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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: April 2010
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Tuesday, 6 April 2010. I bought a new book recently, Simply Stunning Woven Quilts by Anna Faustino. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Mummy and Daddy ran away to Europe. THE WORLD DOESNT STOP TURNING. Four More Violet Pieces. Urgent financial loans for unemployed. The House and I. A bolsa que esqueci de mostrar - The bag I forgot to show. I love my life - I love to play with our grandchildren, work and travel with my husband, and quilt. I bought a new book...
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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: October 2010
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Wednesday, 6 October 2010. Only just large enough. Apart from the quilting (which I am finally very happy with except for the faces), the biggest success was the small dark blue interior border. I made that by folding a piece of 1cm wide blue ribbon in half and sewing it down with a double thread and wide zig zag stitches. It made a big difference to the overall design. I'm also pretty happy with the silver nutmeg and the golden pear. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Only just large enough.
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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: Nursery Quilt Part 1
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Friday, 25 March 2011. Nursery Quilt Part 1. Part 1 - Centre blocks: Cat, Flower and Checkerboard. Cat - finished size 8" x 10". Cut background fabric 8½" x 10½". Cut one cat from the pattern (download link below). Cut one circle from the pattern (this circle pattern will also be used to cut the centre of the flower). Use the picture below as a placement guide. Flower - finished size 6" sq. Cut background fabric 6½" x 6½". Use the picture on the downloaded pattern as a placement guide. The House and I.
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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: August 2010
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Saturday, 28 August 2010. Our club, Cotton-On Quilters. Is having their bi-ennial quilt show in March 2011. We have three challenges - two of them are open challenges so if you are interested please contact me and I will sent you the information. One of the open challenges is Make Us Smile - size to be A3 size (12"x16"). Did it make you smile? The second challenge I am working on is only for club members. We are to use this fabric:. Here is my working drawing with a piece of tracing paper on top. The...
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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: May 2011
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Monday, 9 May 2011. Some months ago I celebrated my 60th birthday with a 7 course degustation and wine matching dinner cooked in my kitchen by local chef Dean Wong. He had offered to cook to cook and serve a dinner for eight people as a fundraiser for the local school and we were the lucky highest bidder for this wonderful prize. 1 Trio of mushroom soup french, field and brown or button. Johanneshof Dry Gewurztraminer 2008. 2 Seared snapper with avocado potato crush, asparagus hollandaise sauce. Barwick ...
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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: Only just large enough
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Wednesday, 6 October 2010. Only just large enough. Apart from the quilting (which I am finally very happy with except for the faces), the biggest success was the small dark blue interior border. I made that by folding a piece of 1cm wide blue ribbon in half and sewing it down with a double thread and wide zig zag stitches. It made a big difference to the overall design. I'm also pretty happy with the silver nutmeg and the golden pear. Good Luck with your entry. 7 October 2010 at 8:21 PM. The House and I.
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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: July 2010
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Thursday, 29 July 2010. I had another happy few hours in the sewing room today, working on the boat I started in the unstructured piecing workshop. Here is progress. I have pieced boat sails down the left side and across the bottom using the method we were taught for the stars. Links to this post. Sunday, 25 July 2010. I've spent the weekend at a quilting workshop run by our club, Cotton-on Quilters. Griet Lombard taught 16 of us how to piece blocks without a pattern or a ruler! Links to this post. Our c...
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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: March 2010
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010. Unfortunately I don't have a very good photo of the whole finished quilt yet but there are some good detail photos. AND its FINISHED! If you want to check back to the beginning of this project, they whys and wherefores, here is the link:. Http:/ nana-jan.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-project.html. To see the progress photos, click on the rooster link in the label cloud on the right hand side of the page. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget.
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Quilts, Grandkids and Delphiniums: Some Success
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011. It was done for a challenge for our club quilt show. The Quilt Show was a couple of weekends ago and this quilt won first prize in the challenge to my genuine surprise. I thought the faces were a failure as, close-up, the close quilting makes the little girls look like old ladies with wrinkles. The middle option looked like snippets which is a simple technique so that's what I chose to do but I'd like to have a go at the first option sometime! I like the flowerquilt verry much.
