Finished Tops
Birthday Block Swap
It took three years, but it's finally done! And now I have to work out what I'm actually going to do with it. It's not my style at all, not something I particularly want to keep, so...into the donation pile, perhaps? I need to find somewhere that will take quilt tops and turn them into quilts for charity...
Did all the blocks while at the Sydney Mod SQuad December super sew-in - good times, good hangouts, good people!
It's been a pleasure sewing with you ladies, and I look forward to sewing with you and the others in our group next year!
WIPs
Supernova Friendship Block Swap
Started another block at the Mod SQuad super sew-in:
The colour is awful - excuse the lighting.
The little things to the side are a set of coasters I'm making as a gift for a friend in Germany out of scraps. I have no shortage of scraps...
Plain Jane Passcaglia
Another rosette!
I think I'm going to have to set myself 30 minutes a day sewing these. 30 minutes a day sewing these and I'm set for the new year!
1 Hour Baskets
Mass production of hour baskets takes longer than 1 hour. But that's mostly because I umm and ahh over the fabric choices and colour combinations. What if it looks AWFUL?!?
Three were done on Friday night (the fourth one, I miscut the lining, then forgot to compensate)!
They were perfect as last-minute gifts for a baby shower I had on the Saturday morning.
Now I just have to finish the 4th...
Gertrude Made
I bought two dresses from Cathi during her Gertrude Made sale at the end of November - both size 12.
They're lovely dresses, however the waist is very short and I have a very long waist, and I think size 12 is a little large on me. However, size 10 would probably be snug. It seems I am (unfortunately) a size 11, which makes nicely-fitting dresses an iffy proposition on me. (So does all the food I love eating...)
Still, they’re lovely 'lounging' dresses for when I want to be pretty but relaxed.
I need to make some petticoats for them - something to fluff out the skirts a little; it'll improve the look significantly I think!
I Am Unmoved
Christmas presents
1. parents: NOPE
2. stepbro and SIL: NOPE
3. stepbro: NOPE
4. B1 & B2: NOPE
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This week is the Supernova Friendship, and the Parental Christmas Gift (because I just know it will take longer than planned; it always does).
I like both your dresses, although for some reason the one on the right (the white background fabric) looks as if it fits you better. I'm short waisted which I think is worse, being an in-between size makes it difficult to get good fitting clothes. Maybe contact Quilt NSW and see if they have someone that takes quilt tops for charity, most of the state quilt guilds do or know someone who will take them.
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