Made for me..

Today was a carefree day to do what I want and totally I mean that –by finishing that blue thang I feel freeee…

I sat this morning with a couple of magazines and was browsing thru  the pages when this page jumped at me

Oh yes that’s right I remember seeing this on a blog

it read something along the lines of yeah “I’m in print”-way to go Dawn-  of Dawn Hay designs…-I soo need a nice new cover for my ironing board….

Yes I can go buy a cover but ugly fugly they all are and so many of them are blue….

I quickly realized I didn't have the requirements to make the cover like  Dawn had, but I could fudge it yep I can…

So I dug deep into the “one day I will use this box”  and found a lovely embroidered block I received several years ago and a sewing I went. 

ahh so much better than the old tatty one….

 

 

hehe see the chook such lovely stitching and so much better on here than stuck in a drawer.

Thanks heaps Dawn for the inspiration –whilst mines not as pretty  as yours it sure will get some use….

Cheers Vickie

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KING BLUE COMPLETED (photo heavy post)

skippety do dah skippety day..my oh my what a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!
Yep true it is this quilt has been like  a doom cloud  hanging over me ,not that it’s ugly,not that it was complicated,just that it is blue and I don’t like the colour blue..
So way way back in August last year I posted this pic.

Ekkk so much blue.

Then I cut it all up into 2½” strips..
Alas then it sat for a tad whilst I got over my blue shock…

Ahh look progress happened again I started sewing the strips together..
Umm and somewhere along the time line I cut them strips into squares..
And sewed them together in rows…

And then I sectioned it all off into three bits (pic above being one of the outer sections)
And then for months I quilted and quilted and back quilted and cussed and threatened to throw it in the bin bal blah blah……
then couple of weeks ago I finally had all three bits quilted.

AND now I have finished it all yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaah…..

There it is on our king size bed (now this is for a queen size bed-but the lady requested a bigger size)

hmm see how much it hangs I am sure she will be impressed…..
This quilt measures 104"x104” yep I have deemed myself totally insane ..and all sewing done on a simple domestic sewing machine.
Thank you you all for your words of encouragement and inspiration along the way (specially when so many of you know I don’t like blue….
Cheers Vickie
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KING BLUE

Get set ~~~~~Get Ready~~~~~Gooooooooooooooooo

Ah I bet you thought i was going to share a picture…nahdahhhh nope not yet..but but but

I have the quilt and binding under the machine foot ready to sew sew sew……….It’s a given I will be back later today with pics of the finished MONSTER,

Cheers Vickie

Yeah another OPAM

woohoo being confined to my butt has been marvellous for getting some unfinished projects done eh?

And hubby couldn't stop me ner ner ner don’t use my left foot to sew hehehe…

Ages ago I was in a nine patch block swap..I requested blocks in brights with a black centre-only cause I hadn’t done anything in brights..well these blocks have been in and out of the drawer so many times..then ding light bulb moment happened friday afternoon…

Chop the blocks up add some novelty (eye spy ) charms that have been sitting in another drawer for long long time and yadaaahhh a quilt has sprung…

Hard top get a good pic as it’s blowing a lovely cool breeze here today, so there it is 1 lovely bright (not for an epileptic –hubby said) quilt…

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Op shop finds

well yeah lucky me had some great op shop finds last Saturday…Lucy (who is a slack  blogger ) was up here in Darwin for the Superbikes as her son races a Suzuki..
Ahh looky Lucy is back home  now I can post a pic of us..

Anyways on Sat morning I went and picked Lucy up

and we went bargain hunting and we had a ball…

I scored this beautifully made calendar holder-although not my colour the work is beautiful and I can makeup a pattern too all for $2.
This gorgeous top may just end up being a calendar holder or a cute bag and for just $1.50 .
Then there was this various bit’s and bob’s from several different stores..
Oh and a trip to Spotlight ‘cause I had to get some ribbon and embroidery cotton for a up coming project and well umm the fabric started screaming at me so I was good and just bought 4 bits….
This was the first time Lucy and I had met ion the three dimensional form…
We had a wonderful time and yeah we will be able to do it all again in 12 months time….
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OPAM’s and a giveaway.

Well all is well as can be..pain is bearable and pain meds not giving any great side effects yipeee-no not yipee sitting still does not sit well with me but alas I must do as I’m told cause  dear Hubby is home with me..”sit down” “let me do that” yadee yadde yah..

So what is one to do but finish off some UFO’s…..

Table runner and 4 coasters.

Hexagon Christmas table runner, these hexagons where from a group swap –I started sewing them together October 2007 and am happy too say now April 2010 they is done.

Cover mat for my printer.

oops just realized this is the back of the mat..be right back with a pic of the front……

Ahh here we go now you didn’t miss me eh?

Ahh that’s it, from memory this fabric was called ginger blossom, Originally I made this mat to take a photo to transfer onto Roclon-which I did and made a wee bag which can be seen here. Anyways I realized on Sunday that it would be the perfect size to sit atop my printer.

And way back in 2005 I bought every Golly pattern I could find on Ebay and started making me some

golly appliqué blocks..well sadly these poor blocks sat in my WISPS (works in progress storage)drawer without any faces..over the past week or so I have giving these poor golly’s life and finally have finished my hanging…(just need hubby to make me a hanger)..

Very hard to get a good picture of this due to our lovely fresh overcast day today…Anyways so that is it I am happy with it but am now over doing any more golly applique..so I am happy to swap my golly patterns for some variegated embroidery thread (pinks-greens-browns-reds)…

so If you would like to be the new owner of these 14 appliqué patterns speak up now…..

Cheers Vickie

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Off I go

Well today has happened to come around too quick for me but alas I must go to the hospital so the surgeon can bash my foot around(cortisone injection and bone manipulation).

Have just finished sewing the binding onto my golliwog UFO and will take that with me to do the hand sewing…

There is still time for anyone to step up and take my place….

cheers Vickie

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Make do Mini Quilt Challenge

Well well well finally Mr Blogger lets me in grr to blogger somedays.

Lyn set a challenge last year with some very very old hand sewn hexagon blocks that she bought,the participants were given 5 blocks each and had too use at least 4 in their item.

4 of mine were roughly the same size and then 1 was bigger..I thought about what I was going to make for a while and then this idea came to mind and I set about doing it…all by hand just as the blocks were sewn by hand .,..OH yeah and man were these blocks fragile…

oops looking at the picture I have not bent the hanger properly shhhh don’t tell hubby..he felt so special when I asked him to make it for me-I painted it a dark green…and I am actually happy with the way this has turned out-thanks Lyn for the opportunity to participate..

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Ugly fat ¼ Swap

Well “yipideedoodahday” the storms that started at 4pm have now calmed and I can safely do this post..gosh we sure had some rain…

Yeah yippee looky what I received in the mail from Lauren.

A lovely needle and thread wallet, I so so needed another one of these it’s fantastic..

And this is the inside-lots of pockets to fill and a plastic zippy pocket too and a cute pincushion (which I have added some maroon ribbon to and it hangs from the button that holds the plastic pocket)..thanks heaps Lauren I love it…

And this is what I made and sent too Lauren…

A Covered notebook-wee needle case and a dandy size pincushion.

Showing the inside of the notebook with a pocket and the inside of the wee needlecase..thanks Too Jenny & Fiona for hosting this swap..

Cheers Vickie

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RAK winners

Some of you may not know but I do a RAK (random act of kindness) every month on my blog,

at the end of each month I jot down the names of all the people who have left a comment for that month and then I stab the paper with my eyes closed and the  landing place of the nib denotes the winner.

Well I was remiss in Feb –but have just rectified that and the winner is Joy

And the March winner is Tracy ,

please email me your snail mail addresses so I can pop a something in the mail to you..

cheers Vickie

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KingBlue is quilted

Finally finally the bits are quilted, .

I have just quickly thrown  the three bits on our king size bed so you can see it’s size..

now this is going to be on a queen size bed I am thinking she will be happy with the size..All to do is join the three bits together with a small strip of the aqua fabric then binding..not going to kid myself this will probably take another couple of weeks..

But it has got me thinking quilts in sections done with one of them quilting frames for your domestic machine may be the way to go…

Cheers Vickie

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