Help for my Orphans

Lately I have been quite out of sorts with my sewing, feeling that I had lost my mojo and simply could not get on top of things.  Lack of "the necessary" to buy batting and things was really getting on top of me!

So yesterday I was sorting through my linen cupboard, and came across this old bought bed quilt which was threadbare and torn. All the stuffing inside it was lumpy and, really, it was good for nothing. I was about to throw it out when

I had this brilliant light flash in my head!!

What if I grabbed all my orphan blocks, orphan quilt tops, bits and pieces, and made a new quilt out of it all, using this old thing as batting, along with an old sheet for backing!!??

So, with great purpose, I set about pulling all my orphan blocks, all the orphan tops, all the bit 'n' pieces out of my sewing room in the house, and out to my sewing room on the side patio.

I used my bed as a flat surface, to place the bits on top of the old bed quilt, and set about sewing them all together.

Well, I have enough orphan bits to make at least four quilts from, so this is a real challenge!

Here's some pics from today:-

Here is the orphans quilt, waiting on it's final border to bring it up to 79" x 85".

Sewing all the pieces together for the final border

Attaching the final border to the quilt.

This quilt will be too heavy for me to handle to bast, so I will have to get Alan to help me tomorrow, so that I can start the quilting on it - somehow I think it will be just straight line quilting because it is just to big and I don't know how easy it will go under the machine foot! I'll find out tomorrow!!

I have included in this top some blocks from an old swap in 2009! That's why I have so many orphans!!

I'm really excited about finishing this quilt, it will be so colourful and fun to look at.

Hopefully, my mojo will return now, and i can finish the puff quilt for Alan's seat, start some blocks for my friends wedding quilt, and sew some baby quilts for Alans great grand daughter, due to be born at the end of May!! 

I'll show you how I'm going with this tomorrow.

Have a nice day.

Thursday Sewing Group

Well, I had quite a productive day yesterday , with my friends.

I actually sewed all my blocks together into rows, and then started on my quilt top.  It will be 5         x 8 blocks and then I will add some borders, so it will be a good size for cuddling under in the Winter.

Here is how it's looking now:

 


The first three rows are almost finished - I didn't go any further because the rows fell onto the floor and got all out of order!!

So now I have to sort them again before I continue sewing.

It should look great when it is finished, don't you agree?

Sewing Morning Blocks

I have finally got 40 blocks made for my Thursday quilt - they are really easy and quick to make, I just procrastinate too much!

These are the colours I have done so far - 40 blocks don't make a very large quilt so I may do some more yet.  I am very pleased with all the colours - do you like them?

Look what the Postman Bought!

from my swap partner in Idaho, USA, for the Quilting Block Swap Australia  in Septermber:

 

some spare blocks that will be used well, and a lovely home made card

 

a nice blue house

 

and a lovely floral house!

 

I am truely so spoiled. Aren't they so cute - both will definitely be used .

 

More Houses

Remember on Tuesday how I said I was catching up on bee blocks?

Well, in that envelope were two blocks for Ilse who lives in Victoria and is my swap partner for August with Quilting Block Swaps Australia.  Of course I haven't posted them yet, but look at what I received today in the post.

All from Ilse and all gorgeous! Aren't they just so cute? I really am such a lucky girl!

I always make 2 blocks for my partners, so now of course I will have to make one more for Ilse!

Lucky I hadn't been to the post office, now I can take pics also....

Catching up Again!

I have been catching up on blocks again - have done the bee blocks that I owe, so I'm almost up to date:

This one was great, but my goodness, the tiny little pieces!! I won't be doing this in a hurry again!

The envelope sitting on top of the boxes is the other block I finished today - forgot to take a picture of that one, so I will ask the recipient to send me a pic for here - I really liked that one..

If you look really closely, you'll see Tommy outside the door, being the usual sticky beak! He might be missing something..

Evening crochet continues - I don't know if it's actually doing my fingers any good but at least I'm getting lots made!!

There's an update on the Knitting and Crochet page, so go take a look...