tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57694483575673021042024-03-16T16:37:59.632+09:30Fun Fabric QuiltsA blog to share quilting ideasStaceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-48495043581423237462015-06-06T19:04:00.003+09:302015-06-06T19:04:45.499+09:30Let's get a sewing update!<br />
This year, I have been doing some slow sewing in the evening, machine time seems to be a bit elusive at the moment, so I have been focussed on my <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/something-bit-crazy.html">Mrs Billings</a>, inspired by my mother who has just finished hers!<br />
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Adding this hexie border really spurred me on to get the double diamond finished, it had been laying in bits for twelve months.<br />
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The diamond borders aren't attached yet, but that will happen in due course, I always thought I would finish with this border, because that final border with all the hexagons scare the heck out of me, but some how little squares and triangles have been cut out :)<br />
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And just as a break from all that pink, I busted out some other Denyse Schmidt fabrics and played around with churn dash block. Not sure what this will end up as!!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">But I am loving that electric red!</span><br />
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....and in case you were wondering, I did get the French General Wife quilt finished and gifted, and it also had a little trip to Alice Springs last October for an exhibition. I kept the quilting fairly simple, with stippling around the centre, and straight line quilting for the rest of the quilt.<br />
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<br />Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-46021921435301456602014-08-24T19:05:00.002+09:302014-08-24T19:06:31.765+09:30Tripping alongLife is speeding along over here at FunFabricQuilts....the faster life gets....the slower the sewing gets...I am currently participating in a sew along with Bridgette Giblin on Facebook...making a Trip Around the World by hand.<br />
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The challenge started in May/June...I was behind from the start of course...<br />
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The challenge included using a red dot fabric....2 " squares....and eyeballing the seam line...<br />
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It's quite soothing to slow down and sew....it doesn't matter if only a few squares get sewn on...<br />
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.....because it slowly gets bigger.....<br />
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My sewing room, and bed of my sewing machine is covered in STUFF, it's a layering kind of effect...<br />
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This is what happens when you don't work on a project at a time!<br />
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But this is going to be changed soon, because today I entered the French General's Wife into the Alice Springs show.....so it needs to be quilted, bound, and packed up ready to go by mid October...OMG a deadline....don't panic :0</div>
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Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-3670894697194195182014-07-08T17:39:00.003+09:302014-07-08T17:39:41.746+09:30French General's Wife<br />
This year in June, my mother had a significant birthday....you know the ones that end with a zero...<br />
and I decided that it was time to finish the French General's Wife that had been started three years ago....this being the year of the finish and all.<br />
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Well, I spent February and March appliquéing the scallop border down......I am such a slow hand sewer...</div>
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Then in April, I went to get out what were supposed to be eight completed pieced checkerboards, only to find I had done 5 out the 8 required...the tricks the mind plays....so in April the checkerboards were sewn together....lots of sewing....</div>
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Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-82068893101774248892014-06-14T17:49:00.000+09:302014-06-14T17:49:48.990+09:30Making Time...The elusive quest....making time....for family...for fun...for work...for quilting...for blogging...a little bit of everything makes the world go around....finding the balance is hard. I have no silver bullet for that one!<br />
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So at the moment I have a lot of time for family and work, and a little bit of time for fun and quilting, and not so much for blogging! But here I am, irregular but present :)<br />
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This year I set some quilty goals:<br />
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Goal1. Cut back back on fabric purchases...I will give myself 6/10 for this...I went to Adelaide and visited Hettie's Patch...don't judge me...but those beautiful french linens, they had about 20 of them so I was VERY restrained only buying four, and a couple of Kaffe's might have jumped into my basket...<br />
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Goal 2. Try to <u>finish </u>more quilts...have kicked a couple of goals here...so will give myself 8/10... this quilt....I machined the binding on the front, Mum hand stitched the binding down for me...Thank you Mum :) It just needs a label and then it can go to it's new home...<br />
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And the back was pieced from scraps and Amy Butler Gypsy Caravan yardage that I bought the first time it was in shops!!</div>
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and I got these two quilts quilted...yet to be bound!<br />
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AND I got a top finished too....but I will blog about that separately!<br />
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Goal 3. No new projects..score of 0/10...but after finishing the quilts above...I had to break out....did I also mention I had a goal of no more pink quilts for a while...but it is my colour signature....so 0/10 for the pink goal....but aren't those flying geese gorgeous!<br />
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4. I also had a goal of one project at a time....that worked for about two weeks...so another 0/10.<br />
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Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-77963391775107873872014-04-24T19:37:00.001+09:302014-04-24T19:37:20.751+09:30Sew what's happening?Sew what's been happening in my life? Some things quilty….and some things life….Loads of things….I have been to Singapore to see Eric Clapton perform live….hubby is a big fan. It is a four hour flight to Singapore from Darwin. It takes that long to fly to Sydney!<br />
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The Mer-lion with a view of Marina Bay Sands…the platform at the top of the hotel (56 floors) is party central, with cool cocktail bars and an infinity edge pool, we went for a sticky beak, but I think we may have been the oldest people there!!<br />
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We wandered around Little India and came across this fantastic house, I think it used to belong to a rich business man…but check out those colours.<br />
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We had a great time in Singapore…food was fantastic…happy to go back just to enjoy all those fantastic restaurants.<br />
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I made myself a promise this year to try and get quilts finished! So I plugged away at getting this quilt quilted….<br />
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I used my favourite King Tut variegated thread, No. 914, it goes from fushia pink to orange to a candy pink…very pretty...<br />
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It's already left the house…by coincidence I had it finished for the baby's christening…the quilt was already 4 months overdue….so it worked out really well!!<br />
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My quilt group had a "Quilt-in-a-nightie" night….a twelve hour sewing marathon, from 12pm to 12 am, it was a hoot, at 6 pm we all got changed into our "nighties", had a glass of champers and dinner.<br />
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I had sewn all but seven of the blocks for this quilt last May, but hadn't progressed it since then, but with a twelve hour uninterrupted sewing stint, I got it done...All Amy Butler fabrics…. It is a big quilt 85"x85", I have already pieced the back and sent it to the quilters….yipee...<br />
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Last but not least, I watched a baby being born, my sister had a baby girl, and I had the privilege of being present at the birth….welcome to Stevie….<br />
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In January, my family went on holidays to Mornington Peninsula and Melbourne….great time was had by all. We found Paella in the South Melbourne Markets…<br />
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Loads of Cockatoos feeding on the deck of the house we rented….<br />
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My 13 year old daughter announcing she is officially taller than me, and I am 5' 7" (172cm)…<br />
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We also went swimming with seals at Sorrento, but sorry you can't see a picture of me in a full body wet suit!<br />
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I did some hand piecing on my Mrs Billings….yes still plugging away…<br />
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But what I know you will be really interested in, is this quilt I found on the floor of a "Antique" shop in Dromana…I was wandering around the store, touching things, as you do in these places…first, a grey bundle of cloth on the floor caught my eye, moving closer it was easy to see the bundle was quilted, once unfolded this wonderful design and colour emerged.<br />
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But gosh the quilt is in bad shape, it has a burn mark, the dye has run, it was faded unevenly in parts, the fabric has started to deteriorate, but all I could think about was the lady that sat night after night quilting this quilt.<br />
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So for a grand sum of $10 I got to provide this poor old thing with a home, with some muttering from my husband….something about "it was like going to the RSPCA and coming home with the oldest dog" :)<br />
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More Details: Of course there is no label….80" x 75", the back is a grey blue chambray…the outside border is a cotton sateen, and the rest of the fabrics are regular cotton, with the exception of the black squares which are a drill, and the wadding appears to be wool.<br />
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I have so many questions about the quilt. How old is it? Where did it come from? Is it made in Australia? If not how did it get here? What is the name of the pattern? On the last question, I found a photo of another antique quilt made from the very same pattern at <a href="http://littlewelshquiltsandothertraditions.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/fabulous-quilt-what-does-it-remind-me-of.html">littlewelshquilts </a>, and it is identified as Amish, so is this an Amish pattern?<br />
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I guess it is unlikely answers will be found for these questions….but for $10 I have an antique quilt that will inspire me for ages!<br />
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Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-6818771135959773882014-02-03T17:59:00.000+09:302014-02-03T17:59:31.296+09:30The latest project...So back in November, when I thought there would be loads of time to sew on a new project, I decided to start Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery quilt, <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com.au/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html">Celtic Solstice</a>, I knew I would have no chance of keeping up, but thought I would improve my chances of doing the smaller sized quilt which is 75"x75"...the larger one is 110" square....not for the faint hearted!!<br />
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So these are the colours I have chosen...<br />
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Fairly close to what Bonnie used with two changes one being exchanging the dark blue for the brown…fancy me having so many browns!<br />
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And switching up the orange to include tomato red….<br />
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Needless to say, I didn't get as much sewing done in January as thought…sigh... but I will plug away at this project for the next couple of months.<br />
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One of the thing Bonnie suggested before starting the project was to go and get some paint slips to help pull your fabrics…what a great idea...<br />
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Loving that tri-rec ruler….not loving so much making 100 chevron blocks...<br />
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I think it will come together nicely, but it sure will improve my piecing skills, 'cause there is no room for sloppy piecing in this project :)<br />
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Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-30021244931853990322014-01-02T18:42:00.001+09:302014-01-02T18:42:58.281+09:30So this is 2014….It still feels a bit like 2013!<br />
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As per blog etiquette, I thought I would post a 2013 retrospective on my quilting….I use the word quilting very loosely, because when going through my projects over the last twelve months, I realised that I have only in fact quilted two things!<br />
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So here's the thing…. I love piecing….that's the bit about sewing that is therapeutic for me! So I have any number of quilt tops done….but the quilting only gets done when it is "for" something….so the quilting I did in 2013 was for the guilds exhibition…note: I did get a highly commended for my Peppermint Sparkle quilt (sorry had to brag...again)….and it is going for a visit to Quilt Conference in Melbourne in April I think.<br />
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So this morning I got out all my 2013 quilt tops and hung them out in a line for a photographic session....they looked pretty good I thought!<br />
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Introducing in order from left to right, is my <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/its-officialno-quilting-here.html">Bonnie Hunter scrap baskets</a>…<br />
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My <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/great-retreat.html">Anna Marie Horner</a> feathers….<br />
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The <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/sunburst-orange-fun.html">Orange Sunburst fun runner</a>…this is actually an interloper because I realised after I had taken the quilts down that it is a 2012 finish…and still un-quilted…fancy that! But while we are talking the Sunburst quilt….checkout this one that <a href="http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/christmas-quiltdone-and-delivered.html">Victoria Finlay </a>just finished…quilted and everything!<br />
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The next is the <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/retro-astic.html">Retro-astic quilt</a>…note it has additional borders now? This was a late finish on New Year's Eve (day).<br />
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And lastly the <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/almost-happy-new-year.html">Made in Cherry</a> which I posted about early this week.<br />
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So yay me….would have loved to have done more sewing in 2013 but you can only do what you can do :)</div>
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So of course...quilting resolutions for 2014 are....to sew more fabric....buy less fabric....and to quilt more quilts! Do you have any quilting related resolutions for this year?<br />
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Happy New Year !<br />
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Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-91210856134258145562013-12-30T19:20:00.003+09:302013-12-30T19:22:41.038+09:30Almost Happy New YearFinally, I have some time off work and time to sew….but not for long, as I am off on family holidays…..but I am trying to squeeze in a couple of posts as an end of year wrap up!<br />
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So firstly I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas with family and friends!<br />
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My extended family spent the day at chez Hendo, at one point we had 17, it makes for a fun and hectic day ;)<br />
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My sewing effort in the lead up to Christmas is Sarah Fielke's Made in Cherry….Except mine is the miniature version 40" x 40"….it really is a very simple pattern, but for some reason it took me forever to put together.<br />
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Rule number one for piecing….do NOT ever EVER use two machines to piece one project on. I won't bore your with the details, but the quick un-pick got a good work out.<br />
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At the beginning of the year, a friendship group I belong to issued a challenge to make a quilt using paint chips picked by someone else, I couldn't believe that I drew out my favourite colours, pink and green!! This top will be quilted in the new year, and will make a great girl baby quilt!<br />
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Of course in my excitement of using pink and green I cut way to much fabric, and ended up sewing these babies as well…..as it wasn't a part of the above challenge, I used lots of other pinks and greens out of scrap pile, and some yellows….unfortunately I have the same issue with the seams mention above…so these blocks will have a little special treatment in the New Year.<br />
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Hope you all have a great New Year….I will back soon with my New Years resolutions!<br />
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Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-39574942481709789822013-11-12T17:29:00.000+09:302013-11-12T17:29:13.833+09:30Dont look at the fabric….Now I haven't been to Spotlight for a while for a number of reasons, firstly I like to support my local quilt store, secondly they have been running down their patchwork lines, and thirdly they have stopped getting in the Denyse Schmidt fabrics….which I am really grumpy about.<br />
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However, today I was on a mission to buy curtains for my daughter….and I wasn't going to look at the fabric but….this panel caught my eye…<br />
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I don't know how long they have had this for, but it is a panel by Prints Charming, Sydney….so cute...<br />
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and, of course, I found a couple of other fabrics to go with it, the blue and orange in the background are also Prints Charming fabrics…the orange one was $4 a metre! The little set of five in the front is Sarah Fielke new range - Millefiori…very cute…perhaps a baby girl quilt-in-a-day?<br />
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One last thing, you know how Spotlight always have heaps of fabrics not put away near the counter…well this was on top…a lovely little canvas fabric... it is going into pillows for my thirteen year old daughter's bed.<br />
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So bouquets to Spotlight for supporting local Aussie designers, and having cute deer fabric, but a big raspberry for not stocking Denyse Schmidt fabrics anymore :(</div>
Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-10866680483376346902013-10-31T19:46:00.002+09:302013-10-31T19:46:17.586+09:30Memories of Halloween 2012Here in Australia, Halloween pretty much passes us by, although over the last few years there seems to be more people (kids!!) that are interested in the celebrations....but I have been thinking about where I was this time last year.....<br />
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Yes in America, New York....<br />
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and finally Houston! I don't think I have any pumpkin photos in Houston....because by then I think I had seen every shape and colour of pumpkins....and of course my interest in all the fabulous quilts had taken over by then!<br />
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So just in case you are interested, the winners for this year Houston Quilt Exhibition have been announced, <a href="http://www.quilts.org/winners.html">see here</a>, and I was very bemused to see that the winning quilt has been created by the quilter after seeing this fabulous <a href="http://www.chihuly.com/">Chihuly</a> glass exhibition at the Dallas Arboretum, which Mum and I also saw, this is the actual photo of the gondola...<br />
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...can you imagine creating a quilt from this....I would love to see the quilt in real life! This article in the <a href="http://www.chron.com/life/article/2013-winners-announced-at-International-Quilt-4936968.php?cmpid=hpbn">Houston Chronicle</a> has a better photo of the quilt.<br />
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On my own personal quilting... I have been up to my eyeballs in pink scraps, which I will share in later post (I am not happy with my pink scraps so I am ignoring them for a while)... but I have been having some fun with BROWN fabrics.....hard to believe....but I bought this pack of brown and grey fabrics when I was in Houston last year, and the guild has been playing around with clam shells, and I had clams shell papers and a glue stick, and hey presto.....<br />
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I am cheating with sewing down the little clams with a zig zag stitch....I have only done one row so far, and glued down the second row ready to be zig zagged...<br />
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There will be about 10 rows in total, big enough for a large pillow, or small quilt...I haven't decided yet!<br />
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That's all for now....I think I can hear some little trick-or-treaters coming down the path :)<br />
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One thing that hasn't been shared on my blog, is my fondness for "retro" fabrics....there is a "small" collection of fabrics from the sixties and seventies taking up space in my cupboard, so today I decided it was time to have some fun with them! Firstly some strips were cut, with scissors, improv style to make this little cute thing...Check out these lovely little prints....I really love the green....</div>
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And what about this lovely lime rose...<br />
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As per my previous post, there were many lovely quilts in our Territory Quilts Exhibition, so I thought I would show the rest of the quilts from the ladies in my friendship group "The Bay Babes", and a few extras that caught my eye.</div>
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Introducing Lillian.... "Marvellous Day for Dancing" is Lillian's original design, using hand dyed red fabrics.</div>
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Det Nua Fortress - pattern by Esterita Austen is the bottom quilt in the photo below....</div>
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This is one of my favourites from Alison....Morning Glorified... she bought the blocks in Pine Lake Mountain, a small town at the entrance to the Yosemite Nation Park, California in 1996. The blocks were made in 1951. </div>
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Kimberly Camping, another lovely piece from Alison with hand dyed silks....</div>
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We are nearly done now....check out the next quilts that caught my eye, firstly Jane Price's Hexagon Garden (208 x 188cm), quite large and very attractive with loads of Kaffe Fassett fabrics</div>
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This quilt was inspired by photos of the red and white quilt exhibition "Infinite Variety". The shades of red come up beautifully in this photo, in the centre of the squares were lovely red work embroidery motifs. This is a group quilt by The Piecemakers from Alice Springs (244 x 183 cm).<br />
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Last, but certainly not least, is this lovely quilt by Elizabeth McCallum of Alice Springs. This quilt "My Roses in Broderie Perse" (260 x 230cm) won a Highly Commended in Professional Traditional quilts section.<br />
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Lovely machine applique...<br />
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As promised some photos of the exhibition.....<br />
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The winner of Territory Quilts 2013 was Chris Knights with her quilt "When I am feeling blue - I quilt!" A lovely quilt with lots of details, and unfortunately a blurry photo...grrr hate it when that happens.<br />
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A more detailed shots of the lovely appliqué and beautiful stippling.</div>
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There was over a 100 entries in the exhibition obviously I can't show them all, so I decided to share photos from the friendship group "The Bay Babe's" that I am a part of....firstly let me introduce you to Doreen...<br />
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"Special Reminder" 180 x 180cm Doreen loves using aboriginal fabrics and earthy colours.<br />
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The owl fabric was printed in the Northern Territory at Nomad art.<br />
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"A Long Way" 197 cm x 182cm, fabric was purchased in Intercourse, Pennsylvania U.S.A and looks great in this Cherry House design "City Tracks"<br />
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"St Columbia Falls in March" 56.5 x56.5, started in Lisa Walton workshop that explored fabric painting, foil rubbing, and beading....wish I had taken a better close up so you could see the lovely quilting....This quilt was a winner in the Art Category</div>
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Now meet Annie...."Spring Time in Tuscany" 252 x 252 cm<br />
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Introducing Mary...."Toddler's Trail" 164 x 133 cm....Mary found these hexagons at the op shop.....when I go to second hand shops I never seem to find the good stuff! Mary's quilt won "Best Use of Colour"<br />
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"Inca Rheas, Patagonian Prancer" 45 x 45cm, a batik souvenir purchased in Southern Argentina, embellished with free motion quilting and Lumiere fabric paint.</div>
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Introducing Shelley....some of the ladies in the group have been having a lot of fun with organic dying, when we get together there is usually a hot pot on the go, full of one or more of the following... rusty anything, onion skins, purple carrots, native plants leaves and flowers....and who ever wants to dye throws in their silks. Shelley's quilt is made from hand dyed fabrics, and is embellished with gold machine embroidery....the black background is also silk...very lovely.</div>
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...quite surprised, but very happy....especially since it languished in the cupboard unquilted for a couple of years....just goes to show what can happen when you dust off those UFO's!<br />
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Speaking of UFO's....after Mum and I saw the V&A exhibition, Mum decided she really needed to finish this quilt....it only needed the binding...the pattern for this quilt is in Kaffe Fassett's V&A Quilts. This quilt is huge, 109" x 110".<br />
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And guess whose bed that goes on? Yes, that's right, me! Wooot woot.<br />
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My other entry in the exhibition was my Bonnie Hunter Scrappy Trip (<a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com.au/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html">find pattern here</a>), which people were quite interested in...mainly because all those colours pack a punch.<br />
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Mum's second quilt in the exhibition...a pattern from <a href="http://www.flyingfishkits.com.au/kits/index.asp">Flying Fish Kits</a>....I really love all those japanese naomi fabrics...<br />
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And aren't these 1/2 hexagon so sweet....Mum is very nifty with the needle and especially with appliqué....so she is able to whip through binding like butter...I think she got 18 metres of binding (two quilts) done in less than a week!<br />
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I have more photos to share, but the house is waking up, so I think I might go an make brekky for everyone....scrambled eggs with chives might the order of the morning :)<br />
<br />Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-8186913627674167682013-09-11T19:08:00.000+09:302013-09-11T19:08:06.024+09:30Since we last spoke.....Since we last spoke....<br />
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I have packed up two quilts for the 2013 Darwin Quilters Exhibition...this weekend!!<br />
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Done loads of hours quilting and binding....I also discovered a new form of RSI, which I am calling "Quilter's Leg" which is what you get when you sew with your foot on that pedal for 8 hours straight.<br />
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Been to the Hunter Valley in New South Wales and stayed in an awesome "French Villa" and drank way too much champagne, and ate way too much food.<br />
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Found a yarn bombed tree....I love this sort of public art...<br />
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Hubby had a birthday....<br />
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...and my frangipanni tree grown from a friend's cutting has flowered for the first time.<br />
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After much consideration, and I even purchased 8 yards of this yummy fabric...Kaffe Fasset Asian Circles.<br />
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I decided to NOT quilt, even now as I am typing I feel disappointed that this lovely quilt top is not going to be quilted yet, but I am going to quilt some smaller quilts to enter in the exhibition in September, and once that is past I will consider if I am ready to to do the big quilt....well I have one less barrier now...I have the backing!<br />
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Well I tidied up my sewing room...I had so much STUFF out it was impossible to even think, let alone sew! This is my room tidy :)<br />
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I have started quilting a top.....remember <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/pink-scraps.html">this quilt</a>...from the Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins book Applique Outside the Lines with Piece O'Cake Designs.<br />
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And after my oh no moment with Mrs Billings in April I have fixed up my strippy borders and got my diamond border on....<br />
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And another border since these photos were taken....all hand sewing of course...<br />
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Last, but not least, Mum and I did a two day "workshop" with <a href="http://karenatsomerset.blogspot.com.au/">Karen Styles</a>, which included a tour Karen organised of the Victoria and Albert Quilts from London, which are currently on display at the Queensland Art Gallery, so apart from the fab quilts from the V&A (more on that shortly), we got to see alot of the quilts from Somerset Patchwork and the Mrs Billings quilt again, and it was great to see what the other ladies on the tour were working on.<br />
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Our visit to the <a href="http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/quilts_1700-1945">Queensland Art Gallery</a> to see the quilts that are tour from the Victoria and Albert Museum was fabulous.....really fabulous, if you are in Brisbane between now September you MUST go....for something to whet your appetite on these quilts, check out <a href="http://tv.qagoma.qld.gov.au/mediatype/videos/?exhibition=quilts">this link</a>, the Art Gallery has provided short videos on eleven on the quilts, describing the history of the quilts and provided close up photos....the clam shell bed hangings are amazing :)<br />
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If you have a look at the videos, remember that most of the work is whip stitched, even the most intricate appliqué....quite fascinating.Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-65438719028931644472013-06-23T16:01:00.000+09:302013-06-23T16:01:25.678+09:30Too quilt or not....Too quilt or not, that is the question....I can't believe we are almost half way through the year. Darwin Patchworker's and Quilters are having their bi-annual exhibition in thirteen weeks...twelve weeks until quilts have to be completed and dropped.<br />
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So the question is which quilt shall I quilt? Don't ask me why I haven't started quilting anything!<br />
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Do I have time to quilt a king size quilt? I suspect no, not with working, and I have a couple of weekends away, but it is killing me that I have had this quilt top finished for THREE years and it is still not quilted.<br />
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The pattern for this quilt is from Material Obsession Two by Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke, called Bluebirds and Happiness.<br />
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So very big....102" square...<br />
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But soo pretty :)<br />
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Am I prepared to go to quilting jail for 3 months and not work on anything else? Mmmm, I need to think about this a bit more!Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-77060697414550217812013-06-03T16:30:00.000+09:302013-06-03T16:30:43.009+09:30Flower GardenFor some time I have been wanting to do Kim McLeans' Flower Garden, this quilt is all done by hand, but always felt that I wouldn't ever have the time or the skill to undertake such a massive project, the time factor is particular relevant now I am working on the <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/something-bit-crazy.html">Mrs Billings quilt</a>!<br />
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But a little while ago I spotted <a href="http://materialobsession.typepad.com/material_obsession/2012/10/brave-choices.html">this version</a> of the quilt, without the amazing border, and started to think about ways to do the appliqué by machine, all of a sudden the project started to become a lot more achievable.<br />
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So I already had a bunch of great backgrounds in blues and green, both Kaffe Shot Cottons, and cottons by Reece Scannell...<br />
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and, of course, a lot of Kaffe et co yardage in the stash cupboard, so I took the plunge and made up a some blocks, using a raw edge appliqué technique incorporating Visoflex (a brand of fusible webbing) and a tiny zig zag stitch.<br />
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It has been quite fun making up the blocks, because you get the "instant gratification" of ironing on the pieces and seeing the block come to together before you do any sewing!<br />
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So whilst I was at Mt Bundy on the three day retreat, I spent a day doing the zig zaging on some of the blocks.....<br />
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I am still thinking about how big the final quilt will be, and what I will do about the sashing, but I am loving the look of the shot cottons together, and how the Kaffe et co fabrics jump out!<br />
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If you love this pattern, pop over to <a href="http://gloriousapplique.blogspot.com.au/">Glorious Appliqué blog</a>, and the <a href="http://australiangloriousapplique.blogspot.com.au/">aussie version,</a> to see quilters posting about their work in progress on a variety of Kim McLean projects, so much inspiration :)<br />
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I decided that I would take projects that were already cut as I have a sore shoulder....too much rotary cutting I suspect. These lovely Amy Butler's had been sat in the cupboard cut up ready to be sewn together for about two years....so they got an airing....<br />
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Now there is 42 12.5" blocks, and I realised that I hadn't brought the sashing (sigh), it's going to be a queen size quilt, so I packed up the blocks and started on the next project. Anyone who has been to a retreat knows that you need to take more than one project!<br />
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Remember these blocks from an earlier post? For the uninitiated this is a free pattern on the Anna Marie Horner website.<br />
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Well nine more were sewn up....till they looked like this...do you like my improv design wall?<br />
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....then some playing around happened....and they looked this.<br />
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Quite a pretty little quilt...maybe for a baby girl?<br />
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This Anna Marie Horner Field Study Range is so gorgeous :) lucky I have some scraps left...maybe I will use them for a border?<br />
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So after finishing this quilt top, I got out my THIRD project....but I will save that for the next post :)<br />
<br />Staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549656236916702096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769448357567302104.post-34285483151850039112013-04-16T18:24:00.001+09:302013-04-16T18:37:05.287+09:30Mrs Billing's...oh no moment!Over Christmas and the last couple of months I have been plodding away on <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/something-bit-crazy.html">my Mrs Billings project</a>, that I started last October. For new to me visitors, this is the end product, yes I have a long way to go....<br />
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I was hoping to have a ta-dah moment this post and share my progress by having my first diamond border attached...<br />
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but after hand stitching away on Sunday afternoon, I had an oh-no moment instead when I finished this little stripy border...<br />
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Spot what's wrong with this picture....should there be a very precise 1/4 inch over hang here? And after lots of head scratching I realised the answer is NO!<br />
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I pinned the strip on a 1/4 inch out on both sides, making the border 1/2 inch shorter than it should be...no wonder I had to ease the fabric as I was sewing!<br />
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And then I remember having the same easing issue on the first stripy border....yes I measured up and you guessed it, it was out by 1/2 inch too...I have done mitres before....I can't work out how I made such a dumb mistake...grrr....it really hurts to unpick hand stitching!<br />
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Other progress to share is my hexie flowers...I did these while travelling in Tasmania in January.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">...and on my new Janome, it really powered through the quilt, I think it took around 8 hours, split up over two weekends! I used a Denyse Schmidt, Katie Jump Rope on the back, which is a nice happy fabric! </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">So now all that is left is the binding...is there any such thing as binding avoidance?</span></div>
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And I have made a couple of little basket blocks....<br />
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Tutorial for this block can be found over at...<a href="http://bloominworkshop.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/random-sampler-qal-tree-of-life/">Bloomin' Workshop</a>. It will be included in a red and white sampler I want make...I am going to include <a href="http://funfabricquilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/bloggers-bom-big-catchup.html">these blocks from the Bloggers BOM</a>...but it's slow boiler...not sure when it will be done :)<br />
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This weekend I am trying to get my sewing space organised for quilting my Scrappy Trip Top, this means putting away piles of fabric, and finishing some half finished projects....like my <a href="http://www.annamariahorner.com/Feather.Bed.Quilt.pdf">Anna Marie feathers.</a></div>
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If you like this pattern check out <a href="http://mollyflanders.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/top-of-class.html">Molly Flander's blog</a> for lots of colour options...and make sure you spend some time looking at her other posts because she has some lovely ideas.</div>
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I have made four blocks so far, and seven more cut ready to go....so should I sew them all before I start quilting? I suspect I may be going into Quilting Avoidance....a condition I suffer from regularly :)<br />
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Seeing as the scrappy trip block tutorial was done by Bonnie Hunter....I raided my local quilt library (mum's house), and borrowed Bonnie Hunter's latest book....String Fling....Bonnie has quite a few publications, and they all have loads of great scrappy and recycling ideas!<br />
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This little block caught my eye....so I have found a new scrap project for the scraps!</div>
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And of course I had to start "stringing" straight away...on pages from last year's telephone book.<br />
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I am making up 32 of these, and 16 of the little basket blocks...will report back on this soon!<br />
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