Cheerful Bunch

Went to visit a friend who has been unwell, and took along this little posy of nasturtiums to brighten her day.

Actually she has a fantastic garden of her own, so this was probably more of a gesture than anything else.

Least Wonky

Finished the quilting in the 84 pink triangles. This one (back view) was the 80th one I quilted:

It's not perfect, but the sewing just seemed to flow, and I thought I finally had got it. Unfortunately numbers 81 to 84 were not as regular as this one. But they are all done, and sometimes finished is better than perfect.

Past Times

A day out to visit the Ballaarat Quilters' exhibition with Mum and a friend lead to some interesting discoveries.

The show was held in the old Ballarat Mining Exchange building, which has great natural light. The quilts were easy to view, and there was a great variety on display. The photo shows the opposite end of the building from that I posted last time.

At the show I met someone from my high school days, who now lives (and quilts) in Ballarat. I was a bit stunned that Jan recognised me; is she unusually observant, or have I just not changed as much as I would like to think I have? If she hadn't spoken to me, I wouldn't have known her. Jan was looking elegant, and nothing like a kid in a school uniform! She had several quilts in the show, which were great to see.

Later at afternoon tea, I learnt that my mother's father, who died many years before I was born, had grown roses. He not only grew them, he showed them and won prizes. This was amazing news; I'm not the first gardener in my family, after all.

Eye-Level Flower

Do you recognise this flower? The blurry green shapes in the background might give it away. It's my kangaroo paw (probably Anigozanthos flavidus, the tall kangaroo paw) which is as tall as me this year. Last year it flowered in December.

Delivered

The book I've been waiting for from Germany:

Liesel's Pentagons: Inspiration and Instructions for Pentagon Projects, by Hilde Klatt and Liesel Niesner. I bought it direct from the author here.

This book is fantastic! It is full of so much inspiration using the pentagon shape I've been playing with. I've been looking for a new take-along project and didn't really want to do more hexagons. The possibilities of this shape are amazing.

No, I don't speak German, but fortunately the book is full of photos and diagrams. Experience making Burda magazine patterns back in the days when the whole magazine was in German may be helping too. Google Translate is useful for the occasional word I really need to understand.

I can see lots of these pentagons in my future.

Apparently They're Not Great Spellers, Either...

I almost laughed out loud at this piece of vandalism. I don't know how clear it is but it has the odd spelling error (or six). What made me laugh was the "there" and "their". Perhaps if they had written that sentence just one more time they'd have used they're.

Probably not, though.


PS: Edited to remove my own typo! Thanks to the discreet person who pointed it out quietly. 

Getting There

So far I've quilted half of these triangles.

In general they are becoming less wonky, but I still haven't got one perfect one.