Harmany Quilting

2016-04-03T15:12:00.003+08:00

The sweeties are older and bigger and amazing. I'm older and smaller and amazing too. Life changes and goes on, living the dream. It's good through my viewfinder.

Stop looking

2012-06-17T17:16:00.001+08:00

Is this the same spot where Henry 'lost' his glasses a decade ago. In future I will just look here - I think this is where the fairies put things after they've used them.

Back home

2012-06-17T16:40:00.001+08:00

Normal transmission through my windscreen.

Danger and excitement abit later

2012-06-17T16:38:00.001+08:00

Well really the only d & a here has been jam splatter and I've been wielding a sharp knife with great results. When I get an opportunity to make strawberry jam I burn rubber. This is THE BEST JAM.

Danger and excitement in the afternoon

2012-06-17T15:47:00.001+08:00

Well at 3pm guess what the bearded one and I were doing. Hmmmm don't answer that. I thought to myself wouldn't it be great if all my friends and family were here eating scones, cream and fresh strawberries. Ooooh and real coffee, remember that. Anyway I thought of you all and toasted you with a scone ladened with whipped cream and strawberries, should I say strawberries, cream and scones again? with a slurp of coffee. Heavenly. Wish you were all here.

Traffic

2012-06-13T23:17:00.001+08:00

Snapped this heading north, leaving the winter fogs and freezing temperatures for the sunnier, warmer climes of the Perth coastal plain, oh and dear, could you put the chooks away. Thank you.

Ghost fungus

2012-06-12T23:35:00.001+08:00

A couple of nights ago, whilst warding off cabin fever due to illness, DS1 and I went for a walk lateish at night to experience a night with no lights and we happened upon these. Not to be confused with ghoul fungus, THEY live off decomposing flesh or rather the ammonia. Omphalotus nidiformis are not edible and they glow in the dark. Never thought I would see such a thing, that's where the makers of Avatar must have got the idea from.

On the road again

2012-06-12T19:39:00.001+08:00

Yay. Made it home for the storm. Both favorite sons are in Narrogin, however at least land 'phone lines and mobile service are now restored so they are contactable. Washed my hair, lights are on and a spot of washing is hanging up by the pot belly fire, drying. All's right with the world, and I hope that it is with you also.
When a child is learning to drive, there are perks. Especially on the long drives. This is just so good.

2012-06-08T20:35:00.001+08:00

I just can't leave blogger alone, I have to crack the nut or at least part of it.

Part of me has always thought that we are what we eat, and these days with a purported 7 billion people on this lovely earth of ours, our food is grown and/or processed in ways that maybe somewhat compromised. Mad cow disease of course springs to mind.. As always my motto is to start at my own back door, or rather in my kitchen. Bring on sourdough, which over the years I have tried my damnedest to make, with amazingly heavy, dense paving stone replicas being the result. The boys have always said that it was the best, if they didn't say things like that I would pull rank on them and probably refuse to feed them. If you live in West Australia and want to make your own sourdough you can't go past
Yoke Mardewi at www.wildsourdough.com.au. I have made wonderful loaves of bread, gorgeous pizzas and even delicious sourdough chocolate cakes.

2012-06-08T18:55:00.001+08:00

Still fascinated with this blogger app, just trying to link it to Facebook. Of course I've googled it and got some instructions, however my 'flu addled brain is ............... somewhat addled and things aren't making sense. Maybe tomorrow

Wouldn't this make a lovely quilt? The colours are just divine. There are so many quilts to make, sometimes it gets a bit daunting with all the ideas and it all wears me down. However it's the colours, the calculations of size and yardage, working out the piecing and then the keystone that it all hangs off, the quilting, because as you all know that piecing is the the character of the quilt and quilting is the soul.

2012-06-08T08:44:00.001+08:00

I was reading Bonnie Hunter's blog via Facebook where she mentioned that there was an app, there's always an app, for blogger (or bugger as it is sometimes referred to) so here I go. If it doesn't work there's delete.

2012-06-08T08:39:00.001+08:00

Test, the first one went to the wrong blog

2012-02-13T14:24:00.000+08:00

Well here we are organising the 11th Boddington Field of Quilts. The disclaimer forms and stall holder application, to name a few, are being updated and tweaked. The feature quilter has yet to be confirmed as well as the prize for most popular quilt. So what have we done. Hmmm, the date is Sunday, 30th Septemberv2012, 10am - 4pm, entry $5.

2011-11-11T11:04:00.001+08:00

A couple of months ago I went to Dome Mandurah, had occasion to use their bathroom and ~~seradipinditiosly~~ opportunistically spied this great hexagon tile edging and immediately hit upon the plan to use it as the border for my hexagon quilt.

This is the top right corner.

And this is the plan.

All taken with iPod. Lovely beast.

2011-11-08T08:00:00.000+08:00

The Waifs - Take It In

for my friend Janine, who's doing it.

2011-11-07T09:32:00.000+08:00

I just had a look in my crystal ball and it looks like the pace is going to ease off. Hopefully(always), the plans of mice and men will come to fruitution and I'll be able to go to my local patchwork group EVERY week and the Christmas wind up too. I won't be working.........

2011-01-26T15:10:00.006+08:00

The same..........., but oh so different.

Australia Day - I'm making Damson Jam and prunes. The jam looks great, the prunes......................well the jury is still out on those. Give it a day or so.

And listening to Paul Kelly, all 104 tracks off How to Make Gravy

2011-01-22T15:03:00.001+08:00

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This one made me laugh, hope it does the same for you.

2011-01-11T20:36:00.000+08:00

Dumb Things - Paul Kelly

2010-08-20T11:24:00.000+08:00

So long ago, three months go so quickly, when I last posted. I now work seven days out of every fortnight, for the sake of my childrens' education, and the fact that they are ten hour days doesn't leave much room for the important and routine parts of my life.

This morning I have been browsing the photos and doing the feel good thing, and I came across this picture. Not a particularly AMAZING quilt, but seven of the eight blocks were made by friends, and it isn't even finished, but I like it. It has made me wake up and come to a realisation.

What I have realised, besides working out that my job is a thankless; mind numbingly boring; repetitive; and did I say thankless job, that I have to sew on a regular basis. For a while there I was taking my hexagons to work and sewing at morning tea. it was great but I wanted to keep on sewing and the longing to was making me even more grumpy and restless. So I have to clear a space; tidy up; and get motivated to give back to myself that spring in my step and my tonic that keeps me going through the rough patches. Sewing and quilting irons out all the wrinkles in my soul and soothes the troubled spaces in my mind. Have a good one, and for your own sake, do something that gives you Bliss.

2010-05-15T12:27:00.001+08:00

I have given much thought about my hexagon quilt.

As I have completed 75 GF, and 20 of those with partial edging, I am reticent to frog.

So after much playing around ...............................

this is the design that I have come up with for the centre ............and the outer quilt?

At this stage it is unknown.

(PS the GFs aren't coloured in - this is just a layout guide.)

The layout grid I printed off Lizard of Oz

2010-05-14T08:00:00.000+08:00

I'm in a bit of a quandary and I'm hoping that someone can help.

I have been making 0.5" hexagons for over a year now and been sewing them into grandmother's gardens and in fact I have quite a lot of them. However today I saw a fantastic hexagon quilt that was scrappy all over, with no regard to light and dark except that it was and the outer border was a greyey/brown fabric. I can't remember which blog it was on. Has anyone seen a quilt like that? Could you point me in the right direction AND am I delusional to even think about frogging my hexagons and piecing them together with a laissez-faire attitude?

PS I also asked the same question on Hexagon Along 2

2010-05-13T15:37:00.001+08:00

It's a wonder what a difference a hair cut can make. I left 2/3 of my hair on the hairdresser's floor and I'm not missing it.

Hostel Boy's hand is fine, just severely bruised.

And the photo? From last years visit to the Pinnacles.