JUBBLY STUFF

An assortment of items for you to view this evening. I have been clicking away with my little camera as I am trying to catch up on this here Blog of mine. You just may have seen some of the stuff before, I am way too lazy to go and check!!!! My feeling is it is always worth a second look.....hee hee

Starting with a fabulous Fabric Postcard-theme-BUD-- from my lovely friend Maggi,

isn't this just gorgeous, when you touch the bud it is like wax,

I have no idea how Maggi did this but oh I want to learn this technique,

thank you Maggi, you are an inspiration to me...

and just look what she sent me with the Postcard, I am so spoilt by lovely people...

 

I sent one of my fabric Postcards to Diane, and look, another super gift, a pot holder, Diane informs me it has THINSULATE inside so it will be fine for hot stuff,

thank you Diane, I love it...

Bat buttons, a gift from another lovely lady and I am sorry to say

I can't remember who it was right now, how bad is that...:-(

The lovely Tonya sent me these many moons ago, I keep getting them out and looking at them, their day for use will come...

Margaret in France sent me these as a surprise gift, more bat buttons but these are so like me - Vampire Bats, how did you guess Margaret??? Thank you so much...

Another gift from - argh must find out...

OOOO Just look at these beauties - Janice made these for me, I asked her to make them bigger than normal to try to contain my horrid swollen feet, and she has come up trumps, she has also made the top nice and loose for me as I cannot bear anything tight round my legs, these are sooo soft,  thank you so much Janice, these are perfect for me.  She takes orders you know, I will find her link for you...

http://craftlady-searchfamilies.blogspot.co.uk/

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This is a fabric Postcard I made for a swap on PP Forum the theme was -- AGE --

this is depicting a leaf's three stages of it's life, on the tree, falling off the tree and as a skeleton leaf...

ATC Swap same Forum - Theme 'Pictionary'

can you guess what the word is???

Bookmark Swap same again -

this is causing havoc on the forum as no-one can guess what it is,

can you???

Fabric Postcard - Theme RUSSIA -

do you get it???

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I had got way behind with my journals which we decided to do on the 6th of each month, well the other night I thought, why am I trying to be clever with these, they are after all just a reminder for me of what I was doing on that day of each month, SO I decided to K.I.S.S.

this is 6 March 2012...

6 April 2012

6 May 2012

see - KISS - gets the job done every time...

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Found this in a drawer, they were little triangles which had been lopped off from something or other and someone at my group challenged me to use them, well this is what I made with the little divils, you will see they don't meet very well in the corners, but what the heck? Any idea what I can use it for?

Oh my, that drawer threw this at me too, but I appear to be one short - again, any ideas what I can do with these, they are not joined together yet by the way...

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Found this at the top of the wardrobe when I was having a tidy up in there. I made this sooo many years ago it is embarrassing, it never did fit me when it was finished so I have never worn it, and never likely to now. I ought to measure it to see what size it is as I would love to sell it, it would keep someone warm. Anyway this is the back...

the lining...

close up of front...

the front...

just thought this looked a nice pik...

Let me know if you are interested...

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See that flash of RED it is my postie coming up the drive and I could see he was carrying a HUGE parcel, and it was for me....woo hoo...

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Bought from the pound shop for me to use for embellishments...

and again - £1 -

ditto -

ditto -

AHA

Can you guess what this is and what I am going to use it for???

Thanks for looking folks.

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JOURNALS AND UFO'S

On the Popular Patchwork Forum, I set everyone the Challenge of making  a Journal on the 6th day of each month this year. I have to say we have been getting a wonderful assortment of Journals. Here is mine for February 6th - no not the first picture, that is just showing what is should have looked like!!!!

 I had a grand tidy in my sewing room...

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Also on the Forum, Katy - our leader - sets us a challenge each month with a new technique, well new to some of us. The technique for February was Miniature work - groan!!!! I first made the small bears paw block then opted to make some trees ala paper foundation piecing, the tape measure is showing the size and there is a 5p piece in the small triangle of one of the lower trees....mad or what!!

 After making them I decided I would make a picture [again], so I gave the trees a bit of a chop cos I didn't want the blue surround anymore. I made a couple of tiny bears and then did a woodland scene, they are playing hide and seek, the one with the blindfold on is saying - "8-9-10 coming ready or not", the one hiding is under the waterfall...

I had great fun making this, returned to my childhood I think..

 close up of the small bear...

 and the one hiding under the waterfall which I have moved out of the way

to prove there is a bear there...

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I can't remember if I mentioned I have been playing with some Voile's,

this is the back view...

 here is the front view, I love this and will make some more pieces before

I finally decide what to make with them...

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Another Journal page [oh dear] for the FMQ Challenge this time - I didn't enjoy doing the open feathers and was going to give up, but the ladies on the forum for this encouraged me to have another go, one said to try a palm tree, I used a piece of fabric I had dyed myself a while back. I feel it is missing something, so have decided to do more work on this one, watch this space..

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 This is my lovely big sewing table which is normally cluttered with all sorts of stuff, along with my lovely machine of course. I cleared it ready to pin up Marian's VERY LARGE quilt she has sent to me for quilting, I am calling it the BEAST because it so HUGE!!! No pictures will be on here or anywhere else for that matter of the Quilt, as her friend has requested no-one sees it. Fair enough. I will abide by her wishes.

my lovely machine...

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The other day whilst lost for something to do!!!!!! I decided to have a mini move round in my sewing room. I have a piece of Ercol furniture I 'nicked' off Annette and inside were stacks of Rebecca's old clothes waiting to be turned into a Quilt. Hmmmmmm I decided to oik them all out and use it for my UFOs, well some of them at least. So the following pictures are of UFOs obviously waiting to be finished. One day my friends one day.

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fabrics for a UFO -

 backings for UFOs

Waiting to be turned into something for some special people...

 back of above bag...

W.I.P.

 Embellisher foot in a safe place now...

 Journal pages in storage until end of year...

 sparkly fabrics and some fancy nets...

all of the above in the Ercol unit...

I need to investigate as to what is in those two drawers next time...

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