Whirling and twirling

Guess what ... I can sew curves on a sewing machine.  Honest!  And I didn't want to slit my wrists at the end of it!  In fact I can't wait to do the other 8 blocks on this amazing quilt by Margaret McDonald.

I'll hold my thoughts on setting the "whirl" into its border.  Time to get a glass of champers and enjoy a Royal wedding now.   :-)

April 2011

Has it really been 8 weeks since I last posted?  What on earth have I been doing?  Well! I was lucky enough to be at the Royal Exhibition Buildings yesterday doing a 1-day workshop with Margaret McDonald at the AQC (http://www.margaretmcdonald.com.au/) .  It was heaven!  What a gorgeous building. All the classes were held on the upper level and during tea breaks you peer over the balcony at the shopping and exhibition below (if you're not shopping that is!).  There were 19 women in my class and only 5 from Victoria. Many from regional NSW, one from Emerald QLD, a couple from Adelaide ... all 4 day gold pass holders ... lucky ducks. We worked on a quilt called Whirling Twirling. If you click on the link to Margaret's website, this quilt is in the 2nd bottom row of the gallery, on the left.  
In her intro Margaret explained that she has about 40 quilts on the go at any one time!!!!  Oh how I loved that news! I have about 9 or 10 on the go and was feeling anxious about them but now I'm completely ok about them.  All hail Works In Progress.