Pumpkin Patch Give Away

I was looking around on the net this afternoon and came across this fantastic giveaway. Check it out for yourself at http://pumpkinpatchprimitivequiltshoppe.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-happy-halloween-giveaway.html

Quilt Repair

A friend from work told me about her quilt. It was a wedding gift from her husband's grandmother and it was in need of some repair. She asked me if I had ever repaired a quilt before. I said no but I would do some research and see if I could figure it out and if I could I would try to fix up hers. I came home and went online and found a few sites that showed quilt repair. I went back and told her I would try but no promises. I couldn't match up the damaged fabric so I bought a colour similar. Then I cut strips of fabric the correct size adding seam allowances. I then proceeded to hand stitch them to the damaged areas also replacing batting as I went. After all the torn strips were replaced I requilted the areas I repaired. This took a bit of time as I don't hand stitch very quickly. I finally finished the repair this weekend.

What have I been working on?

The wedding is on Saturday and I got the gift finished! I made six placemats using fall fabrics and a matching table runner. I put insulated batting in the runner so hot bowls could be placed on it.

Friendship Bag Exchange

I have never participated in an exchange before so I decided to sign up for the Friendship Bag exchange from the Quilting Bloggers site. (See shortcut in sidebar). I was overwhelmed when this came in the mail last week.

I want to say a big heart-felt Thank-you to my partner Florence in Florida. She really blessed my socks off!!

What I have been working on

I have gathered these fabrics to make a wedding gift for my best friend's daughter who is getting married this month. I got a bit of a late start so I chose a simple pattern and I hope to get the gift done in time. I will post pictures later. But I will give you a sneak peak at a corner.

Old Friends

My youngest son has special needs and when he was younger he had a very special support worker who became part of our extended family. She worked with him for at least 5 years. Unfortunately circumstances change and she had to stop working with us about 10 years ago. Recently I was fortunate to reconnect with her and when she saw the handbag I made for myself last year (see previous post) she asked if I could make one for her but just a bit smaller. The handbag is a creation from the features I liked from two different patterns. She gave me the dimensions she wanted, picked the fabric from my "stash" and this is the result.

Shower Gift

Over the past few years I have been fortunate to have been given bits of fabric that friends no longer have a use for. I call these projects in waiting. Recently my MIL returned from a visit to family in England and she brought me back some bits of fabric from her sister. I had to come up with a bridal shower gift for my BF's daughter. I pulled out some of the English fabric and was able to come up with some coordinating pieces from my "stash". I found a pattern to make a neat quilted cover for a binder to make it into a photo album. It can be found at http://www.modabakeshop.com/2009/04/funky-quilted-binder-cover.html2009/04/funky-quilted-binder-cover.html. All I have to get now is the inserts for the pictures.