~Au Revoir~

Time is quickly ticking away here

So many things to do 

I think this packing thing is a bit stressful

and dealing with 4 different weathers

Never mind it's nearly time to just shut the cases and stop thinking

Paris and Latvia here I come

It's still like a Dream and all very surreal!!!!!!

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all your good Bon Voyage wishes for this very, very special trip that my DS is taking me on

I will try for internet on my travels and will call in when I can and update but I'm guessing it will be more on Instagram as it is very quick

P A R I S   and   L A T V I J A   here we come!!!!!!!!!!

The Making of a Quilt...Forty Years of Light and OPAM (One Project A Month)

5 years on and off in the planning and how to execute this quilt

for my Son's birthday
I even thought perhaps I'll make a Log Cabin one 

Who else to ask for advice but my dear Friend Geo (no blog)

This required a few hours drive and a couple of overnight stays
We arrived and not too long afterwards Geo got into the drawing of The Triangle

I was assigned the ironing in preparation for The Rainbow

Sewing away with a smile lol

Step 1 Rainbow done!!!!!!

Precision work here

Meanwhile Mr Armchair entertains JoJo

As does Geo's DH Lloyd

And loookeeee it's coming together

And wow a Quilt Top in 2 days

We were all sooooooo happy and excited

Geo assigned JoJo the task of decorating the Christmas Tree

She was so happy to do this

I reckon she would do this for a living if she could lol

I'm pretty new to quilting and this was a precise job being very straight angles and lines

Everything had to be exact

Quilting away

Whoever thought I would love this

I need to learn more about it especially free motion and hand quilting

Another day and still quilting

All done and time for a photo shoot

For this one I thought I would choose a bush setting as DS loves the bush and practically 

grew up in it

So we headed off the the Gold Rush Colony home of our Melodramas

All rolled up

The back is black with gold musical notes

The day before we  handed it over

I thought we had to do a photo shoot here in our yard and on the beach our extended front yard

Mr Armchair quite liked the seaside daisies here

We came across this sweet little Love Heart

Then I thought I had to have a bag to put Forty Years of Light into

And it's all done!!!!!

So happy with it all

Thank you so much to Mr Armchair for helping out with the Mathematics of it all

Geo for The Triangle and lots of patchworky advice

Lloyd for entertaining JoJo and keeping the meals up to us all

JoJo for keeping us on our toes

And to both of you Geo and Lloyd for being such wonderful hosts

We had a fabulous weekend

Mmmmmm what will we make next???

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The quilt and the bag are my OPAM for this month

Thank you so much Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting again this year

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler...9 Patch

My 6th block for this quilt......6 blocks in 6 weeks is pretty good I think!  As I suspected time to call it quits for now as Paris and Latvija the home of my Ancestors is taking over!

Mr Armchair is doing well with JoJo's programmes and her day-to-day life and learning the routines for while I'm away!!!

Block 6......Nine Patch

And here are all 6 together

Looking good.......to see more blocks hop on over to Fiona at www.bubzrugz.blogspot.com

Holey Dooley 1 week and 2 days till I leave......still like a Dream!!!

A happy Weekend to you all......Dzintra 

Monet's Garden

Oh My Goodness so excited....have just purchased my ticket for Monet's Garden!!!!!

2 weeks and 3 days to go.....

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler

Here is the little box I am keeping my blocks in complete with 'French' labels

Well so far so good with keeping up with my Sylvia's Bridal Sampler blocks

the aim was for one a week and so far I have kept up

One to do this week still

I've joined in with Fiona over here so pop on over and see how she is doing along with a few others

Her blocks are starting to look so much like a quilt

All made out of lovely reproduction fabrics

Chimneys and Cornerstones

Bright Hopes

Chinese Coin

Ribbon Star

Children's Delight

Don't know how much more I will be able to keep up with them

but that's okay I allowed for that.

My trip is looming closer and my time is filled at the moment with lots of incidental details, caring for JoJo and Mr Armchair retiring, JoJo's birthday, DS's birthday

Lots of appointments at the moment also

Packing, unpacking, refining

Hopefully this weekend I will be able to properly sort all the clothes out

I haven't been able to get around much to comment on all my favourite blogs but I make sure I visit when I can

19 days to go

I still can't believe it

PARIS and Latvia here we come!!!!!!!!!!!

~OPAM...One Project A Month, July 2015

Two small items for OPAM this month

One is a headband from Patons Jet Yarn

saw this yarn a year or so ago and just had to have it due to the lovely soft smoky colours

Two nights and it's all knitted up

Must be headband month

This one is a fat quarter from French General fabric

Gotta love my  headbands!!!

Thank you so much Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM this month

So love participating in this!!!

And a special Get Well to Sweet Peg!!!

Happy Sewing

Love Dzintra xo