Peg Doll

Here is the peg doll made by my daughter Toni, isn't she beautiful. Toni does not have her own blog so I thought I would show her off here.

Sheep again........

Ok I know I said I like them, so I have made another mug cosy, this time without the bottom in it. These sheep are so easy to make.

Caring hearts

When the twins came along last month I was given some caring hearts (Craft Magazine forum) and here is what I made from them and others that I already had. Two large cushion covers/ european pillow cases. These will go to the twins mum to do with as she wishes.

My newest friend

I have been raving on about the quilting frame and have not put up a picture, so here it is.

The quilting Frame.

Last month (july) I bought myself a quilting frame, it is a Happy Jack, and let me say now "I love it" it is fun. I used to put off quilting my tops, hide them away so I did not have to think about it. Now a totally different story, This week I put together two cushion covers from the Caring hearts I have recieved. I quilted both of them yesterday!!! Wow I am so proud of myself. I still have to put backs on the cushions so I will not post pictures just yet. In the weeks since I got my quilting frame I have quilted two of the tops that I had hidden away. Here they are.
The pink /salmon coloured one is from a pattern that I admired ages ago from Barb. It is finally done Barb!!!! I have put a close up Photo of that one in as well.
And the yellow muliticoloured one is one I found in a magazine (can't remember which one) and is made from flannellette.
The quilting is probably not that good, but I am very happy with it and that is all that matters. I will get better at it! And have fun at the same time. So far the only problems I have with the quilting frame is lack of space to put it (it lives at the back of my bed and I have to sort of sit on the bed and wriggle past it to get to the otherside of the bed) and the bobbins run out too quick. Think it might be time some enterprizing person figured out a way to have a reel of cotton thread instead of a tiny bobbin. The pink /salmon quilt took 12 bobbins to complete.

The Sheep again

Last week my daughter was complaining her tea was getting cold because she would leave it sitting around. I just knew I should have joined the Mug Cozy Swap. Any way this is what I came up with, as you can see I used those sheep again. This pattern was in Patchwork and Craft Vol4 No 6 and was designed by Cynthia Martin. The pattern was a wall hanging called Designed by Ewe.



I so love those sheep.








It was very easy to make, I did print off one pattern to make it, but it was designed for a sloping cup and ours are fairly much the same size from top to bottom, so I just wrapped some paper around the cup and did a little snipping and there was my pattern, I added a bottom to mine to so it could not slide up the cup and get in the way of drinking.

The Twins

Check out this tiny foot and hand

Inspiration

This is the quilt I am calling "Inspiration". I made it because of the block I made for this months BOM in the swap I am in, the block looked so nice when finished that I decided to draw it up im my EQ6 and see what it looked like, when I did that I discovered the pinwheel, so after a little redrawing I started, that when I ran out of fabric, so I have ended up with small and big pinwheels and also squares with in squares. The cours are dark green and yellow floral, (the photo is not real good)

Twins

This is Olivia checking out her new sisters.

Twins

On the 9 th of July I got a little pressie or two. Aren't they cute? On the left is Lilly and on the right Lucy.

More swaps

Sheep for Lynette





and Birdhouses for Giana.

I have also been working on some other swaps, The row by row from the Craft Magazine online Forum, and the medalion round robin.
These are the two last rows for me for this swap. I can hardly wait for my last one to arrive so I can put them together

Cushions

I have been in a cushion swap, and this is what arrived at my house today, it is from Geminista and is absolutely gorgeous. Helen thank you so much.
The blue one is tho one I made for Helen

Seeing Double

Seeing double and sewing double, Two cot quilts finished except for names and some sort of applique on the back, now we wait for them to arrive.
Oh its exciting!
This is my own pattern, and again I was using left over bits from other projects. I needed to make them for either boy or girl, so a bit of every colour went into each. They turned out a little smaller than I would have liked, but other than to attach more borders there was little I could do as I had already quilted them.


It was also my first time at free motion quilting, could have been better, but they will hold together. I have added a close up photo as well, Anyway the main thing is that I am pretty happy with them.

Stack and Wack Sampler finished

And here it is finished and quilted, I am very proud of myself, normally the top gets done and then it is stashed, for months and months till I decide that I need to quilt one before I start on the next.
This little lap quilt has already headed off to its new home. Should nearly be there.

One of my current projects

A few weeks ago I was given a half metre of fabric (thanks Cheryl) and I just had to make something out of it so now it is Stacked and Wacked, it is not finished, needs a broder or two, and I have a little of the yellow left, so I am thinking that yellow and green combined and then maybe a red one or visa versa.

Sebastion

This is Sebastion Snail.

He is from a pattern from Homespun (No 69), He has a few modifications, I really can't use the pattern exactly as they say, but he is basically the same. He is for my Granddaughter when she becomes a sister. The photo is not terrific, but then I am not a photographer, lol I would rather sew!

I love Scraps

I found a few things that I had photographed so put in here and of course totally forgot. So here is the first, the scrap braid quilt, which is done and waiting for a home.








This quilt had a previous life, I made it up and hated it so pulled it all apart
and started again, it looked like this to start with. I was all wrong, all the Bias from the scraps pulled out of shape, and I did not realise until I had it all together. Still it was a learning curve, and I am sure that I learnt something even if it is only to double and triple check before I sew.

the block I made for myself on the BOM for June

Meet Judy

Meet Judy

Spinning Wheel

Look what I inherited yesterday, my mum does not want it any more so she told me to sell it. I am not into spinning, so atm it is sitting on my desk looking down at me while I type. I put it outside on the concrete to take a photo and Ollie had to come and check it out, he sniffed every side of it. Mum has had this wheel since 1985, It was made for her by a local craftsman.