Australia Day Pyjama Sew-in

We Came

 

We sewed.

We met a new friend "Frenchy" however she did not want to craft and is a little rigid in her approach to life.

 

We ate (No photos)

 and we achieved something 

Leanne's 'baby' quilt top

 

 Leanne's Quilted table topper (Yes that is a workshop project from 2 years ago.) It would have been bound, but the red fabric did not come to craft with Leanne

Gayle's "million triangles" for Rachel's Quilt

Liz made 3/4 of a carry bag for her new bike (yes once again the last element was left at home) and started the layout for a cushion to match "Fletcher's" Quilt made a few weeks ago.

Debra

Completed lining Laundry Bags for Aussie Hero Quilts and Laundry Bags and bound a quilt for them also

And Debra started on the piecing for her latest quilt.

We laughed, we crafted, we laughed some more and we enjoyed time together.

However, we did forget our pyjamas - oops.

Maybe next time.

Tuesday Night + Weekend Crafting..........Whoo Hoo!!

Well here we again, craft night.  Tuesday night was a quiet night with only 2 ladies but still plenty to chat about.  I got a quick lesson in blogging so I can try and blog the happenings of UFO craft nights and anything else that may be happening in the crafting world.  After the quick lesson it was getting a bit late to get the machine out and continue my planned Tuesday night project but I was very busy on the weekend doing odd patchwork projects.  I was quiet pleased with myself by the end of the weekend managing to get some projects done that I had been putting off because new and exciting projects were calling my name (darn that internet surfing).  I started with sewing on the binding of two quilts, putting the final boarders on a quilt ready to be quilted, put the last of few blocks together ready to assemble that quilt in a pleasing display and last but not least trying out some decorative stitches (from my new sewing machine J) on a rag quilt that I am assembling for my daughter (who is suppose to be doing this project but lost interest :\ ), so all in all one very pleased quilter J.  The sewing room is starting to look a little bare I just may have to fill it up some fabric, no, no, no, I can’t do that remember UFO busting year (maybe one or two pieces can’t hurt he, he, he).




 

The Rag Quilt Project
 





The decorative stitch - it looks a bit like birds feet.

 

As for Ms D she had quite a product night arranging her “Little Apples” quilt into many different variations, check out the photo below of one of her many quilt styles and leave a comment of what you think.  I kind of like the chevron look I wish I had taken more photos of other variations for comparison, can’t wait for the finished quilt top to see what style she finally did decide on.



Ms D's "Little Apples" chevron look.

 Before I close off I came across a UFO busting article by Pat Sloan that you may be interested in reading, just go HERE .  Each month Pat is going to give some tips and tricks to busting those UFO's.  Check it out it proves to be some interesting reading and a bit of laugh, along with how true when it comes to tallying and working out what order of inportance we place our UFO’s.

Until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

Channelling inspiration

Liz had a very busy November & December planning for her wedding and Secret Santa Swaps.

Liz gave herself the task of making handmade gifts.

There was one Tuesday night where Liz was a "little bit tired" and really struggling for inspiration.  She resorted to "reading her fabric"

(Sorry about the blurry shot, I was laughing so hard when I took the photo on my phone.)

 

 

 

The busy and talented Liz also made a quilt for her new nephew.  

THIS IS LIZ FIRST QUILT

 

how proud of Liz are we.  Look at this photo of Proud Aunty Liz and her little adorable Nephew

 

and a close up of some of the stitching.

It is a little hard to read but all around the outside border are the words for "5 little ducks" and right here at the end are the 5 little ducks when they came back.  Cute hey?

 Baby Fletcher seems to think so 

Then our creative Liz, (because she had nothing else to do) decided to make her own veil.  This is not the best photo, but the only one I have of Liz' 'veil bling'.

Well done Liz.  We are glad you came to join us and we are glad you are getting your 'creative mojo' going.

Purple thing-a-ma-jig (is that spelt right)

Hi it's rachel and this is my first post on this blog. Today I actually finished a project. Which may come as a surprise to some of you because it definatley shocked me! I would tell you what it is however I don't have a clue what it is called so here is a picture of the finished product:

And a close up:

I made this by using dark and light purple strips of tulle and tying them around a coathanger that I made into a circle. I got this idea from my mum (aka Gayle) who has some of these hanging up as christmas decorations. Here is a picture of the tulle I used:

This project only took me about an hour ( probably why I actually finished it) and it was good because I watched TV while i made it. Anyway that's the end of my post, hope you liked it and hopefully I will do another in the future. Oh forgot to mention that mum helped a little bit!
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WELCOME

WELCOME UFO and PHD enthusiasts.  This little blog is to progress some of the creations the ladies of Roma UFO Crafters have made or are making progress on or just starting a new project because we can.

To kick us off here is a UFO by Cecily.  This was made using the fabrics that were flood affected in 2011 (She is about to start the 2012 flood quilt)

Then on Tuesday night Debra finished a quilt she started last year with the children from school.  The children stitched their 'hand' onto the background fabric and Debra pieced and quilted the wall hanging.  It will be hung in the school office sometime in the next week.

 Look at that cute little hand in the 2nd row, yellow square.  This hand belongs to a Prep student.  Just adorable.

And lastly and probably most excitingly.

KATRINA - a new patchworker who has never appliqued before - made this baby quilt from beginning to end in less than 2 weeks.  We are all so proud of you Katrina.  I am sure the Mum will love it at the baby shower this weekend.

 

and a great label for bubs too.

so ladies well done.  

I hope we can mange to post regular updates of our creations so our friends who have moved on can share our lovely work.