ALQS5

IT HAS ARRIVED. My little quilt. All the way from Ohio. I love it, and immediately hung it in the place where this usually hangs.Now this lovely little quilt has pride of place next to my watercolour of a friend's cottage.(no, I didnt paint it, I should be so lucky to be that artistic) I know they are a bit close together, but, when we redecorated a few years ago I found myself with a little hook in the wall beside the painting. I didnt want to pull it out, so use it to hang small lovely items of needlework that mean something to me. I have some friends in tonight. Wonder will they notice. I know one of them will.

Bye for now. Barbara.

I'm back

Got my own laptop back. Ahhh! Good to be in touch again properly. D2 let me use hers, but I am soooo much happier that this baby is mended and back on line again. GD and I enjoyed the ballet immensely. There were so many little girls there, even some under 5s. You could have heard a pin drop, especially as the ballet progressed. I did wonder if all the littlies had gone to sleep. I also had an outing to the cinema with some friends. I missed my watch as we sat down, and as it was a gift from DH at Christmas, I was upset. However, one of my friends went above the call of duty, and crawled on the cinema floor til she found it. I was sooooo relieved. I decided to make her something by way of a thank you.

She keeps bees, so I used some of this fabric with beehives on it.I added some batiks that I bought at the quilt fair at Cavan County museum end of last summer.

Partly finished, I found it fitted neatly over my machine. It could make a good cover. mmmmh!

However, I continued and completed my version of 'Rachel's Bag' a pattern from The Fennel Shed, Buncrana, Co Donegal.
My friend loved it and plans to use it to keep her cross stitch projects in (she's on three different kits. Sounds familiar doesnt it).

sick pc

Hi All, Taking my grandaughter to the ballet in two weeks. Dont know who is looking forward to that most. My laptop is giving out silly messages, so has to go visit the pc doc tomorrow, and wont be back for TWO WEEKS. I will try to blog using my daughters laptop, but am not too confident of success. Will miss your blogs. Take care and enjoy stitching :)

Birthday Quilt and mug rug

Hi everyone, I finally finished the quilt for D3's 30th birthday which is tomorrow. Was stitching the binding until almost midnight on Saturday. I started to take some pics of it outside today, as the sun is shining.....as you can see, someone was curious.

I did scream inside my head, ddooooooooont dirty it. We dont shout at our cat, so I kept calm.

Maybe she will get down if I stay very still. However............

I think she approves of it. Her name is Amber, and we love her to bits, but have to gently remind her about showing respect for precious things.................like quilts. I lifted her down, and no harm done.

Now I could get down to doing something with the little house Beth sent out to all who took part in her quilty neighbourhood project. Really wanted something to remind me of the lovely women who have taught me so much since I started blogging, so.........I made a mug rug. It will sit beside my machine and I will be reminded of you all, whether I am having tea or not.

I made a little something for ALQS5. a tiny A4 size quilt. I enjoyed sitting by the fire last night blanket stitching round the petals. So relaxing.

January happenings

I decided to make a lap quilt for my friend who has cancer. I had a charm roll pack from The Fennel Shed, Buncrana, and their pattern for a window boxes quilt.

Just needed some backing fabric, would this do, it was in the January Sale at Creative Ideas.

Inserted some of the leftover piano keys from the top, plus a little panel pic that says love is everlasting. Referring to the love of God in Christ Jesus.

My wee singer isn't really built for the quilting bit. However, we battled on and got to the end.

I labelled it (forgot to take that pic) added a lovely little heart charm to the label which says made with love.

Then teddy Fraser tried it out for snuggliness, and we went to visit Lor, who loves her new little quilt.

Now, I have received my house from Beth and I have something new to think about. What will I do.............mmmmmh! Well, we'll see. Thanks for visiting. This is the longest blog I have ever managed. Happy New Year everyone.

Lots more than I thought.

I have been inspired by Vreni to try and show what I have been making this last year, so here goes, First up my little quilt for ALQS4. It went to live in Australia. Then I hand quilted a quickie panel for A Little Horse Trust tombola. These are in no particular order. I made a bed size quilt for No 1 D. She got it for her birthday in July. On the rocking chair is a throw I made for a good friend who was moving to England to live and work. I made a lovely hexie pincushion/caddie, but not sure I can find the pic. Was just about to give up when I spotted it.I used some green fabrics to make a shopper for a lady from Kells Co Meath who gave me a BIG BAG of pieces she couldnt use. (it was like Christmas come early) I realise now there is no good photo of the finished bag. The cushion I made when practising windmill blocks. I tried to have placemats ready for the table at Christmas. Didn't happen. Got 6 finished by 31st Dec. One more today, and hope to get the 8th done before I pack the Christmas things away til next year. They dont match. Just made with the bits and pieces I had to hand. Phew!! Happy Sew Year everyone. ps just noticed the smiley face on my hexie. Grandaughter Sarah did that. She loves to organise me.