With the passing of Mary Ellen Hopkins, my quilt group this month have a quilt from her book Connectors Collection #4 11/12, 2000, p.26-27 ‘Double Spools’. This quilt uses Kansas Dugouts and Loose Goose. I have used red in this quilt as a dedication to Mary Ellen. Loose Goose Kansas Dugouts The Kansas Dugouts joined […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Ok, LizzardsView has fallen off the squat challenge as it is, but am attempting to manage 60 squats per day instead.
No Comments. Continue Reading...So 30-day squat challenge Day 4 was a rest day but I just wanted to do more but I followed the rule Day 4 rest day. Day 5 was 70 squats now I understand the rest day, it was a breeze up to 58 then the strain was felt but I continued on and did […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...LizzardsView has decided to partake in the 30-day squat challenge and to be honest about it by writing about it. Starting point: Day 1 – Sunday, 14 July 2013 – 50 squats have been accomplished with no side affects to speak of in the 24 hour period after doing squats. Day 2 – Monday, 15 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Lizzardsview received the news that on the 9 July 2013 Mary Ellen Hopkins passed away after a stroke a week earlier. I had met Mary Ellen Hopkins only a couple of times in lectures held via Oatley Cottage. Mary Ellen Hopkins was a vibrant women who turned the quilt world around with her way of quilting […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...LizzardsView over the last couple of days has been able to advance in knitting the adult kina started some months ago. LizzardsView is extremely happy how this is progressing now, it seemed to be taking for ever to get to the sleeve castoff.
No Comments. Continue Reading...Concept Board – is a visual display on a board, poster, paper, or digital image, of an idea to consider. Lizzardsview considers concept or mood boards to be a great playing tool for many different areas of your life, decorating your home, designing a quilt the ideas are unlimited in the capacity of use. […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...LizzardsView has for some time wanted to make seedling pots or paper press posts from the newspaper received each week. Well LizzardsView would really like to purchase a paper press but has been a bit slow in getting it, so LizzardsView has used the toilet roll wrapped in newspaper. LizzardsView wanted to create some seedlings […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...My local quilt shop Oatley Cottage is having a stall at the 2013 Sydney Quilt Showin June and has asked the quilt groups from the shop to do a project using Tilda fabrics and a Kaye England block. My choice was to do a pillow case cover using the pillow case technique from Camille Roskelly’s […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Well we were lucky to get more balls for our scarf/shawl in my favourite colour red. I have joined some of the motifs and I am loving the effect. Also I was lucky enough to purchase two japanese crochet books, one that has motifs in it and they are so lovely. The other has rugs […]
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