Q  


So you are thinking.......

 Wrong! 

Not in Cinzia's little black book!

Now, moving on to the Q scatterings...... 
These small q offerings are not the stuff of which dreams or legends are made. Hopefully, however, they meet the criteria:

• a plant
• something to eat
• night time
• quick quilt

QUERCUS ROBUR

Oak Tree

¿Que Quercus Robur?

I made this doll-sized cot quilt for my three year old cousin, Lucy to place in the doll's cot which I gave her for her birthday in 2011. My father made the cot about 57 years ago. I modified the quilt design from a handcraft magazine and chose strong colours from the stash. I called the quilt the 'Amaroo Quilt' as that is the NSW town from where all the descendants of my maternal great grandparents, Martin and Sarah Toohey come . On the label, I wrote, "Remember the Amaroo Tree", which refers to the strong and huge family tree, a veritable 'quercus robur', which Martin Toohey (1840-1918) and Sarah Wicks (1850-1927) grew. 
Martin was an Irish mercenary in the East India Company army. Sarah was a young woman of an Indian and British background. They married in Madras and migrated to Australia. 

Vitamin Q10

  &

¿Que?

Yes, OK! This is drawing a long bow but it is for real.  As I couldn't find quinoa (packaged) or quinces (out of season) at Aldi, I had to settle for researching the Vitamin Q 

aka Coenzyme Q₁₀  and checking for Q wildlife in my garden. 

As it is soluble in oil, Q₁₀  is actually the 'fountain of youth'. It's found in all those things which the diet gurus have been telling us to eat for aeons: tuna, olive oil (Yes, in my own cupboard) and brush turkey chick (Yes, same family as the quail and in my own garden) as shown in this helpful little chart below... courtesy of Dermascope.

Thank you: http://www.dermascope.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=4833:vitamin-q#.UQutYKX5_dk

So do yourself a very big favour and insert a few more of the above foods into your diet. Take a 'before and after' photo and share with us how those wrinkles just fade awaaaaaay!

NIGHTTIME

I knew exactly what I wanted to do with this one but I couldn't find my desired object anywhere. It is here in this house so when I have found it....naturally I will find it not long after I  have uploaded this blog. In the meantime, I found a little hostess ceramic treasure for a Q10-filled, moonlit or cocktail hour tapas dish: dried spinach leaves smothered in avocado and sprinkled generously with toasted sesame seeds. 

Better than a face mask!

¿Que?

Quarter Moon

   

of course!

Quick Quilt

¿Que?

'Quick' and 'Quilt' are not usually in the same sentence on my computer! I still haven't completed the first quilt I started in 2002! However, in 2005, I needed something in double-quick time for my father's 86th birthday. At the time, I was doing a weekly 'sit and sew' with Kathy Doughty (MO) and she came up with this 5x5 combo for me, the slowest  L-Quilter this side of Paducah! I finished it within a week and gave it to Dad on time. I was pleased with the car motif, which I had enlarged from the Aunt Grace Around the World (Germany) fabric. It's the only quilt I have been able to machine quilt so far as it was a quilt-as-you-go. 

Reverse side

Still doing Christmas

I didn't manage to finish pincushion gifts for the fortnightly Monday sewing group Chez Mame. However, they are all completed and ready to take the train to Town Hall in the morning. Looking forward to catching up with the group, their great sewing and news.