For a whole 48 hours - woo hoo! (well - not quite. I will have to sleep at some point!)
Monday, 25 January 2010
Virtual Online Retreat
Pulling out fabrics from the stash, piecing like mad, finishing long outstanding projects, tying quilts and generally having fun.
For a whole 48 hours - woo hoo! (well - not quite. I will have to sleep at some point!)
For a whole 48 hours - woo hoo! (well - not quite. I will have to sleep at some point!)
Friday, 22 January 2010
I love it!
I really love it!
The quilts are gorgeous (especially a certain one on page 123). The Checkerboard Medallion on page 63 really caught my eye. Actually most of the quilts in that chapter have.
I have to say that I'm not a huge basket fan. Somehow they don't "do it" for me, but Gwen's are gorgeous to look at.
I haven't had a chance to read it through properly yet. Why is it that when you want to sit down with a cuppa and Gwen for a couple of hours all hell breaks loose and you end up charging round the countryside doing errands.
I've done a bit more on Halloween Houses.
I've got a bit more to do on the centre - words, etc - and then I can start on the outside. I think this could just be finished in time for Halloween 2010.
On a more serious note (and quite sad actually), at French class yesterday we had to read, translate into English and then discuss in French a letter written by Guy Môquet to his family before he was shot by the Germans. Very very sad.
You can read about Guy Môquet here and a copy of the letter here. Don't click on the last link if your French is not good. The English version can be found here.
I do vaguely remember Mr le President trying to get the Lycées to read this letter out to the students at each rentrée in September, but the teachers refused.
Right- Périgueux beckons. Yet another day gone without reading Gwen!
The quilts are gorgeous (especially a certain one on page 123). The Checkerboard Medallion on page 63 really caught my eye. Actually most of the quilts in that chapter have.
I have to say that I'm not a huge basket fan. Somehow they don't "do it" for me, but Gwen's are gorgeous to look at.
I haven't had a chance to read it through properly yet. Why is it that when you want to sit down with a cuppa and Gwen for a couple of hours all hell breaks loose and you end up charging round the countryside doing errands.
I've done a bit more on Halloween Houses.
Try as I might, I cannot get the cobweb quilting to show. See if you can see it by clicking on the photos.
On a more serious note (and quite sad actually), at French class yesterday we had to read, translate into English and then discuss in French a letter written by Guy Môquet to his family before he was shot by the Germans. Very very sad.
You can read about Guy Môquet here and a copy of the letter here. Don't click on the last link if your French is not good. The English version can be found here.
I do vaguely remember Mr le President trying to get the Lycées to read this letter out to the students at each rentrée in September, but the teachers refused.
Right- Périgueux beckons. Yet another day gone without reading Gwen!
Thursday, 21 January 2010
More L O V E
Some people have said that they think doing letters as 8-1/2 inch blocks may be too big. So I've altered the rules a bit.
Take a look at Tonya's Rumspringa quilt (here).
Could you do something similar in red and white? Block still to be the same size.
Is this ok with you all?
Take a look at Tonya's Rumspringa quilt (here).
Could you do something similar in red and white? Block still to be the same size.
Is this ok with you all?
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
L O V E is ..........
.......... the sweetest thing.
So how about spelling it out in red or white letters?
I was thinking of a way of jazzing up the Quilts 4 Leukaemia quilts and came up with this idea.
The next appeal for blocks is Tonya's wonky letters (click here for the tutorials).
Do the whole word (LOVE) in upper or lower case, but DO NOT sew the letters together. I'll mix the letters up when I make up the quilts. One word for each quilt so I'm going to need loads!
Don't forget the block size - 8 1/2 inches unfinished so you can do lovely big fat wonky letters.
Are you up for it?
So how about spelling it out in red or white letters?
I was thinking of a way of jazzing up the Quilts 4 Leukaemia quilts and came up with this idea.
The next appeal for blocks is Tonya's wonky letters (click here for the tutorials).
Do the whole word (LOVE) in upper or lower case, but DO NOT sew the letters together. I'll mix the letters up when I make up the quilts. One word for each quilt so I'm going to need loads!
Don't forget the block size - 8 1/2 inches unfinished so you can do lovely big fat wonky letters.
Are you up for it?
Monday, 18 January 2010
YES!
Bonjour,
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer que l'article suivant vous sera expédie plus tôt que prévu :
Gwen Marston "Liberated Quiltmaking II"
Date d'arrivée précédemment estimée : f�vrier 05 2010
Nouvelle date d'arrivée prévue : janvier 22 2010 - janvier 23 2010
Nous espérons que cette information vous apportera satisfaction.
Too right!
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