What I did to day? Today I wrote a blog on 6and6in2018 this is 6 UFO’s and 6 new Projects that I have worked on this year. I have had visitors all this week, I have been lucky enough to babysit 2 of my DGC 3 times this week as its school holidays, and one of my sons flew home to spend 5 days with me so I have had no time to sew and no time to write up a WOW or WIPs blog so sharing this one with you all. Happy sewing All Glenda
Thank you Meredithe and Anne for this group which has motivated me all year.
This year has flown in and out each month so quickly I kept forgetting to write up a blog!? To day while baby sitting Ive taken the plunge and started my blog for this month. I have not written any thing on the photo’s yet but will hopefully get some done today as well. Ive linked to make my self try and finish it!!!!! Below are some of my UFO’s and some new quilts???? It has been a great year for me productive wise, many finishes which is unusual for me LOL
I bought the centre of these wee circles about 20 years ago online they are 1930’s fabrics, the bowtie fabric ive had for about 10 years and earlier in the year I took the bull by the horns and deiced to make up these blocks in to a quilt top>
My finished UFO 1
I found these QAYG blocks in a secondhand shop around 5 years ago, I had to unpick most of them as very few were cut to the same size then I added the last 2 fabrics around them.
UFO Abstract log-cabin finished! 2
A new QUILT :-One night I had a dream about a Dragon-tree quilt? When I woke up a drew my tree straight away on some fish and chip paper!!!!
Pinned to black fabric which has iron-on-fussing added and then drew around the pattern by fine chalk and carefully cut my tree out in the black fabric
Then carefully placed on to a sarong and ironed down followed by machine appilque. My dragonflies are machine appilqued using sparkly blue and red thread as these are the colours of the Dragonflies we have in the summer over our pond and swimming pool.
Dragonflies! New Quilt 1
I made these blocks when teaching a beginner class for appliqué, there were 6 blocks in the class but I made extra blocks for this quilt top. My challenge to make it more interesting for myself for was I could only use black and white and a touch of red.
Finished UFO 3
New mini quilt, these lovely wee houses were put up by Tiffany I made one as a challenge by a friend which turned in to 16 I loved making them
Mini quilt these wee houses are 3 1/2 inches finished? New Quilt 2
Centre of Esther Aliu free BOM Queens Garden for 2018
Queens Garden New quilt 3
My last QAYG hankie Block so happy to have these all finished They are made from beautiful fine delicate hankies from around 19 50 to 1960 many were my mums. Grandmothers flower garden blocks are repro-prints from 1930’s .
Finished UFO 4
Centre for Morning Glory one of Esther Aliu BOMS for 2018 I adored this quilt centre the first time I saw it.
Finished centre I worked Bordier-Perse for my flowers instead of building the flowers by applqiue. I love this as it is and will quilt it as a wall art. Finsihed New Quilt 4
Unpicking and redoing a great many of these churn-dash UFO’s of around 15 years!!!!! after removing all the blocks that had any dark patches with the churndash shapes and only using the cream patches and I can see the secondary pattern so easy? I unpicked all those blocks that I had used a dark fabric>
Another finished UFO 5
Ive all ways wanted to make a Red and Green quilt, my friend Nancy Paris showed me a quilt top she had made and I loved it, this was the start of my Red and Green quilt this year, all the stems and leaves are machine appliqued down but I’m making my circles and hand aplqiueing them and padding them also.
Of course I had to change the pattern or it would not be me LOL I changed the shape of the leaves and added more leaves on the joins of the blocks so my secondary patten shows those leaves forming circles? Not finished by a long way as I have a huge border to add yet, so we wont call this a finish LOL
I made a Florence Peto My Calico Garden years ago in bright colours and the blocks 6 1/2 inches square, and have always wanted to make it again in the more traditional colours she made them in the 1950’s
and her she is??? in 4 1/2 inch blocks and more traditional colours Finished new Quilt number 5
Esther Aliu released a bonus design Juliette this year and I just had to make it, from the first stitch I could not stop sewing this beautiful design.
Beautiful beautiful Juliette. Finished new quilt Number 6
A mini Round Robyn made about 12 years ago by myself and 6 other quilters? I did not want it to make it in to a pillow and be chewed by dogs or have dirt feet propped up on it LOL SO it stayed in draws since it came back to me. 3 weeks ago I came across it again and deiced there and then it was going to become a bed quilt!!!! See below a all most finsihed bed quilt top, If I finish it this week I will update this photo. Finished UFO quilt 6
Finished quilt top, I just have to sew on the black and it’s ready to be sandwiched for quilting. I need to take a photo in the day time to show the true colours.?
So I have meet my challenge? Thank you so much Anne and Meredithe for a great year. I have made more new and finished more UFO’s but these are the ones I wish to share with you now.
Cheers Glenda FNQLD>
You’ve certainly been busy this week. How nice you got to spend time with your son and grandchild. Have a lovely week!
It sure was a very very busy week Gretchen but ohhh so lovely, was wonderful having so man of the family sleep over and all the birthday celebrations, catching up with friends and family nothing like it. But I did miss my sewing and hopefully this weekend will see me sewing again? Hug Glenda
Oh,superbe,bravo c’est un travail splendide ,quelle année merveilleuse Glenda!
Ma préférence si je puis dire,c’est le quilt avec les mouchoirs,un idée élégante j’aime beaucoup.
Amicalement a vous
Bon week end
Dear Marie, it was wonderful to hear from you, and to drop in and visit you also. Funny how we can do this so easy now days, as a child we thought it was Incrediable that we could talk to some one on the other side of the world by telephone which had to be planned several days ahead, and now we can send a message backwards and forwards when ever we want to and exchange photos of our hobbies with each other like we are doing . I enjoyed seeing your recent photos of your trip, they reminded me of the South of France and brought back so many memories es.
Take care and keep quilting and enjoying it. Cheers Glenda
A wonderful array of finishes and I love your bold color choices. Working with color is a major component of sewing and quilting for me. Discovering the world of Esther Aliu and this group of quilters has opened a whole new path for my sewing. Thank you for sharing these gems.
Hi Lennea it’s 1am very very late at night but this last week and this week are very hectic family on es with 7 family birthdays and we all ways try and share these days together as one big family so my mail has not been answered till late at night. I have been traverlling Esther’s wonderful road of quilting designs for 9 years now and every year has been wonderful. I keep saying I won’t make any more for a few years and every year I make one or two or more of them LOL. It’s all ways wonderful when I read some one else feels the same. Happy quilting Glenda
Oh my goodness, such a lot of absolutely stunningly beautiful work! Couldn’t pick a favourite, although that tree on the sarong is fabulous. I’ve never heard of Esther Allu, but I’m going to have to go googling. Thanks for sharing your triumphant finishes with us.
Thank you for visiting Ann I All ways enjoy visiting back and I enjoyed my time your work is fun different and I love the colurs. We are so lucky we are able to join in with so many other quilters from around the globe when quilting has no boundaries any more, any thing goes and colours have no boundaries. I hope you did look up Esther’s lovely blog and have been tempted to make at least one of her beautiful designs. I have to admit Dragonfly tree is one of my favourite quilt tops too. Cheers Glenda
I am wowed by all your finishes so far this year and there are still months to go. Bravo!
Rosemarie thank you for dropping by, it was lovely to catch up with you, every time I see your name now I will see the wee black bear roaming in your garden, All though it was so adorable to see I hope he does not come back to visit!!!!! I have started another UFO this week and have fingers crossed I will get this one finished before 2019!!!! Cheers Glenda
I lost count of all the UFO’s and new quilts you have sewn together. Each one is more lovely and unique than the last. You’ve salvaged many blocks as well, designing something unique to give them a new home. Your work is inspiring,
Hi Kyle Its been such a productive year for me, not sure why Ive been better organised this year than normal????? May be old age LOL Now making a memory quilt form lace and dollies my mum made for a Dear sister inlaw and lots of lovely memories are coming back of my mum. Cheers Glenda
Amazing! So many gorgeous quilts.
Was so sorry we did not connect while you were down here Pamela. hope you had a wonderful time and glad you made it up to my wee village Kuranda, the train goes right past my house and I can see the cable car going up the river to the first stop from the village. ???? Cheers Glenda
Wow Glenda! You’ve been a quilting machine getting all that done. Congratulations on all you’ve achieved, and thank you for participating!
Hi Meredithe, thanks go to you and Anne for giving your time to run 6and6in2018. Its been a great motivation for me and has kept me on track with some of my projects LOL Only 2 months left of this year and I’m not sure if I will get any more projects finished but I did achieve quiet a goals. Cheers Glenda.