Sunday 31 January 2010

UFO's ZAPPED AND FRIENDSHIP BLOCKS

Here are the three UFO's I managed to ZAP yesterday...

a very small whatdyacallit!!!


and another one...
ok I cheated a bit, so what!


a Bag...
front view...
back view...
like all the bags I make it is completely reversible...
the inside is the same as the handles...

These are four more cards ready to be turned into another Postcard Box...


Friendship Swap Block for Annette,
she requested Pinwheels in Bright colours...


Friendship Block for Glenda...
she has requested Butterflies...

close ups of the tinies I put on there...
the complete block...

Quilt I have designed for a friend - using my Quilt Pro programme,
it is a basic Log Cabin in the Barn Raising style,
coloured with Deep reds/maroons and coffe coloured creams...


Righteo, I'm off...
Nite all

Saturday 30 January 2010

UFO DAY ON THE PP FORUM

I set up a UFO club on the PP forum and asked that everyone in it used TODAY as a UFO only day. Lots of the ladies complied, some are doing other days, which is fine, the only way to get those UFO's done is for me to nag nag nag nag, and believe me..................I do!!!!! hahahahaha

Well as I said they managed to get quite a few UFO's cleared so that has given me great hopes for beating last years total, which was 53 finished I believe. I am aiming a lot higher for this years number of ZAPPED UFO's.

I got in my sewing room quite late this afternoon but managed to clear three UFO's from my basket, wahey, also got some quilts ready for quilting, and some backings cut for others, along with the wadding, so I was really pleased with myself, imagine if I had been in there all day!!!!

Pictures tomorrow cos we use those EARTH SAVING light bulbs our Government makes us use, and they turn everything yellow in a photograph. Thanks Gov. NOT.

Thursday 28 January 2010

THE POST MADE IT

Now that Angela has received her gift from me, I can show you what I sent her. Because she has sent me some amazing gifts I had to make something special and 'different' for her. So I designed two different things for her to have. Hopefully she can make use of both. They were fun to make....

They went into this old box I found,
 for posting so they didn't get damaged...



First I made a little envelope style purse,
this is it closed, front view...


back view...


open view...


then I made a box from fabric postcards for Angela to store
her fabric postcards, this is the front...
all Batiks as I know Angela loves them



side...



back...



other side...



top view...


inside view...


Also, I enclosed her Postcard for January,
if you remember we had snow snow and yet more snow;
so I did a tongue in cheek card...
Hope you can see the writing...


Glad it arrived for you Angela, thanks for letting me know...
Enjoy

Tuesday 26 January 2010

ONE WORLD ONE HEART - GIVE AWAY - I am No.604

Hi Everyone,

It is time for ONE WORLD ONE HEART, time for your ride on their Magic Carpet. Time for you to surf from Blog to Blog to see what is on offer this year and, on the journey, make new friends.

25th January was the day I was supposed to put up what I am offering but Blogger was playing silly wotsits so I gave up, hence I am a few days late!! So without further ado I will tell you what I am offering, if you go back a few posts you will see I have a long list of UFO's in a basket. I am offering for this Magic Carpet Ride, the very first item. It is a very bright lap quilt,



I WILL FINISH THIS ready for the person who wins. The size I cannot tell yet as it is unfinished, suffice to say it will be plenty big enough to cover your legs as you are sitting down, or to take yet another magic ride....

If you click on the picture, either here or at the right hand side logo..............................




.....................................................you will be taken to the site where you will discover lots more people taking part. So do remember to visit them all and decide what it is you would like to own.

You must leave a message at the bottom of THIS POST if you wish to win my offering, that's it folks, just a message, none of this malarky where you have to stand on your head trying to work out what it is you have to do...easy peasy eh?

This ENDS 15 FEBRUARY 2010

So there we are folks, don't forget to leave me a comment here, stating you would like to be entered for this and of course leave me some form of contact details, You have to have a BLOG for this apparently, so do leave a link for that if you wish, others will then be able to get to visit you, I know I would.
Wherever you are in the World you are allowed to enter this of course, but do be prepared to pay your countries Taxes if they zap you with them!!  I have no control over Tax.

Let's go ride that Magic Carpet.

Good luck to you all,
Jan

THANK YOU ANGELA - - AND MORE

Angela, my friend from the PP Forum and I are privately exchanging Postcards. This year we are doing one per month - so far - and it is to be what we feel the month is to us. Angela has sent me January and February as she is on a roll and got them both done. I love them, aren't they super, they are in the guise of The Edwardian Lady, I cant wait to have the whole year as I have a plan for these little beauties.....Many thanks Ange xx





I have done my January one for he but of course I cant put it here until she has received it can I?
BUT
It is going in this -
along with something else....


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Meantime, I can show this,
I have finally sewn the label on the back of my Ice Cream Quilt from the PP Forum,
 I made up a silly little poem for it...



ENJOY

Sunday 24 January 2010

IN THE BASKET I FOUND...


That is the basket I found full of unfinished stuff when I was tidying up in my sewing room, inside were all these things, they are in no particular order, just as I pulled them out and Rebecca helped me too, along with her new doll. I have given the UFO's a number each, there are other bits and bobs that will be sorted as and when, I don't consider them a UFO right now. So here we go...

ONE
a very 'gawdy' small quilt...
this is reserved... for OWOH.....


TWO/THREE
samples from the show 'Talking Threads' on the computer...


FOUR/FIVE/SIX
Bags...


an odd block from Suzanne...


SEVEN
trying out a new idea...


fabric for above...


EIGHT
goodness knows what I was thinking of here...


NINE
that darned Pinwheel hanging...
this will be mine when done folks....


TEN
a bag...
UPDATE this is now zapped


an odd block again...
This has been promised to someone

and another...


cats for ? can't remember...


ELEVEN
Almost Amish - almost finished - hahaha...



TWELVE
Name door quilt...


THIRTEEN
a bag...
UPDATE - THIS IS NOW ZAPPED

FOURTEEN
Friendship Baskets from way way back...
Di would know...
we reckon about 15 years old


odd block...


odd blocks from Annette...


FIFTEEN
small hanging from Sheila to finish...
UPDATE - THIS IS NOW ZAPPED

odd block...


SIXTEEN
Teacup Quilt...
this has just been reserved for someone


odd block...


and again...


SEVENTEEN
another name door quilt...


oh my, how old - one of my girls made this when they were small...


and the other one made this one...
UPDATE THIS IS NOW ZAPPED


EIGHTEEN
mini quilt...
UPDATE This is now ZAPPED


odd blocks left from a quilt I loved...
think I gave it away!!!


NINETEEN
split 9 patch small quilt...
UPDATE - THIS IS NOW ZAPPED

TWENTY
Rail Fence small quilt...


TWENTY-ONE
Can't remember it's name, but it's a lap quilt...


and the fabric for it...


TWENTY -TWO
aha
this is what 52 blocks in your hand looks like...
What now to do with them all???
Soldier Quilts methinks...


Disasters...
Oh yes I have a few!!!!!
and someone wants them - but I am keeping the bottom right one


Thank you for your help dolly...


Whilst I dried Rebecca's hair, look in the kitchen,
hubby is doing the dinner...


Found this in the basket but it was finished...


Says it all doesn't it?

22 UFO's in that basket -

I promise you all that that lot above were in that basket, it is now my aim to get them ALL finished, along with all the other UFO's I have signed to the Popular Patchwork UFO ZAPPING Forum.
All I can say is -
Watch this space...