Richard quilt

This is a quilt I made for my son Richard, who lives in Australia, this quilt is made from Flannette material so has no batting only a back.
He lives in Queensland so it only gets cold in the winter and he used it to snuggle under when watching the television in the cooler evenings.
I started this quilt on a "do your own thing" quilting week at Belstead in Suffolk in September 09.
It was a challenge as I had never done the sugar bowl pattern around the edges, but it came together really well and was very pleased with it,
It is now in Australia

Quilt for James

This is a laptop quilt I have made for James my youngest son, it is a reversable quilt, and I have had great fun making it, he is colour blind so the main colour is Black and White and mainly earth colours on the reverse.

Salisbury holiday

We went to 6d handley in August for a meeting of Astonomers with lots of telescopes. great fun was had by all. there was a beautiful church in the next grounds and a really peaceful cemetary. We spent a week here and made loads of new friends.
there was a BBQ on the Saturday which was very tasty and then as a surprise the organisers had a Planetsphire show and that was truely amazing, I had not realised the sun was quite as big as it is.
The weather was glorious and hot with a few clear nights for the Astronomers. We are off again in September to Kelling Heath for another Sky Camp so fingers crossed for the weather and nice clear nights.

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Christmas Gifts, made with Fabrics

Stimulating questions:

How many gifts do you usually make for the holidays?
What types of projects do you make?
Do you have any patterns, or projects you find easy and fast? (like quilt in a day, or weekend projects)
Where do you buy your fabrics, and when?
When do you start your gift making process? How many hours do you dedicate to gift making?
What shortcuts do you have when you need that last minute gift?
Do you have any creative gift wrapping ideas? i.e. making wine bottle holders or wrapping presents with fabric for your quilting friends, or tying quilting notions to the packages instead of bows?

My Life and Sewing.

Well, lets see I started sewing in school when I was about 13, was not very good at it, the did not have enough sewing machines so resorted t making a Check Blouse by hand, as you can imagine it was not fit to wear but made a good duster for my Dad's car.
In Australia we had three children in quick succession and not a lot of money so had to teach myself the rudiments of machine sewing, Bob bought me a treadle machine (we are going back a number of years) it was wonderful and he converted it to electric for me, and I made dresses, shorts, shirts and hats for the children as long as I had a pattern I could make more or less anything, even made a coat, years later.
One day I was reading a magazine which had a pattern for a hexagon quilt, made out of 3inch hexagons, I still have the half finished version and one day I will finish it.
Had so much fun creating and sewing this that I then bought a book on quilting and inbetween making clothes, I made quilts. Wall Hangings, Quillows, Lap Quilts and Single bed quilts.
I came back to the UK and now go to classes which has improved my quilting no end and have met some fabulous teachers and made a lot of new acquaintances.
I also joined an online quilting group which every fortnight have a chatroom and we discuss a topic chosen by the organisers.Address for this group is quilting weekly and all are welcome.
They have classes and information which are lovely and clearly written and also are available if you have any questions.