Blogging Course

I decided to go to a course at our local Community Centre...on BLOGGING.

The teacher was into "story telling" on blogs.

There were 15 of us there and everyone except me, did NOT have an up and running blog.

We were given homework...go home and start a blog... me?.. I had to start another one, as well as keeping this one.

So I have, and if you go here,  you will see what I have decided to blog about.

Please pop over and leave a comment..tell me what you think.

Until next post...

Jewells

Woof & Meow

 

 Another 2 cloths are finished.  

The dog and the cat.

For those who know me well, you must be wondering why I knitted the cat, as I am a REAL dog lover and can't bring myself to like cats...
..well, I am not the one who will be owning the finished project, and it is only right to include a dog AND a cat.  (Must admit the cat looks pretty cute...for a cat!)

Must get back to binding the last king sized quilt... and quilt the cot quilts that Mum is running up!

But first I am going to play with a new gizmo that Mum and I bought at the Newcastle Quilt Show.. it cuts fabric in squares, rectangles & triangles...

Until next post...

Jewells

Re-purposed Luggage Labels

 

I needed a break from quilting, so.....

I decided to make some luggage labels by re-purposing the badges from my old clothing.

I use to work for a garage that sold Land Rovers, so after I left, I cut the emblems off my clothing and "re-purposed" them.

I did the same to our old RM Williams jeans.  I even cut the legs off the jeans and made the labels out of the fabric from them!

Until next post...
Jewells

Quilted Knee Rug & Knitted Squares

 

I was getting sick of sewing the binding on quilts, so I decided to knit a square in between quilts.

I got the patterns FREE from the blog Down Cloverlaine.  (I have her listed in my favourites as "Best dishcloth patterns"). 

All of the "dish/face cloths" she designs, are also adapted into a baby's bib.

I am knitting these with 100% cotton and I hope to make about 12 or 16 different patterns (half pink, half cream), sew them together and make a baby blanket.

 

...and another knee rug.  Flannel on top and fleecy behind.

Mum says she is seeing squares in her sleep! ...well she has another 3 lined up to make!

Until next post...
Jewells

Quilt finished

 

I finished the binding last night on another of my king size quilts.  I decided to use some of my left over bindings .. after all it is a "scrap quilt".

This pattern was from Crazy Mom Quilts blog.

 

I used a blue backing covered in cute animals.

The quilting was ribbon bows.  (If you click on the photo, it will show the quilting much better!)
I loved this pattern and will certainly be quilting more quilts with it.

Now I have one more king sized quilt to bind, then onto knee rugs.

Until next post...
Jewells

One of Mum's Knee Rugs

 

I had some fleecy fabric that has been in my cupboard for ages, so I thought I would cut squares of flannel fabric (from my stash) to make a quilt top the same size.
  Mum sewed the quilt top and then I quilted it.

 The blue sheep fabric is the fleecy backing (shown in photo).  I didn't use a wadding as the fleecy and the flannel fabrics are thick and warm enough.
The quilt will be great for a knee rug or a throw quilt on the floor for a toddler.

I have 3 other fleecy backings to be made up into knee rugs.  I have cut the squares of flannel for 2 of them and now I must cut the third lot.

Until next post...
Jewells

Stacked Coins Finished

Phew! this one was a big one. I hand sew the binding on at night time during the adds on TV.

 

As mentioned in the last post, this quilt is called "Stacked Coins" and it is large enough to go on a king size double bed, with extra hanging over the sides.

 

I used a blue backing (my favourite colour), and the binding was left over strips of binding from previous quilts.

I used an apple quilting all over pattern... I haven't learnt how to do custom quilting yet.

Until next post...
Jewells