March Creations

Well March has seen members finshing quilts left right & centre.

Debra quilted this Care quilt made by Bev Dingwall for the club "Care Quilt" collection.  It is called "Toy Box" as all the fabrics are various child friendly prints.

 

A second care quilt came off  Debra's quilting frame.  "Send in the clowns" is one I have loved making & I am sure it will bring a smile to a child's face.  

It always brings a smile to mine.

 This next finish is from our new friend TASHA.  

Tash purchased this layer cake at craft one week, pinned the quilt out the next week & returned with it finished in week 3.

Well done Tasha.  We are all very proud of you & know you are rightfully proud of your own efforts too.  I can't wait to see what else you get up to in the coming months & years. 

(Tasha on right, Rachel 'holding assistant' on left).

 Next up is a finish from Becc with the assistance of Debra.

Now this quilt named "Friendship Jelly" was pieced by Becc in 2012 while pregnant with Rosie.  It just got put away until Becc could deal with it at some time.  Factor in there 2 young children & leaving town & it was left temporarily forgotten.

Sometime in 2013 Becc mentioned that she hadn't finished it.  Debra brought it back to Roma to finish & then moved house herself & it lay forgotten again.

Fast forward to March 2014 when Debra organises her sewing room & what does she find??? 

 So it was quickly quilted and bound on the condition it stays in Roma until after the quilt show.  

Of course Becc said that is fine.  At least she knows her quilt is now finished & will be home to her shortly-ish.  :)

 

 Now these next 2 photos are not a creation by any of us UFO ers - but more a quilt that made us all stop in our tracks.

This is Bev Dingwall's Jewels in the pineapple.  

WOW, WOW, WOW

 WOW. (84" square)

 Now we have more to show for March, including some UFO via text message.  Pop back tomorrow.

Long time no post!

Hello fellow crafters!!
Its Becc here, writing from our new home in Albany Creek, where I have finally unpacked the sewing room and started creating again. Building stock for a market stall for Cha Cha Rose Handmade I am hoping to have up and running soon, I have just started creating comfy sprocket cushions!! They are suprisingly quick and easy to make and I can only hope that they sell well so I can keep whipping them up in fun and funky themes. This is my first set of 'Traffic' themed sprocket pillows....what do you think??

This photo is the true colours of the cushions

and then there were 2

Becc has been busy

Our beautiful Becc has been busy in the one short month since she left Roma.

After settling into her mil's house she has launched into more sewing (mostly for her business) Cha Cha Rose Handmade.

 

When she sews we are there too, hanging on the wall above her head.

A Crafty Post on my own blog

Today I have blogged over on my site about my new quilt in the making, and perhaps a new obsession hobby :) please click on the link here to go and check it out.....thanks xx becc xx

I think the World of You

A scrapbooking page finished for 'my family' album. Featuring my beautful Grandma Rita, the photos were taken in 2005 on my 18th Birthday. (sorry it's not the clearest photo)

I am almost finished these 2 pages, they just need a bit more writing on the second page and the odd embellishment here and there but the photos are of my mum, she has the most amazingly infectious smile.  Friends can't believe how much I look like her.

Sorry, not sure why the photo turned sideways!

We've been busy - and cosy!

Firstly Debra (R) was able to present the Quilt that Patchwork raffled for Roma SES to its winner (a very happy Wendy).

 Here we are hamming it up and keeping cosy beneath the quilt.

 Then it came to Tuesday night and it was cold - so we turned up at craft in our slippers (sorry Lyn - Uggies).

 

And the beautiful Becc showed us the quilt she has FINISHED for her daughter's 'big girl' bed.  

Well done Becc.  Nice first quilt.

This side is a 'flower garden'

 

 and the back is a "Carrot Patch".

Now this stunning piece of crochet was made by the supremely talented Cecily.  

It is a circle (even though it looks oval in this shot) about 80cm in diameter.

It is called a 'crazy patch crochet' and has found pride of  place on Cecily's daughter's bed.

We are ....

..getting so productive in our UFO group that we may have to look into changing our group name to FINISHED!! This Tuesday night we had 7 ladies at craft and there was plenty of projects on the go and so close to being finished.

Happy Birthday Rachel.....yummy cake even if I do say so myself.

 A very busy Becc making a shaggy quilt for Charlie. See below how it looks laid out on the cutting table.

 I am very sure that Sandra would have finished this knitting project and may have possibly started another. (Don't forget to bring in your finished project and show us all)

 I know this one was finished because I saw it in the show on the weekend!

 Pretty sure Ann got all her orange work done, too. (I love orange, did I tell you that before!)

 This project is coming along and will be finished soon enough. I had to get these two to stop work for the picture. Fay and Leanne.

See you all on Tuesday night again.
Gayle

I Cherish my Apron

After many months of sitting in my craft room waiting to be completed, my 'Cherish Nature'  apron is no longer a UFO and is now completed.

I had begun to make this apron in the second half of last year with, much appreciated, help from fellow UFO crafters Emily and Cecily. Life then managed to get in the way, as quite often it does, and I let my passion for craft fall by the wayside. Well I am happy to say my mojo and inspiration seems to be flowing warmly again and not only have I completed this wonderful apron I have begun creating a lovely shaggy quilt ( my first quilt, ever) which will be a gift to my daughter Charlie on her second birthday. I will blog more about this soon, mean while as I wait for the extra charm square needed to arrive in the mail to continue my quilt I may sit quietly (when Charlie is asleep of course) sip chamomile tea and knit some more dishcloths.  What have you been crafting lately??

- written by Becc P (aka Smiley Mum)

The UFO Quilt

This quilt is being posted by special request.

In November last year, we farewelled one of our 'founding' members.

Colleen (or Mad Maude as her customers call her) left Roma for greener pastures.  Now being crafters we couldn't let this go unnoticed.  So we made her a quilt of 'crafty sayings'.

 Colleen giving us her best 'surprised' face.  (I didn't catch the actual surprise because I was too busy enjoying the moment)

 And the quilt itself.

it is hard to tell but our phrases are - L-R, top to bottom.

"Finished is better than perfect" by Marilyn

"I'm  not messy, I'm creative" by Emily

"May your bobbin always be full" by Gayle

"UFO or PHD? that is the question" - our eternal debate

"My Quilt, MY Rules" by Colleen - yes we did make her sew a block for her own quilt - she just didn't know it was for her.

"Craft fills my Days, not to mention my living room, bedroom and closets" by Becc

"A Fat Quarter is not a body part" by Cecily

"Three little words...... Quilt and Bind" by Debra

"I have UFOs I haven't even thought of yet" by Rachel (our youngest member)

and the little pink rectangle in the bottom right corner is our signature block

We hope you enjoy this little look into our past, but very much part of who we are.