POSTCARDS, UFOs, ATCs, OH MY!

Lots of different things, some you may have seen before, sorry, I seem to have lost track of what I have put on here and what I haven't. I must take time to check it all out. Meantime, forgive me...

One colour family but use five shades

Postcard from Jackie...

 My Green one of above swap...

 Bookmark and ATC swap

Theme STARS - from Mal...

 My version of the above swap...

 and the back...

 Trip Around the World Postcard Swap -

INDIA

to me from Sandy...

 My version of the above swap...

Sent by me to Fay in Israel, the theme was Bud vase

I decided to do a different take on the theme...

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 I sent some rubbish  stuff to my friend Tessa,

she wanted to know what to send me in return -

I asked her to depict me on a Postcard -

Perfect, hahahaha...

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Next UFO pinned up ready for quilting...

 Time passes, tick-tock-tick-tock-

job done...

 these are the two blocks in the quilt...

 close up of quilting on one block...

 and on the other...

 this is the back, hope you can make out the quilting...

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Very pretty card sent from Alison...

WOW, thank you Alison...

I shall have fun using these too...

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some surprise gifts

from Caz - many thanks Caz...

from Helen - many thanks Helen...

with a postcard of Bluebells too from Helen...

I got it out Helen...

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Who have we here?

OH look, so cute... 

It's Foggy, one of my daughter's cats...

"what you doing?" 

"go away, I was asleep" 

"I wont tell you again"

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Just had a quick look back and realised I hadn't put up the finished Postcards I made from the Embellishing fun I had a while back - I hope you enjoy seeing how they turned out...
POSTCARDS - made from one of the Journal pages I did...
 

I sewed beads all round the two leaves... 

Beads sewn to centre of flower... 

just some quilting on this one... 

a few stars added... 

various quilting lines added to this...

beads embellished to this one... 

just some quilting...

 
quilted lines added...
 
beads and or quilting added to these...
 
Shisha mirrors and beads added to this one...
 
ATC's
these five from the same journal page as postcards above...
 
quilting added...
 
quilting...
 
beads and a shisha mirror...
 
quilted stars...
 
Don't they look different to the rough bits from the post a way back, I shall do this again and see what happens.
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VARIOUS THINGS

On Saturday it was my group's first meeting of the year and as promised two of the ladies did  a small work table each for me so I could have an easy day!!  Debbie did this very pretty brooch work table, she had made me one for Christmas, I loved it, as did the ladies when they saw it, hence the class. Rebecca made one for herself on the day, then today made one for me whilst showing me how to do it. Thank you Debbie and thank you Rebecca...

Brooch for Christmas from Debbie...

it is actually black and white...

Rebecca made this for herself on Saturday...

Large one for me by Rebecca, small one by me...

I have an idea for this...

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Rosemary on the PP Forum had a lot of embroidery transfer to give away,

I applied for some and got these, I am going to send them to my

lovely friend Ros as I know she will really love these...

hahaha look at the price....

and you get all these for 6d.....not 6p.....

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I received this wonderful ATC from Carol -

a Bee cos that is a play on her surname -

being sent to a bat which is what I am called on the forum!!!

and this one from Tessa, using her circular attachment on her machine -

I use a drawing pin myself...thank you girls, I think they are both great

again on the forum this time a postcard swap

theme chosen by Jytte, was one of three...

Valentine with a twist

Leap Year

or

Climate Change

I opted to put all three on the postcard...

Climate change being shown by the dead tree on the left and the one in blossom on the right

Leap Year shown by the date carved on the tree

Valentine with a twist shown by the hearts carved on the tree -

question is was it the carving or the hot hot sun which killed the tree?

I sent this one to Tessa...OOPS

it should have gone to Marian, so I had to make another one....

same but ever so slightly different...

this one is for Marian the correct recipient...

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I know you have seen these before but I have actually finished them now and am quite pleased with myself that I did the edges not using satin stitch as I normally do,

hmm maybe it will grow on me????

Matching pair...

Again no satin stitch on edges, but I do like this one

and

I came third in the competition for using the Zeelon

Maggi came first

Ange came second
Well done girls yours were stunning of course...

this is my finished Boutis journal page, it is A4 size, took ages to do but,
strangely, I enjoyed every part of making this, even though I have been informed I used all the wrong stuff in doing it, heyho, I used what I had on hand, I like it so that is the main thing, I feel I will do this again sometime...

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Still PP forum related, one of the girls on there, Margaret who now lives in France, offered to send me some of her stash pieces of fabric to see what I would make with them. She actually sent a whole load out to other girls on the forum too, mine came whilst I was at my group along with a second package from her, I had to wait until today to open them though as I was totally exhausted from the day at the group. It always wears me out for some reason, maybe it is time for me to stop, I don't know, I will give it some thought this year I think. Anyway here are the fabrics she sent to me, oh yes, she said in the message that she was sending me fabrics which she thought 'matched' me!!!! What do you think folks did she get it right????

first package...

second package...

thank you Margaret I will have to think what I shall make with them.

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