I'm around as I have always been. :-)

Happy New Year 2018.

I know it IS long overdue with updating my blog. A few crafty friends were enquiring about my well-being and my updating of the blog.... I'm still here and around as I have always been since the last update in September 2016, which was ages ago.! I just didn't get around to write and update my blog. I have been keeping very busy, mostly catching up with what I was missing out on while focusing on my (other) professional work. There are certainly a lot of laughs over cups of tea and coffee involved in the process (of the 'catch up'). :-) I enjoy having my HOT cups of tea and coffee, nowadays. Having good long sleep on a regular basis definitely a plus in many ways. Patchwork, quilting and several other craft projects are very much at the centre of my spared time as I'm continuously busying myself with my long arm machine quilting service. Here I was, at a monthly social craft outing last Saturday, enjoying my cup of coffee and working on a crochet hexagon blanket - only 8 more rows to go and it's done. :-) .... For those who haven't seen me in a while, I got my hair cut short before Christmas 2016, after 20 years of having it long, almost down to my waistline. And, in case someone is wondering, life is still very much full of wonders when it comes to travelling. I don't seem to be able to stay put for too long.!

Quilting at Mount Colah

After a long 'pause', my quilting service will resume on Friday 14th October 2016. I couldn't be in two places at one time.... In all the places that I have been and will be until early October, there isn't a wonderful long-arm quilting machine like mine (Gammill Statler).

I look forward to providing my quilting service to my returning and new clients from the middle of October 2016 onwards. The quilting fees remain unchanged.

On another note, I will also be able to update my blog more regularly, as I have done in the past. It's the plan and, here, I'm hoping. :-)

Pleased....

I'm always pleased to see quilts that I quilted hung at the Sydney Quilt Show. This year, in an hour that I was walking around and admiring all the quilts, I saw the quilt by Heather. A little while later, by chance, I bumped into Heather. It was the first time that I  have met her in person after our several correspondence, and a number of quilts that I have quilted for her, up to this point in time. This is because Heather lives in Brisbane and I'm in Sydney. We got along very well and had a fun time at the Show.

A Quilting 'Challenge'

I didn't think I would, but why wouldn't I? ....Shane (Leonie) made this quilt top over 10 years ago. It's her first and only one quilt top she has ever made. So,I felt honoured to do the quilting for her. I was tempted to do allover (E2E) quilting for the quilt top because I know that I can do it well, but.... I found myself spending a lot of time thinking and planning for the quilting although the stitching part wasn't hard and didn't take long once I got going. I did a few practice runs before I actually custom quilted this quilt as I would like a well-finished job. Shane was very pleased with the quilting, to say the least. :-) But this is a one-off, and no, I'm not tempted, and won't be 'branching' out my quilting service (to also offer custom quilting) as yet.

2000 Visits on 29th February 2012

At the end of last month (February), by chance, I have caught the moment when the visit to my blog reached 2000. When I started writing the blog back in May 2010, with the encouragement from Linda Robertus, every so often, I would be wondering if there would be anybody who would take time to read about what I have written. So, having 2000 visits on the blog has proven to me that, yes, my communication and sharing of my craftwork do reach people in the community. I'm very happy with how it's going and have decided to incorporate my (part-time) machine quilting business into the blog. I have also set up my own domain for the blog; www.mountcolahquilt.com. Mount Colah is where I live. It's about 8 minutes drive north of Hornsby (from the shopping mall), along the Pacific Highway. I provide my machine quilting service to my friends who quilt and other local quilters in Hornsby, Asquith, Mount Colah and surrounding area, and it's slowly taking shape....so far so good. :-)