2011 November (2)

 

Where did the last few days go?

I'm very behind on by Blog reading list, so sorry if i haven't commented to those of you who read here and blog elsewhere, and I'm behind on my post writing too, and, if truth be known, just between us, I haven't done much sewing either.

I have been talking to people about the Fun With Fabric sessions , and have designed a poster for the 'brand' and have opened a new blog with details of the where? when? how much? info for each venue (www.FunWithFabricUK.blogspot.com)

 But I have done SOME sewing!  I have  . . .


 . . . Pieced and basted and quilted  a girly I spy quilt for a friend's great niece (someone who is doing their Christmas shopping in advance!)

. . . Told Niki  how to piece, baste and quilt a quilt for a friend who has become a big sister (at 17!)

 

. . . Progressed Heather's Black and White and Pink to just needing half the binding to be stitched on (I didn't have enough of the pink or the black for binding, so it's mostly black with random flashes of pink - the photo doesn't show it very well, but I'm really pleased with it)

. . . And there are 5 Christmas sacks just needing the Good / Naughty  thingy to be added, and then they are good to go off the UFO list!

Happy 21st Heather

 At last Heather's Black and White and Pink quilt is finished ...

 

The binding is mostly black with flashes of pink (this is the smallest flash!)

And I have hand quilted around the 'H', which could I guess could go at the top instead of the bottom!

This quilt was inspired by Deedrie's Blue Cross quilt - you can see hers [here]. 

I also managed to get the tag done for the Christmas sacks,

And I have helped Lisa proof read a 2200 word essay on "Why does Hobbes contend, “Truth is predicated of words, not things" and Explain why Mill contends “the proposition is not true because the object is placed in the class”, not forgetting Explain why Frege states, “In grasping a sense, one is not certainly assured of a Bedeutung.” . . . 

time for wine :-)

The Reds are reducing

I've managed to take a few more paniccy red projects off the list on the right, thank goodness, as it's now just 16 sleep until I go to Australia - and I have a girly weekend in Vienna to squeeze in before that too!

To into the "FINISHED" category go . . . 

. . . .An I-Spy quilt for mum's boss's new granddaughter

. . . And Christmas Sacks for one of the teachers I used to work with, and for the nephew and niece in Australia (the naughty / good is only to show the design, not to indicate the Lucy is naughty, or that Marley and Indi are good!!!)

In other news this weekend, Mum finished Lisa's VERY warm wool jumper, exactly to specifications:

• warm wool - check
• mottled wool that mustn't go stripy when knitted - check
• big neck - check
• not the big cable on the pattern, but not plain at the front - check
• long enough to cover her bum - check
• holes about 3 inches from the end of the sleeves so she can put her thumbs through - check

 I think Lisa looks rather pleased with it!

And Niki finished an I-Spy quilt for her friend Jade's new baby sister, Maisie. 

Cheesy grin, but permitted given the great job she has done (and this is the daughter who claims she DOESN'T sew!!!)