MY NEW QUILT AND A GIFT

I cant believe how many UFOs I am completeing plus all of my other sewing commitments.
Here are two more to share with you

I started this replica of a postage stamp quilt about 3 years ago and recently found it in the cupboard and decided it deserved to be completed. It is constructed using assorted scraps cut into 21/2inch squares. There are 30 blocks consisting of 49 of the squares plus double sashing all around, so it is a very large quilt. I origanally wanted it for our caravan, but now its finished and I like it on my bed. Even my DH agrees that it looks right there and brightens the room. I found a vintage sheet at an op shop for just $2.00 and I have used it on the back along with a panel of the 2 1/2 inch squares, sorry forgot to take a photo and my dear friend Dawn quilted it for me on her quilting machine as I could never had done it on my domestic machine.

At Xmas I gave my 3 daughters a flannel quilt as their gift and my SIL Richard asked where was his soft, cuddly quilt. I found another UFO in the cupboard that I had started at least 8 years ago and put aside as I didnt like it. I pulled it apart and remade it using the 16 patch blocks with solid blocks and left overs for the border. I didnt have enough fabric for the back so I sewed more squares and sewed them with the little bit of fabric I had left and was very pleased with how it turned out. Richard now has a two sided quilt and I am pleased with its rebirth. This is the back on first and below is the front.

The front has turned out quite nice and I am glad that it is finally finished. Richard will get it in November along with hes sons and daughters quilt. their birthdays are all within 7 days of each other so we can all celebrate together when we go on holiday at the beach.
Bye for now Jude

A GIFT AND A UFO

My DH`s Aunt Margaret with her new quilt that we gave to her on moving to Adelaide to live.

This finally finished UFO was one that was on the net as a sew a long, and I liked it as it looks crisp and clean with the white fabric and was the first quilt I have done using all white borders.I gave Margaret the choice of this one or the one from my previous post and she liked both but settled on this as it suited her bedroom colours.
I am off to Sydney next week to visit my DD and family as I miss them since they moved, and as it is school holidays over there I get to spend more time with my 2 little GD`s.
Now off to do my next UFO and will blog again when I get home.
 Cheers Jude.

ANOTHER UFO COMPLETED

I have finished another UFO and I quilted it on my domestic machine and did scrolly things on the border. I still need more practice but am pleased with what I have done. I found another 2 UFOs in the cupboard and have added them to my list to finish by the end of the year. I only have to finish the  hand sewing on my next quilt and thats another one to my total for this year. My DH said to me the other day what about your AFO?...I looked at him blankly and asked what he meant and he replied..ANTICIPATED FINISHED OBJECTS, I guess he has seen the long list of things i wish to do before my eyesight fails and I cant sew anymore. I didnt realise he was that interested in what I was creating. Well cheers for now Jude. 

TWO MORE GIFTS FINISHED

I have been busy completing UFOs, sewing birthday and Xmas gifts and doing some secret Santa challenges. I had made this year the one to do those UFOs and have surprised myself by completing so many. My friend Dawn from AS SWEET AS CINNAMON has helped by machine quilting the quilts at a very reasonable price. I have two sitting in the sewing room that Dawn has quilted over the past two weeks waiting for me to finish the binding and one more ready to take to her next week that has been in my cupboard for about three years. Then I will see how many more there are hiding around in the house. Do your quilts hide from you like mine do? Well their time is up, so look out quilts I will find you.

This is a note book I have done for my little neighbor next door for her 6th birthday and we went over and had songs and cake for afternoon tea.

This quilt that was hiding from me for so long is a birthday gift for my eldest grandson Charlie. He will be 5yo in November the day after his sister Emma turns 3yo and they both will get their first quilt from Nan. I showed Emma`s in my last post. Time to go now to seek out those othr quilts.
cheers Jude.

TWO FINISHES PLUS AN OLDER ONE

This quilt was in the making for at least 2 years and I finally got the inspiration to finish it. I also needed to get it done by November for my GD Emmas 3rd birthday. It is called Truly Scrupmsious by Cinderberry Stitches and Emma will love it as she likes her possessions to be pretty.

This one is Tis The Season and is a quilt I have done from a SAL organised bt Chookyblue. It was an easy quilt to stitch and I chose to do it in a hand dyed varigated red/ green thread with a little bit of gold thread sewn on each block to give it a bit of contrast. I quilted it on my machine and I think I need a bit more practice before I get all my stitching lines straight.

This quilt as yet I dont know who will be its owner I made a couple of years ago and got my friend Dawn to quilt it for me on her quilting frame. It is a pattern called Turning 20 and uses 20 fat quarters that are cut in the same way and then reassembled using pieces from each pile. A very quick way of doing a quilt.

Cheers for now Jude

SOME PRETTY FLOWERS

I have been doing a lot of sewing lately and some I will share as soon as I can charge the camera, others I cant as they are secret Santa gifts. I had my DD and her family visit at the weekend and my dear twin GD`s gave me some lovely daffodils. They had been to visit friends in the Adelaide Hills and they had a field full of these beautiful blooms. Lucky me to get a bunch and they reminded me of my maternal Grandfather who used to grow them in his garden and give bunches to my Mother. So it was nice to recieve them and to bring back memories of my Granddad.

EARLY XMAS GIFTS

I have just sewed some cushion covers for my sister using a quilt from Ikea and had lots of the quilt leftover, I didn`t want to waste it so I have decided to make place mats for my DDs for Xmas. I made up a couple for DH and myself to use from scraps in my stash but I need to get a xmas charm pack (or 2) to make up my DDs. Will go shopping and show you all when I have finished them. Bye for now Jude