tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29179175073115498582024-03-13T22:10:02.169+00:00bluepatch quilterSheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.comBlogger593125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-39712511245736623332020-06-30T20:22:00.007+01:002020-06-30T20:29:37.891+01:00A Bit of a Furtle in JuneAs the last few months have all run into each other it follows that my blog post is similar.<div><br /></div><div>I haven't as yet lost my enthusiasm to get some UFOs done and dusted making use of all this extra time.</div><div><br /></div><div>First up isn't really a UFO as it was only started a few months ago in anticipation of a birth - baby not quite due but her quilt is awaiting............</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzzmKBmo5S56ZsvxYSfNdYw6UHH84XHl0oMIalyJTm-F34roF4cJ8x9zYtO4z2mGWPGeO-tailLKmb1weUpbK2WMW2lOc1WVCoMcVX_IgyT8ulxmrb0U5zeBAmxKERkndca-i7qTHRd4s/s3304/IMG_7267.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="2748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzzmKBmo5S56ZsvxYSfNdYw6UHH84XHl0oMIalyJTm-F34roF4cJ8x9zYtO4z2mGWPGeO-tailLKmb1weUpbK2WMW2lOc1WVCoMcVX_IgyT8ulxmrb0U5zeBAmxKERkndca-i7qTHRd4s/w532-h640/IMG_7267.JPG" width="532" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the binding of this quilt I brought the backing forward to the front and machine stitched it down. I have never actually done this before and am quite happy with the result - I wanted to use the same fabric as backing for the binding so it made sense. I followed a tutorial on <a href="https://www.thecraftynomad.co.uk/blog">The Crafty Nomad</a></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3uE02HSEUxQ3eJ2hkYU-jWtMH3Fq8wYCV4mgCDtS7R2g-eFmla1-a3rm80gdAiz9wOOmytR-R33XMPD0H1kPYUYB9MhsgKX83h_YKayya2h9KWDXfScA5eLvQ6zU0Rtm6UKDhfNc4_Oy/s4032/IMG_7268.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3uE02HSEUxQ3eJ2hkYU-jWtMH3Fq8wYCV4mgCDtS7R2g-eFmla1-a3rm80gdAiz9wOOmytR-R33XMPD0H1kPYUYB9MhsgKX83h_YKayya2h9KWDXfScA5eLvQ6zU0Rtm6UKDhfNc4_Oy/s320/IMG_7268.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">My next big task for June was to tackle the quilting of my Irish Chain that I made I think back in 2018/19. I was inspired by<a href="https://www.redpepperquilts.com/"> Rita at Red Pepper Quilts.</a> Her tutorial for her version included diagrams to ensure nesting seams and I followed it slavishly. I wanted it to be made from scraps but with a controlled coloured focus too. So I plotted it all out on EQ7 and off I went. I really enjoyed making the blocks for this. There were 25 blocks, each containing 49, 2.5" squares so a total of 1225 squares - crumbs!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghh_K92XF1o7rw3cjAoZ12E56_gmRCY_Lf7iFI72cKdg6jLdp2hvzg8-UMee2n0tGcdbFCCZy9n6qYVHqlmWvTL4ve8eFdRQyg4cIwSag_5ze_mF8kM1ypG0NV6gI55xzU5kBk0dd6JRtS/s2597/IMG_7253.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2597" data-original-width="2392" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghh_K92XF1o7rw3cjAoZ12E56_gmRCY_Lf7iFI72cKdg6jLdp2hvzg8-UMee2n0tGcdbFCCZy9n6qYVHqlmWvTL4ve8eFdRQyg4cIwSag_5ze_mF8kM1ypG0NV6gI55xzU5kBk0dd6JRtS/w576-h625/IMG_7253.JPG" width="576" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once again, I went against the habit of a lifetime and stitched the binding down by machine. I have always enjoyed hand stitching a binding but lately find too much hand stitching sore on my hands so am now quite happy to use the machine. The finished quilt measures 72" square and I am so pleased with it, there are a lot of fabric memories in there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next on the production line is a current work in progress, I have started to quilt it so shouldn't be too long to declare a finish. It's another scrappy number that I started piecing in the couple of weeks running up to lockdown. I started playing with scraps and did a bit of improv log cabin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1gM_qALGQSAYOAhQ62BR-x_R1rHd0_obMmlHy_IVCDVdAAtqiNn5_Lbc4C1N7vtldYUnY9AsX6vXWKdlqpbY3SyusjffvgcHduzp0u2hZhCrjb0UqVdXF8vqigP8Jxmv5KxiFV9ZYBFm/s2883/IMG_5826.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2883" data-original-width="2833" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1gM_qALGQSAYOAhQ62BR-x_R1rHd0_obMmlHy_IVCDVdAAtqiNn5_Lbc4C1N7vtldYUnY9AsX6vXWKdlqpbY3SyusjffvgcHduzp0u2hZhCrjb0UqVdXF8vqigP8Jxmv5KxiFV9ZYBFm/w314-h320/IMG_5826.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Final arrangement of logs -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7PQXgkx9dZugmuCxHN_eYmoQPtLw3D0jF3-Sb1HFDx-jqguhlz7z6N-6PNEYQJVO4kENmruS3GPseXAElvXxJ8SAcPrnkdxJSfTIrV621RCwhvh3jvmrRp_tseHTRvsnWd96Gpeo_SEf/s3103/IMG_5862.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3103" data-original-width="2878" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7PQXgkx9dZugmuCxHN_eYmoQPtLw3D0jF3-Sb1HFDx-jqguhlz7z6N-6PNEYQJVO4kENmruS3GPseXAElvXxJ8SAcPrnkdxJSfTIrV621RCwhvh3jvmrRp_tseHTRvsnWd96Gpeo_SEf/s320/IMG_5862.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I quite liked it and decided to keep growing it medallion style. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5VtgTjMeV_PBgVtOTe8oUeMpP5vDVMzh4IHhBM8kj23xU8A_qaiT8x0UWTFRNWvYPiLXXa84gTEXt7hmBTGSCcgITXV6OAvVca1me0OrvDAXmq1UNgbXmFF6TbbJ4GoTntWAh6fFNOPJ/s2322/4F65B98B-35B9-4C89-AF5E-B8A53240E5C0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="1939" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5VtgTjMeV_PBgVtOTe8oUeMpP5vDVMzh4IHhBM8kj23xU8A_qaiT8x0UWTFRNWvYPiLXXa84gTEXt7hmBTGSCcgITXV6OAvVca1me0OrvDAXmq1UNgbXmFF6TbbJ4GoTntWAh6fFNOPJ/s320/4F65B98B-35B9-4C89-AF5E-B8A53240E5C0.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I rather fancied a round of these little 3 -D pinwheels but stopped after four, too much like hard work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8WkkCZMKxddrbfwUqPn5hzG1Ouk9Z7vtl0-NMjCTj0dmah0NgKGbTAlZbnTl_oMu78lZBoTgPGjW7dMXr5TCh9Lu_AlQjJ9noLHUl_69pQmETH_pF3WbHdfnzk1OR4N1PjKD72DozwU7/s2899/IMG_5955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="2899" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8WkkCZMKxddrbfwUqPn5hzG1Ouk9Z7vtl0-NMjCTj0dmah0NgKGbTAlZbnTl_oMu78lZBoTgPGjW7dMXr5TCh9Lu_AlQjJ9noLHUl_69pQmETH_pF3WbHdfnzk1OR4N1PjKD72DozwU7/w400-h393/IMG_5955.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA8lc9e4JnYNitZ_V-69yCnUnFXxyPfDA26MAWl8rqQScl4MKw4Y89A5QhzO5dOOL1SEw4AHoiG9E3au8sLAds7UGSYUwDJhBv-JOpNjBTB-_bBnDRkaWZ74ela21YxK4eg-BkSQC3kk7/s4032/Bright.+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA8lc9e4JnYNitZ_V-69yCnUnFXxyPfDA26MAWl8rqQScl4MKw4Y89A5QhzO5dOOL1SEw4AHoiG9E3au8sLAds7UGSYUwDJhBv-JOpNjBTB-_bBnDRkaWZ74ela21YxK4eg-BkSQC3kk7/s320/Bright.+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If it was to be an actual quilt I had to go a bit bigger so really shopped my scraps, big and small.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzJZB7xFpmHKiru-MpRNPnidzFEAH8Mk5QkQEBOJRxSDE-YFyf_7fSMzZBJaNbWB_-U543HkkRIT2adtczAGTQjy8tyf-IMKlH08xGK5GEBn_KkQdO7mSRC2Q4lLl-QSanlKfv1hkcBAU/s2758/IMG_6074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2745" data-original-width="2758" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzJZB7xFpmHKiru-MpRNPnidzFEAH8Mk5QkQEBOJRxSDE-YFyf_7fSMzZBJaNbWB_-U543HkkRIT2adtczAGTQjy8tyf-IMKlH08xGK5GEBn_KkQdO7mSRC2Q4lLl-QSanlKfv1hkcBAU/w500-h498/IMG_6074.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I stopped at this point, about 57" square. It's a bit of nonsense really but kept my mind occupied at a difficult time. And as I say, I have almost finished quilting - I'll show it finished next month along with the snazzy backing that I pieced from stash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During all this frenzied quilting of the last 100 days I might have started piecing another top - it is a disease isn't it? I have a drawer labelled, 'Kaffe, batiks and Kathy Doughty'. I came to thinking they had spent long enough hanging about and set to wondering what I could concoct. I didn't have much of any of them, the Kaffe fabrics were mainly wovens, not many batiks in there, but a gorgeous bundle of Kathy Doughty brought back from Oz in 2018. So far I am calling it my Marmite quilt but I secretly love it and it will take its place as next in queue for quilting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUZRtRUTf87Ohs_anq2MYprBHwCRLlqJKCUIMEOXyxj_JcUdbBHlGUSiphBLKqbl1EfujCXmV_94182d3w0rZ_dhVxyD02g09HjEXJ2Qku39q7rBIRW0WstD5DLMsW7jTPAzz-t0M_Ng1/s2485/IMG_7182.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2425" data-original-width="2485" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUZRtRUTf87Ohs_anq2MYprBHwCRLlqJKCUIMEOXyxj_JcUdbBHlGUSiphBLKqbl1EfujCXmV_94182d3w0rZ_dhVxyD02g09HjEXJ2Qku39q7rBIRW0WstD5DLMsW7jTPAzz-t0M_Ng1/w500-h488/IMG_7182.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So this was my final layout of the 8" blocks but as I snowballed all the big squares I created bonus HSTs never realising they would trim down to 3" finished patches. Well I had to use them too, silly not to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyuBzwY7OJEHjMBFcRt35CDdzZF0uBB5-1JOfAxwJ4dA6rzrfXEAUSFbp9j74SUYV6F8N7ek2aig2i2eMu1osmw_RpKXa9YvzH-YNlv3YsFrZKWT3E4RdHDEHJ1jjRPmCbs_jwAwX3SkQ/s4032/IMG_7230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyuBzwY7OJEHjMBFcRt35CDdzZF0uBB5-1JOfAxwJ4dA6rzrfXEAUSFbp9j74SUYV6F8N7ek2aig2i2eMu1osmw_RpKXa9YvzH-YNlv3YsFrZKWT3E4RdHDEHJ1jjRPmCbs_jwAwX3SkQ/w625-h469/IMG_7230.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that's a wrap for June folks, thanks for having a look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual I am linking to Archie's Furtling Adventures.</div><pre> </pre></div></div></div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-44783180586575700772020-05-31T09:27:00.002+01:002020-05-31T09:27:56.960+01:00Furtling through MayContinuing on immediately from last month, I can confirm another lockdown finish with my very large Bella Solids Sampler from 2017.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBtDrH88CYZ4rmnzKpuOdkXnUzuyT6_S8nsFpGbUM5Ch_OC9gqAxGCg1agc2JgsQklj_WVDmfu0EmpRaWoAnG2yDwFfjFxDjngQNmFqsoc5wuEtlwNCa_1h-Nhplr_5gnNlVlwSwjz0ST/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBtDrH88CYZ4rmnzKpuOdkXnUzuyT6_S8nsFpGbUM5Ch_OC9gqAxGCg1agc2JgsQklj_WVDmfu0EmpRaWoAnG2yDwFfjFxDjngQNmFqsoc5wuEtlwNCa_1h-Nhplr_5gnNlVlwSwjz0ST/w640-h480/IMG_6604.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduvmM_rj3GdPFENtvRleeCBZpuIOVvbyn9JETtAaScvpyBwXuPO9DNe1PK-GpOlxJzPNX_GYGxZalXHk9GgGDJbakeOVhvEgXtTtJNryot_GwiHgOTPTi4hEqY6-8mW9KqFRkw_2jz2q3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduvmM_rj3GdPFENtvRleeCBZpuIOVvbyn9JETtAaScvpyBwXuPO9DNe1PK-GpOlxJzPNX_GYGxZalXHk9GgGDJbakeOVhvEgXtTtJNryot_GwiHgOTPTi4hEqY6-8mW9KqFRkw_2jz2q3/w480-h640/IMG_6605.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2s0bK2Hase2J9xlgSo3KSqIA6Js02RcDJW4mC_wuh9cba8RBh6-YyrkcrKKCv9o3DY1XCEvBI42E8gT84TvzMDUR17hArtB-uWU5fGsjRE05qSF3F154ODbLRMzM-l0-A4AM5shRGRSJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2s0bK2Hase2J9xlgSo3KSqIA6Js02RcDJW4mC_wuh9cba8RBh6-YyrkcrKKCv9o3DY1XCEvBI42E8gT84TvzMDUR17hArtB-uWU5fGsjRE05qSF3F154ODbLRMzM-l0-A4AM5shRGRSJ/w640-h480/IMG_6607.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTz8bISKx7U19jesmLNWzH6Z_fhi-HRJjElIIF3eTriz4CDs2VmDOS5HpSPD-76i9lb95M59oIeXtTkoHHcP76EyFD9PBcNQnyRfcdpoELGo9WXi0SGZzUHFNPld72XMnlnRWkT2ZZirIu/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTz8bISKx7U19jesmLNWzH6Z_fhi-HRJjElIIF3eTriz4CDs2VmDOS5HpSPD-76i9lb95M59oIeXtTkoHHcP76EyFD9PBcNQnyRfcdpoELGo9WXi0SGZzUHFNPld72XMnlnRWkT2ZZirIu/w480-h640/IMG_6608.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJI9hm43O3IaW7yqnevpve2qFeE3fmOUOO3gjN-ZI9bIFZvXdmkTV4KlAF3JO4TodsoZ5AD89r5ApY-S9XQVRwNNdv9-iP24VgWgsO2IJfA04WbUnuObrMHY4_ol2sdgJU7LhyFdNjyWY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJI9hm43O3IaW7yqnevpve2qFeE3fmOUOO3gjN-ZI9bIFZvXdmkTV4KlAF3JO4TodsoZ5AD89r5ApY-S9XQVRwNNdv9-iP24VgWgsO2IJfA04WbUnuObrMHY4_ol2sdgJU7LhyFdNjyWY/w480-h640/IMG_6609.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bit picture heavy - after joining the three sections I went back in to quilt all the solid white sections, just crossing over the lines already there to give a checkerboard look. I loved the binding and for the first time, I machined the binding down. I was more than happy with the look of it and it saved me 4 sides of an 85" quilt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was just after I started quilting this one that I found out that my niece Jaime was rather more front line NHS than I 'd realised. As a physio I had no idea her skills would be required for patients on ventilators, I hadn't put it together in my head. I was so full of admiration for her that I wondered if she might like to have the quilt. After it was finished I did a bit of sleuthing and was assured that she liked it and now she has it, is chuffed to bits. So am I for it to have found such a worthy home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My next project is actually for Jaime's sister, Hope, who is expecting her first baby, in 9 weeks time.Both girls were born in Australia so I wanted a nod to this in my quilt. Lewis and Irene have a range of "Small Animals", one featuring Aussie animals - I chose the one on an ochre background and am using it for the backing. I have constructed simple sashed blocks for the front, each block appliqued on my embroidery machine with a cute animal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrpPbMCMIQqjHP5ERBvp0AGbrlfDGIr1NCEQhO3SUXo4NpmOEI5bA7YJwQrfp15tsXIQBpZL2poWU29V5xPvdGwWr3CwEQ7XtTUR05LkRddWgcBAZinZr4PXKBlkzZCwX1JUPxNu0YdA1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrpPbMCMIQqjHP5ERBvp0AGbrlfDGIr1NCEQhO3SUXo4NpmOEI5bA7YJwQrfp15tsXIQBpZL2poWU29V5xPvdGwWr3CwEQ7XtTUR05LkRddWgcBAZinZr4PXKBlkzZCwX1JUPxNu0YdA1/w480-h640/IMG_6952.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The appliques were done on plain white cotton. I wanted the sashing to be a pale grey blender and already had a grey Makower "Dimples" but felt it a lttle dark. I got "Pearl" online and actually love it as a low volume blender but it's a teeny bit lighter than I envisaged for this quilt but it is for a baby and has a lovely soft look. The perils of online shopping, I must keep a swatch file for the future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So only the quilting to do on this, it is basted and pinned but a cut finger this week has prevented a serious quilting session.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVl0WdSiSa8XEnWLPOGu1taS08XMxYkGuoBek-t-8PJL0pC9DxM5HTLYhUVQcKB_BqLx8auYlEBtX1ol6LvMkWLpFAmvsLedcKJRVXyVG1hFnR3yojapHmQgbrXQ9fH0tpTZvuZYvs4OK/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3724" data-original-width="2096" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVl0WdSiSa8XEnWLPOGu1taS08XMxYkGuoBek-t-8PJL0pC9DxM5HTLYhUVQcKB_BqLx8auYlEBtX1ol6LvMkWLpFAmvsLedcKJRVXyVG1hFnR3yojapHmQgbrXQ9fH0tpTZvuZYvs4OK/w360-h640/4C3E0A9A-91D7-4401-B0DB-1CC4AB011F04.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I now have three quilts to quilt starting with my scrap Irish Chain which I look forward to seeing as a proper quilt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In between sewing and quilting this month I managed to pull off a knitting "commission" for my Granddaughter Ava who spotted, George the dog on one of my books. Not a natural knitter I found this pretty difficult especially when I had to find and use tiny circular needles. I was taught to knit with my right hand needle firmly tucked underarm. Trying to knit with teeny wee circular pins had me feeling like a Borrower. But George was finished and his continuing progress had been a source of Face Time fun for Ava. 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As we begin to ease out of tight lockdown I have decided it is time for them to return to work and they will be relisted on Etsy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2020/05/mini-archies-may-furtle-around.html">Linking as always with Mini Archie's Furtling Adventures.</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-56227672613647843682020-04-30T18:39:00.004+01:002020-04-30T18:39:45.272+01:00More Lockdown FurtlingSo, continuing in the spirit of last month's blogpost, I think I'll continue to catalogue my makes since then rather than comment or chew over our shared experiences.<br />
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I left you all with the completely scrappy log cabin which I felt was made with a fervour I rarely display in the sewing room. After making the Log Cabin section I decided to grow it into a medallion style quilt and kept going, rather ignoring my personal plan to finish UFOs during lockdown. I made another quilt top - this came in at about 54" square and has joined the "waiting to quilt and bind" queue.<br />
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Highlighted below is the three dimensional windmill block - I did think for a couple of minutes of making a whole border of them - no way!</div>
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I showed my first Lockdown Finish last month, my Bee Quilt. </div>
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The next finish was a good bit quicker to pull off, and that was My Small World, pattern by Jen Kingwell and I recall the online frenzy of us all trying to obtain the pattern that was published in a magazine. I really enjoyed making this, it was very footery, using up scraps and piecing small shapes and blocks. I think I started it in 2016, made decent progress, even got the sky section quilted and then - it was overtaken - and condemned to the box under the bed..........</div>
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So two years later my version saw the light of day and I finished off the quilting. I gave it a faceless binding and it is now on the wall. My Small World could not be a more apt title.</div>
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In between all of this frantic activity in the sewing room, I also made enough face masks to keep my close family going should the need arise and only this week, in Scotland, they have become advisory for shopping trips so my time was not wasted. </div>
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My next Lockdown finish is a biggie. Back in 2017 I started following the Bella Skill Builder quilt run monthly by the<a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/bella-skill-builder/"> Fat Quarter Shop online.</a> It was to be my first quilt using just solids. </div>
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2017 was a busy year for my family but somehow I must have kept up with my blocks and planned a way to enlarge the original pattern and to construct it to allow QAYG. I even roughly layered up the three sections and then they were condemned, can you guess? - yes, to the box under the bed........</div>
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Out they came, the layering up was tidied and pressed and then basted and pinned. For years now I have pinned only but I have found the basting stage of this quilt quite soothing. Each third of the quilt draped across my sewing table nicely, allowed me to tug and smooth, baste and pin as well as listening to the radio.</div>
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And then came the quilting. I kept giving myself little targets. Two days to baste each third and then two days to quilt. Well, I am delighted to report that today I have completed my straight line quilting, using my walking foot as a guide, it's done, approximately 180 rows of it. Here are the three chunks awaiting joining, followed by a close up of some of the quilting.</div>
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As I trimmed, I realised that the rather graphic backing fabric (an Ikea duvet cover) might work as binding. I'll keep that to hopefully show off a finish next month.</div>
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I also managed to find 90" wide solid white fabric that will give me joining strips that don't need to be made with joins. If you know what I mean.</div>
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I also need to get on with a planned quilt for the arrival of my first Great Niece at the end of July. It is to feature most of the machine embroidered animals I showed last month in the baby book and is quite time consuming, a good thing eh?</div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-4195050709796875352020-03-31T15:08:00.002+01:002020-03-31T15:08:26.849+01:00Furtling in a Solitary StyleHow the world can change in a month! I plan to concentrate here on recent sewing pursuits.<br />
I find myself in a Grandchild free zone so thankfully my sewing, being allowed out for a walk, and being fortunate enough to have a garden all makes it easier to cope. Face Time is a big help too.<br />
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So March saw the joint birthday of two grandchilren, brother and sister, just 7years apart! For Ava's first birthday I made rather an elaborate fabric book with each month depicting a significant development in her first year.<br />
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Before her brother Murray came along, we were blessed with another Grand daughter Macie and she turned one last November. For her birthday I made her a Patchwork Pup.<br />
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Murray's birthday book was quickly conceived and executed with the help of my new embroidery machine. It was great fun to make. I was able to use little scraps of faux suede for some animal faces that I found squirreled away, which proves that things do come in handy.<br />
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Although I won't see them at Easter, I still felt the need to make little bunny bags for the kids after seeing <a href="https://justjude-designs.com/free-tutorials/bunny-bags-part-2-tutorial/">Judith's great free tutorial.</a> Again I made use of my embroidery machine and managed to source a pattern for a bunny face. Whilst doing that I also found a bunny's bottom, not something I say every day. I constructed the bags from fine calico with a solid yellow lining and then picked out <span style="text-align: center;">bunny details and ears using a patterned fabric in pink or blue. Ignore silly arrow, it's that iPhone motion thingy.</span></div>
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Moving on from bunny bottoms, I have also worked hard on an older project. Back in 2015 I was still a member of the Stingy Brits online bee with a great bunch of girls. I think it was our last project, and for our sins we came up with a hexagonal shaped centre portion for our quilts , made our own and then sent them off on their travels.By some miracle I have found an image from my old blog of my own centre.<br />
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There was a bit more added to this to make it hexagonal (much of which looks a bit odd now but hey ho) The next sketch is our basic outline of a whole quilt and if I recall we sent off our centres plus a large square block and an infill triangle block.<br />
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It would be a long time before I attempted any sort of construction and by then I had changed my mind about inserting the rather brightly coloured (my choice) 16" blocks. I still have them and will put them to good use but for this quilt I wanted a lot more LV to tone in with the triangles I had received. So I set to and made 6 x 16" blocks with some precious scraps of my focus fabric (??) for the block centres.When construction had taken place I then hit on the idea of a little applique dresdens to break up the LV and add a bit of balance.<br />
With enforced stay at home time on my hands I put on my biggest girl's pants and attempted to quilt, having layered up at my last monthly Social Saturday sewing group.<br />
I started in the centre and did concentric circles went so far until it became obvious the shape would dictate the rest of the quilting.<br />
In a mad moment I opted to free machine the big square blocks, treating each patch with a different pattern and referring back at times to a cushion I had made in a previous life, at a Sheena Norquay workshop.<br />
I think I became a little obsessed, it isn't perfect, but I like the texture and it won't be looked at by any quilting judges.<br />
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Whilst finishing I couldn't helpt starting to play with scraps, just to keep busy (wink) I began sort of improv log cabin using creams and beiges on one side and darker beiges through orange to pink on the other. No real measuring but a lot of trimming later I have 16 little 6" blocks and I think I am going to use those blocks as the centre of a quilt sort of medallion style. Before the final trip I added a bit of wonk and I quite like it so far.</div>
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<br />Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-40285045325352039952020-03-23T22:32:00.000+00:002020-03-23T22:32:02.597+00:00Free PatternsFollowing on from my discounted pattern last week, the Covid 19 crisis has intensified.<br />
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Many of you will be isolated and perhaps looking for a new sewing project.<br />
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If you click on the FREE PATTERNS page above you will have access to three patterns which are yours, free, at the click of a button.<br />
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Enjoy, and stay safe everyone.Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-62633235233209717432020-03-15T17:30:00.000+00:002020-03-15T17:30:02.576+00:00Uncertain TimesThere's no denying we are experiencing unprecedented times - we are all thinking and talking about one thing.<br />
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So from today, 15th March, untill 22nd March, you can get a huge 50% discount on my Mega Pinnie Pattern.<br />
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I felt the need to make sure I blogged this month especially the 29th February!!<br />
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So I feel I have been quite busy in the sewing room this month but will wait until March to share a couple of gift items that I'd like to remain a secret.<br />
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I was in the mood for a little scrap playing but lately have liked to keep my scraps in some sort of colour order, have moved on from the dog's dinner stuff that I have indeed produced in times past.<br />
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So I started with scraps of a Lewis and Irene range, Big Bear Little Bear and hopefully keeping to a sort of controlled palette I added strips to squares until I had 4 blocks by five.<br />
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I then found just enough pale aqua from another scrap box that lightened things up and picked out aqua details from the Bear fabric, added some little connecting squares and managed to have a quilt top completed. I had lots of fun trying to achieve the block size (7") and am delighted to have also found a metre of fabric in my stash to back this little quilt. I'll store this one.</div>
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I can't lay claim to this next project as it was achieved by Grandaughter Ava a few days ago. I gave her a pile of pre cut scrap squares which she assembled and then sewed on her machine using a 1/4" foot for the first time. I ironed, she sewed, and I was delighted at her squeals of joy as she realised she had actually joined the pieces together. We used a piece of fleece for the back and "bagged it", a technique that she found "magic".</div>
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And to finish - remember I told you about the hoodie I'd been knitting for three years? Ripped down, it has become this - the guilt has now slipped from my shoulders, phew.</div>
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I continued with my hot water bottle covers making them after reading <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2019/12/mini-archies-december-furtle-around.html">Helen's</a> success in making hers more rectangular than bottle shaped.<br />
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In recent months whilst browsing Pinterest I found lots of articles and instructions for making a burrito style pillowcase - I hadn't come across this technique and became slightly desperate to try it out. ( Do have a browse online, you'll find lots of references to this) Anyway, I bought some white polycotton and partnered it with cotton from stash and was delighted to make a pair of these -</div>
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My next accomplishment was a finish, first of the year - am I the only one who starts off a project with enthusiasm, even almost gets to the finish line and then, it sort of gets forgotten about for some considerable time. The benefit with this one was that it didn't take too long to complete it. I haven't actually hung this yet but I do have a space planned for it. I decided to add a frameless binding which I think is just right and doesn't take anything away from the impact of the pattern's design.</div>
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I found the pattern for this puss at the Festival of Quilts in 2018 from craftyretreatts.com</div>
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I also made another decision in January - almost 3 years ago I bought wool, sorted out a pattern and got started on a hoodie for my grandaughter. I think my knitting dreams are beyond my capabilities and I would struggle at times, many times, and when I actually got to the hood, many months had elapsed since the previous knitting spurt and I was totally unhappy with it...........as this year dawned I finally accepted that Ava would be 8 in March and had just turned 5 when I cast on.</div>
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So I ripped the whole thing down and am now happily knitting a simple blanket. I do feel like a weight has slipped from my shoulders, I am so glad not to have this UFO looking at me.</div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-53265506602897984002020-01-01T15:05:00.003+00:002020-01-01T15:05:29.076+00:00Last Year, New YearSo, another decade begins and I am still not up to scratch with my blogging.<br />
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Like most of you, the run up to Christmas is alway so busy. I can see from my last blog that my Christmas sewing must have started pretty much after Halloween and first project was a stocking for youngest Grandchild, Murray. I used my favourite pattern from an old Thimbleberries book, I love its traditional look and usually add in the name using my embroidery machine.<br />
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Moving on from this, I had planned, in my head, a book cushion for each of my nephews. I looked on Pinterest and on blogs and cobbled up a mixture of all, taking hints and tips where I found them. Once again I made good use of my embroidery machine as well as using piecing methods for one of them. </div>
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I included a torch in the smaller pocket, and slippped a book token and some chocolate into the bigger pocket. They were well received.</div>
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It was during this project that I began to entertain thoughts of upgrading my embroidery machine. I had been gifted my Janome 300E by my very generous employer, back in 2005 and I reckon I had given it a fair run but machine embroidery had never overtaken my quilting. It can however be successfully combined with quilting so my deliberations continued until I decided to go ahead and after even more thought I plumped for the Janome 500E, now affectionately referred to by me as Mission Control - suffice to say, furniture had to be moved to accommodate it. I am enjoying it a lot and got started quickly on my first project - an apron for my son in law. Now he loves to BBQ and will do so at all times of the year, with his addition this year of a pizza oven for the barbie, he has produced many a fine pizza, so was born my themed selection of gifts for his Christmas.</div>
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It stitched out beautifully and I have to say so far my favourite feature of the machine is its automatic clipping of jump threads - pure heaven. And I am glad to report that this gift also was well received.</div>
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My next project was a birthday gift for my quilty pal Janet who has this year, become the most amazing crocheter. I combined both of my techniques and with guidance from a You Tube tutorial, I made a quilted Japanes knot bag for her crochet. I added a little embroidery which might have tested the depth of our friendship, but glad to say all is well. (wink)</div>
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Other gifts that consumed my time in November / December were these Ouch Pouches and inspired <a href="https://cornbreadandbeansquilting.wordpress.com/2014/11/29/ouch-pouch-christmas-gift-idea/">by this pattern.</a></div>
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These were well accepted and make a great wee gift, can be tailored to the recipient's needs, and are so handy to keep in the car.</div>
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I continued to play with my new machine and made these quick projects.</div>
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A slightly wonky Christmas bird,</div>
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A cheery coaster</div>
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Being back into embroidery I was re-acquainted with Emblibrary and bought this design for a "Pillow Wrap". I made a couple - one for daughter and one for daughter in law. It's a great concept if you have plainish cushions, to Christmas them up a little.</div>
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My current wip is a new hot water bottle cover and I am inspired in this by<a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2019/12/fal-finish-penguin-hot-water-bottle.html"> Helen, whose recent make </a>has taken us from shaped cover to a more boxy (and brilliant IMO) shape. Just waiting to purchase some bias binding to finish this one off.</div>
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(SO far, made entirely from stash - a piece of very old flannel for top, a piece of Ikea microfleece in place of wadding, and yet another of son in law's cotton shirts to back!)</div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-48751397068212082082019-11-01T10:45:00.000+00:002019-11-01T10:45:36.480+00:00DeadlinesI have discovered, as far as sewing projects go, that I like a deadline. I say, for sewing projects, as it clearly doesn't apply to my blogging.<br />
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I was sorry to miss a post last month, I knew the end of the month was creeping up on me and I was full of good intentions..................<br />
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Another lesson I have learned of late, I don't seem to multi task so easily as I get older - has this happened to you too?<br />
i just seem to get a bit exciteable and flustered if I have too many balls in the air - Old Lady Syndrome out to get me!!<br />
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Anyway, back to sewing. I know one or two of you were interested in my Patchwork Puppy, started months ago and tinkered with right up to this week when I was able to call it a finish! I have made it for my Grand daughter Macie who will be one on Monday, such a quick year.<br />
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And I seemed to get into quite the Halloween frame of mind - a quickly made (and finished) table runner.</div>
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And these little tykes are really what keeps me quite busy!</div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-9811456976492293142019-09-01T18:07:00.002+01:002019-09-01T18:07:55.507+01:00August Round UpSo I just spent an age writing a fabulous (honest) blog post about my August pursuits.<br />
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Thoxe month ends just sneak up even though I do think about my blog through the month.<br />
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July started off for us with great excitement - I had entered the Wimbledon ballot last year and was astounded to be offered tickets when the ballot results came out in February.<br />
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Even more gobsmacking was that we had Centre Court tickets! Granted they were for the first day and from looking at the seat and row numbers we did surspect we might need binoculars. But no - we could see beautifully, we were sheltered by the closed roof structure from too much sun and our day was absolutely fab from start to finish. Even the decoration of the tube station added to our enjoyment.<br />
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We travelled by train so I was able to enjoy some gentle EPP, continuing slowly with my Mandolin Quilt.</div>
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I have been trying to cut back on my EPP sewing due to my pesky trigger thumb - I did have a steroid injection about 10 days ago and thankfully there is no longer any pain, just residual stiffness and clicking. But I can happily sew with a straight thumb and reckon "use it or lose it"</div>
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I also made this little quit which is essentially just a 12" block. It's to be a little birthday gift to match the baby quilt from a year ago that I made for some young friends in the US. They are outdoorsy folks and live in Utah. This block is called after Zion National Park - found the image on Pinterest.</div>
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<br />Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-30496502010028712019-06-28T21:00:00.000+01:002019-06-28T21:00:00.351+01:00Joys of RetirementJust nipping in to say hello and apologise for missing last month 's round up and Linky.<br />
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In surprisingly spontaneous fashion we booked a late deal holiday so found ourselves enjoying the sunshine at month end.<br />
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I did manage a little bit of EPP by the pool but had underestimated supplies and only achieved this -<br />
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I am also trying to lay off hand sewing a bit as my silly thumb is still troubling me - apparently it is trigger finger and I have secured a hospital appointment that I hope will lead to a pain relieving injection, I shall cross my other fingers in the meantime.<br />
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My main accomplishment to share is the completion of the Overnight Bag for my DH. Back in 2014 I ran a six week class making these bags and I think approximately 50 were completed. What a great feat it was for my lovely ladies!<br />
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So I used my own bag when away for a weekend in February and DH asked if he could have one - "of course, I said" inwardly groaning............but I did it and made one or two changes.<br />
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Last year I used Annie's Soft and Stable for the first time and was keen to try it out for this bigger project - well, I am just delighted at how robust the bag looks. I also added integral zips to the side pockets instead of magnetic catches, and I lined the bag with a heavy ripstop nylon giving it a waterproof element. This made the finishing stitching alongside the big zip a bit of a chore but think it was more to do with aforementioned thumb than the fabric!<br />
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The main body of the bag was made using a heavy calico from stash and also in my stash was the great New York print fabric, a sort of linen, that I had bought at<a href="https://stitchgathering.co.uk/product/the-stitch-gathering-modern-quilt-retreat-2019/"> Stitch Gathering</a> a couple of years ago. It was a perfect way to use it up and I had just enough.<br />
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So there it is, ready to make its debut this weekend as we set off for Wimbledon. (waving excitedly)</div>
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<br />Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-30507463170037805562019-05-01T18:59:00.001+01:002019-05-01T18:59:22.689+01:0031st AprilMy way of sneaking in an April blog post, where did that month go?<br />
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After the excitement of March, April has been busy but I have managed some sewing. I seem to have had a chance to make great progress with my Irish Chain quilt which I started many months ago, using up scraps but in a controlled way and using a lot of low volume fabrics. I was inspired by reading <a href="https://www.redpepperquilts.com/">Rita's blog post, Red Pepper Quilts </a>and although not a direct copy of hers, I have followed her excellent pressing plan and have achieved rather nice seams on the reverse of my project with every patch and row interlocking beautifully. I have only two blocks left to make and have thoroughly enjoyed the process, the constant repetition allows the mind to wander in an enjoyable way!<br />
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Being so far on with one long term project has allowed me to start another - ha ha. A whole year ago when we were on holiday in Australia, I collected some templates that my sister had kindly sent for on my behalf from<a href="https://www.talesofcloth.com/"> Tales of Cloth</a>. One set was for the well known Mandolin Quilt and I spent quite a while sorting through my stash which is not all that huge and have laid aside my selection. I really do intend this as a long term project and will try to pace myself, especially as the first two blocks have left me with quite painful thumbs. Strangely it doesn''t actually hurt to sew but aches terribly the next day. I have just bought some Sue Daley Size 15 milliners' needles that come recommended for those with carpal tunnel or arthritis so I'll see if they help. I do tend to grip my work quite tightly so will try to relax that a bit. Anyone else have this problem?<br />
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It was my birthday in April and a friend gifted me a hand spun skein of yarn - she thought it might be suitable for making into a basket so once that was suggested I was on it! And produced this sweet little basket.</div>
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Linking to Archie and his Furtling adventures.</div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-23773560578646885702019-03-31T18:51:00.000+01:002019-03-31T18:51:02.697+01:00A Little Madness in MarchMarch was always going to be a busy month.<br />
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Our third grandchild was expected on 13th of the month but arrived two days early in rather a hurry making a very special birthday present for his big sister Ava.<br />
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A few days later our other grand daughter Macie jetted off on her first foreign holiday and loved the warm sunshine.</div>
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Back in my sewing room I was able to get busy. The quilt I had prepared for Baby Murray was fashioned out of his daddy's shirts, I mentioned this a couple of posts ago. I had bought rather a nice cotton gingham fabric for the back which felt almost like a soft flannel. Before assembly, if I can, I like to machine embroider a personalised label using the backing and wadding and then fully layer up, creating an integral label. However, as soon as I started to embroider the machine began to chew up the backing fabric - ugh!!</div>
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I then decided to stick with shirts and made up a backing using 9 large pieces. Although I loved the soft feel of the back and front I was very nervous about quilting this little project - I just knew it was going to ripple and pleat and do all those other nasty things you just don't want. I knew I wouldn't sit and hand quilt so I opted to machine tie it. Every intersecting point was stitched with a small fancy satin stitch pattern and then each plain white patch was treated to two similat "ties".</div>
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When I bought the Lewis and Irene "Island Girl" range it made me think of Disney's Moana so it was always destined for Ava, I just hope she still like Moana by the time she gets it</div>
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I also continued with my Luna Lapin wardrobe.............I am now happy to say that as well as her coat and shoes, Luna not only has a new polka dot dress but finally her modesty is preserved with the addition of some French knickers.</div>
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My final March make was somthing I have fancied doing for a while - converting a small tin (typically an Altoids one) into a mini playset. It was so much fun as I footered (or furtled) with little bits of paper, felt, glue etc........</div>
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And finally before linking up with Mini Archie, please indulge me as proud Grandma as I share my attempts to get all three into one photo. Herding cats came to mind.</div>
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-4444464976681701092019-02-28T19:04:00.001+00:002019-02-28T19:04:58.805+00:00February FurtlingWasn't February quick, as always?<br />
Here in the UK. the last week has been unseasonably warm with temperatures in the upper teens, about double the seasonal average.<br />
Locally we have had the dilemma of whether or not to "cast a clout before May be oot". Always a tricky decision to switch to a less warm coat or jacket too soon but this week we have been quite safe to do so.<br />
This image is from a local small park area, always a glorious Spring sight, maybe a little early this year.<br />
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Earlier in the month, before the warmer weather, my OH and I enjoyed a mini break to York. We had never been before and thoroughly enjoyed tramping along the City Walls and maze of streets. For a chilly February weekend it was extremely busy, not sure I'd relish a weekend there in July! We visited the Castle Museum and the famous Railway Museum, both excellent and really just enjoyed a relaxing time away. Of course I had to visit Duttons for Buttons.......<br />
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I took my Overnight Bag that was a class project from a few years ago and had forgotten how spacious it was.<br />
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Last term in <a href="http://www.shuttermonkeydesigns.com/cakeandcrafting/">Amanda's class</a> we were making a Sew Together bag and as I had made the very similar Bionic Gear bag (front in pic) I decided to make one of each to compare. The SG bag is smaller and seemed to have fewer but comprehensive instructions (in pic it's behind the BG bag, to the left)<br />
This term we have been making a Boxy Pouch and I followed the pattern by <a href="http://pinkxstitches.blogspot.com/">Pink Stitches</a>, it's at the back of the pic. Which just leaves Lola, on the right - this pattern is by Svetlana at <a href="https://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com/">Sotak Handmade</a> and really is a peach of a pattern. I think the bound zip is genius and the finished effect so professional, do try it if you haven't already made one.<br />
Most of the fabrics used in these pouches were Lewis and Irene.<br />
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Two yers ago at Creative Stitches in Glasgow, I used some birthday pennies to buy a Luna kit (by <a href="https://www.coolcrafting.co.uk/">Cool Crafting</a>) - I made the actual Luna + dress pretty soon after but has taken me until last weekend to make her beautiful winter coat. Another great product, I was full of awe for the attention to detail in this pattern, just note the faux pockets and sleeve tabs. I must admit that I did not make the six tiny buttonholes required for the six tiny buttons, I was too scared to spoil the coat, so instead have secured it with two discreetly placed press studs.<br />
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<br />Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-87387329655507291152019-02-06T17:36:00.000+00:002019-02-06T17:36:52.362+00:00CommentsJust a quick post today - now that we are reviving our blogs it is so good when you lovely readers leave a comment, believe me it is much appreciated.<br />
As always happened before, I receive an email when someone comments and I would always reply. However, some bloggers are no - reply bloggers meaning their email address is not visible to me and therefore I am sadly unable to comment.<br />
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Leaving a comment within the body of my blog post seems a bit silly as I would doubt a reader would return to an already read post.<br />
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I also think there might be a complication follwing the data protection rules that were changed last year but I makeno pretence of understanding what those might be.<br />
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In summary, if you commented on my last post, many thanks. If you have not received a personal reply from me it is because you are a no - reply blogger.<br />
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<a href="https://xomisse.com/blog/fixing-no-reply-blogger-comments/">This article</a> might help you to resolve the problem.<br />
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Good luck.Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-42470793699734077932019-01-31T18:24:00.001+00:002019-01-31T18:24:56.955+00:00Furtling in JanuarySo, when <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html">Helen </a>and I happened to each publish a recent blog post for the first time in a long time we were bemoaning to each other how so many blogs have fallen by the wayside.<br />
Helen decided to take the bull by the horns, approached a few other bloggers and from today we are hoping to refresh our blogging habit.<br />
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And furtling? It's a word that tickled us all, <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">it means having a rummage, a delve, a look at the contents of something. For example, 'Have a furtle in that cupboard and see if you can find it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">My main focus has been to work on the quilt I planned for my expected Grandson. He will be a baby brother for Ava and due just a couple of days after her 7th birthday in March.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Meanwhile, we welcomed baby Macie into the family in November, a first baby for my son & his wife. It's amazing increasing from one to three grandchildren in such a short time, we are so fortunate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Baby Max ( not his real name but the bump's name) has a daddy who passes on his shirts to me for patchwork. He tends to wear rather nice quality shirts and so I thought perhaps a quilt made from daddy's shirts might be cute, even including one of his pink shirts. I spent one session at the Ayr Modern Quilters' Guild stripping down a few shirts to useable chunks.</span></span><br />
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Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-50385324016963074712019-01-12T15:58:00.000+00:002019-01-12T15:58:50.043+00:00To Sir (s) with LoveThis week has been most thought provoking as I contemplate the lives of two of my favourite well known Scots.<br />
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On Thursday we caught up with part 2 of the recent Made in Scotland programmes featuring my favourite ever comedian.<br />
Billy Connolly has been reducing me to tears since probably my late teens.<br />
These programmes included many TV clips of his shows through the years and with celebrity comments along the way we were reminded of so much of his particular humour. Being born only a decade later , many of his observational stories really resonate with me and I consider Sir Billy as a real National treasure.<br />
As he brought the programme to a close he reflected on his condition and admitted that due to his Parkinson's disease he felt his life was slipping away slowly.<br />
Once more, he reduced me to tears, but sad ones, as I realised we are unlikely to see him on our screens much more, but happy for him to have been able to bow out to all his fans on his own terms.<br />
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Next morning I awoke to the news that Andy Murray had decided that enough was enough and with luck he might make Wimbledon in July but there was a very real possibility that his match in Melbourne on Monday might be his last due to the constant pain he lives with.<br />
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I first heard of Murray when he won the Junior US Open at the age of 17 and have been a fan since.<br />
There have been dozens,maybe hundreds of tributes paid to him in todays papers, on social media and of course, TV, and I cannot better any of them but I do feel privileged to have been able to watch him rise to the very height of his game and enjoy the many matches I have been able to see, including some heart wrenching hide behind the settee moments too!<br />
I realise how special it is to have felt such National pride in a sportsman of his calibre.<br />
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So, Sir Andy Murray, unlike Connolly, is unable to bow out on his own terms, but when the dust settles and he has his pain under control this young man will be able to look forward to a long and happy life with his lovely family and I am sure we haven't seen the last of him on our screens.<br />
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As I reflect on their lives and careers I have come to the conclusion that like our National drink, these two fine men must indeed have been "Made in Scotland from girders".<br />
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I wish them both, a' the best!Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-39273062812279067992018-12-30T18:02:00.000+00:002018-12-30T18:29:37.320+00:00Last Post of 2018In the many months since my last post I have thought about my blog, should I just give it up for good or have a stab at continuing? Dilemma.<br />
Whatever I decide to do I can't just bow out without a goodbye, not after all these years and the friendships that it has produced.<br />
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Instead of wittering on about what I have done or not done this year I reckon a pictorial round up might suffice, let's see if I can dredge up one or two pictures per month to reflect my 2018............or at least since my last post in March.<br />
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A fab holiday to Australia</div>
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Had a lovely day with Salley who I "met" through blogging.</div>
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This was a first attempt using Lewis and Irene's Big Bear Little Bear fabric to make a baby quilt. I used my own simple Charm Square quilt pattern, and it went off to a good home.</div>
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I had a 2nd attempt with the Big Bear fabic. It went to the new baby daughter of my son's best man & his wife - it was sooo well received.<br />
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Our brilliant joiners took away our old staircase and fitted a new one.</div>
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The patriarch of our family celebrated his 88th birthday with the whole family, including his two grandsons, and great grand daughter, sadly the last day he would spend in his own home.</div>
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The circle of life goes on. We welcomed baby Macie Florence Agnes, daughter to our son & beautiful daughter in law.</div>
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Managed to get this made in time - a wonderful pattern by <a href="https://elizabethhartman.com/">Elizabeth Hartman,</a> Lisa the Unicorn.</div>
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for my wee Christmas Elf,</div>
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I had my table runner featured in the current issue of <a href="http://www.todaysquilter.com/">Today's Quilter,</a> thrilled with the way it was styled.</div>
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<br />Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-42540285034725899202018-03-11T08:42:00.001+00:002018-03-11T08:42:50.935+00:00Chilly SewingLooking back to my last post how silly of me to suggest Spring was in the air, how wrong could I be?<br />
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To be fair, here in Ayr we (whispers) had no snow! Cold, yes, but no lying snow - we are so fortunate to be sheltered by the Isle of Arran although of course other parts of Ayrshire not a million miles away suffered the snowy disruption that much of the UK did. We did for a brief moment in time share the fuel, bread and milk shortages, but really nothing too dramatic.<br />
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So on those cold days and with my OH away for a little longer than planned due to air traffic delays (weather related) I got on with some sewing.<br />
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My Bella Sampler, still in three sections but now has wadding and backing cut into three appropriate sections also. Quilting will commence in the fullness of time.<br />
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The Irish Chain quilt that I shared with you has grown slightly in real life and much more on paper.<br />
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I showed you my original plan - just nine blocks.<br />
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But I decided to explore the options of adding in lots of LV blocks and have come up with this option - 25 blocks! It'll be a slow burner as I work through my scraps cutting squares when I feel like it and sewing blocks whenever. I intend to enjoy the process.</div>
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<i> </i>I also worked on an updated version of an old class project, Topsy. My original class sample was made using Christmas colours so for this new version I chose a Lewis and Irene range called Island Girl that reminded me of Disney's Moana. When finished, it will of course go to a small person I know. (wink)</div>
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These photos show my progress, it also has been layered up and awaits quilting!!</div>
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Sprinkled in to my sewing there were a couple of gifts, a rope bowl which was very well received.] and I joined with my Bee Buddies to make a couple of baby quilts for another Bee Grannie to be (!!)</div>
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I attended my first meeting of the Ayrshire Modern Quilters' Guild - it is held in the most super accommodation right on the platform of Kilmarnock train station - the old waiting room has been beautifully converted into a really comfortable multi purpose room, bright and cheerful and through a connecting door is the equally pleasant cafe. Genius.</div>
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And finally on the sewing front I have continued to make (2) my Attic Window cushions in Amanda's classes. As I will miss the final two classes I ramped up my progress on these and have completed one. I absolutely love the fabric I chose for this project but on completion I wish I had used stronger tones for my "window sills"...........always learning.</div>
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This is cushion #1 all layered up and quilted (YES) - I always add the back sections to the front and quilt as one before binding the short ends and folding, enveloped style. Makes for a really luxurious cushion.</div>
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And finally, here in the UK it's Mother's Day. Not only will I be lucky enough to spend time today with both my "children" and their spouses, but we will all be celebrating my grand daughter Ava's 6th birthday - she is excited beyond belief about her birthday and the excitement will continue on as she is getting my old Janome 3/4 sized machine, a sewing basket full of goodies and a promise of sewing lessons from Grandma. We'll see how that goes.............</div>
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I hope you all managed to avoid the flu bug that has been so prevalent here. Our house had the bug early in December so we felt smug and well as we approached Christmas only to have our Christmas Day scuppered when my poor DIL went down with it - all was not lost though. With half a day's notice and good old Aldi I pulled together a Christmas meal and laughed at how often I have spent hours in the past making lists for the big meal. I scored a half price boxed turkey, nestling in greaseproof paper and found an embossed card within with cooking instructions that alerted me to its built in thermometer - its what?? A first for me, it turned out great and I believe it was the award winning bird of the year, lol.<br />
The family managed to re-convene by the end of Christmas week although numbers were still a little depleted.<br />
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Moving into January and turning to sewing again was brightened by the delivery of this book.<br />
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I haven't started anything from it yet but have my eye on the Highland Cow within. The layout and instructions in this book are excellent and I really look forward to starting.....I just need to finish up some other stuff first before I allow myself. Such discipline!!</div>
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Early in the month a friend asked if I could come up with something suitable for her Aunt's impending 100th birthday. There wasn't much time so I reckoned a simple cushion with some machine embroidery might fit the bill. I used some Kaffe shot cotton and purchased an embroidery design which I stitched out in two shades of gold. The finished cushion was well received by my friend and her Aunt Jean.</div>
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The weather in January has been pretty wintery so a great excuse to hole up in the sewing room. I was in just the mood for storage and so far have made two (I plan three in total) of these great storage pods. Pattern is by<a href="https://lovefrombeth.com/"> Beth Studley</a>. I am making this for my grand daughter to help contain her growing collection of little plastic figures, you know the kind of thing, Playmobil, Lego, Shopkins etc</div>
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For my own storage I made one of these little storage basket, an old favourite by<a href="http://ayumills.blogspot.co.uk/"> Pink Penguin.</a> They take next to no time to knock up and I use them inside drawers to store haberdashery items like zips, lace, cords etc.</div>
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Now the quilt I showed you in my last post, The Bella Skills Builder - well I finished all the blocks and have added borders. I plan to QAYG in three big sections and now have the wadding and backing organised. As you know the front is totally made from solids and I was really pleased to find a very large duvet cover in the Ikea sale in quite a bold geometric design and also in the colours I used on the front, pretty much. For those of you who have not seen this tip before, consider buying a duvet cover to use for backings as you usually end up with twice as much fabric to use. And I have four pillowcases as a bonus. No photos at the moment but once I get going on the quilting I'll remember to take some.</div>
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I have also returned to class this month and am working on an Attic Window cushion that is taking shape nicely. Photos in next post, I promise.</div>
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Lastly, I made a start on a small Irish Chain quilt using up scraps. I have had it in the back of my mind since I saw this post by<a href="http://www.redpepperquilts.com/2015/07/irish-chain-scrap-buster-quilt-and-tutorial.html"> RedPepperQuilts.</a> What I particularly love about Rita's tutorial is her plan for pressing seams so that all of them can interlock. Genius.</div>
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<br />Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-84996023078473297102017-12-30T21:06:00.002+00:002017-12-30T21:06:48.637+00:00Running Out of 2017<div style="text-align: left;">
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Many's the time I have thought to sit down and post but as the months rolled by I fretted about fitting everything in. Then I thought, if I am going to continue this blog, just get on with a post and show a few recent makes, I don't have to include every last moment from August! So working backwards from my recent sewing here is what I have been up to.</div>
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I finished all of the blocks from the Bella Skills Builder sew a long, changing a couple in the final stages. I did set out on this project hoping to make use of lots of shirts I have stashed and did use some of them. The project was meant to be made using Bella solids and I stuck to the solid plan which I found very enjoyable. The shirts I started off with sort of dictated my colour palette and I also used some stash solids. I always knew that I would want to make a larger quilt than the one in the QAL and tried a few layouts on EQ7. Aiming for a pretty large quilt for our very large bed, I made a start this week on joining and sashing the blocks and in the picture below you will see I have completed the top section, adding in monster 6" sashing & borders. My quilt is going to end up about 90" square and I am constructing this joining stage in three sections which I will quilt separately. I have to admit I was a wee bit scared using such wide sashing but the effect has spread out the blocks and I like this better than having them all butting up together. It's a wee bit hard to make it out in the picture as the blocks have overshot my "design wall" onto an existing quilt, I'll try for better photos as I progress.</div>
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Just before Christmas with no Big Day to organise here I found myself needing a quick sewing fix and made this Nina wristlet from <a href="http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.co.uk/">Sotak Handmade</a><br />
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Since August, I have been attending Amanda's classes in Prestwick. Amanda took over these classes from me in 2016 and has offers really interesting projects. I decided to sign up for The Catch All Caddy, a useful bag design by Annie.com. This bag uses Annie's Soft and Stable wadding which I hadn't used before and was keen to try. The timing of the course was also perfect because if I finished the bag in time I thought it might be a perfect gift for my friend's special birthday in December.</div>
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Despite my years of experience (Cough, cough) I found this quite a tricky project and was really glad of Amanda's guidance. I used Sweetwater's <i>Celebration </i>fabric line for the bag - the main fabric has lots of celebratory events printed on it and as well as a birthday, friend Janet was retiring.</div>
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Also in December I recalled <a href="http://blog.mybearpaw.com/2017/10/post-stitch-gathering-blend-fabrics-competition.html">Jo launching a competition on her blog</a> - those of us who attended the Stitch Gathering in September received in their goody bags a panel of Cori Dantini fabric plus some coordinating fat quarters. So the challenge was to make something using the fabric and submit photos on Instagram by tomorrow!! I opted to make a nice zippy purse and after bit of thought I cut out the character from one of the panels plus some of the flowers and appliqued them on to an already quilted piece of fabric I found in my UFO drawer. I really enjoyed taking time over this project and actually came up with a different way of inserting the zip which I'll share another time.<br />
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And lastly, still in December my fellow Sewing Bee pals (real life not online) and I finally finished this joint effort quilt, a special birthday gift for the aforementioned Janet. The design is based on a quilt called Spin,<a href="http://www.shecanquilt.ca/search?updated-max=2016-06-24T07:06:00-06:00&max-results=5"> by Leanne from She can Quilt</a> who first showed the on her blog maybe about 18 months or even longer ago. Strangely I saw it at the same time as one of the other Bees and we had both bookmarked it in our heads as being the perfect project for Janet. With Leanne's blessing we chose this as the perfect project.</div>
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We all know Janet's colours and so chose our palette to suit.</div>
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We actually made a start on the project last January and used a Lewis and Irene fabric line, <i>Make a Christmas Wish</i>. We wanted to make a subtle Christmas quilt that perhaps could be left out all year and think we pulled it off. To finish we both hand and machine quilted it.</div>
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I have been enjoying my sewing recently and hope to forge ahead with projects old and new in 2018.</div>
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I wish you all a Happy and healthy New Year and hope to be back again soon.</div>
<br />Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148803101055301234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917917507311549858.post-51071236846204884832017-08-15T17:01:00.000+01:002017-08-15T17:01:06.970+01:00Like an Old PennyI am back!<br />
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I didn't mean to stay away so long, and then it sort of became a habit that I wondered if I should give up blogging altogether and then realised that would be so rude after all these years to all my followers and although blogging in itself has suffered a bit of a slump at the hands of Instagram, it still has a place, doesn't it! hands up if you still look at blogs? I know I still do.<br />
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So I refreshed my own memory and see I left you all hanging as I jetted off with the family to Florida for our big Disney holiday. <a href="http://bluepatchquilter.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/fruity.html">The Art Wrap that I showed you here</a> was a success - it was revealed at Glasgow airport when we had tears, I think maybe because of our delay in departure, can't remember, but the drawing materials went down very well and were a great hit on the flight and during the holiday.<br />
As luck would have it, Florida was experiencing a heatwave and temperatures were way higher than normal for April, just great for the 14 day theme park pass!! I felt about 90 but eventually acclimatised. But it wasn't about me, the holiday was aimed at the 5yr old in our family and she had a ball meeting every Disney Princess known to man.<br />
This is one of my favourite photos from our holiday.<br />
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Returning from holiday and it was a whirlwind few weeks until our son's wedding - I was busy with a little sewing during this time for Today's Quilter but won't be able to share this for several months.</div>
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I also took cold feet about the outfit I had picked ages ago for the wedding and set about choosing a whole new ensemble, I sort of turned into a total mad woman but was completely happy with my new choice........so the wedding was on 8th July. On 7th and 9th July it rained but on 8th "Happy is the bride the sun shines on" came true and we had a wonderful day. Very emotional.</div>
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Things haven't quite settled down yet................just after the wedding I attended a Christmas in July workshop with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weeshuttermonkey/">Amanda Clark in Prestwick</a> and made this lovely candle mat. I decided not to use Christmas fabrics so I could have the mat in use year round.</div>
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Amanda is the very talented young lady who took over my classes in Prestwick last year and I think we both found it a bit weird that I was turning up at her classes However, any discomfort must surely have disappeared on her part during the next 3 weeks when I attended her Learn to Crochet classes - long on my bucket list, I was a total novice and felt very out of my comfort zone. I turned up at the second class to find the others with multiple Granny squares whilst I had achieved one, with a carbuncle.........I felt like a failure but I was determined and Amanda so patient. By the end of the third session, I think I had grasped the basics and I have now decided to try and finish the project which is a cushion, have even bought more wool.</div>
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Most summers I like to have a little EPP on the go and this year <a href="http://bluepatchquilter.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/catch-up.html">I started one using octagons and squares.</a> It was always destined as a present for an old friend who had sent me a book about Lucy Boston, whose quilts inspired me to use her Piano Keys quilt pattern for this project. So I managed to finish in time for said friend's birthday this month and transform it into a cushion. I hand stitched the panel of EPP onto a backing piece of fabric and then layered up as I always do for cushions, making back and front in one long piece. I started to machine quilt but after just two rows of stitching in the ditch the octagons were beginning to wrinkle and I could foresee heartache ahead. After unpicking and an unscheduled break I had a bit of a eureka moment that would avoid hand quilting. I used one of the built in stitches on my machine and machine "tied" each octagon, very difficult to see in the photo but hopefully you will get the idea. This led me on to sewing a few buttons elsewhere and then machine stitching the back as normal. For the opening on the back, I pinched this genius idea from <a href="http://www.quiltville.com/index.html">Bonnie Hunter at quiltvillebonnie.</a> The black fabric used in my cushion was actually an old shirt and I had watched a video of hers on how to strip down a shirt for patchwork - she added that you could even use the button and buttonhole plackets as openings on cushions and the idea had stayed with me (amazingly enough) and it worked a treat.</div>
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Into August and the next big thing on our calendar was my husband's retirement, he has been ticking off the days for quite a while now so he welcomed the celebrations although tinged with emotions too, after 42years. Family and colleagues came together for lunch.</div>
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And throughout this very busy year I have been keeping pace with the Bella Skills Builder BOM that is being published each month in the<a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/bella-skill-builder.html"> fat quarter shop blog.</a> I think there might only be a couple of months left now and I have thoroughly enjoyed sewing along to this one. All the blocks have been traditional ones and I have really loved using solid fabrics only. I did challenge myself to include shirt fabric and at the start thought that I might slip a few prints in but have easily avoided this as I am loving the fresh look of the solids against the white. I am hoping to make the final quilt a little larger than the planned pattern as I would like it for our super king plus I would prefer to quilt as you go in big chunks so have been playing about with a different layout on EQ7. Here's what I have done so far,</div>
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Before I go any further I must say I have not been offered any remuneration or favours other than a mention of my blog on their own social media sites. That said I am not in a position to offer any opinion on their tours, I have never experienced one.<br />
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I had however heard of the company and I have in the past heard of the quilt shows that are held in the Alsace area of France. Indeed I believe it was that very area's show that inspired our very own Loch Lomond Quilt Show.<br />
When I heard that ECT are themselves affiliated to the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles then I thought the company must surely be worth a browse, so why don't you have a look too. Personally I have been to big quilt shows in this country and in far away places like Sydney as part of my own planned holidays but not as part of an organised tour but I do imagine there is an appetite for organised trips to specialised venues and some of ECT's venues look mouth watering.......what follows is their own words and pictures, so please enjoy.<br />
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<b>Nestled deep in the enchanting French countryside, the region of Alsace is situated close to the border of Germany and Switzerland. It is here in mid-September, for 4 days only, that you will find 36 unique and quirky exhibition sites dotted amongst the villages of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines, Liepvre and Rombach-Le-Franc.</b></div>
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<b>As the cradle of the Amish movement, Alsace has been a hub for quilting and textile artists for over 300 years. In 1993 the European Patchwork Meeting was devised to celebrate the talents of traditional and modern patchworkers and quilters. With a huge range of activities such as workshops, conferences, specialist stalls and exhibitions, it is no surprise that over 22,000 international visitors flock to the event every year.</b></div>
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<b>Working together with the Quilter’s Guild, ECT Travel have put together a fantastic 3 night package that gives textile enthusiasts the chance to explore the art trail at their own pace, whilst all the hassle of arranging their transport and accommodation has been taken care of.</b></div>
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<b>Staying in the town of Colmar, where on Friday and Saturday evenings the buildings are illuminated by an award winning light show, guests will have free time to explore after being transferred back to their hotel from the event by executive coach.</b></div>
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<b>For more information on this amazing tour or to book, please visit<a href="https://www.ecttravel.com/tours/quilting-tours"> ECT’s <span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">website</span></span></a> or contact Sofia by email on <a href="mailto:sofia@ecttravel.com" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; background: transparent; color: purple; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:sofia@ecttravel.com">sofia@ecttravel.com</a>.</b></div>
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