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cindydog - 2010-01-16 12:25:00

Thank you very much Cindydog, nice award thankyou will pass it on to Franny when she puts her pic on :)
not raining here yet, wind had dropped off but is picking up again now.
Am off to stash now to sort next quilt :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-16 12:35:00

Lovely day for the wedding Twilight, not toooooo much champagne at the reception, you mightn't be able to sew straight tomorrow.
When are we going to Northern Island?
Bhs, I had a really good friend in London and he used to ring his Mum in Belfast and he told me one night, when he rang, he heard a loud last and when he asked his Mum what it was she said "Oh just a bomb going off in he next street". He said they were all so casual about it, he really worried about her - that would have been in the early 70's as I was there for nine years.

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cindydog - 2010-01-16 14:43:00

Yum thanks Cindydog, just what i felt like :)
have searched stash, i think a little break is what i need i might read a book.

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cindydog - 2010-01-16 16:18:00

cindydog wrote:

that would be good , but i know you to well , one day maybe and you will have thought of something new l

Lol Cindydog hehe yes you know me too well, im off back to stash already hehe.

coalrange1 - 2010-01-16 16:29:00

265172805 nice lot :) not for me but tis lovely.
have decided am doing the sewing theme quilt, not raggie and am going to free motion quilt it. Didnt even get the book off the shelf to read hehe.

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hollyj - 2010-01-16 20:42:00

Monday Miss 3 is back at preschool (has been off for an extra week due to some tosser burning the preschool), so i am going to sit down and write a list of the quilts i have on the go and what i wanna get done before baby get's here in June (roughly my lap quilt, hubbys scrappy one, Baby's Boy quilt, the christmas stockings else they wont get done...)

liz_taylor - 2010-01-16 20:58:00

cindydog wrote:

what is a them quilt coalrange

puter crashed for a while :( phew tis ok now.
sewing theme quilt Cindydog, just an ordinary quilt but im using fabrics that are all sewing themed - thimbles, thread, sewing machines, tape measures etc etc. and have some printed sayings about quilters to put on too.

Hi Holly, oh for a start i thought the thimble was $50 hehe, that was a good shop you had, wow bet you couldnt believe the quilting fabric was down to that price.

coalrange1 - 2010-01-16 21:02:00

hollyj wrote:

Coalrange,your quilt is brilliant !!! I love it !!
Man thimbles are blardy dear !!! Went to Spotlight today to just buy a thimble and ooops $50 later !!!! Just had to buy a few fat quarters,some fabric for binding my quilt,Lol 3 different ones that none of them matched !!,and a few pieces of quilting fabric that was down to $2.00 a mtr,had been $15.00,so I really just couldn't leave it on the shelf eh ???? Oh and some pretty quilting pins :)
Franny my sisters quilt was a pattern that she picked up somewhere in her travels a few years ago.
Been stitching in the ditch today (well trying to) and my wee quilt is now ready to put the binding on.
Hope you have had a lovely day at the wedding twilight.

Oh i've had those days...

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hollyj - 2010-01-16 21:15:00

I was just thinking about how much we have learnt quilting wise since starting this thread, from what we were making when it started to what we are making now. It hasnt really been going very long but we have come along way, maybe eventually we would of all got to this same place but i think not. We are all trying to do better every time we make a quilt now, and trying different things.
Alot of it has to do with the fact we can put pics on and are so inspired by pics that it encourages us to try things.
I just want to thank each and everyone of you, its great to know you can ask a silly question and you wont get a silly answer hehe lol
I know i still have along way to go but getting there is 1/2 the fun with you all :)
Thankyou :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-16 21:59:00

hollyj wrote:

Coalrange,your quilt is brilliant !!! I love it !!

Thankyou Holly, it took forever but i have learnt alot from this quilt, its good to do stuff you havent done before.
The quilt your ditch stitching - is it one of the ones you showed us or have you made more ?

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hollyj - 2010-01-16 22:22:00

ive only played at ditch stitching, havent done much at all. Your not encouraging me any either saying it takes ages haha lol

off to bed, sweetdreamz all
Twilight have a good sleep, like Franny said you may not be able to sew straight tomorrow if you drink too much champagne so if you have just sleep it off haha lol :) cant have you sewing around corners oh unless we can come and watch hahaha
ok yup im tired night all :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-16 22:36:00

Night all, recording Touch of Frost again tonight and have made sure it is on for long enough, don't want a grumpy husband again 'cause I cut it off.

franny8 - 2010-01-16 22:52:00

Morning all :)
oooh Franny hope the recording worked right ;)
im trying to work out how to do next quilt, have it layed out on floor, will keep playing then take pic so you can comment - if you will please.
have a great day all :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 09:08:00

*Congrats* to Cindydog :)
she has a number yay hehe

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 09:26:00

Wow your quilt looks fabulous Coalrange. Hope you didn't forget to put a label on it. I am sure you are thrilled to bits with it, I would be. I look forward to seeing your layout for your next quilt. I started to put the binding on mine last night but it is a very long way around.
Wonder how Twilight is feeling today, hope her head isn't toooooo sore.
Congrats from me to Cindydog, a proper Trademe person now with a number.

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cindydog - 2010-01-17 10:32:00

This pic sums it all up :)

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/3/117097703_full.jpg

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cindydog - 2010-01-17 10:42:00

ok heres quilt layout so far
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/24/117096724_full.jp
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the sewing theme fabric is folded in half so i can put more of those on.
next pic i have one and a half meters of this so could be used as border right around or between squares ?

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/3/117096803_full.jpg

and this one another piece which is 1 meter

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/78/117096878_full.jp
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i also have a piece about 1 meter that is white with white sewing things on.

Please look when you have time, your ideas would be very much appreciated :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 10:53:00

Franny thanks for lovely comments, a label ooops yes must do label :)
mmmm your binding, yup mines tiny compared to yours...we will all think of you.....i know it doesnt help much but maybe just a little hehe

whew warm here today, we are supposed to of had rain the last few days and nothing, have to go water the pots, they are drooping :(

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cindydog - 2010-01-17 13:03:00

cindydog wrote:

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/5/11
7111505_full.jpg
here is mine and after taking the pic , i noticed one of my half squares are in the rong place , and i had it layed out on the bed , i numbered it and still didnt pic up on it , man ,o man

Cindydog, one of the great things about making things yourself, is you are the ONLY one who knows it's not supposed to be like that, if anyone else asks... "thats how you planned it so it wasn't too symmetrical" or some other excuse... Looks fab by the way!!

liz_taylor - 2010-01-17 13:15:00

Hi Coalrange, love it and the small blocks are wonderful. Think you need to put sashing between the blocks maybe sort of break it down to the a large block in the middle with the blocks around the outside then sashing (a border) around that and then another border around the next lot of panels, not too wide though just ½ or 2 inches for the sashings then the same around the outside and then the border panel. I would use either of the fabrics, whichever you think is the best for the sashing and then the other for the outside border - well you did ask. Hope I am not sticking my tencents worth in too far. Not sure how you are planning to incorporate the wordy bits but these could be interspersed with the outside sashing before the border - grief I don't know if I am making sense.

franny8 - 2010-01-17 13:34:00

It looks fantastic Cindydog, if you hadnt pointed out the mistake i would'nt of noticed. Clever girl, you made that one fast :)
Love the fabrics :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 13:34:00

Yours is really pretty Cindydog, you are like me I love just about all fabric but love pinks and blues. What do you mean some of your half squares are in the wrong place? I can't see it. Liz is right, no-one else knows how it was meant to be and if you look at some prize winning quilts at shows a lot of them have an "on purpose" mistake because quilts aren't meant to be perfect.

franny8 - 2010-01-17 13:38:00

Franny big { *hugs*} to you for your answer, yes it makes perfect sense. Thankyou :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-17 13:52:00

Hi Coalrange - sashing should have read 1½ to 2 inches.

franny8 - 2010-01-17 14:24:00

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/92/117123092_full.jp
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Franny do you mean like this - obviously nothings in right places or anything and they are just sitting on saching fabric but is this how you mean.

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cindydog - 2010-01-17 15:02:00

hey guys im back, the wedding was fabulous, and for those who thought that i was having a lie in, wrong, i went to parents place at 8 this morning they put on a brunch for everyone, boy talk about going throu food we went throu 4 trays of eggs, 5kgs of bacon, 6kgs of sausages, 6 loafs of bread and poor old me had to cook all the eggs, there was fryed eggs,scrambled eggs. baked eggs there was SSSOOO MUCH EGGS!!!!!!!!yep the wedding was fabulous, the ceramony was in the redwood forest, they have a special place for this, then the reception the buffet was fab, then they had a dj, we were all dancing, yes even me lol,

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 15:13:00

every one has been so busy on here, the quilts look realy great cindydog your quilt looks lovely and like the others said you wouldnt notice the mistake
coalrange that layout looks good, looks great with the sashings around it,talking about labels i havent put any on mine either,must do that sometime and the date that you made them

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 15:19:00

coalrange1 wrote:

I was just thinking about how much we have learnt quilting wise since starting this thread, from what we were making when it started to what we are making now. It hasnt really been going very long but we have come along way, maybe eventually we would of all got to this same place but i think not. We are all trying to do better every time we make a quilt now, and trying different things.
Alot of it has to do with the fact we can put pics on and are so inspired by pics that it encourages us to try things.
I just want to thank each and everyone of you, its great to know you can ask a silly question and you wont get a silly answer hehe lol
I know i still have along way to go but getting there is 1/2 the fun with you all :)
Thankyou :)

thanks for that coalrange, if it wasnt for you starting this thread i would never meet you guys, and i have learnt plenty from everyone too,actualy if i hadnt listed that fabric that you bought i would never have known this thread was here so thanks coalrange

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cindydog - 2010-01-17 15:26:00

aww thanks cindydog i missed you guys too

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 15:29:00

cindydog havent forgotten the fabric, was hoping someone from the wedding was going throu palmy to drop off the fabric, but no , wanganui was the closses, and my nieces lives in welly but she was going home on the desset road, so will post on thursday ok.

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cindydog - 2010-01-17 15:35:00

most of my family live in rorotua except my niece in welly and niece in hamilton, my cousin and his wife are here for 3 weeks before they go to the winter olympic games in cananda

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 15:36:00

have all the fabric ready here to go and you are very welcome to it cindydog ok

twilight23 - 2010-01-17 15:38:00