The Christmas Raffle Quilt ....progress ...... so far

This quilt top was pieced by a dearly loved member of our quilt group - Joan, who made wonderful quilts with a lot of hand stitching. This quilt has hand stitched floral appliques and some fun flying geese triangles  - I have been finishing it off adding borders and about to piece the backing and then quilt it .................... and this will be in the quilt groups Christmas raffle ......so had better get busy!

Christmas Tree CAL - a little further ahead!

Further progress with the T B Ramsden CAL - 3 snowmen , 3 angels, 3 crackers, 3 bells - all require finishing off with embroidery etc

Fiddly but fun!!

3 Snowmen - Daddy Snowman sporting a hat and scarf : Mummy Snowman - modelling a straw hat with flowers on it and pink scarf: plus little girl snowman in plaited scarf with bunches

Hope to embroider faces etc tomorrow

Ding-a-ling - 3 bells - just need finishing off

Crackers - almost finished !

Angels needing hair and faces to be embroidered - each in a different coloured dress with a different hem

Christmas Tree CAL - The ornaments .....

The ORNAMENTS - so far ....

Whew ...making progress!!

Spent all weekend crocheting like a maniac to try and catch up with the T B Ramsdens CAL ...... which I started back in October ...well yes ... err umm things got in the way ...as per usual!

Christmas Tree CAL

Angels part done - yet to add hair and faces  ............... and lots more to make!!

 

Back at the start in October - tree in progress

You can download the FREE patterns here T B Ramsden -

Free CAL Patterns

There are separate patterns for the Tree plus ALL the ornaments - angels, snowmen, candy canes, parcels, snowflakes, bells, crackers etc

It is a really fun yet different CAL!

 

You can buy dedicated yarn packs from A WOOLLY TAIL - CAL Yarn Packs

 

It is not too late to get crocheting and catch up! You have time to get this all put together - if you get cracking making those crackers!!

 

I, as usual, changed things a little - I used the green Wendy wools but used the sparkly Wendy Supreme Cotton for the ornaments as I wanted a little bit of sparkle and added just enough Christmas bling

But I can ask Julie at A Woolly Tail to put together an exclusive, dedicated Sparkle Pack just for you, if interested?!

A pastels or bright's version .... :-)

Also I have changed the patterns a little - to ring the changes a tad .....

the colours and ...... .I have given the angels edged skirts, the crackers coloured edges  etc

Also plan to make the tree as a container for everything for storage of all the ornaments and so I can hide a few Xmas presents in there as well ;-) ;-)

 

Will post pics and a 'How to' later on!

 

I know I am awkward ................LOL :-))

 

The colour changes came about as I wanted this for a special little girl who likes PINK!

Dolly II Makeover - in progress

Torso - drying off under the ceiling fan

Legs drying

dehumidifier helping

Head - kept the painted eyes .............. for now anyway

So far she is 'armless - they are to be done ............. bit like spare body part surgery ..

 

Think the theme for these Mannequins is

 

'What goes up must come down'

 

 - seeing as they are made-over with decoupage using the Financial Times

Takes ages to get it right!

Her hair used all the photographs of watches, advertised in the FT

 

I should have done a 'before' photo - she had a broken neck (that had been badly repaired - all she needed was the Frankenstein bolt in the neck, to be the bride of Frankenstein!! LOL) - lots of chips , scrapes and dents ....poor girl was in a pretty sorry state ................ but starting to look happier now I think ...?

Peninsula Craft Show this weekend 29th-30th OCOBER at Ipswich High School for Girls WOOLVERSTONE

Well it is that time of year again for

 

PENINSULA CRAFT GROUP's

Annual Craft Show

at

IPSWICH HIGH SCHOOL for GIRLS
WOOLVERSTONE

SUFFOLK

10-5pm Sat & Sun

29th-30th OCTOBER

£1 entry and plenty of free parking

Light refreshments

This is on the Shotley Peninsula just outside Ipswich

 

Here I am my things stacked in the Sitting Room ready for the off - yet to get my rails, stands and dummies from the Attic

I will have garments, accessories and all sorts of things plus patterns for sale

 

Set up takes us all day Friday to be ready for everyone Saturday and Sunday

The Music Room is our exhibition room and The Orangery our sales room with a coffee/tea area with those all important cakes!!

I always come back a size bigger as the cakes are just soooooooooooo good :-0

The Sales pay desk is in the reception area

 

As usual lots to see - this year, everyone will have their own area in the Sales Room

We always try to arrange things differently each year :-)

 

Look forward to seeing everyone - do pop by and say Hi!!

 

Dolly Makeover ................ ready for next exhibition

Dolly - front view

She even has a funky new hairdo!

Dolly from the rear

Close up of Dolly's face

 

ALL done in papier-mâché care of the Financial Times ...she is still wet so see what she looks like when dried

I am now utterly exhausted !

 

Next will be her legs and arms ....................

 

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This is what she looked like before - badly chipped, cracked and in a very sorry state!

 

Dolly - chips, cracks and other damage!

Dolly very chipped and scabby

Dolly - long crack up the neck

 

The Garden, Gnomes and Mushroom Quilts - a co-ordinating series of quilts

Cot Panel Quilt - with roundels featuring fun garden gnomes and mushrooms

Hand quilted

Detail of a corner and the hand quilting

Detail of the quilt

Showing the co-ordinating spotted backing and the hand quilting from the back

This panel's subtle and unusual colour combination inspired the following quilts ...... all in co-ordinating fabrics and colours

Each a different size

Not-Mushroom Quilt - Throw sized

Appliqued Fly Agaric Mushroom (free motion quilted) surrounded by strip piecing quilted in the ditch  

Mushroom centre piece free motion quilted

Quilt and matching backing

Quilted in the ditch

 

Garden Strippy Quilt - a larger sized throw single bed topper

Strip pieced, with machine embroidery, free motion and quilted in the ditch

Plain and floral fabrics - with contrasting machine embroidery

Combination of free motion and in the ditch quilting

Detail of embroidery and quilting

Detail of the embroidery and quilting

Detail of the machine embroidery and quilting

Detail of the machine embroidery

Detail of machine embroidery and free motion quilting

Back of the quilt - matching backing and illustrating the free motion quilting