SWAP A TOP FOR FABRIC

I need lots of cream fabrics - 100% cotton - and I wondered if I put two quilt tops up would anyone be interested in swapping fabric for them.

They are only the quilt TOPS, not quilted, no backings or wadding...

close up of 3D geese block...

close up of Appliqued Holly and berries block...

 and this is the quilt top -  49" square

 for that one I would like 8 fat quarters of cream 100% cotton fabrics,

if you are interested email me please...

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Bow Tie Quilt TOP only -  40" square

 close up of the 3D bow ties...

I designed and made this quilt for Makower some years back...

 for this quilt top I would like 6 fat quarters of cream 100% cotton,

again if you are interested please let me know...

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ANOTHER ONE or two BITES THE DUST

Finished UFOs....

SQUARES - before quilting...

 after...

 close up...

 centre...

back...

 Not really Amish before quilting...

 after...

 had a bash at some grapes...

  not perfect but they'll do...

 the back...

 ARGH...

darn dogs kept me awake last night....

 just to prove I USED to hand sew, not any more

That's all folks

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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