Stitching News

Barbie has a little gadget, she borrowed it under the "pain of death if she loses it" contract! ha ha ha She sat making these most lovely flowers and everyone who came to my very own quilt shop on Friday was treated to a demo by Barbie... she is super impressed with her flowers now.

Posh Lizi is loving making this quilt top... inspired by a new Jelly Roll book (I will just mention that I have more of the Jelly Rolls and the books in My Very Own Quilt Shop if you feel inspired too ha ha!) This quilt won't have a border, Lizi loves it just the way it is... I'm thinking that her pile of 'sandwiches to be quilted' is growing... did you notice that too? 

Angie (Not Me) came to shop fabrics for her next project, which will be the extremely useful Mat and Ruler Bag... instructions for which are on the right side bar there... Lucky for us, Angie brought in her Railfence Table Runner quilt so we got to sound the trumpets... "toot toot toot" for her first finish and... welcome Angie Not Me... to the Dark Side!! he he he

Quilt Cave

The Heirloom quilt that Helen has been working on over the months has produced an incredible amount of surplus fabric ... What a fabulous quilt those left overs have made... Helen's used up tiny bits to make the 6" blocks, they're the ones set 'on-point'. The alternate blocks are 9"... the 'stage grey' sashing is perfect... don't you think?

Kate's been making Half Square Triangles for about 10 years... he he he, of course I am exaggerating but I'm thinking she's made about 2 million HST's by now. All of which will make two most stunning single bed size quilts.

Irene prrressing her almost finished quilt top at the ironing station... now that's a busy little part of our Quilt Cave.. many a world problem has been sorted out over there! he he he

Lynda continued to quilt her Ohio Star quilt... there's a lot of pushing and pulling to get the quilt through the 'hole' of Lynda's machine... chatting to fun folk all round is a great,fun distraction... those ladies on Lynda's table laughed a lot!

Jolly Jo had us all Wooooh-ing... What a stunning Log Cabin quilt!!... Jo needed eight tables to make this quilt sandwich as it measures over102". (It's a good job I stock extra wide wadding eh!) My camera couldn't get a great picture for you (not me, the camera!)... it's not as yellow-y as it looks here, that's the blooming hall lights, some are a funny colour... Lots of the ladies are wanting to make Log Cabin quilts since Posh Lizi left us all speechless with hers.... Now Jo has the mammoth task of quilting this giant beauty... I'll keep you posted on her progress.

Tuesday Tootsday

Princess Jackie's very Tootable quilt. The ladies were quite fascinated by the colouring in this  project. The background fabric is a very light beige, even though it looks grey and the blues pop as if they're lit up, electric blue?... very clever colour choosing by Jackie

This is the back of Princess Jackie's quilt, isn't it fabulous... deserving of an extra Toot!

Tooting for PM Pam. She finished and stuffed her large floor cushion, it's really lovely and much bigger than it looks in this picture. The Rolling Stone block I think.

The last Tootsday Toot is for Afternoon Judith, who comes for the whole day. She finished her Paper Pieced Christmas Tree wall hanging, which is just as well as she needs to finish 6 Advent Tree quilts and it's December the first on Saturday... turbo stitching time is needed!

Quilt Club

One photo... that's all I found on my camera card after Friday Quilt Club... obviously, I forgot to click pics for you, he he he... but it's a great picture, see...

Posh Lizi's Kaleidoscope Stack-n-Whack quilt. I hope you'll be able to zoom in to see how beautiful the blocks turned out. By the end of the day the outer borders were in place so Lizi started  piecing her backing. 

This photo was taken in a different part of My Very Own Classroom... I don't think you have seen this angle before? It's where wadding is stored. I stock several different weights and brands of wadding... during this last week I received a few deliveries... most are 15 metres per roll but the Hobbs Heirloom has 27 metres on it and this time I ordered it 120" wide... we're positively drowning in wadding.

Stitching News

Ann Baker attended the last Stack-n-Whack Kaleidoscope workshop, October time?  She had a few Christmas projects to finish making so her blocks were put on one side for a short while... finished now though, a lap quilt ready for a sandwich, don't you love little inner borders... they make everything "Pop"

Brenda Barbara added her borders and wasted no time at all in making a sandwich, and cracking on with the quilting... This paper pieced wall hanging was almost ready for binding by the end of the day... just as well it's December next Saturday!!

Ooooooh That means that there's a first Thursday of a month coming up... SPQ Christmas party... have you finished your Chairman's Challenge? I just have to quilt mine... I'm off to do that right now!

Tooting, More Tooting!

At Angie's Very Own Patchwork and Quilting Shop And Classroom (Yes... that would be me and the novelty still hasn't worn off!!) we always make time to blow a trumpet fanfare for a finished project... that's what all the tooting is about... If I write "Toot toot toot" you should think loud trumpet fanfare...

This Log Cabin beauty received a loud "toot toot toot" plus a Wow! he he he, It belongs to a customer who pops in from time to time... She blames me for encouraging her to make great pieced backings using up left over fabrics... it takes a little longer to finish a quilt but boy is it ever worth the effort... shame I didn't get a photo of the back to show you eh!

This was made by the same lady, what a fabulous contemporary Christmas Tree!
This wall hanging size quilt will be one of the workshops I will offer next year... Autumn time... ready for Christmas 2013... don't be shouting like that... I know we haven't had 2012 yet... I'm planning ahead!

Teddy Tooting

Tooting for Teddy today... New Sue has a new grandson and she's making the most of the opportunity to make the cutest things... A Christmas Bear to treasure as a keepsake... cute indeedy

Tooting My Mum Gwynneth

My Mum Gwynneth made this fabulous quilt using most of two Charm Packs... NOT purchased in My Very Own Quilt Shop... she really enjoyed working on the design. The way the stars are made meant there needed to be concentrating done on fabric placement, My Mum Gwynneth does enjoy a good puzzle!
Toot Toot Toot Mummy!!!