Catching Up

I have finished the blue quilt for my grandson for his 18th birthday.  He is a fan of wombats and I have free motion quilted one into each large square.  The star quilt is a charity quilt from a pattern I purchased from the Brisbane Linus Group.  The owl wall-hanging was made for the display case at CACA when it was Night Owls turn - lots of lovely comments about it - I pieced the background and did a different free motion quilting pattern on each piece.  The mug rugs and the small pouch were sent to my swap partner in Ohio.

Pin Pillows

I saw this recently in three quilting magazines and thought they would make OK lucky door prizes at our Show and Tell morning this week.  The other pic is of a sewing set I have also made for a LD prize.

Fat Quarter Show and Tell

For Christmas 2013 all members of CQs were given a fat quarter of various fabrics with the challenge to use it in a project and bring for show and tell morning/evening in May. It was great to see so many creative items on show - we had a grand time seeing what others made.  This is a pic of my projects...with the left over fabric.

Hyperbolic Crochet

I wanted to try hyperbolic crochet - the textile group at our centre has been doing it - lots of fun and very addictive.  These are my attempts.  I have now put wool/yarn away as I need to concentrate on sewing for our upcoming fair!

MUG BAGS, ETC

Easter is but a memory - the girls loved the chickens!   I have been busy making articles I may sell at our June fair.  My sister gave me a bag for my birthday and I couldn't help but try the pattern - I have made two, one the same size (cat fabric) as she gave me and one a mug bag size.  Two other mug bags with the UK theme fabric are already spoken for by CQ members.  My sister also shared her disappearing 4 patch bag - I tried this too, making a table runner.   The bag with the embroidered and bead embellished heart was made using pastel fabrics - not my cup of tea at all, but I was given a pack as a swap with a quilting book.

Star Quilt and Easter Chicks

The star quilt is made from a pattern I purchased from Sunshine Linus at last October's Craft Fair - this one is a charity quilt for CQs.  The Easter Chicks are a little bit of fun - thanks Ulla for the pattern - I am sure my little girls will like them, complete with chocolate egg of course, for Easter.

Stitching / Colouring / Chenilling

I have completed (?) a Christmas wall hanging - it is over 5 feet long - I may add more bits and pieces to it. When asked why am I doing Christmas in February - I replied 'It was not raining when Noah built the ark!"
My first (and maybe my last) attempt at colouring on fabric.  I had purchased a set of 12 Intense Pencils a few years ago and had not used them.  One problem I had was that with only 12 pencils, there was not enough colours and without a white or grey there was not opportunity to shade the bright colours.  I am going to make it into a cushion.
Our group is doing chenilling next week and when I cut my pieces for the workshop, I had a rectangle left over and I decided to give it a trial run.  I was happy with the result and made it into this small pouch which will go with a bag I intend to make out of my large pieces.
The bag with the treble cleft on is one I made for my grand-daughter to carry her music books in to lessons - the singing teacher wants one!