my first finished quilt :o)

well here it is my first ever completed quilt, now dont look to closely as there are mistakes, but that makes it all the more unique LOL.
paul likes it which is good as its for his sofa. so need to make 8 blocks and can do mine, have made 2 and another is cut ready to be sewn.




we have one more problem now though.................. i need to make new cushin covers to match ......... so a trip down to fav shop sometime this week then for some more materials :o)

sewing today

heres three blocks i made this afternoon / evening, they are all bluey colours, ive done these towards a quilt that is being made by jennie for the LLuest horse and pony sanctury.

new old sewing machine and lace making box

this is the sewing machine i was given by my neighbour the other day, ive always wished for a hand sewing machine and wow i now have one, it works a treat and has loads of bobbins and bits with it :)

this is the old lace making box i was given today, needs some renovation but its lovely, also the needles and cotton were also in the draws within the box.

fancy dress

heres a few pics of what ive been up to this week, except the grim reeper one, which is what james has dressed up as tonight for his school halloween ghoulish disco .

this is a roman dress i made for a friends little girl for school today, she is in year 3 and they are studying romans.

the next two are year 4 ancient egyptian, the dress was for georgia next door and the pharoah is of course james, with his i later added gold to it to bring it out and it finished it off nicely, forgot to take a pic though this morning LOL.

i've had a request from hen as to how i made my oven squares below so here you go LOL

Oven squares

You will need fabric of choice.
Wadding normal quilting stuff.
Old material

I cut the top materials 10x9 purely because the oddments of wading I had came to 9x8 ½.

I put all oddments of wading together and placed inside old pillow case fabric then just zoomed the machine through the middle to hold (as oddments were strips) .
I cut 4 pieces of material 10x9
French hemmed 3 sides
Put wadding inside
Attached strip of matching material to top then folded it and sewed that across so sealing the square, then machined across diagonally both ways with approx inch in-between, and I trimmed any excess cotton threads. I then attached another strip of material folded to make a hook in the corner at the top.
Now there is probably a completely and proper way to do these, well there is and I would think it would be to lay all fabric and wading inside together, then machine across diagonally, (quilting properly) finally making edging or putting edging on the outside.
But as I said I quickly knocked them together.

sewing

well i have been very busy today on the sewing machine, i have made 4 pillow cases for the lounge, i part quilted the fronts then made an envelope backing for them, sewed them all together and they are far better than the old raggedy things we had which were well paste their sell by date.



i also knitted a dish cloth the other day, finished it yesterday evening, and used it today in the kitchen, am quite chuffed with this.



and ive made two small bags for james when he goes out halloween night.


i did also make 2 pin cushions, so i have one upstairs now for my sewing machine corner, just need another for downstairs.
and have made two now ready for a swop we will be doing on the creative living forum.

Halloween fabrics

i just happened to pop into my favourite shop this morning, and came away with three fat qrts of fabric, and some felt to make some lovely Halloween bits and pieces, i might make James a small bag out of the ghostly one for when he goes partying and trick/treat at friends doors on Halloween.



this is a blue purple ghostly one.


and the purple one (i think Leanne will love this one) also you can see a glimpse to the left of the black back ground same design.
arnt they just gorgeous, the purple is slightly darker in real life.

my finished proper knitting from a pattern

well here it is my first knitted project from a pattern, modelled by my step daughter stevie louise, im pleased that ive managed it, only problem now i dont think it will suit me LOL. so will have to find a different pattern for me :) good thing is i know i can tackle patterns now (if easy).

beds for my girls .

well having to sit still and rest at the moment, i decided to sit at my sewing machine and make

some new beds for the girls.

i made two of these for maggee may.

and two of these smaller ones for tillee tots.

so should now be all snuggly for the winter months ahead, these are filled with an old duvet, cut down. the cost of each bed is £3 for the fleecy blankets i buy for the beds, then sew them up into a type of sleeping bag effect, fill with the duvet and sew up the other end. I did attach poppers once but it made it easier for the girls to undo and cover my kitchen floor in white duvet pieces, so hence they get totally stitched up now.

i also used to make them out of old duvet covers, but found the actual dog fleeces were hardier and easier to keep clean. i also restuffed an old blanket of theirs with a blanket so they had a bed each again for the moment as i threw three out this morning, totally beyond repair and washing, well at least they'd had fun.

i also made two new bags out of some material i picked up the other day in the sales in my favourite shop, so do feel rather pleased with myself today, as never made bags before and they came up rather well. one will be for a swop we are in the process of running on Creative Living forum, and the other will be part of my future mother in laws xmas present, im also currently knitting from a pattern (first time) a beret, and she saw this yesterday and would love one in beiges, so once the first is finished then will commence on that. so one person sorted for xmas.