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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Gift for a friend

A very good friend of mine is having a crisis in her life at the moment.
I was going to give her the Pink QAYG quilt but purple is her colour.
So I decided to make this Turning Twenty Quilt. I have made these quilts before. They are very quick and easy to put together.

This one is made from nine fat quarters... not the usual twenty.
It is a lap quilt.
I thought I had cut up nine fat quarters but had only cut up eight so I had to add the middle block adding some hearts to it.
I have stipple quilted it myself and bound it with a scrappy binding.


I used a variegated thread for the quilting

I hope she likes it.

I will be drawing the giveaway in a few days.


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Sweet Little Bag and other things....

I purchased this bag pattern a little while ago from Geta's Quilting

This cute little bag is made from one of the patterns.. Bella I think the pattern is called. 

My little girl took it to school for news and the teacher put an order in for Easter.
I thought the little side pockets would fit a couple of caramel eggs inside and of course the inside of the bag would have to have some too!

The yoyo centre is a vintage button from my button collection

The little bunny is one I made last year for Easter. I made a pink one and a blue one.
The pattern for these little cuties is from a Homespun Magazine. The designer was Cath

Click HERE to see the larger bag made from this pattern I made a little while ago.




Also

I decided to have a go at a QAYG quilt.

Here are the blocks made up
As you can see it is made from one of my favourite colours PINK!
I may be giving this away to a dear friend that is going through a major crisis. I just have to find out if she likes pink!

Last week I attended the craft show. In New Zealand we have a dress designer called Annah Stretton. I have had an eye on her wrap dress and skirt for sometime but didnt want to buy the price for it. Well at the show they were selling the kit sets to make these amazing dresses. 
Guess what...??
I bought one
Received it yesterday in the post
and finished it last night.
It took me about 8 hours to make... at times I was finding it very hard to make and was going to give up. I am useless at reading patterns.. but I forced myself to do so.. 
The final outcome is amazing.. and I cannot believe I actually sewed it myself..


It looks exactly like this


and it can be worn all sorts of ways




If you are interested in entering the giveaway for a Jill Mass doll Pocket Angel then go to the below post and to go into the draw I will draw it early next week.

Happy sewing


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Tilda Hare

This is the Tilda Hare for my other swap partner. I have two..
This swap partner likes red. So I decided to make her a Hare with red overalls. I hope that she likes him.

He wasnt too difficult to make. I just needed to have the stuffing tool, as the stuffing isnt easy to get into the arms and legs.


                                         

The ears have wire in them. I was so pleased I had some wire in my stash of crafty items. It worked so well.



 Jill Maas Doll

POCKET ANGEL






Tuesday, March 15, 2011

QAYG Tutorial

I have been admiring these gorgeous quilts lately. A number of people have been making them for Christchurch Earthquake victims and also Queensland Flood victims. I have admired many I have seen. I would like to make one myself. Looks quick, simple and easy which is me!


I did a google search and came across this link... click HERE to visit. It is a great tutorial for QAYG quilts and gives very easy instructions... even a PDF for you to download. Also at the same blog I came across the Heartstring Quilt..which is the pink photo I have used above...I just love it ... PDF for this is available too... click HERE to check the pink quilt out

I have cut out my Tilda Hare... looking good I must say. I will try to get to sewing it this week.

Take Care


Friday, March 11, 2011

Tilda Sweet Bag with Tilda Fabric Eggs

I really enjoyed making this gorgeous bag.
This little gift is for my Easter Swap Partner. I love it so much it is hard to part with.
I will put some yummy chocolate easter eggs into the bag as well.
This is a Tilda Pattern from the Spring Book written by Tonne Finnager






This is the bunny applique on the front of the bag

Welcome to my new readers

I havent had a giveaway for a while so I will have to get organised.
I have passed my 2nd bloggy birthday, over 300 readers and nearly 80,000 hits
So, watch the space and I will get something together.

Have a lovely weekend



Thursday, March 10, 2011

Tilda Eggs

These are the eggs I have made for my swap partner.
These are Tilda eggs... made from Tilda fabrics and linen.
I just purchased Linen from a dress fabric shop. They just look adorable. I now have to make the sweet bag, which is going to look very cute with the bunny applique on it.



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