Can you believe this?? From a category 2 it has now gone up to category 3 so Auckland, Northland (area further North than Auckland) and Coromandel a little further down and East from Auckland are directly in the firing line. We are once again in a State of Emergency for the next week, forecasts tell us that this will be a 100 yr event with 150kilometre winds, power outage, trees down, waves up to 6 or 7 metres, and to have enough medications for one week, food for at least three days, a plan should evacuation be necessary, this would include pets of course. The destruction will be huge as recovery is still underway from the one two weeks ago - and still we have doubters on climate change and global warming!
Apologies for the rant, now on to quilting.
First of all a pull for a quilt pattern from Rachaeldaisy - Across The Fields, I have a few more softer fabrics to add to these below, a few already chosen have been missed off this photo.
The quilt calls for 7 and 1/2" half square triangles and tidying with grand-daughter earlier in the week I found a small cache of 8" already cut for some long forgotten project, perfect to trim down and use here.
Before I forget, remember Tiny Beasts destined for Balderdash in my last post, not any more! The large squares of 9 and 1/2" were too large for the Tiny Beasts fabric, they didn't play happily at all. The small squares I had in my post were perfect so I'm going to save these for a future project.
I have another fabric pull ready for The Hannah Quilt from Erica Jackman - link takes you to her site
Kitchen Table Quilting.
9 comments:
Oh not another one!! Global warming for sure, Maureen--despite the nay-sayers..;(((
You have some lovely projects to start on...all so pretty...I plan to put "Orange you Glad Ojos" and "Crossroads" together and make them into one single top--we'll see how that goes...
Stay safe now and get prepared...sending good thoughts and hugs, Julierose
Gorgeous colours, I thought I had a huge stash, but yours is amazing. Best wishes for the next injection appointment. We have an eye clinic one for Hugh, a daughter's visit maybe Tuesday, when she is in Palmerston North for work, depends whether we get rain, gales, or both, then Dr on Thursday, for both of us. Where did that peaceful retirement dream vanish?? Too hot, today another scorcher here, younger daughter south of Dunedin says overnight single digits and lit the fire one day this week !!!
Another lovely colourful post! You certainly have a great selection of Kaffes to play with, both new quilt ideas look great. I've only bought the one jelly roll, still haven't used it!
Fingers crossed you manage to batten down the hatches and emerge unscathed (I was glad to read that you live on a hill).
I hope you and your family/friends and whole community stay safe during this next weather event. Such beautiful fabric. I can't wait to see your progress as you begin putting all of this together.
Sending all best wishes for minimal damages/distress during the cyclone - I am sure you will be well prepared with lots of batteries, lanterns, flashlights, etc. (plus food and medicine). The colors in your fabric pulls are absolutely delicious. You will enjoy making the Hannah quilt (do cut your segments at least 1/2" longer than suggested in the pattern to make squaring the blocks much less stressful). Will be looking forward to your next post!
I think that is what the people in California were saying when they got storm after storm. I hope you stay safe and don't lose power.
You have some beautiful fabrics pulled for the Across the Fields quilt.
You could cut some strips to add to your jelly roll project if you want more variety. The colors are pretty.
Maureen, all those fabric pulls are just luscious! Your plans are fluid and they always seem to morph into something terrific.
Those fabrics look beautiful. Hopefully your power will be stable and you will be able to play. Stay safe and dry.
Looks like we may get a bit wet down here too this time.
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