Further to my post of Wednesday I started sewing my Dresden Plate block but I also started some new sewing. As today is International Quilting Day, I joined a few friends at Corfe Mullen for some sewing and there was a challenge to make something with orange and another colour. People who know me will probably not need to guess what colour - Purple!
I took my inspiration from Sew We Quilt blog, where one guest tutor, Quiltjane made some Four Seasons Hexagon placemats here as part of table runner month. So a spent a Wednesday morning in my room with the radio on sewing away. I then spent the Thursday evening at Bourne Quilters sewing in ends from quilting and last night I hemmed the binding - done! So here's the finished article.
I also carried on last night with my Dresden Plate block and here it is
I've now tacked it to the background and started the applique. I have made further progress since then today and the block is now finished! Still got the block with the pointy points to finish though.
While out today we had a small project to make set by Brenda F to make some little birds just before lunchtime and here they are. They aren't very big - only about 3 inches when stood on their paperclip legs, but they were fun to make.
I thought that I would take photos of the quilted items in the challenge
From a quilt to a tea cosy, canvas picture to wall hangings they were so varied. A lovely day was had and a good way to celebrate quilting, thanks to 2 Brendas.
When I got home David bought me one of these. It wasn't a surprise he ordered it last night and pick it up today
We're already an Apple household - our main computer is a Mac Mini and he has a laptop and i-phone. This i-pad is mine to play with (apparently!). The photos uploaded today have already been uploaded on the i-pad too. Let's see where it takes me....
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ReplyDeleteI love your placemat. The colours work so well together.
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