Thursday 1 January 2015

New Year's Day

We had lots of fun hosting a small NY Eve party with a few friends and neighbours last night.

I was pleasantly surprised when Mr Stitch offered to help me assemble my hand quilting frame I have been painting recently. 

This offer was made despite the fact he was a little worse for wear. No I didn't ask him, totally his suggestion. What a great guy!


There were lots of pieces to assemble...


including over 20 pieces of timber, lots of poles and hardware.


We assumed fairly traditional roles where I read the instructions and lined up the nuts, bolts etc, and Mr Stitch assembled the pieces.


He did need a snack and a little nap half way through while I started to assemble the poles. After all, it was after 4am when we were tucked up in bed. Something to do with a darts challenge laid down by Mr 16 and friends to the over 40 year old males. You know how fathers cannot resist a challenge laid down by their teenage sons.


It's now finished and ready to have a quilt attached for hand quilting. Unfortunately I have a slight problem with the leader cloths I purchased. So, it will stand empty for a few days until that is sorted.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2015.
Happy New Year!

8 comments:

  1. Well done to figure it all out, with or without hangover! Won't be long now before you're quilting.

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  2. woo hoo..........whats going on first...............hope you get the bits sorted ASAP..........

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  3. He is a good fellow! It looks huge and amazing!

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  4. It sounds like doing the quilting will be easier than the assembly. Well done to you both. Mick put up a garden shed yesterday. I think your project looks more complicated.

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  5. Well done, he's a keeper :)
    Love the photo with him sleeping in the background LOL

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  6. Matt gets lots of brownie points for that effort! It looks fantastic!..we'll expect some amazing quilts now!! Xx Lea

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  7. Beautiful frame. That Mr. Stitch is a handy guy.

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