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And so it is . . . . a brand new page.

yduj - 2013-12-07 18:40:00
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lv the xmas bears. I have all my decos on a table... Jugs boiled for drinks all round. cold zerozzzzzzzz also. Have a nice evening all.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-07 18:46:00
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nite all
sweet dreamzzzZZZZzzzzz

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-07 22:33:00
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Tis nite again from me
sweet dreamzzzZZZZzzzzz

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-08 21:51:00
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Night dilly ....sitting up in bed with Molly curled next to me, watching quilting tutorials

barbrose - 2013-12-08 21:54:00
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Ive been sewing and sewing should've been getting organised for Christmas but haven't, much more fun sewing hehe
Bar the quilting tutorials are quite addictive aren't they I watched a couple of free motion ones this morning and realised i sew too fast haha its much easier to do slower too yay :)
sweet dreams you two :)
Sweet dreams :)

coalrange1 - 2013-12-08 22:18:00
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Oh sweet dreamzzzzzz from mezzzz again
Nite all
sweet DreamzzzZZZzzzzzzz

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-09 22:15:00
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Oooooh, there's been hardly anybody chatting - we all must be really too busy.

I'm working on a 'crumb type' skirt for my little Christmas Tree. Results in a couple of days when I get a chance to dress my tree!

yduj - 2013-12-10 10:21:00
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Hellooooooooooooooooooooooo! We were too far down the page!

Edited by yduj at 11:03 pm, Tue 10 Dec

yduj - 2013-12-10 23:03:00
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Hello everyone ...... Time to snooze. Judy I got the fabric today. Awesome. Thank you so much. You have really helped me and I appreciate it greatly.

barbrose - 2013-12-10 23:43:00
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Hi all, like Barbroses Christmas bears, I've been hibernating... but busy quilting... Christmas deadline fast approaching and for once I've made it with time to spare. Not sure if I've shown you this one... I pieced it earlier in the year but now its a real quilt!
The front... with Sassy saying "Look CATS!!!!" LOL
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/296156541.jpg

The back...
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/296156591.jpg

The gorgeous border... man I love this fabric!
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/296156728.jpg

Close up of the star quilted block (the border is done in this too but doesn't show well... but thats ok coz the cats are the real stars)
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/296156707.jpg

Back of the border...
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/296156795.jpg

And the other block quilting...
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/296156680.jpg

Still a label to be made and sewn on... putting it off... makes it more final that I really am giving it away LOL?

And another wee project... an advent calendar... a bit of a cheats project as it was a fabric panel but I added beads and sequins to it oh and the prairie points border was fun to do too!
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/292977883.jpg

Gosh Judy thats a lovely bookshelf quilt you made for your sister! Very special! Love your bookshelf ones too Coalie... oooh and the Hole in the Wall quilts... lovely!

lviolets - 2013-12-11 17:03:00
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Beeeoooootiful - you should be really proud. Your quilting is stunning.

yduj - 2013-12-11 18:41:00
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Vi the quilt is GORGEOUS wow :) Love all the quilting and the fabrics. The advent calendar looks lovely very pretty.

coalrange1 - 2013-12-11 21:18:00
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What amazing work Vi. Stunning. Do you do your own quilting?

barbrose - 2013-12-11 22:45:00
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Wow that is awesome lv the calendar. Well done.
Tis nite from me
sweet dreamzzz
zzzzZZZZZzzzzz

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-11 23:03:00
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Thank you all! Yes Barbrose I do my own quilting on my lil ol sewing machine.. still very much a novice but was surprising how much I improved while working on this quilt. Its true... practise is the key... doing a little and often makes a HUGE difference! Mind you I also had to rearrange the house to cope with the size of it... ended up with 3 tables in the lounge!!!

lviolets - 2013-12-12 05:06:00
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MORNING ALL
Nice and sunny here
Hope you all have a nice day.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-12 08:02:00
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Beautiful quilt and as for the quilting. The fabric is lovely. I can see why you don't want to give it away. I am just a beginner patchworker and have just finished a quilt top and now I have to quilt it which I am not looking forward to. It must be difficult quilting on the machine with all the bulk. I am going to have a go at it just doing in the ditch.

ffloss - 2013-12-12 13:54:00
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nice hot day here.
Have a great evening all.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-12 18:33:00
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MORNING ALL
Have a great day.
nice and sunny here again today.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-13 08:57:00
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Morning all.
Vi such a beautiful quilt, love all the colours. Cute bears too !!
Haven't been on here much as I have had a lot to deal with. Been busy in my garden and really enjoying pottering around in it..
One more week of school then I have my boy home for 6 weeks I think it is..He is getting very excited about santa coming soon. We have our tree up and our decorations, its nice at night with the lights flashing.
wow its nearly lunchtime.

shell156 - 2013-12-13 11:53:00
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Have a nice evening all.
Jugs on so drinks all round.
Baking next week so you'll just have to wait eh.
Catch ya all latererererer

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-13 19:41:00
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ffloss wrote:

Beautiful quilt and as for the quilting. The fabric is lovely. I can see why you don't want to give it away. I am just a beginner patchworker and have just finished a quilt top and now I have to quilt it which I am not looking forward to. It must be difficult quilting on the machine with all the bulk. I am going to have a go at it just doing in the ditch.

Floss this is only my 3rd quilt, so I'm still very much a beginner too! Part of the secret to quilting on your sewing machine is to support the weight of the quilt, to do this I had my sewing table, plus a wee table to my left and a table over the back of my sewing table! Scrunch the quilt up and turn it when you need to... never have more than half of the quilt inside the throat of the machine. Nothing wrong with just stitching in the ditch, its the base for quilting... almost every seam is ditched on this one! I love straight lines too... doesn't need to be complicated to be effective, nor do they need to be free motioned! Main thing is to have fun!

Thanks Shell. Sounds like its going to be a good Xmas at yours, are we counting down the sleeps until Santa comes?

Whisky slice on the table, do help yourselves! Nite nite

lviolets - 2013-12-13 20:51:00
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Vi I didn't realise this was only your third quilt gosh you've got talent !
Whiskey slice sounds like potion Dilli, i'll have some if you do hehe thanks Vi.
Shell what have you got in your garden ? its good to potter, hope all your dealing with is sorted soon.
A countdown to Christmas sounds a great idea.
jugs boiling ....

coalrange1 - 2013-12-13 21:16:00
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Hi Vi - thank you for your advice. Mine is a queen size quilt so there is quite a lot of bulk.
Christmas - we are are going to our sons in Arrowtown and are having a picnic by the river which will be lovely. Nobody stuck in the hot kitchen. It will be very relaxing and our wee grandson will have fun in the water.

ffloss - 2013-12-14 12:21:00
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Bump us back to the top.

Made my belated Christmas Cake today - it's still cooling down. Also made a Gingernut, Cream and Crushed Pineapple Log to take to a family lunch tomorrow. It's in the freezer though cos we have to drive two hours tomorrow and thought it would travel better being taken out of the freezer at the last minute . . . hope that plan works.

yduj - 2013-12-14 22:40:00
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Gidday ALL
Hope your enjoying your family lunch today judy you have nice weather for it.
Very hot here so me is cooling down.
Have a nice day all.
Whiskey slice was vebby nice coalie did you try it too. (Is that why there was only a little piece left ) heheheeeeeee

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-15 12:20:00
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Hic glad u enjoyed the whisky slice... not a bad change of potion eh? Of course you do realise that its uncooked, so look out if you get breath tested on your broomstick! Gingernut cream and pineapple log sounds devine! Any leftovers for us Judy?

I like the sound of your Xmas dinner Floss! Might have to join you!

Yes Coalie, tis only my 3rd quilt, only started quilting last year! Just wish my body was more willing, but thems the breaks... slow quilting is better than no quilting eh? I've started my Xmas tree wall hanging... not expecting it to be finished for this Xmas but theres hope for next year! Might need some of Dilli's potion soon... bit of an early start this morning but I was quiet so as not to wake you.

lviolets - 2013-12-15 16:25:00
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Back home and that Gingernut Log was a success. No leftovers,which is a good thing actually, means they liked it and I won't be forced to eat any more of it, haha!

yduj - 2013-12-15 18:31:00
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MORNING ALL Have ya all got over your hangovers hic hic hic hic hic I have hic hic hci.
Have a nice day all. Home for me today. (housework)
Have a great day all.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-16 11:08:00
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Hot evening an nawt on ze tv tonite. so me going to surf the net. Me watch list will grow and grow heheheheheee
Have a good evening all. Jugs on for drinks.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-16 19:39:00
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I have had my son and his family visiting for the last four days - they left this morning and I have just remembered that I forgot to give them their family gift - a Christmas quilt which I worked frantically to get finished in time to give them while they were here. We exchanged gifts last night but I forgot that one. What a Wally! Now I have to courier it to Whakatane.

barbrose - 2013-12-16 23:36:00
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heheheh barb that shows our age when we do that eh.
my family xmaseyyyy time starts Christmas eve. have one daughter and the grandies coming then.
then of to another daughter on xmas morning and the other one for dinner.
I posted my son his pressy this weekend just gone.
MONRING ALL nice sunny day here again.
Jugs boiled and me needs me coffeeeeeeeeeee
Have a nice day all.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-17 07:49:00
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no hangover here Dilli, although the slice was YUM :) hehe
hot here today we were sposed to have a couple of showers but not happenin.
The gingernut log sounds yum Judy, i will have a google and see if the recipe is there, but wont google the whiskey slice that's definitely an in here treat haha i don't drink at all so a slice or two in the real world would have me stippling all sorts of designs haha
Hope your all having a luffly day, jugs boiling ....
( interesting reading the 'I reakon you cant have too many sewing machines' thread.

coalrange1 - 2013-12-17 14:51:00
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Evening All
Jugs boiled and snuppa is served. Chocolate eclairs and icecream.
Plenty for all.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-17 21:14:00
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MORNING ALL been shopping today .... nice and cooler here now so its nice to have the doors open and feel the breeze.
Have a nice day all.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-18 12:33:00
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Feeling very excited .... Got a call this afternoon to say I have won a $3000 shopping spree. Twenty local businesses have given $150 vouchers for me to spend. No fabric shops sadly but I will be able to use all the vouchers without having to spend more money. One is for $150 worth of fish and chips and has to be spent before end of February ....I think a family picnic will be organised pretty soon. With 13 grandchildren living locally (plus their parents), I think we could use this up over the school holidays.

barbrose - 2013-12-18 18:46:00
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Oh WOW bar that is awesome. Are you going to invite us all toooooooo
heheheeeeee ENjoy speding it. You'll have to tell us all that is being bought with it now. Mind you 150.oo dolaars worth of fish and chips wouldn't last to long with 13 grandies......... I have 12 grandies so know that one...... heheheeeeeeee
It is so nice to hear someone we know win something. it is awesome.
Enjoy it.....
Have a nice evening all Snuppa is at Bars tonite to celebrate heheheeeee Ill being the potions.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-18 21:11:00
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Snupper is ready .... Plenty for everyone
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/297270985.jpg
Enjoy

barbrose - 2013-12-18 21:50:00
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb8ByV_76HQ

Great British Sewing Bee - Xmas Special for those that followed the series earlier in the year.

Enjoy

yduj - 2013-12-18 23:38:00
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skiff1 - 2013-12-19 00:42:00
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hey bar enjoy the food or the chefffff........... hehhheheheheheeee

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-19 17:15:00
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dilligaf_dah wrote:

hey bar enjoy the food or the chefffff........... hehhheheheheheeee


hahaha :)
**Congrats Bar** what fun you will have :)
6 sleeps to gooooo..... ( nanna naps don't count ok hehe )

coalrange1 - 2013-12-19 19:36:00
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but but but I have oma naps not nanna naps so does Skippie and Twi. heheheheeeeeeee so they would count eh.......... Jugs on for drinks. Man I fancy some after dinner mints right now Havent had them in years.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-19 19:50:00
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Good morning. I have just watched the Great Britsh Sewing Bee Christmas special ..... Very inspiring. I think I will make the grandchildren their decorations for next year. I will have to start now as there are 17 of them. So, any patterns or ideas would be really appreciated as they will all need to be different.
I also loved the triangular sewing box that the presenter made ....wonder if there are instructions anywhere

barbrose - 2013-12-20 08:23:00
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bar Xmas colouring books are great for patterns and they have nice dark outlines to use. I have some patterns for you from the craft magazines I could photo copy for you if you like.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-20 10:09:00
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MORNING ALL
Been to do the shopping just a little bit flour and sugar and milk as I need to do baking this weekend. (have 4 large xmas mud cakes to make) luckily they keep for a few weeks eh.
Nice sunny day here. Have grandie here and she bought some jelly beans from the Uk (made in the Uk) and its so funny listening to all the Yukes coming from her. SO different in tastes and flavours.)
Have a nice day all.

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-20 10:11:00
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Oh, yes please Dilli. Do you still have my details? I might have your email ... Will go look

barbrose - 2013-12-20 18:18:00
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Dilli- you have mail

barbrose - 2013-12-20 18:48:00
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oh barb that should be spelt MALE not mail. heheheheheeeeee

dilligaf_dah - 2013-12-20 19:04:00
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