1066

I bet that has got you guessing.   What does it mean I hear you asking???? Well I will tell you...later.

First, let me show you the UFOs I have been cracking on with and got completed, I am so pleased with myself I am like the cat who has had all the cream. There is one more to come but I hadn't got the binding on in time for this photo call so that will come later - sorry. Anyway, here are some to be going on with...

I joined an online swap at my friend Janice's Yahoo group, if you  read the label,

it will explain it to you, I am very pleased how this turned out...

I added the sashing using a bright peach and tan fabric, have to say

I wasn't totally convinced it would work at the time, but,

I am very pleased with the final result...

 Close up of one of the blocks...

 the back...

 

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 Yes you have seen one LIKE this recently -

this one is mine though, to keep...

I have done a different quilting design on this one

as it is for me to keep...

 the back...

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OMG

I thought I would never get to the assembly of this one...

I hope you agree with me that it was worth the wait...

 the back...

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Another of the recently seen quilts but...

 yet again this is my one to keep...

 I did the butterflies differently on this one, because I can...

 the back...

 Not sure if you can see I have quilted butterflies in the quilting, just for fun...

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Oh dear, yet another...

Not a lot of quilting done on this one, the fabric is so busy you wouldn't see it...

 see what I mean, this is the back...

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I asked the ladies at my group to make a block using strips of different widths and to quilt it as they made it, you know the sort, easy peasy, they had to use a cream on the back and leave it large so I could cut them all to the same size when I had them all!!! I won't go into that part....Anyway, after a few months I had all the blocks I was going to get and quickly realised it wasn't going to be as straight forward as I had thought - it never is - anyway, I made two more blocks and voila, it worked out just fine. I cut some green floral strips and joined the blocks together---night-bloomin-mare---it seemed to take forever to do this, but I carried on, only occasionally grumbling to myself, 'why do I do this'  oh yeah, it's cos I enjoy it!!!! So the blocks all got joined together and I hope you will agree with me it is pretty fabulous. Here is the label for it...

 and here is the Quilt the ladies made, I love it and am very pleased with the result, I hope they will be cos I am going to ask them for some money hahahaha, I want to raffle it and the money go to H4H along with all the money we have been collecting from the Bag raffles each month, hope they will think it a good idea...

 and here is the back, even that is pretty interesting if you ask me.

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Last one you will be pleased to learn, now be warned, I usually Quilt my Quilts a LOT,

my friend Di says I quilt them to death..hee hee... well this one

in that case has been buried too...

Yes, another of the Makower copies...

 Close up for you...

 the back...

 closer...

 took this shot indoors...

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So what does 1066 stand for?

That, believe it or not, is the amount of Posts I have done on this Blog.

Shock, horror.

I wanted to wait for this particular number cos I was 66 the other day and it seemed to fit in nicely with me wanting to do a Give Away for my Followers and Friends.. Before I tell you about that or those I should say, I want you to go back and really look at the quilts above and criticise at will, I don't mind. Only please remember I only have a Bernina  sewing machine, NOT a long arm machine, all my sewing is done on the Bernina, the quilting is all done on it free style, the pattern comes out of my head as I am sewing, I DO NOT draw the design on the quilt, I just - do it.

Now the Give Away.

As I am at number 1066 I wanted to do a special give away, I kind of mentioned it in an earlier post if you think about it.

I am offering to Quilt a quilt of yours for free, that is if you trust me with it of course.

This give away is only open to people in the United Kingdom I am afraid, sorry to my friends overseas, you have a different give away coming up. Also only to my Followers and Friends on other sites I am on. You know who you are if you are reading this.

IF you are interested in me quilting a quilt for you, you have to pay the postage and supply me with the wadding and backing for the quilt, you have to trust me on the quilting. If you don't trust me, please don't enter your name. The size can be UP TO 48" square only. Again sorry but I have to draw the line somewhere. In exchange for this I am asking that when you get your quilt back, you critique it for me so others will know what you REALLY think. I can take it. I think! hahaha. So there you have it, if you would like a chance of this please leave a comment on the above quilts, saying YES,   if you don't wish to risk it, just please leave a comment anyway. I will get the Random picker to pull the name out and let you know asap. So please don't send me any quilts yet. :-)          Also I am only offering to do one free quilt.    

[ I am hoping to offer quilting services to my friends in the future, for payment,  but only if this works out. If not I will forget it.]        THIS IS OPEN UNTIL 26 SEPTEMBER 2011.

Now the Give Away for my friends overseas..

Study the above Quilts and decide if you like my style of quilting. If you do, leave a comment on here about the quilts and I will make a quilted tote bag in YOUR COLOUR CHOICE, for the person who gets pulled out by the random picker thingy.          I am only offering to make one free tote.  

THIS IS OPEN UNTIL 26 SEPTEMBER 2011.

So there you have it, I hope that is all clear to you above, if not, do email me and I will explain - if I can. 

THE WINNER IS -

First let me apologise for being late on this announcement, I spent too long in the sun and got a touch of sunstroke, made me feel really bad I can tell you, I couldn't face coming on the computer, screen too bright and headache too bad, but all is well now, and the winner has been chosen by the random picker site, so with no more ado, the winner is.....

**AUDE**

So Aude if you can email me your address please, I will get the bag off to you.

Many many thanks to all of you who entered my little give away, watch this space because I have another on

 its way which is a little different to anything I have offered before!!!!

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Strange thing! I read my emails before I came on here and saw I had three very strange ones in my comments, yet when I came here, there was no sign of them!! How odd. Not that I care because I was going to delete them anyway. I don't like stupid messages on my Blog thank you very much.

CLOSING DAY - TUESDAY 2 AUGUST

That is the day I will close the give away and find the winner of this bag....

ALSO, may I remind you to GO look at the previous post for another chance to win a GO, not from me folks

GO GO GO try your luck.

HEXAGON JOURNEY AND ANOTHER GO AT A GO

When Ros came to visit us last week she brought gifts with her as I said in the last post, what I forgot to tell you was she had brought a little zip-loc bag for Rebecca, inside were papers, fabric, needle, in fact just about everything she needed to get started on making Hexagons. Ros thought Rebecca would like to do these.

Well I have to say on the day Rebecca was not overly bothered which I think may have upset Ros a bit, [sorry] it made me cross because Ros had made such a lovely gift of this for Rebecca, but I told her I would get her making them and we would do it together, and guess what?

Today Rebecca asked to start her Hexagons, Ros had sent her some pictures of things made with them and she was really taken with the Bookmark. So we picked up her zip-loc bag of goodies and I printed out some for myself, oh yes I am now a Hexagon maker!!! [Stop laughing Di.] I had awful problems with my printer trying to get the size Ros had brought, it would not print them that size, so the odd ones I have given to Rebecca and we have marked them either 1, 2 or 3 so she doesn't mix the sizes up. Mine have OK on them!!!!

We sat in the garden and I showed her how to tack them up ready ala Ros. Then she wanted to know how to sew them together so I showed her the way the Ros had shown me last week - I have to say it is a much nicer way of doing them, very relaxing - and off she went, stitching away. She learnt very quickly NOT to have too long a thread, how many knots did I have to untangle!!!!

Here you go Ros, pictures of Rebecca starting her Hexagon journey.

Cutting the papers very carefully...

 Next sheet...

 Joining the shapes...

 Concentration is the key...

 Needle poised...

 Look Ros, two joined together...

She actually got five joined together at her first sitting of Hexagons, I am not going to push her,

much better for her to do these as and when she wants I feel,
rather than spoil everything by saying we WILL do them today.
I got my papers cut out and about six tacked up with the fabrics.
I am using my collection of 30's fabrics for them and have a plan............

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If you are looking for my Give Away info, it is in the previous post.

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I have just seen this -

WOW

What a fabulous Give Away,

you can find it here -

http://littlecottagecomforts.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-go-baby-again-giveaway-and-some-free.html

Follow the instructions on her Blog to be in with a chance of winning one of these fantastic machines.

Good luck everyone

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NINE UFO's COMPLETED - YAY

I have been stitching up a storm on my sewing machine, I have managed to get 9, yes NINE UFO's finished this week. Some are small I have to admit, but still nine is good isn't it? I am so pleased with myself I have decided to have a give away, more about it later in this post. SO here are the pictures of the 9 items completed, there are some close ups as well so don't go thinking I have done more than nine will you! I took the pictures out the front of the bungalow this time as hubby has put up our gazebo and there is no way I can get to my bench for the photos, but I am pleased with these anyway, so may use the front again. I have to say my new neighbour over the road was giving me funny looks!!!! hahahaha

Bag made with the batik strips...

 close up of quilting on above bag...

 showing the handles, I like these handles very much...

 Different bag so this is No.2 ...

 No.3 this one is GI-normous folks...

 No.4 using strips this time...

 close up of quilting on above...

 No.5 black and white strips...

 quilted with variegated red thread...

 all together now...

 This is NOT one of my set of nine -

 this is the give away-

leave me a comment on this post and you will be entered to win this bag,

simples...

 close up for you...

 Small Trapunto mat finished - UFO No. 6

 close up for you...

 No.7 slightly larger mat in a tessellating pattern, fun to do...

 and this is the back of it...

 No.8 is a Quilt, one of the ones I designed way way back for Makower...

 sunglasses on, this is the back...

 No 9 of my set of 9

yet another Makower Quilt designed for them by me,

I love this one because it used a range called Nettlebed

which is a village close to where we used to live...

 Close up for you...

 and the back...

 There you are then, the NINE UFO's done and dusted.........NEXT...

When Ros came on Sunday she brought these flowers for me...

note my machine gets in the picture too...

 aren't they beautiful...

 and she made me a MORSBAG,

thank you Ros...

Back to the machine after taking pikkies and I now have another bag

ready to be assembled, I did different patterns on the strips on this one,

but I did make a boo boo, can you spot it I wonder???

 the back of it..

 close up for you...

 Last one for now,

this is yet another of my Makower Quilts, pinned up ready for Quilting,

I am looking forward to getting this one under the machine...

So there you have it, piks of what I have achieved this week and it is only Thursday, well it has just flicked over to Friday actually, but I can't do any sewing right now, hahahaha. I also got the backings ready for two other quilts and sorted borders for yet another. I am, as they say, on a roll.

I love Quilting, don't you?

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