Molly's Quilt & Tote bag

Hi All
Ooops! I made a mistake with the deadline for the quilt order for a friend. Thought I had about 2 weeks but I was wrong. I mixed up hers and my grandaughter's birthday so had to get on with it during my Easter holiday. YAY! happy to say all finished in time for her birthday party tomorrow. Just hope she likes it. I made a pillowcase for the quilt to go on Molly's bed which turns into a Tote bag for carrying to sleep-overs.
Here's the finished quilt & bag -

The quilt has 86 hearts quilted on it. The cover is a pillowcase with 3 layers of quilted petals on. The centre petals hide a photo of Molly and this turns into a Tote bag as the hidden handles are velcroed to the top of the pillow.   

                                                                                                                                           

To all those who are unwell in Liverpool, Canada and UK,  I hope you all feel better soon.

Lammy with lots of Love X

Just dropping by to say.....

Hi All
I've now completed my Row by Row swap YAY! so my last row is going into the post this week to Maggi. I hope you like it and it'll fit into your Swap quilt okay.
Photo to be posted when Maggi receives her row.

I've tried again to get onto FB but I don't seem to have the time to even find my way through how to do it at the moment.... I thought I'd managed, but ended up sending myself four messages at one stage, which is a pretty special talent Mmmm! but I'll keep trying when I get some time.

I need to get some Steam-a-Seam Lite ordered as I can't buy it locally. I need a softer feel for my granddaughter's appliqued quilt which is something I can do at night when sewing machine noise is out of the question.

Hope you are all well out there or at least feeling much better. I'm still sending positive thoughts your way.....you know who you are!
Lammy with Love xxx

Back to work!

Hi All,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my grandaughter Jet-Leoni...A big 6 yesterday Yeh! She's been so difficult to buy for so I let her choose this year. She had a lovely day at school and got loads of, (as she calls it) soooo coooool presents! A Batman suit was a big hit with her! Haha! She's a tomboy and has never taken to dolls and prams etc. so you can see our problem when we have to think of something. Dreading Christmas as we'll all be struggling again for her presents. But she's a happy girl and has more presents to get today.

I worked 44 hrs this week (10 more than I should) as we're really busy and I'm exhausted but when things settle back down I will hopefully have Tuesday off as I'm needed to work Wednesdays...
so BAD NEWS! (NN & Jan) no more foraging trips to the market for fabrics on a Wednesday....
but GOOD NEWS! I'll still be checking for new fabrics we don't have on Saturdays...wahey!!!!!
no real change there then..........

Due to work being mega-busy, I haven't had much time to PP or do any quilting since I went back. I'm glad I got a fair bit done in the summer break and will have to get used to just having Sunday to rest & quilt. I still owe a PC to Angela F which I will have to focus on and I've agreed to join in the Block for one 2012 Olympics Quilt project we are doing on PP which is good, and won't take too long to do.

I've just got to add the borders to my Black & White 'Geometric' quilt top and still need to finish the Soldier quilt top as well.

I haven't started my hand appliqued quilt yet as I'm practicing on getting the curved stems to lie flat so I won't have to keep doing 'rippit' stitch. I have a bias tape making tool that works really well and my practice of getting the applique to lie flat is improving ...but any advice on this would be appreciated. As it's a long-term project, I'm in no rush to start this until I'm confident I can do it justice as the whole quilt top is covered in stems and off-shoot stems.

That's all for now...off out to see the birthday girl.
Lammy with Love XXX

Summer Break's over....

Hi All
Well I'm back at work now after a long summer break and it's so busy....getting everyone settled in and organised. My decking project has begun again now that K & A and kiddies are settled into new home. Will post pics when finished as only half-decked at moment....watch this space...............!

I had a really nice break and was able to start and finish my daughter & partner's quilt; make a quilt top from a Ice-cream themed PP Strip Swap; sandwich and baste my 'huge' Batik quilt and almost finished my own Black'nWhite geometric quilt top. I also made my youngest granddaughter a HaaHoo cushion for her new bedroom which she loves.
I will post photos of the ones not already shown after this posting.

Last night my sis B Skyped me and I talked to my brother C and sis-in-law (SIL) C for the first time in many years. I have decided to give SIL, C my Log Cabin quilt top as she likes it and will make good use of it for a throw....but she have to finish it first....hahahaha...she's happy to do it so it will go to a good home and after waiting for approx 20 years to be finished...I know I'll never do it. Can't wait to see it complete!

Lammy with Love XXX

Summer's holiday's are over

Hi All
Well, the summer break from work is well and truly over and it's back to the grind....very busy time for us.
Since last posting...I've recently made a huge floor cushion for Eden's bedroom of a Haahoo from In the Night Garden. She loves it and here's the picture of her with it.

I have enjoyed lots of rest during the summer as well as lots of quilting time and have finally decided on the border on my larger than expected Batik quilt using fabrics I bought in Abakhan's in Liverpool, last October. It's all basted now so I'm really pleased with how it looks ...just got the quilting to do and it's all mine. People who know me know that I usually make quilts for other people but I need to build a stock for myself now so that one, and a Black & (wip) will be my quilts.

I also have a long-term project quilt that I will be starting soon and that is mostly hand applique so it will be ongoing.....for however long it takes, so with that lot and my Ice Cream strip Swap with my PP group members, it's all go......

Lammy with Love X

INTO JULY ALREADY!

Hi All

I can't believe that we are in July now....only 10 days for my daughter's birthday. I'm making her & A, a retro Black and White Quilt as she's been waiting a long time. The top is now complete so just got to sort out the wadding and backing fabrics and get quilting.....

We've had a week of hot..hot..hot weather (too hot for me, day and night) but today it is quite bland with a good breeze to cool us. We've also lost the sunshine but we haven't had any rain or floods as other parts of the UK have so we've been lucky.

The local town festival is on this weekend so I may go and meet family there if the weathers not too hot....
Lammy with Love x