You must have a look at this wonderful page.

http://www.genxquilters.com/p/block-library.html this is a great page, with over 130 blocks that you can click on and go and have a look at the tutorials if you haven't made it before. there are some really lovely blocks out there. I love do many of them I like the scrap blaster ones they are lovely I will be trying them I have been going to make one of the circle of geese blocks for such a long time. Will be doing that one the army star looks really interesting will be trying that to. So many beautiful blocks I think I will be having to try them all. Than put them together for a couple of lovely quilts.
Hope all of you are well, we are so busy at the moment I hardly get a chance to get on here, will settle down soon I hope.
Have a great day.
Wendy

Free Bag Pattern

http://blog.chriswdesigns.com/2012/02/free-bag-pattern-coco.html

here is a link to this gorgeous bag, the generous Chris is letting you use this pattern for free. What a lovely bag to have. While your on her page make sure you have a look at some of the beautiful bags she has made. What a talented lady she is.

New York Beauty Quilt A Long

Hi everyone
Just signed up the New York Beauty Quilt a long. This is a paper pieced quilt along. If you are interested in having a look click on the button on the side of this page. It looks like a beautiful quilt.

life has been very busy lately

I am sorry that life has just been so busy lately that I haven't been on but I will try and get on more. I have just completed 2 more quilts and almost finished a top of another. I have completed 2 1600 quilts. I used batik jelly rolls from the hoffman collection and they are gorgeous. I have sold both I have made in the cappuccino colours.
the top that I am finishing is a square in a square block alternating with 10inch blocks. It looks lovely I will put up some photos soon.
Have to go back to work now.
have a great day.

My daughters birthday

Today is my daughters 30th birthday, it is so hard to believe that it was 30 years ago that I was given the gift of my precious daughter Jodi. What a wonderful experience life has been since this day 30 years ago. I have learnt so much about life, love, trust, compassion, fear and every other emotion there is. Having children is the most rewarding thing I have every done in my life. I have loved being a parent I have had my ups and downs and who doesn't and with 5 children life has quite a few ups and downs. I would never trade one minute tho. I have been so very lucky and blessed that my children have all been healthy and are all grown up into wonderful adults. (youngest is almost there Sharni will be 17 in a couple of weeks).
I hope that I am part of the reason that they are such well adjusted, compassionate, kind and just lovely people.
Happy Birthday Jodi. You were the first and lead the way for the others. They are lucky that they have you to lead them you are a strong and beautiful woman.

started a new quilt

Have a couple of quilts on the go at the moment. I have a square in a square quilt that I started yesterday with some pretty Moda 5inch squares. I will put up some photos when I get it a little further along.
I have a quilt on the machine at the moment for my mother for her anniversary from my father. I have made it in stripes of beautiful bali batiks in cappuccino colours of yellows, browns, blacks, golds such a pretty one. I am doing an all over abstract feather design on it and I will be making a label with my embroider machine for it. I am embroidering a queen bee on the label with a little history about the quilt and how it is made as a gift from my father etc.

I am back to work today full time so life is very hectic at the moment the first weeks back of the school term are always very busy for me. I may not get on here much the next few days, I wish those damn lotto tickets would just have the right numbers so that I could work full time sewing instead.

Have a lovely day

Wendy

a sad week.

What a week last week was. A friend's young son died on Tuesday the 24th of January. He was such a beautiful little boy about 9 years. He had a very hard last 2 years in and out of hospital. He had a rare disease which they finally diagnosed last year, he was given a liver transplant and the following day went into a comma. It was decided the next day to turn off the life support. A young life taken way to early. Rest in Peace little Connor.

To finish off the week my aunt lost her battle with cancer on Saturday the 28th January. She had been fighting it for a year. She died peacefully with her family by her side. Rest in Peace Robyn.

Life is so short and we should try and make the most of it. Always be kind to others and always give your best.
A few more angels in Heaven.

Wendy