August!!! As promised! (or rather as I had threatened) I'm here writing another blog post with photos. We have need of your trumpeting skills for this one. It seems the problem I was having with my photos was caused by Google! That and my rubbish skills.
Christabelle is first up with her gifting quilt. Her brother is moving into his very own new home soon and this quilt will be a family gift to him. How lucky is he!
The back is Moda brushed cotton and it feels super snuggly. You can see Chris's quilting very clearly from the back, free motion and walking foot stitching. Toot toot toot Christabelle, a fabulous finish.
This is Gail's quilt, also for gifting. It's Jan Mullen's Stargazy Daizies design. It's not quite toot-toot-a-bubble as the hand stitching needs to be completed on the binding but we probable wont see it again. Gail had Amanda from Stone to do a lovely job of the quilting.
Gail chose this fabulous Art Gallery fabric for the backing which co-ordinates beautifully. Let's give it a fanfare anyway, it's almost finished and is definitely fabulous. toot-itty-toot.
As I missed a couple of weeks blogging, we need to zoom ahead to Jackie's sandwich making. I wrote about her appliqueing the hearts to background without solid plan and as if by magic, the result of our brainstorming appears! Isn't it wonderful! Once Jackie makes a plan there's no stopping her.
This sandwich belongs to Joanne. The original design, in the Material Obsessions book, was all set on point but Jo pleased her very own self and set them in rows, as you see. Perfect pointy-points everywhere and lots of scraps used. Jo will be quilting this all by her very own self.
Bev's been appliqueing vines and flowers for her borders. It was time to review how they were shaping up so I pushed the tables together, sandwich style. Bev wants to work on the borders at our next, and rapidly approaching retreat. It's a rubbish photo because the most finished borders of beautiful flowers are over the table where you cant see them. You will have to wait to see them.
More progress for Lesley's quilt. More fish, more birds and lots of bubbles have been added. Lesley wants to embellish a bit with embroidery threats. Some of the creatures will have eyes and fancy bits. Lesley must be feeling confident about finishing all that because she purchased the backing fabric.
