Blog-a-long Day 11 - Quilt cover.

Whooo hooo!!! Finally the top section of the quilt cover is finished. It looks absolutely amazing, unfortunately I can't put any photos up till Monday, as I know my step daughters often read my blog, and I really don't want them both seeing the finished product. All I have left of it to do right now is to finish the back section of the quilt cover, make a pillow case, and then I'm finished it.. Which means I guess I'd better get off here and get on with sewing some more..

Quilt.

Here we go photo's of the quilt so far. I had a really productive night last night with my good friend Skip. We spent the night on MSN talking and sewing away, we often have these "sew-a-thon" nights, and I LOVE them.

Photo's at last.

Whoo hooo...

Now that I've got my camera AND internet back (don't ask about the net side of the things) I can post a few photos..

This is the pile of squares that I said I've been cutting up over the past few days. Now that they're all cut out I can start sewing, and might even do that tonight with a few good DVD's. I'm kid and hubby free tonight, so perfect excuse to sit down with the sewing machine.. yay....


And the place mats. This is 52 cut out, I still have another 8 to do, and another 10 lots of border to cut out, but ran out of the border, so will have to wait till I can get to spotlight in the next week or so to get some more.. Such a HUGE project, not sure if I'll do quite as much next year, but will wait and see.


Look at all that sewing that I have to do. Luckily there isn't too much more to cut out, and sewing them together is quite easy!

Sick of the sight of squares..

I have been busy the past few days cutting out fabric for the quilt cover and placemats. I can safely say that I have cut out all 500+ squares and triangles for the quilt cover, and around 180 for the placemats. I still have lots more placemats to do, but thought I would take a break. My hands are killing me.

I can't wait though till I can start sewing everything together. Not to mention I get my great camera back tomorrow so will be able to start taking photo's again and uploading them on here. YAY!! Can't wait.

Quilt.

No photos to show off tonight, but I can happily say that I've started working on my Step Daughters quilt cover for her birthday.. I've cut out enough blocks to sew together and entire colomn, and have sewn together 1 block to see what it looks like. So far so good. Will post some pics in the next few days as I get some more done.

Just wanted to update. As I want to try and get in here at least once a day. :)

Slack....

...in posting that is not sewing...

Wow I can't believe the last time I posted in here was back in July...

I have been busy though.. I finally finished the quilt cover that I was making.. And now that I've given it to the recipient I can tell you who it was for... It was for my step daughter who turned 13 back in August.. Her and her sister came for a holiday in September so I was able to give it to her. She absolutely LOVED the quilt cover. Here it is all finished..


I have also been extremely busy making Invitations for my Birthday Dinner in December. I'm turning the big 30 this year, and have decided to have a big party. So I hand made over 35 Invitations and RSVP cards for that. Finally I've finished, and they have all been sent out. So far from the response I've gotten, everyone loved them and thought they were really well made...



Another thing that has been keeping me busy is making placemats for family members for Christmas. I have about 60 of those to make, as I have 10 families to make for and am putting 6 placemats per family. So once more I'm going to be extremely busy.



And last but not least, I have been/am working on more bags. I've had a few birthday's lately so in the past week have had to make up 10 bags, with a few more to go. I'm also still trying to get my shopping bags done, so that I'm not using the yucky green bags that are out here in SA. But so far haven't got any made. Maybe one day I'll get to that.

Well I think that's it for this update... I won't be able to post many pics of what I get done in the next 4-10 weeks, as my camera has been taken back to the shops for repair. I'm hoping it's back in 4 weeks, but not expecting it back for 10.. ggrrrr...

lots and lots to do!!

Well I think I've finally bitten off more than I can chew....

I've worked out that I have 8 projects on the go at the moment. 3 for my SIL, 1 for my MIL, the quilt cover for a friends daughter, a bag for me, and I've decided to make some placemats for our table! I'm sick of my boys making a mess on the table. So if I can make up 8 out of the material that I've got, then I'll be happy.. I can have 4 in the wash, while I have 4 on the table. hehe..

At least the bags for my SIL are coming along, I've finished cutting them out, and now just have to sew them together tonight, and send them either this week or next!!!

The quilt cover is really coming along. I haven't sewn anymore together yet, but I've been really really busy cutting out all the squares and triangles. I have quite a thick stack, so am going to try and sew some of those together tonight as well, all while watching All Saints. Let's see if hubby cracks the poo's at me. lol....

Well that's it for now, just wanted a quick update...

It's coming along...

Well as promised here's an update on the quilt cover that I'm working on.. :) I managed to get quite a bit sewn up today while my boys were asleep.. (well in bed, not sure how much sleep they got. hehe)

I'm hoping to get a bit more cut out tonight so that I can spend tomorrow sewing as well!! I'm really happy with the way it's coming along...

Quilt....

Ok.. So I managed to get some material cut out tonight for the quilt.
I've changed the design as I wasn't overly impressed with the rail looking one. But this new design I love. So here it is..


And after 2 hours of sewing, it comes together, plus a small rearrangement of the way it goes together.....

Will be back tomorrow with more!!! :) :) :)

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!

Ok so it's been a few weeks since I last wrote anything..

We moved, and then were without the internet for a while, but I'm back. Totally love our new house, it's soo big and roomy, and I have a HUGE area for sewing..

So now that everything's back on track, I'm going to get back into my blogging and craft work more seriously.

As well as the quilt cover that I'm doing, I've made a new shopping bag for myself. Which I don't have a photo of right now, and I'm working on a present for my Grandmother in law. She'll be 94 next week. She lives in England, so I guess I'd better get my finger out of my bum and get on with sewing it together.

I've also got to make up 3 bags for my Sister In Law. She sent the material a few weeks ago, and because everything's been so hectic here, I haven't had a chance to make them. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight while I'm watching the Cricket.

Well that's about it for now. Just wanted to update those of you who read!! :)

New project...

Thought I'd pop in quickly before the computers get packed up, and show off my newest project. Skip and I went to spotlight on Friday morning, and I came home with some gorgeous pink materials. So thought I'd make a patchwork quilt cover for a little girl's birthday, unfortunately I can't say who it's for as I know that they read my blog!! But I can deffinately put photos of it up as it comes along!! :)

I haven't done too much of it, as at the moment I'm having to do everything by hand, cutting it out with scissors, then hand sewing it, all because my computer is over at my Mum's in storage for the next 48 hours until we move!! :( But when we've moved and settled, I'm going to get right in and finish it off, being that I only have until the end of June to get it done will mean lots of nights working on it...