Dare I say...Star Bangled Banner???

 

Been busy since coming home from the Blog Retreat...

the commissioned quilts are coming in as fast as I get one out.....

Don't get me wrong... I am NOT complaining...I love being busy. 

 

"Just" finished this one for a customer, this afternoon...dare I call it "Star Spangled Banner?"

It is red, white & blue.... come to think of it, our Australian flag is red, white & blue too.

 This Amish style quilt is the next one to be pinned onto the machine.

While I was shopping the other day, I had to take a photo of this shop front.

It's starting to look a bit like Christmas!

Until next post...
Jewells

Bathurst Blog Meet

What a wonderful time, Mum and I had at the Bathurst Blog Meet!

 

 We travelled on unknown roads..

 

We met a whole lot of new people...everyone actually was new to us...

 and Mum even got her table runner finished.

 More later..

Until next post...
Jewells

Made from Scraps

I was cleaning out a shelf in my fabric cupboard and came across 2 pieces of border fabric that had come in a bag of bits I bought off eBay YEARS ago.

I nearly put it in a bag of pieces I have for a friend who likes all the scraps I throw away (and I am talking 1" bits!) as she uses fiddly little bits.

Instead, I decided to make a little table runner using my 60 degree ruler.  It is 24" x 7.5".

So cute!  I will be adding it to my things to sell at my quilt & craft sale... think I will put $5 on it... BARGAIN!

Until next post...
Jewells

Busy with quilting quilts

 I received this quilt on Thursday, so I decided to pin it that night, then quilt it on Friday..which I did, and the customer picked it up on Friday afternoon.... 

....just before she arrived to pick it up, another lady dropped the following quilt off, so I pinned it last night (Saturday) and quilted it this morning... navy blue thread on the top....

 

 The back was a plain navy blue fabric, so I used contrast thread on the back

 (matching the aqua blue in the fabric on the top).

I REALLY like the way this one turned out.... 2 quilts in one...front & back!
I will be dropping off this quilt tomorrow...hope she likes it, as I was given no guidelines on how she wanted it quilted!

Another lady arrived today (new client) with 2 quilts for me...
...so far I have been able to stick to "returning the quilt within a week of receiving it".

Until next post....
Jewells

Heaps of Luggage Labels made!

 

After making quilts, a smaller project of LUGGAGE LABELS were quicker items to make for my stall in December.

The blue label holder is a much thicker plastic than the clear, but I can't get it anymore, so I have had to opt for the clear, thinner one instead.

 

I ended up making 8 from the owl print...

 ...and 10 from the tractor print.

I will be selling them for $6 each or 2 for $10.

Until my next post...
Jewells

3 items from one kit

 A couple of posts back, I mentioned that I bought a kit to make this quilt:

and I made this table runner from left overs:

...well, after adding one fabric from my stash, I was able to make this quilt too:
 
 I will sending an email to the store that I bought the kit from (Busy Needles) and thank them for the excess fabric in their kit!

The colours are MUCH nicer to the eye, than what the camera has shown.

Until next post...
Jewells

10 Christmas Bon Bons all in a row

 

10 Christmas bon bons all in a row

10 Christmas bon bons all in a row

Now if one Christmas bon bon should actually be sold

There will be 9 Christmas bon bons all in a row 

 

Yes, I have made more Bon Bons for my stall.

I raided my button box and found festive... 

  

....and cute buttons

 

I also founds some ornate ones too.

 

I finished quilting the two commissioned quilts, so I was able to do some "personal" sewing.

I should have been quilting two quilts that Mum made last week...must do that before I start something else!

10 Christmas bon bons all in a row............. (got you singing it in your head now, haven't I?)

Until next post...

Jewells