Back from the Quilter

Look what has now arrived back from the Quilter...... I love the pattern she has used to quilt this one and can't wait to get it finished now!



Cheers

Thimbelina

Champion quilt

This jelly roll race quilt was made by Miss 14 from a very special jelly roll that had belonged to my Aunty Linda. She was delighted that it earnt her a champion ribbon at the local show recently which certainly made the very late night beforehand when she was madly stitching the binding down worth the rush.

They're not colours I would normally use for a quilt but they look great don't they?

Cheers

Thimbelina

Minion Cake

Well here we are well into October already.....

I can't believe I haven't put a post on here for 4 whole months.... time sure flies doesn't it?

Since I've got a bit of time this afternoon I'm going to schedule several posts that I should have posted over the last few months.

First on my show & tell list is the minion birthday cake I made for Master 11 back in July - I was pleased with his choice this year as it was a nice easy one to make for a change. I just used the instructions on the Betty Crocker website here, but instead of using the packet cake mix I used my tried and tested butter cake recipe.

Cheers
Thimbelina

Car Tidy Tutorial

Car Tidy Tutorial.pdf by thimbelinas

Of course, if you make one.... I 'd love to see it..... please add a link to your comment!
Also, please let me know if anything in my instructions doesn't make sense!

Cheers
Thimbelina

Car Tidy

My last project from our weekend retreat was a little car tidy. There a quite a few tutorials around for this project but once again I couldn't quite find what I was after so made my own version.

This one is for my sister.....

I made her a bag out of the same fabric a while back which she just loves

I've tweaked my instructions a bit since I made this one and put a tutorial together which I'll put up tomorrow for anyone who would like to make their own.


Cheers
Thimbelina

Chevron Quilt

Another finish from our Quilting retreat..... Chevron Quilt top!

Not the best pictures... I always have trouble photographing white quilts

I think I saw a picture of one of these on Pinterest. No instructions I just pieced it together from two Heather Bailley "Fresh Cut" - 6" charm sqare packs and some white homespun... very easy, although some of those points did give me a little grief. I think it was worth it :)

Now I just have to find some backing and send it off to the quilters.

This pic that I pinched from the Club Quilt blog shows the colours much better:

 

Cheers

Thimbelina

Retreat time!

Last weekend saw a group of us once again heading over to Ridgecrest for our annual Club Quilt retreat.... and again, we all had a wonderful time with lots of sewing & catching up.

Fortunately our 'must eat every two hours' rule kept us all from passing out due to creative fatigue. :)


The first thing on my list of projects was a couple of 'simply gorgeous shoes' bags from the book 'Some kind of Wonderful' by Anni Downs

Aren't they cute!

I think the pink one is my favourite - might even keep it for myself

If you want to check out what the other ladies got up to.... head over to Narromine Club Quilt blog and take a look. They're such a clever bunch!


Cheers
Thimbelina