Still stitchin'

First of all an update on the floor quilt for the new baby, I have all the rows sewn together and three out of the five have the back binding sewn down. At this point I ask myself is it worth not having to quilt it afterwards when I have to sew all those little half inch strips down by hand?
Frustrating !!
I think I will go over them later on with the machine and one of the fancy stitches, this quilt will be washed over and over so I don't want the stitching to come undone.




The front view of it, after a lot of consideration I went for green sashing, also out of the scrap bag, the green one this time.
I tried really hard not to use the same colour twice. I have all the across bits cut ready to go as well.









This quilt has been hanging around for ages, the centre hung on my curtain, here beside me for ages, because I could not decide what came next.

Then when I finally got it completed, the quilting frame was not set up, so it hung around some more, and then when I set up the frame I only set it for two metres, so it would not fit on, finally last week I decided that enough was enough and extended the frame and finished this one off.

My son has claimed this one, but I am waiting for his 20th birthday to give it to him. It is huge, I can hold it off the ground, just if I stand on tiptoe. I have only put thick fleecy fabric on the back of this one, so nice and warm yet fairly light weight.





And last but definitely not least the rest of last years swap blocks from my forum. The photo does not do it justice, the colours are much nicer in real life. This one ended up on my bed last night because it has and is so cold here at the moment.

Last Years Sampler

This is the remaining blocks from last years sampler, I made a lot of these blocks twice, once for my swap partner and once again for me in their colours.

Medallion Round Robin for 2010

Here is my gorgeous medallion for this years swap. There were heaps of other ladies involved in this. I totally love it.

Nearly Done

My lovely granddaughters are all getting the same outfit for Christmas

I loved the shopping bag I did for a swap so much I decided to make some more, this is the first, it too will go to someone for Christmas.

This is the bag I made for the "Decorate a Shopping Bag Swap" this went to Liz, (Mum of Six)

My Medallion from last years swap.


The other bag that was thrust upon me.

A swirly dress for my granddaughter Olivia, she will get this for Christmas
And this is a cover for a sewing machine, I made this for a friends birthday.

What I have done since my last post.

Can can, I love this one.

Table runner for Lynette B, also a swap.
This one was thrust upon me, not my choice of colour or fabric, But it turned out well, was made for a cousin.

the latest placemat swap

This one is for Leanne, it was fun to make and he is such a handsome fella, King of the Roost.

More Swaps

Anearly completed placemat for Petunia and the grandmothers fan, the one on the right is the one I made for myself

Swaps

The two place mats that I have made for the "Placemat and Table runner swap" (two bottom photos) and the place mat I recieved from lucky and lastly the "acorn gatherers swap" from Petunia. (top)

Roses

Some of the work I have been doing just lately.

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

the block I made for myself on the BOM for June

One less to be quilted

Here is my latest, this is from the 2008 Sampler Block Swap, I made a second block for everyone that I made and ended up with 18, so two more and I have a 5 by 4 block quilt. I am happy with it, it all went together fairly easily, and whats even better I got staright in a nd quilted it instead of pondering about if for weeks or months.

Row by row round robin

My next contribution to the Row by Row swap, this one went to Suziewong, I made it on EQ6, using the serendipity tool, this is the first time I have used it an it turned out very nice, and is great fun to use, makes all the blocks totally different yet still the same. That makes a lot of sense, but I know exactly what I mean.

BOM swap.

I have joined yet another swap, a block of the month Mystery swap, where we make the block in our partners colour and receive one from another partner in our colour. I have decided to make two of everyone of them in the partners colour choice so that I will have two quilts. This is the one I made for myself, the one that went to Giana was exactly the same colouring except I swapped around the Brown and white.

2008 Appilique and Stitcheries Swap

Last year I was in an applique and Stitchery swap and I have finally gotten round to putting them all together. I think it looks great. I want to thank all the ladies that contributed to my newest quilt.
Have just looked at this, and the photo is not the best, so when my batteries for the camera are charged I will try and take a better one.

Opening Day

Today is Opening Day for the Bag/Tote swap, and here is mine and also the one I made for Ann (quiltapatch)




This is the lovely bag that Ann sent me.





And here is the one that went to Ann, I seem to have forgotten to take a picture of the other side

Bag or Tote Swap

I am in a bag swap, and have finished my article for my swapper, so that she will still get a surprize when she receives it, I am just putting in a little sneak preview. I experimented here and I like the outcome.

R*R

My latest row from Toffle, Thanks Michelle, the corners are all perfect!