Hello 2014

My goodness, It is the end of March & this is our first UFO Crafters blog post.  tut... tut.

We have been busy, very busy indeed.  It does help when we have a deadline, doesn't it ladies???

Now where to start.... let me troll back through my photos to January....

Umm, no crafty photos, but I do know most of us were on holidays at some point.

Many of us took stitching, but the general concensus was that the stitching enjoyed the trip, but not much was finished.  That's Ok.

What about February??

Leanne came in with another finish.  Yes, this quilt is about F*VE years old apparently.  But it is now FINISHED!!

 Victoria came in with her beautiful cushion.

 

and a close up of her hand embroidery

 

 Victoria also had a twister quilt top.  I believe this one is in the 'to quilt' pile now.

 

 We all ooohed and ahhhed over the stunning quilt made by members of the club and & Bev Dingwall to raffle for the upcoming quilt show.  It is a massive 87" square & just beautiful.

 Cecily completed her drunkard's path quilt with a beautiful soft colour scheme & unique layout.

 and a close up of the quilting completed on her 'new toy'

 Tracey finished Cooper's Star Wars Quilt.  He is one excited boy & has granted permission for the quilt to be put into the quilt show.

 Later in the month, Victoria worked on the layout of her drunkard's path quilt.  We have nicknamed it "Mint Slice".  It is quite different to Cecily's above don't you think.

 and Debra ummed and ahhhed over borders for her quilt.  

the middle one was chosen

So all in all February was good.  I know there were more works done but I didn't get photos of them all.

Keep up the great work ladies.

Rachel's recycled rags to riches

After many requests, I have finally found the time to blog my recycled fashion piece from term 4 of Year 10 Home Ecconomics.
The unit asked us to create a garment from at least 70% recycled materials with a $25 budget. On our shopping trip I found a dark blue top, light blue doiley,a mens blue tie and a pair of 3/4 denim pants at St Vincent De Paul and bought some lace and two iron on patches from Ace Strapers. Then I upcycled them into this: (and just in case you were wondering - yes they are finished, completly)


For the shirt I sewed the doiley to the shirt with a button in the centre. I also stitched buttons to the side of the neck and cut strips of fabric at the bottom. For the pants, i bought some iron on patches and lace which i hand stitched on the back pockets. I also used the tie as a belt and cut the pants to transform them into denim shorts.

POSTS COMING SOON: Bullion roses with Cecily

Feel free to edit this Liz, as it may not be up to my usual homework standards! ;)

Just Because

Now you have read about the party and the Gift for Cecily this will show you the close ups of the great stitcheries.

 Yes this may have caused tears. We have all been a bit worried about Cecily of late and decided as we couldn't fix the problem, we could make a quilt to make the problem seem a little better.

We all know Cecily LOVES her garden & her books, things that make her house a home, so we decided to focus on these beautiful things.  Most of our ladies stitched an embroidery - some for the 1st time ever and we pieced together this quilt.

 Butterfly by Olivia, Bird & Roses by Elizabeth

 A book in the shade of the tree by Gayle

 Bees by Kym, Novel by Kristine

 Verse by Elizabeth

friends by Leanne

A "proper" beehive by Emily

 Garden by Tracey

 serenity by Colleen

LIttle bird (top) by Rachel
Big bird (bottom) by Kirsten

 The UFO Craft tree by Debra (with a little incomplete stitching just for Cecily to do)
Thanks everyone for your signatures.

And the whole quilt top.  (Sorry about the angle of the photo).  When we handed it to Cecily on Tuesday it was borderless, she popped the red border on today and has some 'leftover' pieces to put around the outside..

Christmas get together

Hello Ladies,

The much anticipated Christmas dinner photo's are on the blog. Scroll down and remember the fun night we had.

 Liz and Cecily with their gift's.

 Sadly we must say goodbye to Liz, but I personally would like to thank you for all your English, Cemistry and Math tutorials that you have given freely, and with a smile to Rachel.

 

Enjoying the food.

Date Claimer

Good Morning Ladies

I am surfing the web this morning and came across this great suggestion on the Moda Bake Shop regarding joining batting.  I know a few of us use fusible interfacing to join batting but this shows a way to cut that should make the join less obvious.  Clever

Joining Batting

And now onto super important info

Hope to see you all there to Stitch, Scrap, Socialise and fundraise.

National Sewing Month

In the USA September is

"National Sewing Month".

 

"In 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared September as National Sewing Month “in recognition of the importance of home sewing to our Nation.”  Wouldn't it be great if it was an international celebration, too." (quote from Modabake Shop website.)

 

So what are you working on this September?

My 2 sewing projects for this month is a secret birthday quilt for my mum's 60th, shhhhh!!

And my other one is the "Hashtag" quilt by Camille Roskelley that I am doing through the Craftsy online class.  This quilt requires 1 jelly roll, "Salt Air" by Cosmo Cricket and quiet a bit of background fabric, Bella Solid white.  So far I have only made one block, looking good :)  I will update you with more progress as the month of September goes on.

 

Happy National Sewing Month USA and all those other countries who enjoy the craft of sewing no matter what it is that you are making this month!
 

A very busy Tuesday night!!!

A

We've had a busy night here tonight even though some of our "regulars" were missing in action.

I finally finished my hungry caterpillar quilt for the lovely Lillie!!! Now just to get organised and post it.

Victoria started work on her brow bands (for horses)... Very fiddly but looking great!!

And Kym ironed and measured and looked and looked and debated and finally is ready to cut!!

See you all again next week!!