Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Not a idle moment


Last week I had a customer who loved my previous Lipgloss Girls bag and wanted to buy it... well, here is my new one...which I love even more! I sewed the whole of Thursday and Friday (my mom did the embroidery of the lips and glasses). The lace I used is from the rummage sale my mom and I visited in March and the braid I bought in Holland in 2010 - I am so glad I had a opportunity to use it.  This is the end result of last weeks post on Mistakes we make... well, how does the saying go : all is well that ends well!

I also managed to finish this mini quilt - my plan was to hand quilt this little one, but the classes are on a Thursday afternoon and I can't make it! So I stitched in the ditch and cross hatched it finished the binding on Friday evening. I wanted it done for Saturday as it was our quarterly Quilters Guild meeting and since I want to present it as a workshop, my example had to be done. I LOVE these feedsack prints!
Well, my prize from OPAM 2012 arrived in the mail on Saturday - thanks Peg! I am in need of a bookmark, as my current one is the pamphlet of how to use Mandy wax strips! The bag has three beautiful stitcheries, another OPAM in the making???
Finally, I quilted this quilt yesterday. My mom and I made it in December for a friend of ours who is turning 60 soon. She bought a lot of fabric a few years ago but never got into quilting, so we decided to make her a quilt from all her own fabric. All that we bought was the outside border. Now my mom just needs to do the binding.   
What I didn't mention was: as I was finishing off this quilt this morning, I sewed RIGHT through my finger - broke the needle in 3 pieces... not once but TWICE! Is there any excuses for being blond????   

5 comments:

  1. Pragtige projekte. Ek is veral versot op jou sak.
    Geluk met die wen van die OPAM projekte.Geniet die boorduurwerk projekte!

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    1. Dankie Elzaan, dit was harde werk maar so lekker!

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  2. What an adorable bag! I bet they would be easy to sell if you ever decided on doing that. I love the colors of your mini quilt. So nice of you to make that quilt for your friend. I'm sure she'll love it. Hope your finger's better!!

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  3. jy is omtrent n busy bee!!! baie mooi sak en kwilts. ek hou veral van jou ma se vriendin se kwilt, ek kan dalk al my scraps so opwerk.xx

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  4. Hello! I just love your new Lipgloss Girls bag! well done

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