QUILTS FOR SALE and MORE

Postcard depicting GAME [Scrabble]

made for Myra on PP Forum...

 Card received from Maria, depicting GAME - Solitaire,

on PP Forum, thank you Maria it is great...

 Card from Helen as it was Children in Need -

a lovely Pudsey card, just for me, thank you Helen he is gorgeous...

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My very first Customer Quilt - finished...

This belongs to Pat B, hope she will like it...

 the back...

 close up of front quilting...

 close up of back view...

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I set a challenge on the PP Forum for us to make a cushion ala Kirsty,

this was my one, I really enjoyed making it, I had to put an Owl some Hedgehogs and a Bat on as they all think I am nuts...

 the hogs...

 the Bat and Owl...

Now look at the ones the girls all made...

TESSA

SYLVIA

 PAM

 MARIAN

 MARGARET S

 MARGARET B

 KATY

 JYTTE

 JULIET

 IRENE

 DI

 CAROL B

 ANGELA

We had to choose a winner, in the end there were three winners,

can you pick them out?

It was very hard to do, they are all so brilliant

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Again on PP Forum, Katy has been setting us a monthly Journal
challenge, the one for November was FMQ -
free machine quilting, here is what I made -  it is A4 size...

close up of centre...

of side...

of border...

Hubby doesn't like the fabric I chose, he says the white splodges are off putting, I see what he means, I will make another one I think on plain fabric...

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I have just put the following quilts on Ebay -

my ebay page
the reason being, I have to sell some of my quilts, they are taking over the house,

if I don't get 'rid' of some of them I shall have to stop making them I guess -

boo hoo...

Thanks for looking!!!!

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At the last meeting for this year of my group, I had asked them to make a Suffolk Puff tree, they loved it, personally I hate SP's but had to do it, well you do don't you...

so here is my SP tree, I have to say I quite like it but no way will I be doing SP's again

 I did squiggle wiggly squares for the background using FMQ,

then sewed a snowflake and bead to each junction point..Mad!!!

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Last but not least -

back once more to the PP Forum, Katy is running the UFO club on there this year and this is the quilt I am working on now to get finished for the UFO Album, it is a very old UFO, very old.....

I hope to have it finished by end of the week.

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OLLIE's QUILT from LOVEQUILTSUK

Oh my it has been ages since I have done my Blog, the reason being, the Motherboard blew itself up, it had 60 degree burns apparently, oh dear oh dear. Anyway after a lot of fiddling and faffing about we managed to get back on the WWW as I bought a brand new computer, I was sick of wasting money having the old one fixed time after time, in any case after the MB got burnt there was no other option. So here I am like the proverbial bad penny back to haunt you all again. hee hee.

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FOR OLLIE

My first post after such a lengthy absence has got to be the best post on this whole Blog. Not sure if I mentioned I had signed up with LOVEQUILTS UK to assemble and quilt a Quilt for a young Lad named Ollie. Here are two links for you to be able to read about Love Quilts and little Ollie.

http://www.lovequiltsuk.com/index.php

http://www.lovequiltsuk.com/childquilt.php?qid=176

OK, now you have visited the site, here are the beautiful blocks I received. I knew what was coming but when they were actually here I stood and was totally gobsmacked by the beauty of each and every one of them.....it then dawned on me I had to turn these beauties into a Quilt. No pressure Janet.....OMG. I have to admit I panicked a bit, but then cracked on with it. In the parcel along with the blocks was all the fabric for the sashing, borders, binding, backing AND the wadding. So I had no excuse but to get on with it. I do have to admit to you I struggled a little with the 4oz wadding, I only ever use 2oz myself, but this was a whole new ball game for me. I managed - just. Well I am going to shut up now and let you view the blocks then the finished result.....

This is how they will be joined together in their rows, after pressing of course...

...time passes...

voila, one finished Quilt for Ollie,

I quilted double lines to try to emulate train tracks...
the cornerstones are fussy-cut squares of the gorgeous border fabric...

the back as you can see is pretty fab fabric too...

to go with the Quilt I had to do a letter,

 and so went to town and Annette helped me find a brilliant card

for Ollie, most appropriate we thought... 

the girls - Gaynor and Kat at LoveQuiltsUK -

are just sooo kind you know, they made this pillowcase for

Louis, who is Ollie's twin brother, just so he wouldn't feel left out,

now I think that is pretty amazing, well done girls,

and well done to all the cross stitchers who made those gorgeous blocks.

If you would like to help in any way, by making the Quilts up or sending a donation for the fabrics etc for future Quilts, please go to the link for LOVEQUILTS above and you will see how to do just that. 

Thank you for looking, any comments will be passed on  to the other ladies.

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BAG FOR ERIN

I can now put pictures on here of the bag I made for ERIN. She is the lady from America who won my give away along with Katy. I asked what colour bag she would like and her first thought was Black and Orange, woohoo I thought, fantastic, then she put that no she hadn't better have those colours she best stick to 'safe' ones. She also asked for short handles as she always has long ones. I kind of did a s'thing' with the handles so she can have them long or short, see below.

Well, if you read my Blog on a regular basis you will kind of know me a bit by now....hee hee.... Black and Orange it was, I have a feeling I will make another as I loved it when it was done, let me know what you think.                                                                           

One side of bag...

other side...

this picture is showing how the handles can be either long or short,

you just pull them through the plaited loops I made -

thanks Liz for the cord, see I used some of it

ERIN is going to use it for when she goes to Karate classes, it is big enough for her Kit. So pleased she found a use for it. Erin you are more than welcome, it was a pleasure to make for you, and thank you for giving me such a great colour scheme to work with.

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THE MISSING QUILT AND MORE

The one I forgot to photograph yesterday...better late than never...

it is a four patch on point, made with scraps...

 the back...with a pair of feet hahahaha...

 close up...

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Bit of fun now, whenever there is a 'special' day, my mobile phone

outs funny backgrounds on my screen, this was for Halloween,

can you see the graveyard and spooky trees -

but look at the peoples heads - they are pumpkins, hahahaha

wondering what will happen for Bonfire night????

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This little postcard went all the way to Israel for Fay...

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WHAT KATY SAID...AND MORE QUILTING

I asked Katy if I could put on here her comments she sent me when she received her Quilt. She has said OK so here they are, I did laugh out loud at the first one, feel sure you will too. But I do appreciate what she has said, what wonderful things to say for me. Thank you Katy.

Katy’s comments

Jan

It's here, and it is beyond bloody beautiful! I can't get over how totally lovely your quilting is! It is a marvel and just fantastic, I feel like the luckiest person in the world. THANK YOU SO MUCH! And thank you for the lovely postcard too. I am beyond words, and I never want to quilt anything myself ever again! I will steal money from my children and pay you instead! 

x100000!

Love

Katy

Katy then put this on a forum we are both on, I am so grateful Katy.

Am I not the luckiest person ever? Jan has transformed my little welsh quilt with her brilliant beautiful free motion quilting. Here is the back, it is going to be hung up wrong side out I think, cos it is so lovely, I want to look at the back all the time. Have a look in the album at the other photos (which incidentally I pinched from Jan, cos they were better than mine, thank you Jan). The feathers are all brilliant, but I love the patterns in the wide pale border the most.

Isn’t Jan clever? Have a look at Jan's blog, Jan's Musing for more info, and keep your eyes peeled for some exciting news about Jan's quilting.

Before this came back, I had a plan for the November technique challenge, but I'm a bit scared now!

Thank you again Katy, you are a star

I have received many wonderful emails and comments on the forum from other ladies about this little quilt, so maybe someone will ask me to do a quilt for them. Actually my friend Di, has earmarked one for me to do for her. So it looks as though I am off, as it were.

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OK moving on, I have been busy quilting away on some more UFOs. I have finished three more, plus one new Quilt I started a few short weeks ago. Hope you like them...

This Quilt doesn't have much quilting on - for me - hahaha, when I made this one

I loved it, but now ???? not sure whether I will be keeping this one...

 close up for you, see, not a lot of quilting...

 the back, it is made up of strips of different fabrics...

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This Quilt is actually one that when I first got a computer,

I didn't have a printer and my Suzanne and her hubby Richard used to print patterns out for me,

this is one of them, I love this design, but I shan't be keeping this quilt,

it is going to someone special, can't say yet...

 lots of quilting on this one...

 blooming vermicelli...

 the back view...

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This is a Quilt which I tested the pattern for
GETA
after making the few squares to test her pattern I carried on making the blocks

because I just loved the design so much, now it is finished and this is

MY Quilt, I just love it. Thank you Geta for allowing me to be your Tester...

No vermicelli on this baby...

 

 showing the border quilting...

 the back...

 another shot of block and border...

 another of the back, this was taken indoors...

since testing this pattern for Geta, I have done another for her.

I cannot put it on my Blog yet as I am not sure she has the pattern for sale yet.

It will be another keeper for me I am sure.

Actually I just want to let you know Geta has written a book now which is available from Amazon, you have to pre order it, I have done just that. More on her site HERE

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The Eagle eyed amongst you will notice there is one UFO missing...I forgot to take a photo of it. OOPS!

Tomorrow folks.

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