The TGIFFriday Party Is HERE!

I can't tell you how hard it has been for me to get set up for hosting TGIFF this week. Not because it is difficult but because I am technically challenged and always have been! I've had to  join inlinkz and compose a thumbnail link for this post and I am hoping beyond hope that this actually works.

Also I have been challenged to have a finished quilt for this post too! Last week was a sewing write-off as I had the Big Tidy Up happening and then an 8 year old party to organise. Then this week was spent getting x-rays, nursing a broken toe, helping the 8 yo prepare a talk on wallabies and attending two important meetings to support the boys with schooling and socialisation.

So I really worked hard to get the Gelato Log Cabin basted, quilted and bound by today. I feel like I deserve a gelato myself!

'Gelato' scrappy log cabin. Blocks by Quilt Club Australia Beehive#1
Piecing and quilting by me.

Block size 8.5" Finished quilt 40" x 56"

Binding in reverse grey polkadot

This quilt is to be donated as a fundraiser for a local Broadwater/Woodburn mother of two, Kayla, undergoing treatment for leukemia in SE Queensland. Proceeds will go to pay for her accommodation for herself and the 2 children as she is in outpatient services. 

There is a HUGE Fun Day planned in April/May to raise more money. This is where the quilt will be auctioned off.

Thank you to my fellow Quilt Club Australia worker bees for the blocks and even extra fabric that they contributed to this delicious scrappy quilt - Erin, Marieka, Kristy, Beverley, Kate, Jane, Laura, Jodie, Kay, Shirley and Lara. 


Linking Up

So how did you go this week? Any finishes? starts? throw it under the bed failures? Don't be afraid to vent, preen or sob. We are all human here. Do please stop by each other's blogs to comment and encourage.

Cancelled Relief

Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday will be HERE in 2 days! So don't forget to come back once you have turned your WiPs (Work in Progress) into TGIFFs. Hehehe!


A 'No Show'


It seems that I have been given a reprieve from my impossibly busy week by the cancellation of the HTTYD 'How to Train Your Dragon' performance in Brisbane tonight. It seems that the dragons had not been behaving themselves...or more likely the vikings. I have been able to reschedule at a discounted rate for Saturday afternoon instead. Phew! That has given me back time today and all of tomorrow to continue working on my 'Gelato' quilt.

WiP - 'Gelato' Scrappy Log Cabin QCA Bee Quilt
I had about 3 hours today, before my SAS meeting, to get quilting on this project.

 So I zig zagged around the edge first.

Then began shadowing the ditch around the blocks.

I am using white thread for the first time ever.

So far I have done the verticals and horizontals.

And I have taped the diagonals ready to quilt for tomorrow (which I have now got back from the dragons!).

This week's stats:
Completed projects - 0

Currently in progress   - 'Gelato' log cabin quilt - basted and now straight line quilting.
                                               -  'HR Far Far Away 2&3 Fussy Fairytales' quilt to baste and quilt 

New projects - 0 (but April starts on the weekend and this list # will jump up dramatically)

I am linking up with....

and also entering this quilt into the Festival Of Scrappiness competition at 'Stitched in Color' but I am #264 on the list so I don't like my chances. Imagine the job of judging that one!