Author: lynkeoghquilts

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‘Antique French Lace’ is all finished and has found a home on a wall in my sewing room.

Finally finished the quilting, here is ‘Antique French Lace’.
Only the binding and label to go.
Really happy with the way the linen highlights the quilting design. The pattern was inspired by a French lace handkerchief from 1875-1889.
All the fabrics are French cottons and chambrays appliquéd onto cream linen.

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It has been a big start to the new year, not a lot of sewing but many changes as we moved house in January. The last month has been filled with unpacking boxes and settling into our new place on the South Coast of NSW. The added bonus is I now have a bigger and more flexible working space with a lovely balcony and bush view….

We moved to an area that was ravaged by the bush fires, but fortunately our house suffered no damage, only the front garden and bush opposite were burnt…. and now 8 weeks on and after a lot of cleaning up it is all starting to regenerate.
We are part of a community that is recovering from lots of stress and damage with everyone being very friendly and supportive, helping each other get their lives back on track. We have an easy 10 minute walk to the beach and I have found a friendly quilting group which meets 5 minutes from home every fortnight.

Our new house already feels like “home”.

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It is that time of the year again and we are all thinking about gifts for those we love. It is always nice to give something home made with love. Here are a few snaps of my Christmas table runner, depicting lovely poinsettias which are needle turn appliquéd and embellished with small beads. It is handquilted and is the centre piece for our family table for the festive season.

Something different this month.

A dear friend has a new grandson – so what better excuse to sew something different. ‘Benjamin’ is named after the baby and was created from a ‘Melly & Me’ pattern using Kaffe Fassett fabrics from my stash. He has felt eyes and black wool for the mane and tail.

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I also have been working on the quilt – Antique French Lace, adding the other 4 designs in the centre border. Lots of cutting and preparing the circles before they are appliquéd into place. Only one more to go, then the centre border will be complete.