hi everyone
no coalie no sewing for me today,
im at my parents places for the day,my cousin are of to vancuva for the olpmpic games tomorrow, im cooking dinner for them, roast lamb then pav for dessert
thanks for the lovely coments on my quilt.
have a great afternoon

twilight23 - 2010-02-11 14:32:00

Hello Franny, Hello Twilight :)

im having a really good quilting day yay getting lots done.
Have also listed some auctions, had one watcher on one of them in the first 3 minutes !
Yum Twilight, Franny and i may just gatecrash your dinner sounds so yummy. Franny is Stan home? if not just see if hes left the keys in the garage for the Twilight Express haha not that we know how to drive it like Twilight but hmmm maybe between the two of us hehe lol

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 15:30:00

Hi Coalie, have just looked over the fence and can see the midnight express in the garage. Will give Stan a shout and get him to take us to Twi's parents for dinner I am sure she can throw a few extra spuds in the dish and I'll get the husband to whip up a cheesecake so that don't arrive empty handed. You can bring the wine and we'll pick you up on the way.

franny8 - 2010-02-11 16:47:00

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cindydog - 2010-02-11 16:54:00

Thanks Cindydog, all the best :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 17:13:00

Franny yum cheesecake mmmmm yes i will bring the wine :)

Hubby caught this the other day, he said we can have it. I will bring it too :)

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/5/119975205_full.jpg

Ummmm whose driving ???

oh i see *Stan* is driving phew ;)

Edited by coalrange1 at 5:17 pm, Thu 11 Feb

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 17:15:00

Hi Cindydog, stay in touch won't you.

franny8 - 2010-02-11 17:30:00

Err are you trying say you don't trust my driving Coalie????

franny8 - 2010-02-11 17:31:00

franny8 wrote:

Err are you trying say you don't trust my driving Coalie????

Oh ummmmmm yes :( hehe

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 17:40:00

I will have you know I am a very good driver. Well I think so anyway he! he! :)

franny8 - 2010-02-11 17:43:00

franny8 wrote:

I will have you know I am a very good driver. Well I think so anyway he! he! :)

Thats good then Franny so if *Stan* doesnt turn up, you can drive and i will navigate hmmm how do we find Twilights parents place ?

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 17:56:00

Awww Franny what happened, did *Stan* leave in the Twilight Express without us :(
Perhaps Twilight called him to do the dishes at her parents place - hes good at doing the dishes ;)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 21:06:00

Yes that is what must have happened, 'cause one minute the Midnight Express was in the garage and then it was gone so he probably forgot about us and went to do the washing up.

franny8 - 2010-02-11 21:16:00

When doing the quilting i have it rolled up on one side as you do....i hold that part with one hand and the other side with the other hand ok. Hmmm thats right but the hand holding the rolled up side - because its such a little machine - is way toooooooo close to the sewing machine light !!!!! it burnt my hand arghhhh ok so i get a big band-aid extra large tough strip sticking plaster out and put it on the top of my hand - brilliant no more burns :) BUT i just tried to get it off ! Hubby had to hold my skin down as i pulled it - the heat from the light had melted the glue !!!! finally got it off but i do not recommend sticking plaster haha LOL

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 21:35:00

aaww you guys you missed a great dinner, stan was here doing the dishes, he said he couldnt find you !!
oh coalie i hope you hand is ok,you wont be doing that again,
showed my quilt to my family they said it looked great,my dutch cousin wanted to take it home with her,

twilight23 - 2010-02-11 21:52:00

well this weary old person is off to bed
nite all

twilight23 - 2010-02-11 22:09:00

You know Twilight i dont think *Stan* even looked for us, he took off when Franny wasnt looking hmmm i think he likes you hehe ;) he left us home on purpose hehe.
Phew lucky your quilt wasnt finished or you may of lost it aye. Yup we missed a great dinner and we had cheesecake and crayfish and wine to bring, and still even with all that *Stan* chose to do your dishes awwww isnt that sweet ;)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 22:10:00

Sweetdreamzzzzzzzz all :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-11 22:11:00

morning all :-)
off to do the grocery shopping this morning
then i will be thinking about wat im going to do next
yeah my cousin wanted to take it as it was, i had to hide it from her lol,
happy sewing day everyone

Edited by twilight23 at 7:24 am, Fri 12 Feb

twilight23 - 2010-02-12 07:24:00

Goodmorning all :)
Raining here again, perfect sewing weather:)
Have fun grocery shopping Twilight :( then sewing yay :)
Im going to finish the quilting today, hehe leaving the light off lol

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 07:41:00

Morning all. bicycle clips are what you need Coalie. You know the old fashioned kind, you can still buy them, when you roll you quilt to fit on the right hand side of the throat of your machine clip a couple of bicycle clips over it to hold it and you can squeeze the clips to make the fold flatter away from the light and you can just guide the fabric without your hand being near the light. A South African lady in my quilt group gave me some and they work really well for larger quilts.
Yes its easy to see where *Stan's* loyalty lies (why do you put the stars each side of his name? Is it to make him feel more of star than he really is?). He is not much of a star with me at the moment going without us like that. Still as Twi was cooking dinner for the family there were probably lots of dishes so she did need Stan to help with the washing up.
Housework for me today - what fun, ha! ha! NOT. Have a nice day all.

Edited by franny8 at 8:55 am, Fri 12 Feb

franny8 - 2010-02-12 08:53:00

Hi Franny hmmm yes stan doesnt deserve the stars hehe i didnt even give him a capital letter for his name then either haha.
We will have to be careful what we say about him tho cause if he's driving he may tip us out of the Twilight Express and leave us somewhere and it may not be at a fabric shop arghhhhhhhh

Bike clips thankyou i will watch out for some, im going to quilt the quilts i have already made too so they will get alot of use :)

Have a good day Franny even tho its housework. i did the dishes and thats all im doing the rest can wait cause im finishing the quilt ;)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 09:09:00

Just made a big pot of tea for the weary shopper and the weary houseworker :) oh and if your a weary lurker help yourself too, its a big pot. wont out pic up hehe you know what a cuppa looks like ;)
Enjoy ahhhhh nothing like it :)
back to quilting - the end is in sight ;)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 10:42:00

hi coalie just had a cup of your tea tis so refreshing thanks

twilight23 - 2010-02-12 11:40:00

aw dont worry about stan he loves all of us the same lol hehe

twilight23 - 2010-02-12 11:52:00

twilight23 wrote:

then i will be thinking about wat im going to do next

Twilight have you decided what you are going to do next ?

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 14:23:00

im just putting together the other quilt in the light colours,they are all in big sqaures, i just have to put them in long rows, have grandies here so have to stop sewing until later,

twilight23 - 2010-02-12 15:02:00

Quilting finished, just have to bind it and put label on.

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/8/120098508_full.jpg

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 18:53:00

Oh wow you dont have to copy and paste ! just click on link YAY :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 18:54:00

Congratulations Coalie, that looks great and the darker fabric as the border makes the middle stand out and the darker fabric looks good being a bit wider and I am glad you used all your panels. Just can't quite see your quilting, did you free hand all over.

franny8 - 2010-02-12 19:30:00

hey iv just notice that you only have to click in the link now, no copy and paste anymore!!!!!!!oooppppsss i didnt read you post coalie lol
coalie the quilt is awesome , wat a lot of work in there

twilight23 - 2010-02-12 19:53:00

thats going to be a lot easyer when we go travelling lol

twilight23 - 2010-02-12 19:54:00

Sorry pic not too good, i did buy a new camera but it went to parachute and is now in ause lol i will get it back eventually ;)

the quilt is quilted all over like the center in this pic ( every little square inch ! used 1100 meters of cotton to quilt it !!!!

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/83/120102583_full.jp
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Edited by coalrange1 at 8:04 pm, Fri 12 Feb

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 20:02:00

Oh WOW! WOW! Coalie, you are clever, my many attempt at stipple quilting have just ended up either a practice piece thrown in the corner of lots and lots of reverse stitching. Local college is having a one day machine quilting course in May which I am going to enrol for. The class is being taken by a top Auckland quilter who has won loads of prizes for her quilts. Maybe then I can learn to do it as well as you. I always end up with mismatched stitches, some very long and some tiny, just ge the motion right.

franny8 - 2010-02-12 20:41:00

Wonder where Liz is, maybe she is making more jam. No she won't be making jam as she would have sent us each a jar. Does anyone know where the new baby is due?

franny8 - 2010-02-12 20:43:00

Hi Franny thankyou for lovely comments, i found the best way to keep the stitches even was to sew fast but move the fabric slow.

That class sounds great, we could all come with you aye, Twilight could bring us up there hehe. I cant do ordinary quilting where you draw the pic on and sew over it, i go off the lines all the time but with this its messy and fun haha lol

Im pretty sure Liz's little boy is due in June, she will let us know if im wrong.

What are you making now Franny ? Im just sewing the binding on oh just remembered hmm i get to handsew the back hmmm :( hehe

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 21:07:00

Sweetdreamzzz all :) talk tomorrow.

coalrange1 - 2010-02-12 22:14:00

hi fran yes i will come to the quilting classes to lol
coalie the quilt is sssooo great, i wish i had more pataince to do free motion
nite coalie
nite fran

twilight23 - 2010-02-12 22:44:00

Nite all, talk tomorrow.

franny8 - 2010-02-12 23:57:00

Goodmorning :)
Still raining here and quite windy.
Hope you all have a lovely day, im finishing quilt today yay :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-13 09:14:00

Morning all, very hot and humid here, have just put the washing out and now it looks like rain!
Hi Coalie I have still to quilt the diagonal green, pink and blue top. Have everything ready to go but can only do the sandwich at quilt group as I don't have anywhere to do it at home and had to wait my turn to use the big tables at group but can do on Tuesday. Have also sorted out my next machine project, saw a great quilt in a magazine which I can use lots of pieces from my stash for so hope to get that cut out this weekend. Granddaugher is coming today though, washing machine has broke down at her flat so coming to do the washing and is going to treat Grandad and me for fish and chips on the beach - if it doesn't rain.

franny8 - 2010-02-13 09:54:00

morning ladies :)
drizzle and windy here
wont be sewing today of to parents for lunch then looking after grandies for a hour should be home at 5 so will be able to do plenty of sewing then
kids of to there dads for the weekend so have the house to myself yay

fran wat time for fish and chips coalie and i will be there in the twilight express lol hehe,

twilight23 - 2010-02-13 10:43:00

twilight23 wrote:

fran wat time for fish and chips coalie and i will be there in the twilight express lol hehe,

You are cheeky Twilight, just because we were going to crash your dinner doesnt mean we can crash Frans hmmm but Fran if we can come i could sandwich your quilt and you could handsew my binding hehe wink wink ;)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-13 11:36:00

Hey thats a good idea, I have just given Stan a shout over the fence, he said he was sorry about not picking us up the other night Coalie but he was in a hurry to get down to Twi. Said if Twi can't manage the Twilight Express on her own he will come and pick up and drop you at Howick Beach for fish and chips. Bring your quilt Coalie and I will have the binding handsewn in the flash of an eye.
Nuisance really as I could do it on the carpet but the knees won't stand it, plus the do would want to help so better if I do it at quilt group.
Have just sorted out the fabric for the quilt in the magazine, will post pics to see what you think.

Edited by franny8 at 2:14 pm, Sat 13 Feb

franny8 - 2010-02-13 14:07:00

Here are the fabrics and pattern. Have a feeling when I have made some of the blocks might need to introduce a dark red/maroon, what do you think. Trouble is the only red I have doesn't go so might have to buy a fat quarter but will just play it by ear see how it looks as I progress as I have so many bits of fabric I really wanted to use some without buying more. I have idea what I will do around the outside, worry about that later. The pattern is a bit shiny as light has reflected in shiny mag page.

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/21/120164121_full.jp
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http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/58/120164058_full.jp
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franny8 - 2010-02-13 14:13:00

aw fran nice pattern and fabric ..mmmmm yes think you need a marron/red colour in there, that seens to bring it out,
i will have a look in my stash cupboard for something and bring it with me when we have fish and chips lol,
mmmmmm talking of stash cupboards, did you know that its compulsary to show us a pic of your stash, i dont think you have franny, come on you have to show us lol

twilight23 - 2010-02-13 17:53:00

Hello ladies, I've been in here before and you've kindly invited me to stay and chat before. I'm the one doing the bandanna quilts for my fundraising contribution for Relay for Life. Well, they are all done now and I want to add a label on the back of each, saying how and why they were made. What do you suggest would be best - fabric pen?????

I have a plain piece of fabric from the tops of each so I can write on those and hand sew them to the back . . . what do you think?

Any other suggestions, what works for you?

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/72/120190372_full.jp
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Edited by yduj at 6:24 pm, Sat 13 Feb

yduj - 2010-02-13 18:20:00

I'll show you mind if you show me yours he! he!

franny8 - 2010-02-13 18:21:00

Gosh isn't it great that we can just click on the link and it comes up, sooooooo much easier than having to copy and paste. We should all congratulate Trademe.

franny8 - 2010-02-13 18:22:00