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!!

Hellooooo 2013!!

As we wave goodbye to 2012 and say hello 2013 already we are half way through January (where does the time go already?)  With the start on of new year I'm sure some of us (or not) have made the dreaded "new year's resolution".  For those who made one (or some) I wish you all the best in achieving your goal, I think one of my was to make 2013 a UFO busting year along with just enjoying life one day at a time.

 

As the start of the year rolled around and business houses slowly come alive, Ms D puts a call out to any UFO (or PhD’s) crafters still about and interested in a Tuesday night crafting (this was Tuesday 8th January).  She was inundated with emails of “Yes I’m still here!! What time?” Seven of us keen crafters made the trip to the crafting room.  As we all arrived chatting about our Christmas and New Year and some us of our plans for 2013 (I'm sure UFO busting was in there somewhere), we quickly got into the crafting mood.  There was array of different craft actives happening throughout the room with some of us deciding to start a Tuesday night only project, while others were quilting or finishing off a project they started last year (see I told you that UFO busting was there somewhere, for some of us anyway :) , others were doing a bit of scrapbooking and then were some who just came for a chat and a socialize .  The room was full of buzz and excitement of just being among crafty, inspiring people and doing what we enjoy most.......... CHAT, CRAFT and LAUGH J

 

Until next time...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

and 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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....finally finished.....

Hi there, Gayle here, I have a few finishes to blog today. I finally finished Slater's quilt. See pic's below. I added a few jellyfish after seeing these pic's so this is sort of how it looks.

Lynn saw me yesterday and said that she has finished making all her Christmas cards (all 55 of them to be precise). I think that she may have been rubbing it in!!LOL

Now I also want to wish Becc all the very best for tomorrow.

 

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!