January 2015

Well, I haven't blogged for a long long while, but here I am again!! Above is the mandarin/lemon cheesecake that I made this afternoon, couldnt stop at one piece!

I've decided to join the WIPocalypse again, when I last did it, it was excellent to show progress on my pieces. I remember I selected a few pieces to focus on. I have made a lot of progress on The Token (one over one piece) from Longdogs and have nearly finished pages 3 and 4. First focus will be to finish pages 5 and 6, which won't be too hard as they are shorter pages. I'll post photos shortly when pages 3 and 4 are complete.

The other pieces haven't really seen light of day since I posted about them the last time. I have so many small Mill Hill ornaments "nearly" completed, I will make an effort and finish the mitten one.

Meanwhile I have been doing quite a lot of other things, lacemaking and also a new type of whitework called Sardinian, main stitch is knots. Yvette Stanton hs written the book and there are some lovely projects in it.

Well that's all for now, promise to post more pics soon.

Wow, I finished two things today!!

Well, red letter day today.

I finished my a Mill Hill beaded ornament and completed my first Milanese bobbin lace piece, a lovely design by Louise Colgan of a hummingbird, here they are:

First post for 2014

Well, its been about 9 months since I posted, but its a New Year so here's my first post!

So what about some pictures?

Here are some things I entered late last year in a local show:



1st prize (Honiton) Geelong show







2nd prize (Honiton) Geelong show



2nd prize (Bucks) Geelong show





Detail of Flanders edging







Finished lace pieces and some recent stitching

I don't often finish a lace piece, well I do finish pieces but sometimes they have to be mounted on linen, and ends sewn in. Not my most favourite job! I am always anxious to start the next piece, but today I finished the piece below complketely even sewing all the ends in. I am quite pleased with the finish. Its a pattern by Jean Leader, a Bucks star. Below that is a bookmark I've completed from Jean too!

Now onto some stitching progress: First is the start of Zoe: by Grenadier, below that is Herz Yin Yang by  Jean Louis Grandsire both Sticklounge pieces. I am keeping up at last!

WIPocalypse 2012 Last December post

Well the next couple of days will be pretty busy, its Christmas Eve here in Australia, so I'll do a quick post now of the Christmas ornament I made for an exchange in my lace group. Its a Christine Springett pattern which was a lot of fun to make, I'll have to make another one for myself!!

Here are also some of my lace bobbins which I spangled recently, you can see I was on a roll. It's fun deciding which beads to put on each bobbin, but usually a job I putoff

I particularly like the Cloisonne beads, so they went onto some of my favourite bobbins, a number of these bobbins were made by a lovely chap in South Australia called John Beswick. We do have some talented bobbin makers here.

Here is my progress on some lovely Bucks patterns by Pat Milne, a lovely lady and a great teacher!! I didn't wind much thread for the bigger piece, but it is so lovely I wish I had wound plenty and could have finished the edging!! Isn't it gorgeous??

Merry Christmas everyone!!

November Wipocalypse post

Last few weeks have been busy, another start on a lovely Hardanger piece by my pal Abi from The Stitch Specialists group, its already shaping up nicely. Parts 1 and 2 are the middle section, I've progressed a bit on parts 3 (the boat medallion) and the kloster blocks around the outside.

Now I can post my Christmas ornament I made for my Aussie lace chat group, its a lovely pattern by Christine Springett. Didn't want to give this one away!!

October WIPocalypse 2012

I meant to be faster posting, but you know what its like!!

Here is my progress on Many Years Ago my Sticklounge project by Gudi K

I love the way this is shaping up. Also, below is part 19 of 20 parts of Tribute to Ackworth by Luv2Stitch2 of Sticklounge too.

Also, I am about to receive my badge for being a member of the Australian Lace Guild for 25 years. Where have those years gone?? I am pretty nearly totally self-taught, I went to one workshop but it was in a type of lace that I haven't pursued. In a few weeks I am about to attend my second workshop!! So I thought I'd practice a sample piece before then to refresh my memory on this type of lace, so I can start on a harder piece at the workshop. Here it is:

Bucks (or Buckinghamshire) lace is one of the "queen's" of lace isn't it.

Now to start another piece!