Red Cardinal Quilt

These stars were made from the left over fabric from this quilt  & table runners...

I teamed them up with fabric that I received from a friend in the States  and made this quilt.

My friends in the States know I fell in love with their Red Cardinal Birds when I was there for Christmas one year and since then I have been buying & receiving fabric, notions, ornaments, jewellery... (the list goes one) with these dear little birds on them.

Now I have left over fabric from this quilt, so I will have to make something out of it!

Until next post...
Jewells

All from one kit!

 

In a recent post, (here) I mentioned that Mum had pieced this quilt from a kit I bought...
well there was fabric left over and as I don't like waste and knew if I put it with the rest of my stash, it wouldn't be used for quite a while..
so...

 
I made 3 table runners (tops & binding) and I used backing fabric from my stash.
 (The blue fabric was part of the green border print, which wasn't used in the quilt).

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Then I still had some of both of the reds and made 14 blocks using the "Friendship Star" pattern.
There are 4 of one fabric & 10 of the other.  I again used fabric from my stash as the light background.  Don't know what to do with them yet!

The only fabric I didn't use up from the kit was the black with gold stars... it has been filed away with the very few other black fabrics I have.

In the garden, the zucchinis are just about finished, but the figs are starting to come into abundance...so I made Zucchini Pickles & Fig Jam.

 
 Until next post...
Jewells

Isn't it cute!

  

I received this quilt recently from a customer who has been waiting years for a grand daughter.

She purchased the centre 3 fabrics over 10 years ago when grandchild number one was on its way.

Three grandsons later, along came the girl.

 

She decided to add something special to it and made these cute little hexagon.

Now that's fussy cutting...petite style!

 

 I was amazed at how she joined her fabrics.... I only have seen joins on an angle like this for the binding.

 

 Even the backing came up pretty.

The customer is collecting her quilt tomorrow morning.  Hope she likes it as much as I do!

Until next post...

Jewells

ALL Australia Day gifts received

 

It gives me great pleasure to announce that ALL Australia Day gifts have been sent & received.

THANK YOU! to everyone who participated. 

 Hope you all had fun thinking up gifts for each letter.

  I did!

Until next post...

Jewells

2 Quilts made by Mum & me

Mum has been busy at the machine, while I have been quilting commissioned quilts.

As usual, I cut the fabric.... Mum sews...

I then iron, quilt & bind.

 

This quilt has the hearts, then has a beach scene border print on the bottom, so I quilted it with the stitch "Sea Shells".

 

 Mum also sewed this Christmas quilt from a kit I bought.  I quilted it with hearts & stars.

There is so much fabric left over from the kit, I have decided to make 2 table runners with it...

...must cut it out first!

Until next post...

Jewells

From Lyn to me Oi! Oi! Oi!

 

Look what I got from Lyn (no blog) for my Australia Day swap.

Lyn certainly went to a lot of trouble (and expense) and bought something with the Australian Flag or animals on it (except for the letter "I") along with buying the item that starts with each letter.

A= Apron (with kangaroos)

U= Umbrella hat, Umbrella cocktail sticks (both with Aussie flags on them) and a Utensil

S= Strawberry Shopping Bag, Smelly Satchels, Stubbie Holder, Smilee Stickers

T= Tea Towel, Thread Box, Tape Measure

R= Ruler, Ribbon

A= Aussie Make-up Case

L= Licorice (Darrell Lea!), Lanyard

I= Ink Pen

A= Apple fabric, Australian Fabric

Aren't I a lucky duckie!

Until next post...

Jewells

To Gina from Fiona..Oi! Oi! Oi!

 

 As my daughter, Gina, does not have a blog, she asked me to show you what she received from her swap partner in my Australia Day Swap.

 

Fiona sent all of the above... and I think my two grand kids snaffled a lot of it!

I received my gifts today...from Lyn (no Blog).. will photograph it tomorrow to show.

Until next post...

Jewells