Morning all, gorgeous sunrise this morning. It was all lemon and lavender it was really spectacular.
Awww Fran you need to come down here, temps are cool here, no blankets pushed off bed.
Have a lovely day all :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-16 07:32:00

Morning all have a nice day and hope you all gets lots of sewing done.
Breakfast on the table - enjoy:

http://www.pjscafe.net/bacon%20&%20eggs.jpg

http://andreayaya.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/2
3/teatime.jpg

franny8 - 2010-02-16 08:10:00

Aww Fran thankyou, what a lovely surprise mmmmm perfect ohhhh tis tasty hehe :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-16 08:22:00

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/80/120459280_full.jp
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http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/66/120459366_full.jp
g Waiting to be framed

Will both be framed up log cabin style, into little wallhangings for the kids walls.

liz_taylor - 2010-02-16 12:48:00

Liz they are so cute, please put another pic up when they are framed. They are gorgeous :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-16 18:10:00

Thanks, the first is supposed to be for Mr not yet born, but i think it's the girlier of the two... what do you think should be the "girl" one and which the "Boy" one??

liz_taylor - 2010-02-16 18:41:00

The first one has an innocent look. The one with the frog, the second one has a cheeky look. i would give MR the cheeky one with the frog :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-16 18:57:00

yeah, i think the first is more girly with all the flowers

liz_taylor - 2010-02-16 19:02:00

Nite all, sweetdreamz :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-16 21:59:00

Hi again - you wonderful people full of advice . . . I have started a stack and slash quilt now and thought I knew the order of stacking and slashing, but now I'm doubting myself. Anyone done one and can help me. I have six pieces of fabric, i.e. it'll be six blocks

yduj - 2010-02-16 22:01:00

Hi yduj, have a look at the following website. I haven't made one but this site looks very informative. We look forward to progress pics.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/163101228bmasdx

franny8 - 2010-02-17 07:17:00

Hi Liz, those pics are soooo cute, yes Coalrange is right I think Mr Frog your little man.
I am off to craft group this morning AND finally I will be able to get my quilt sandwiched. Someone beat me to the big table at quilt group yesterday - and it was my turn but I was late. I will be there very early this morning.

franny8 - 2010-02-17 07:20:00

Goodmorning all :) hope your all having a fantastic day.
Chockie boy and his Mum been here so havent sewn yet, Awww tis so cute the things Chockie boy comes out with hehe.
Daughter #2 comes home this arvo YAY :)

Hope your sandwiching happens Fran :)

Hi Judy all the best with your quilt, it looks fun.

coalrange1 - 2010-02-17 10:24:00

franny8 wrote:

Hi yduj, have a look at the following website. I haven't made one but this site looks very informative. We look forward to progress pics.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/163101228bmasdx[/q
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Thanks for this... might do a stack and slash for the wee mans quilt..

liz_taylor - 2010-02-17 11:52:00

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=271716407 Looky... isn't it pretty??? And it's all MINE!!!!

liz_taylor - 2010-02-17 13:25:00

Its gorgeous Liz awww it just needs a quilt doesnt it :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-17 14:32:00

Fran did you get the quilt sandwiched ?

im just going to start quilting my next quilt, not doing it so small this time tho ;)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-17 20:04:00

Do you guys sometimes feel that its time to throw in the towel, throw the project in the corner or better still start a bonfire. All set the get the sandwich done this morning. Got there early so I could bag big table, taped the backing to the table, spread out the batting which I had so frugally zig zagged together only to find that when batting was spread out on the flat one of the seams is all puckered. Couldn't see it until I spread it on the flat surface so couldn't do another thing. In a fit of temper whipped everything off the table, stuck it back in the plastic bag and almost cried. Was so mad. Well hang it, it can stay in the plastic bag until I have got over my paddy. That will teach me to be penny pinching. Aaarrgggghhhh!!!!
Well I do feel better now that I have vented. Got a new book from the library so off to bed with a nice cuppa and a good book, husband watching SVU.
Nite all, sweet dream. I will feel better tomorrow.

franny8 - 2010-02-17 21:58:00

Well done Liz, lovely cot, will be gorgeous with a quilt.

franny8 - 2010-02-17 22:00:00

Awww Fran arghhhhhh thats such a shame after all this time waiting to get it sandwiched oooh i feel your pain :(
So what was the penny pinching ? so we dont do that. Hope the book is really good.

Sweetdreamzzzzzzzzz all

coalrange1 - 2010-02-17 22:08:00

Hi Coalie, thanks for your kind thoughts. The penny pinching was that I had saved all the bits of batting that is cut of the sides of the quilt when the quilting is done and I sewed them all together. I have done it before and works really well - usually - plus, when it is quilted that also makes the joined seams in the batting quite secure, just that this time for whatever reason one of the seams badly puckered. It is one of the seams in the middle so will unpick and side it middle so those bits are back on the outside and will be trimmed off. See I feel more positive already.

franny8 - 2010-02-17 22:15:00

Which quilt are you about to quilt Coalie, have we seen this one and if not why not???? Pic please.

franny8 - 2010-02-17 22:16:00

Where is everyone this morning, hope you are all sewing madly. Was up early took the dog out before it got too hot. Very overcast here but soooooo humid, feel like I need another shower. I am going to fix the batting, its like a yoke round my neck so I need to fix it.

franny8 - 2010-02-18 09:54:00

i wish i was sewing, it's the weather for it, i'd be happy doing the bassinet sheets. but i forgot to ask hubby to put my machine on the table before he left, and it really is too heavy for me to lift at the moment (stupid being pregnant, stupid old heavy machine) so looks like i'll be doing some more stitching. Might get 2 sets of sheets ready and cut out, seeing as my table is sooo nice and clear

liz_taylor - 2010-02-18 10:18:00

Goodmorning all, tis good you are both getting things done, i havent done any sewing today yet ;)

This is the quilt Fran that im quilting, i have cut off the silly sewn edges and sandwiched it properly :)

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/0/120668700_full.jpg

Edited by coalrange1 at 11:09 am, Thu 18 Feb

coalrange1 - 2010-02-18 11:03:00

Coalrange I love the warm colours of this - I'm sure it's going to look so inviting when it's done

yduj - 2010-02-18 12:31:00

it looks fab coalrange...

liz_taylor - 2010-02-18 12:40:00

Thankyou :)
Judy hows your quilt coming along ?

Fran why did you send those hot temps here ? i did not want them its 25 here now and its yuk ;( hope your temp dropped a little when you shared it with us down here hehe LOL

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

YAYAYAYAY my darling hubby stopped home for lunch today (rare occurrence) so i have my sewing machine on the table. Never knew i'd be so damn excited to sew sheets LOL

liz_taylor - 2010-02-18 13:01:00

Wow Liz thats great :) maybe from now on you should just leave it there and eat around it :) cant have that happening again hehe

coalrange1 - 2010-02-18 13:05:00

LOL, yeah usually it is but had family for dinner last night so had to use the WHOLE table. Well the sheet i'm using needs to soak, oh dear what a shame, think i will try tweak the tension on my machine, and then maybe get a couple blacks done for hubby's scraps quilt that i'm STILL working on

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

coalrange1 wrote:

Thankyou :)
Judy hows your quilt coming along ?

Great, I just guessed what to do with the Stack and Slash (although I know there is a certain order so that each block gets its fair share of colours) and I'm off to get some pyjama material for the back as this one is going to be a baby's quilt. I am going to base this on the "Crazy Short Cut Quilts" that I watched on You Tube where you quilt with fancy stitching on all the seams (slashes) through all layers of each block BEFORE you join them together again with fancy stitching. Here's the link.

http://www.crazyshortcutquilts.com/

I'll be all set for a go over the weekend and will post a pic once I start.

yduj - 2010-02-18 13:53:00

Gosh Coalrange, you are so productive. That is really nice. Great colours will go and can be used for anything. What silly sewn edges? Did you post a pic before and I missed it?

franny8 - 2010-02-18 14:07:00

ooooh thats awesome!! that would work really well for potholders!!! Well Good news, i've gotten the tension on my machine to state i can live with (was realllllllly bad), it's not perfect, but then i dont think it ever will be. off to pick up miss 3, and hopefully will get a few patches sewn this afternoon as my normal thurs afternooon coffee has been cancelled. Oh and i have my next Gestational Diabetes test tomorrow morning... fun fun NOT

liz_taylor - 2010-02-18 14:12:00

hi guys im finaly back on the net after a few hikcups with isp.
everyone has been busy with all there projecks,
i have stiched in the ditch my whole bright quilt, its looking really nice now i want to do the same with the pale quilt i made
happy sewing day everyone

Edited by twilight23 at 2:23 pm, Thu 18 Feb

twilight23 - 2010-02-18 14:23:00

You guys are 'machines'

yduj - 2010-02-18 14:31:00

did i not tell you judy that i have a holden motor on my sewing machine lol

twilight23 - 2010-02-18 14:35:00

hi coalie i had a piece of that cake with my cuppa it was yummy thanks

twilight23 - 2010-02-18 14:38:00

Good to have you back Twi :)
( i wondered if you had run off with stan almost asked Fran to look at stans garage to see but i didnt want her to say the Twilight Express was gone hehe lol )

gosh you have been busy with your quilts :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-18 15:01:00

twilight23 wrote:

did i not tell you judy that i have a holden motor on my sewing machine lol

Judy when bathurst was on we all picked either holden or ford, we were mostly holden and of course they won. Twi was making stuff for a craft stall, she was sewing so fast we thought she must have a holden motor on her machine cause none of us could sew that fast - hehe :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-18 15:05:00

Here's the first Stack & Slash I did a few years ago

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/66/117129866_full.jp
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They are easy and so effective. I hand quilted it as I do not find it easy having a whole quilt stuffed into the righthand side of the foot and then control the quilt and the machine. Also, I am someone who needs to see and do, rather than go by theory, so maybe one day I'll get someone to patiently help me learn to machine quilt.

Anyway the Stack and Slash I'm now doing, as I mentioned before is quilted as individual blocks, so that going to be easier, I hope.

Edited by yduj at 3:21 pm, Thu 18 Feb

yduj - 2010-02-18 15:17:00

coalrange1 wrote:

Good to have you back Twi :)
( i wondered if you had run off with stan almost asked Fran to look at stans garage to see but i didnt want her to say the Twilight Express was gone hehe lol )

mmmmm that would have been a good idea, but he did help me have a big clean up at home, every thing was move of its place and clean and vacumed,sons taken his computer back to his room, so have more room in the lounge/dinning area,only thing is we didnt do the windows lol

Edited by twilight23 at 3:23 pm, Thu 18 Feb

twilight23 - 2010-02-18 15:18:00

nice colours judy, i havent tried stack and slash yet

twilight23 - 2010-02-18 15:20:00

Judy that quilt is .....wow amazing oooh the quilting - the stars oooh i have a stencil for those - now i am getting all keen on the stars ooooh. Gosh you are clever Judy thats a gorgeous quilt :)

coalrange1 - 2010-02-18 15:22:00

Good girl Twilight you know better than to clean windows those poor little birds hehe lol

coalrange1 - 2010-02-18 15:23:00

see there was a reason why i didnt get round to the windows

twilight23 - 2010-02-18 15:26:00

Wow judy that is awesome... Well due to the fact i've been a bit slack, the fabric pile i was going to use for some more blocks for hubby's quilt is still waiting to be washed, so i am finally piecing the top of my quilt!!! Thats right OMG i am actually SEWING on my machine!!!!

liz_taylor - 2010-02-18 15:28:00

wow liz thats a good feeling aye, the withdrawals set in after a while lol

twilight23 - 2010-02-18 15:30:00

Ive got 2 red flags on the auctions i have put on hehe hmmm may need to sell more cause i have bid on a gorgeous little 222k singer hehe lol the machine i am using is a 221k that i have used forever and still looks brand new :)
i know the machine i am using will outlast me but awww this other one is sooooooooo cute - oh dear hmmmmmm

editing to say hmmm i may have a problem with cute little sewing machines aye - is there a swa - sewing machines anonomous do you think ?

Edited by coalrange1 at 3:34 pm, Thu 18 Feb

coalrange1 - 2010-02-18 15:31:00

do you collect stamps coalie, my dad does

twilight23 - 2010-02-18 15:36:00