some of these fat quarters go back to the original 'Gypsy Caravan' line. I've tried to cut into this stash before and failed miserably, ie I put them all back and cut into less loved fabric! This time is different, just feels like the right time. Feels really good actually :D<br />
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I'm off to the Springwood Quilt Show tomorrow pm, looking forward to that. I put a couple of small quilts in, it's a non judged show so I feel very comfortable in doing that. I love the quilts that I make but am not at all comfortable with putting them up for judgement. I might feel differently one day, who knows!<br />
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Last visit was different, there was one that jumped into my hand, and I just could not put
it back. The only thing to do was pick a few more! Driving home I tried
to think of the best way to use these precious little beauties. Hst's
seemed the obvious choice! I played with many patterns, and had to
modify them as one of the eighths was cut short! gahhhh</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I want to make it sooooooooo bad! I love that yellow star! I love the red centers and I love the dark diamonds. So..........big quantry, cause I have to admit I get rather bored sewing the same fabric into the same block! Patience isn't my best virtue! The other thing I have to consider is, could I get enough of all those fabrics anyway? I'm wondering whether to change the fabrics totally. Say, use my multitude of Lizzy House pearl bracelet fabrics, with a white background, the colour combinations are almost endless. Or perhaps my Architextures, again with a white background. Oh the possibilities....... Stay tuned, as I think I'll be making these blocks at a Quilt Retreat on Saturday.</span><br />
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cheerio for now<br />
x Mandy<br />
Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-74113654157311433172013-02-25T11:03:00.004+11:002013-02-25T11:03:59.240+11:00Walking in my garden<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And this is Finn, from the 'Adventure Time' show. The youngest had this as his Minecraft skin. He coloured and cut (no colour ink cartridges at present, I actually love the hand colouring anyway though), and I did the sticking! He finished at 3 1/2" and was pretty tricky for me. Next time I'm enlarging the print out. We did have enormous fun though!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">x Mandy </span>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-87684761583291155522013-01-17T14:00:00.000+11:002013-01-17T17:01:47.369+11:00a Little Trip finished<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are quite a few ways to interpret this block. I chose to use my '<a href="http://freespiritfabric.com/core-pages/gallery.php?gal_id=359">Habitat</a>' from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ladiesartcomodernbom/pool/with/8334161396/#photo_8334161396">Jay McCarroll</a>. I thought that the dropsheet fabric would look cool as a biggish piece in the block, the large square is 7 3/4", when you make the 12" (finished) blocks. I'm going to put two more borders on, to extend and complete the outside pinwheels in the diamonds. Then I'll see how big it is before deciding whether to extend it any more. </span><br />
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Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-40099380953759321962013-01-02T21:47:00.000+11:002013-01-17T17:23:30.178+11:00Scrappy Trip Along<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1st quilt along for the year started today! Good job I never made any resolutions this year, like finishing wip's before starting a new project!! hee, hee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a very fast one, Katy of <a href="http://www.imagingermonkey.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/it-wasnt-my-fault.html">I'm A Ginger Monkey</a> made her top in 3 days! But then she is a machine, a very inspirational machine, and super lovely to boot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, you can read all about the construction of the block <a href="http://quiltville.com/scrappytrips.shtml">here</a> at Quiltville. See fabulous pics in the quiltalong flickr group <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/scrappytripalong/pool/">here</a>, you could also follow along with Twitter at #scrappytripalong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Don't they look fab! I'm using all scraps for these 1st 9 blocks, ooooh idea, I wonder what a border of black and white blocks around the 9 scrappy blocks would look like? I wonder how many black and white prints I have? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">x Mandy</span>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-80648737232368481912012-12-17T10:55:00.000+11:002012-12-17T11:25:37.254+11:00Lily's Quilts: It's a BIG FAT Oakshott giveaway<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">oh my goodness!!! Wouldn't it be fab if this came to Australia! I know I'd be jumping up and down, clapping my hands and being a real goober (that's what my friend DeeRoo calls me), lol...... Go on, click the link and enter, gotta be in it to win it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">x Mandy</span>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-58908477106381225252012-11-28T22:22:00.000+11:002012-11-28T22:23:36.953+11:00A finish........or three<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The quilting for outer blocks stumped for a day or so. I felt I needed
to secure the edges, but didn't want to do a straight line squared
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Finish no.2 is a Christmas table runner. Although I've called it 'Christmas and Beyond', because you can easily flip it for everyday use. The backing fabric is one of my all time fave fabrics "Lady Yang' from Alexander Henry, and one of the very first fabric's I bought on line as I just had to have it! It measures about 10" x 35" and I straight line quilted it, with the lines 1/2" apart. That really satisfied the vrooom, vroooom yearing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And the 3rd finish is the Ellie cushion there on my <a href="http://www.thenookleura.com.au/">Nook</a> stand. I pieced those letters so long ago (seems like it anyway) using a Trimmings pack from <a href="http://www.umbrellaprints.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Umbrella Prints</a>. I couldn't think what to do with it then, then last week I told myself to just make a cushion. So I did, and I just love how it turned out. Sometimes you just need to wait for the inspiration to strike, don't you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cheerio for now, thank's for visiting. I'll be back at the weekend to show you the super duper, fantabulous mail I received from my buddy in Virginia, <a href="http://deeroodesigns.blogspot.com.au/" rel="nofollow">DeeRoo</a>. I was floored!</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/8183182092/">cot quilt</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/">mandalin18</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
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and bound and at The Nook in Leura. Some silly person (yeah...me),
forgot to take a picture!!!! I'll go up tomorrow and amend that....Very
excited to have had a finish though. Yeehar!!! </b></span></span><br />
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But not as much as I'd like, I was worried that my Janone was about to expire on me!<br />
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Thankfully a good friend has stepped in and loaned me one for a few days, phew! I think mine will be okay for little jobs, but not for the quilting of even a small cot quilt.<br />
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So, you and me quilt, on the Paff, tomorrow morning, k!<br />
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Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-2871700649869877942012-11-11T20:04:00.000+11:002012-11-11T20:04:54.352+11:00design wall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anywho, back to it</span></div>
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<br />Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-39154852564938093062012-10-30T09:42:00.000+11:002012-10-30T09:42:18.599+11:00What a blast!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There was a world firefighting comp, a corporate team and hospital team comp too. We were one of 29 teams racing in the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">social comp</span>, and we finished 13th in that group. Well happy with that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sooooooooooo, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mandalinDestash">mandalinDestash</a> has been born on etsy, you can see a sample of fabrics I'm selling in my shop over on the right hand bar <span style="color: #666666;">> > > > > > > > ></span></span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'll be adding more and more over the next few months, so keep checking back often. I'm also going to make some scrap bags next week. Go visit my shop and fave me, then you won't miss anything, oh go on, I'll love you forever!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The colours in Pat Bravo's 'Indie' line are sumptuous, exotic, colour saturated, evocative and just down right delish!</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I bought a 'Midnight' palette of fat 1/4's from Hawthorne Threads (yes I go there a lot!!). I knew I wanted to make granny squares with them, as big as I could, cause I like fast quilts. So I just worked out I could get 13 x 4.5" squares from each fat quarter and started cutting! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The background is a 'French General' solid, the same one, these pics were taken on a gloomy early evening. I'm making 9 squares and will finish them today. I haven't decided on sashing or borders, any thoughts on that would me appreciated. The blocks are finishing up around the 17" mark.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">x Mandy </span></span>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com2Wentworth Pass, Blue Mountains National Park, NSW 2780, Australia-33.728337238307645 150.3643798828125-33.781169238307648 150.28541588281249 -33.675505238307643 150.44334388281251tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-89879355512582741452012-10-05T13:56:00.002+10:002012-10-05T16:13:41.940+10:00Happy days!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Making them in spring, and seeing them flutter in my trees which are covered in flowers, is enough to make me giddy! These will be making their way to <a href="http://www.thenookleura.com.au/" rel="nofollow">'The Nook'</a> in Leura tomorrow, just in time for the <a href="http://www.leuravillage.com.au/fair/" rel="nofollow">Leura Village Fair</a> this weekend. If you've never been to the fair, and your able this weekend, come on up!! The Mall is closed to traffic and is instead full to bursting, of market stalls. Market stalls of the best kind!! The 'Bluebird Market' is also on at 'The Alex' hotel on Saturday, and the Leura Public school market is on, on Sunday. So much to do and see, how could you think of missing it! <span style="color: #3d85c6;">:D</span></span></span><br />
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I could repeat the wonderful experience I had at the Fat Quarterly sewing retreat again, next year. Next year, my heart will not be as heavy from losing my Dad as it was this year. Next year, I could have the conversations I wanted to have, without the fear of my eyes leaking.<br /><br />I am so thankful I could attend, it was so amazing to meet friends made on Flickr, and to have made new ones!<br /><br />I'm not going to say I'll not be able to attend next year, cause you never know. Unfortunately, October is too early for me to say I can go. The new year may be a different thing though......<br /><br />keep your fingers crossed for me please<br />cheerio for now<br />x MandyMandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-23880447343042056082012-07-05T00:05:00.001+10:002012-07-05T00:05:16.149+10:00Row Robin update<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/7500188246/" title="around the bend and across the pond Row Robin group"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7500188246_bce49506b0.jpg" alt="around the bend and across the pond Row Robin group by mandalin18" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/7500188246/">around the bend and across the pond Row Robin group</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/">mandalin18</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Here are our quilts! Aren't they all fantastic!<br />Click on the links to see a bigger picture of each quilt. This bee has been such fun, and all the ladies are super lovely and talented. I'd do this again in a heartbeat.<br /><br />Fat Quarterly post will come!!! Just having problems with my card reader.<br /><br />Thanks for popping by!<br />x Mandy</p>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-59710647969518942212012-05-27T00:32:00.001+10:002012-05-27T00:32:27.523+10:00FQ London retreat linky party<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sooooooo, many online friends to meet, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the other is super top secret....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">ooooooooooh I do love a secret</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/6986800560/" title="Swoon Quilt"><img alt="Swoon Quilt by mandalin18" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/6986800560_d8045329cc.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/6986800560/">Swoon Quilt</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/">mandalin18</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I did it, I got my Swoon Quilt into the Springwood Community Quilt Show.<br />Definitely my most proudest quilting moment.<br />But it only happened with a lot of help from the loveliest quilting lass I know. Rachael of <a href="http://bluemountaindaisy.blogspot.co.uk/">Blue Mountain Daisy</a>. Thank you Rach, your a belle xx</span>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-11394789685410675582012-04-05T19:26:00.001+10:002012-04-05T19:26:54.823+10:00Swoon hand quilted<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/6901234986/" title="Swoon hand quilted"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7040/6901234986_98fc19e100.jpg" alt="Swoon hand quilted by mandalin18" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/6901234986/">Swoon hand quilted</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/">mandalin18</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>I declare I love hand quilting!<br />I really love the process of handling the quilt, as I quilt. The fabric softens as you work and gives it beautiful crinkly used look and feel. I'm about to sew on the binding and then hand sew it down tomorrow at my Friday group. I'll be hand quilting many quilts in my future.<br />x Mandy</p>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-92196586370130094242012-03-30T10:04:00.015+11:002012-03-30T10:52:36.612+11:00Swoon update...<span style="font-family: verdana;">so Swoon blocks #3 and #4 are finished, thanks to the motivation from the ever lovely <a href="http://www.bluemountaindaisy.blogspot.com.au/">Rachaeldasiy</a>, encouragement from <a href="http://chrisquilts.blogspot.com.au/">Chris Jurd</a> and the Blackheath gang.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyw5GMDyRgHQVfXed4tpZwLVVh7Y7rkWte08Bt9DV0viDVe35ZrYkkCTXof6ptdITemnAeezheuAQNbeJ46-nqxzh41SQO61omN0hsngigCImyBn6W9TxiKYupC6GgNFuRPtYdcW9UjWd/s1600/P1120017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyw5GMDyRgHQVfXed4tpZwLVVh7Y7rkWte08Bt9DV0viDVe35ZrYkkCTXof6ptdITemnAeezheuAQNbeJ46-nqxzh41SQO61omN0hsngigCImyBn6W9TxiKYupC6GgNFuRPtYdcW9UjWd/s400/P1120017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725459844178644514" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmd3AoVUbdY7lkizrTPvR7VJU7cXnoXvqjBrqGUs0ajU4EC-1xyxTnS6DCqoLjSkqhQjSEdqsB4jNLe-kpyd6LqGJTWzemA4v5tMhHQTGQ9fCPRPtjUfH-96BGVwqQvLUd5YV_YbnsFC0/s1600/P1120010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmd3AoVUbdY7lkizrTPvR7VJU7cXnoXvqjBrqGUs0ajU4EC-1xyxTnS6DCqoLjSkqhQjSEdqsB4jNLe-kpyd6LqGJTWzemA4v5tMhHQTGQ9fCPRPtjUfH-96BGVwqQvLUd5YV_YbnsFC0/s400/P1120010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725459849687083618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Making the backing was a horror, I had to add a 3" final border all round for it to be big enough. So pinning then became a nightmare, "are the sides equal" was running around in my mind constantly, and I found myself going round & round & round around the table. So I went lateral, and made it wonky on purpose!!! lol, how liberating, flicked that stress outta my mind! It is the back after all.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've entered it into the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://springwoodquiltshow.blogspot.com.au/">Springwood Community Quilt Show</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. Which is on Fri 27th April to Sun 29th April 2012. Open 10am to 4pm each day. It's a lovely local Quilt Show, with lots of goodies on sale. Take a visit if your around, you won't be disappointed, pinky promise!<br /><br />Hand quilting it as you read!</span>!!!<br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">x Mandy</span>Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212937760939290408.post-34368441307610615852012-03-25T22:21:00.001+11:002012-11-28T22:30:49.124+11:00A day out....<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/7013068957/">Bebeah Gardens, Mt Wilson, NSW</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandalin/">mandalin18</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
We had a fabulous day out on Saturday. After an early lunch come late breakfast in Blackheath, we when on to Bebeah Gardens in Mt Wilson, NSW. The autumn colours haven't quite arrived, and it will be stunning when they do, but it was stunning none the less. Just the right amount of formality mixed with sprawling lawns and giant tree's. And even a tall tree fern glade where Gruffalo's would definitely hang out. Visit if you get the chance!Mandalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970125000446354563noreply@blogger.com0