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his quilt you cut it all out first however i found it easy to do with this pattern as you have 12 different fabrics so i just cut one or two up a day in between my preferred tasks then before i knew it i had all the blocks together enabling me to put all together yesterday at my groups all day sewing class i am very happy with it now its all together i am sending the top off for long arm quilting by vicki jenkins who had previously kindly donated the quilting on the kinder i spy quilt i brought the backing and binding this morning so its all ready to go here is a shot of the courthouse steps table runner now gracing our sideboard it is very fitting that they live together as the sideboard was rescued out of my grandparents garage after they had both passed away where it came from originally i am not sure but it was missing its back the piece that would have held a mirror not to mention the water damaged top the fact it had no legs and needed stripping back i brought some reclaimed oak only to find that there are about four different types of wood used in its construction my father who wasn t a wood turner then found a local wood turner and traded the job of making legs by giving him a few burls a burl is one of those round growths on the side of tree trunks bit like a oval pimple covered in bark burls make really nice bowls if your a wood turner and then after many years of living in my parents garage my father stripped it back for me and i paid a professional to french polish it so there is a happy ending for both of these rescued pieces happy quilting sue sa at october 17 2010 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest courthouse steps and harvest table runner s i made an attempt at trying to show you a close up of my quilting on the courthouse steps table runner i free motioned a figure eight twice one inside the other vertically and then again horizontally i think they turned out ok certainly all good practise anyway i used monofilament thread which looked so much better then cream and of course was the perfect answer for the dark blocks i did take some photos of the finished product but don t seem to be able to find them at the moment anyway its finished label and all and on my sideboard looking good this is the harvest table runner also completed i never did go back and add the extra quilting on the inside of the fruit i know i probably should but the monofilament thread is off the machine now so perhaps next time i load it up this table runner hasn t made it onto the table yet as i have decided that i want to be a bit precious about it ds1 is too fond oftexta s and drawing at the table so i might just bring it out for special occasions i did have a request for a close up of the quilting again its hard to take pictures that show quilting to their advantage but i tried and lastly but not least below are the seven celtic applique blocks large approx 20 inches that my friend bea started i am not sure when bea commenced working on this quilt but i do recall her telling me about them i use to give bea a lift to quilt guild meetings and charity quilting meetings when i lived in sydney we kept up correspondence when i moved to adelaide however it was not frequent i was really sad to learn that bea had passed away in june after a short illness in her late 80 s her daughter then asked me if i would finish the quilt for her and posted down all the pieces i am yet to start work on it but i do enjoy seeing it in my sewing room as it reminds me of bea i am a bit daunted by the task but i do enjoy hand applique and want to honor my friendship with bea who was a lovely lady so i will give it my best shot happy quilting sue sa at october 15 2010 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest all in hard days work thursday night i went to the quilters guild meeting and borrowed this book from the library as i needed to make a girls cot quilt and then i was lucky enough to win four fat quarters that were just perfect to start my project but that s not all as i was leaving a lady from my group thank you julie introduced me to two of my blog followers dawn and jude which was a lovely surprise so it was a great night out ok so i shouldn t really be starting any more quilts but with a pattern and fabric in hand it was all too tempting i had to dig through my novelty collection to find some bright prints that would complement the pink and green now i wouldn t normally use bugs for a girls quilt but they were all so cute and with two boys i don t have any real girly fabric in my stash so i was able to use the pink green and white polka dot fabric that i won but i needed more yardage for the sashing so back in the stash and came up with this yellow dot fabric bit out there isn t it anyway so that was this mornings work this afternoon i just whipped up this single irish chain yeah i know i am not suppose to be starting new quilts but all that digging in my stash unearthed ever better girl fabric besides with two friends due to have babies soon one is over due and lots of girls already in the family i figured that two cot quilts was better then one mind you not sure when i am going to quilt them but that s another issue oh and i am going to put a border on the green pink quilt just that ds2 woke up before i could cut more fabric so besides sewing today i also made some muffins with ds1 and applied the second coat of oil on our outdoor table ready for alfresco dining now today dh was also very busy but doing some proper heavy work paving here is ds1 hard at work good little worker isn t he happy quilting sue sa at october 09 2010 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest love a good design wall dh has been on holidays this week hence i have free access to the pc and his handyman skills during the day so 1 minute is about the time it took dh to drill in three cup hooks to hang a piece of dowel then another minute to unearth my batting box which was overflowing with batting scraps and this large piece of prequilted calico prequilted calico is good for making tote bags but used wrong side out it also proves to be a great design wall so not sure why it has taken me two years to organise one anyway now that i have got a design wall i am making good use of it this is a quilt top that i put together for the charity quilting group i belong to quilts from the heart alan is in his early 80 s and donated all the blocks apparently they were left overs he couldn t be convinced that they were of use to him he had already made two quilts with this pattern not sure what the blocks are called sorry and wanted them to go to a good home which was lucky for us so i used some of the fabric we had received recently good patchwork fabric but dated prints which had come from the family of a lady who had gone into a nursing home we don t usually get nice large pieces of patchwork fabric donated so it was a joy to piece the top together our fearless leader generously quilts all the tops on her long arm machine so it is now waiting its turn these are my wedding blocks made by my sydney quilting group friends what do you think about sashing them thanks for the comments re colours other then red it gave me the motivation i needed lol to go to the patchwork shop and audition some options i decided on this nice reproduction its a grey blue with a small tone on tone floral print so now i just have to decide if i am going to sash them or put them on point what do you think i have 50 blocks and they are 6 finished so either way they are going to make a reasonable sized quilt i have had more votes from my current group for the on point option which i like but can then see the need to do some nice quilting in the plain blocks and hence making me quilt it myself still they are a treasured reminder of my time in sydney and the friends i made so they warrant something special not sufficient sentiment to hand quilt the eastwood ladies were very skilled at hand piecing and hand quilting however this didn t rub off on me i am definitely a machine girl happy quilting sue at october 07 2010 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest something old and something new this my completed version of millies flower garden i have used jewel tone fabrics rather then the 1930 s prints that i originally saw it completed in the only really change i made was adding the four patch corner stones because i ran out of border fabric it was from my stash but i think it looks better for it i am really pleased to have completed this project at last so thank you kylie for giving me the encouragement i must say this is also the first time i have sewn down the binding hanging sleeve and the label all in the one sitting and that felt great hot on the heels of having a finish i decided to throw caution to the wind and purchase some flannels for a quilt for my best friend s birthday last time my bf visited she lives in victoria she admired the flannel quilt that lives on the back of dh arm chair in particular the terracotta sashing so i brought 10 different flannels of which she oked 8 to make her a large lap quilt not being a quilter but the daughter of a quilter she had some idea about patterns but declined an offer to choose one rather happy for me to use the same pattern as the one owned by me you can see it in the picture this pattern is called take 12 fat quarters quilt or quillo and was designed by deb thompson of the old german quilthouse in geelong vic which has closed down so i just need to buy four more fat quarters or 30 cm strips in my case and i can start this quick and easy quilt yes i know i wasn t going to start anything new but my bf has known me more then 20 years and never even hinted for a quilt so i figure she deserves one sooner rather then later this is a poor quality photo the colours are not this dark of a quilt i made with my mother for my grandmother my mothers mother about eight years ago i had been quilting for a few years but my mother was fairly new to patchwork when i proposed this quilt so we made half the blocks each but to ensure uniform sized blocks we used paper foundation papers from the quilters barn vic the idea was to use up pink and green fabric from our own stashes so the quilt matched the colours of my grandmothers lounge room my grandmother passed away in early september aged 95 and my mother now has the quilt i am glad we made the quilt but i regret that we didn t make it in her favorite colour turquoise my grandmother was a very creative lady and made me the most wonderful outfits for my barbie dolls i had grandma s precious bernina sewing machine up until last yeary and i was delighted to pass it onto my cousin the only other granddaughter and youngest grandchild who is also very creative and is pursing a career in the fashion industry this quilt was made by my mother and is an original design that came about from participating in a groups challenge the decision by their group coordinator to make a row quilt with different instructions each month was a good one as it made the maths a bit easier i love this quilt although i am not a kaffe fasset fabric fan and in particular the colourful braid borders i think this type of challenge is a very good way to learn new skills and extend yourself as a quilter so after a nice long weekend with my family i need to get back to the grind stone and see if i can squeeze some more quilting in this week while ds is home on school or in our case kinder holidays at october 05 2010 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest what next two weeks ago my fellow quilters went on a shop hop what a great way to spend a sunday we had scheduled a visit to three shops the first two in mclaren vale the patchwork cow and mallee country crafts and gifts and the last in brighton patchwork by the sea because i had already left dh with the boys the day prior i just visited the first two shops and these are my purchases the rainbow of fat quarters have been cut into and attached to my herb embroderies as sashing and the pink on left is now the backing i found suitable fabric for a border in my stash surprise surprise and attached that last week at 6am when everyone else was asleep there are good reasons you wake up before the kids so its all pinned quilted in the ditch and i am just pondering how to quilt the borders the cream print with red stars is in the cupboard with the other cream red prints i am collecting for a log cabin quilt when i finish more of my ufo s so now i have to decide what to tackle next hmm please note my side bar as i have been making amendements to completed and ufo lists eg harvest table runner will not be getting anymore quilting the end of the year is too close this is the challenge quilt i started with eastwood quilters nsw perhaps in 2006 there were nine instructions of which i can find only 8 please help karen which were 1 start with a star done that 2 add a nine patch outstanding 3 try semininole done that with the emphasis on try 4 add something floral started that 5 add some diamonds well i am going to cheat and say they are in the star 6 frame it outstanding 7 curves outstanding 8 stripes in two colours yes under the floral applique and 9 well i dont remember exactly but we either moved to adelaide before i got the last instruction or i have just forgot to write it down either way i have drafted a picture of what i want to do on the next two borders incorporating 2 6 7 but would like to know what 9 is before i start these four pointed star blocks were a gift from the eastwood quilters for our wedding so i would really really like to make them up as we will celebrate five years of marriage this month i have tried the red cream patterned fabric top centre has been cut into and i sewed it all together on point only to decide it looked awful so i unpicked it all brought more fabric top right hand side red check and decided that perhaps red wasnt the right colour hence this project ended up in the ufo box so now i just need some inspiring fabric that will make these stars work or i need a different layout perhaps just join them all together or should i use a narrow sashing to break them up i hope to make a decision this week on which one project to start next as my oldest son has started to ask if santa can bring him a bike for christmas so i am already feeling the pressure of the end of the year of the ufo being just around the corner happy quilting sue sa at september 26 2010 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest red is best our new doona cover collection of cushions and dolls our new curtains are you getting the picture yes i have decorated our bedroom in red thats without the drastic step of painting the walls but trust me with red curtains on floor to cathedral ceiling windows i dont need red w...
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