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Jul 24, 2015 11:08PM
They look amazing!
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Some of the people hadn't done much of this kind of thing before so it was good to get them to take part! They did a good job despite their nerves.
They're fabulous, Lexie. Terrific colours.
They're beautiful patterns. The same designer has now produced a Noah's Ark - very tempting!
Oh that does sound tempting! I bought Janet Bolton's book on making a Noah's Ark quilt (Mrs Noah's patchwork quilt) cos I just love the pictures!
Mm, have to say I'm not tempted (thankfully) Lexie. Not my style I think. That's saved me a load of money! Mind you, I'm heading for the Quilt Festival at the NEC next week, so I'll be spending all my spare pennies there
Karen wrote: "Oh that does sound tempting! I bought Janet Bolton's book on making a Noah's Ark quilt (Mrs Noah's patchwork quilt) cos I just love the pictures!"Karen, the Noah's Ark quilt should be relatively simple, it's only two-by-two after all ...
Ha ha indeed, Gaff!And I love that cake, GL. Far too good to eat. Nah, no cake looks that good... Tuck in.
Managed to spend virtually all my pennies at the NEC quilt festival today. Soo many things I didn't realise I needed. As one lady said, we aren't hoarding fabric, we are curating it.
Find any good ideas for your Noah's Ark?
Unfortunately I have plenty of ideas for a Noah's Ark - it's just the time I could do with buying! I've already dug my heels in and told my other half I am not ironing his stuff any more... he's coping. Grumbling, but coping! I've got an alphabet quilt on the go, all designed and drawn up, then the wedding happened, so I'm still only on 'C'
The tapestries are gorgeous Lexie.
Thanks - it's taken a bit of tweaking to get them to hang straight, but let's just say I've learned a great deal from the experience!Now trying to knit a cardigan and a jersey in time for Christmas. Jersey looks complex but isn't causing problems, cardigan looks simple but I just keep making mistakes!
Aaaah!! Cross stitching for the first time in a looooong time!! Forgot how hard it is with 3 strands!! Enjoying it though :-)
https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...I started it over 2 years ago for my cousins first child!! She now has two so I am going to try to put both of their names and dob on it!!
I had the urge to stitch this week so am hoping I will keep going til it is finished else the boys will be teenagers before it is done!!!
Ha! I was wondering how you were getting on with that Emma! I still haven't finished the one I was working on either.
I love doing it but it is so easy not to, if you get what I mean!! Hadn't realised it had been so long since I last picked it up!! Has to be at least a year!
I might have done a little when Kitty was really tiny but I'm too tired in the evenings now and I prefer to colour in instead...
I have an adult colouring book too!! Have rubbish pencils though so need to get some more
I like my stadtler ones, I got them on Amazon
Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "I like my stadtler ones, I got them on Amazon"Mine are the same make, it is more the colour choice I don't like so just need to get some more for more choice else I get bored!!
Yeah, I'd like a wider range of colours too 24 just isn't enough
Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "Yeah, I'd like a wider range of colours too 24 just isn't enough"You need at least 50 shades of grey...
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "Yeah, I'd like a wider range of colours too 24 just isn't enough"You need at least 50 shades of grey..."
Boom boom!
Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "How about this set? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prismacolor-P..."They are amazing!!! Not sure I can justify £50 odd on colouring pencils lol!! I could try and say I would take up my sketching again but not sure I would!!
Rosemary (The Nosemanny) wrote: "Bloody hellhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland..."
bloody hell just about sums it up!
Lexie wrote: "Hear hear! Good heavens."they'll probably keep it with the stone of scone
I suspect a Dan Brown-type conspiracy, given the subject of the panel ...
Yes, probably been swiped by the Rosicrucians.
Managing to find a bit more time to get on with the ABC quilt I started a while back. I've just done H for Hippo. Last night's quilt group was good - we had Annette Emms as a speaker - and she brought pairs of the fairy shoes (and elf shoes) she makes... 2.5 inch long, beaded and hand embroidered. I showed some of the pics to my Other Halfhttp://www.annetteemms.co.uk/gallery_...
He couldn't see the point! Bless.
We noticed the Christmas fairy ones yesterday... guess what I now want to do for the Christmas tree! Not that my sewing/embroidery skills are up to hers.
Everyone busy crafting for Christmas? I don't seem to have finished any of my projects this year (apart from the Little Village wall hanging) and I know I'll have to make a start on cards very shortly. Anyway, I did have a lovely time at the NEC last week and bought lots of sparkly card ready for action!
Was doing a cardigan for someone, lovely silky grey wool, simple pattern which for some reason I just couldn't get right! However, that's been put on hold and I'm concentrating on a thick sweater for someone else, and a little hoodie for a toddler (great to knit something small for a change again!). Had a series of hand injuries so I had to prioritise! The Noah's Ark tapestry has been requested by the church so that is on the frame but nothing has been done with it yet - I'm thinking maybe Easter (but I'm not saying which year!). I've delegated most of the card making, thank goodness.
Not something I've crafted but something I've seen. A chap I know has taken to making biros in his retirement. You buy a kit which contains the metal bits and the refill and you then hand turn on a lathe a wooden sleeve which replaces the plastic you get on a pen you buyI've traded a couple of them for books so we've both got 'different' Christmas presents to give :-)
His pens are nice, they've got a little more weight than the plastic ones you buy and feel nicer
Jim wrote: "Not something I've crafted but something I've seen. A chap I know has taken to making biros in his retirement. You buy a kit which contains the metal bits and the refill and you then hand turn on a..."That's different - and sounds lovely.
My sewing machine comes back today!!! (unless they turn up after 5)I'm so excited!! I have to make a Little mermaid costume for the 28th I have the fins sorted but need to fashion something for my top half! I'm hoping Primark will have long sleeved tan coloured tops
Love the sound of the Little Mermaid costume!and those biros, what a great idea.
Apparently it's now 5 weeks to Christmas, so I think I might quietly start panicking.
It isn't quite working out to plan... The material wasn't the right sort for leggings so I am in the process of making a skirt instead.
A mermaid skirt? Something fishy about that if you ask me
I thought so too, but then the scales fell from my eyes ...
There's a fishmonger in Dubin which has the slogan 'If it swims, we sell it.' I always want to go in and ask for a pound of mermaid...
Or sewage.(Sorry)
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