Quilting Owl

I have been having lots more fun with the Farmers Wife blocks which now count at 40.  I initially aimed at a scrappy country look but thought I would throw in a few softer florals to add a touch a femininity. Jenny provided most of the show and tell for the Sunday Stitchers this month and here she is holding a finished table runner and the finished quilt top from the Mini Quilt Workshop two weeks ago. Heather was working on her Benni Harper quilt and was hand piecing the outer curves for the Mariners Compass block. A lovely gift arrived in the mail from Jen at Aussie Quilters Cotton Club  - gorgeous owl fabric and a very cute owl button all tied up with yellow ribbon which just happens to be my favourite colour.  Thanks Jen. Till next time Frances 

On my blog reading today I see that Sue at I Sew Quilts  has been on a recycling theme so I thought I would show you how I have used the empty coffee jars that somehow just appear in our cupboards.  I have been gradually sorting out my button collection into different colourways with another jar for novelty and decorative ones.  Great fun but very time consuming so it is probably no wonder that I only finish my projects when deadlines loom. Talking of buttons, a quote that amused me by American Journalist, Heywood Broun (1888-1939)  is: "Men build bridges and throw railroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them.  Accordingly, they don't have to sew buttons." Is that a cry of protest I hear from the office upstairs? Buttons do not just serve a functional purpose as they can add great charm to a project - If you are really keen you can follow the guidelines in the book shown be...