Track Suit

I finished a track suit intended for my son, Trevor jr, but as he is already 14, the track suit will now go to Aiden - our grandson who is now 7 weeks old.  Why I haven't finished it at the time, I really don't know.  All that needs to be done, was to add the ribbing.

The finished track suit for 2 to 3 year.

Aiden Matthew Driver born 12 December 2013 - on my birthday!

Trevor jr at a Womens Walk event last year to raise awareness for Breast Cancer.

The Art of Quilting Sampler Quilt - Blocks 62 to 64

Another 3 blocks finished and block 56 fixed.

The Art of Quilting Sampler Quilt - Blocks 46 to 47 and 52 to 60

Another 11 blocks finished and ready to be added to the assembled top.

Blocks 46-47 and 53-54

Blocks 52 and 59-60

Blocks 55 to 58 (made a mistake with one block though and only discover it afterwards - will have to unpick the whole block.  Not so nice :-(



5th Simply Chic Carryall finished

The 5th Simply Chic Carry All I wrote about in this post, is finished.  I gave the bag to a dear friend and former colleague (of about 25 years) of mine, Sonia Botes.  She wanted one ever since she saw mine and when she was retrenched last November, I decided to make her one just to say thank you for her friendship, her prayers for me and my family and for just being there all these years.

The front

The back

The inside without the removable insert

and with the insert.

The lucky lady.

Birthday presents for group

This year I decided to embroider a bookmark for each of the the Rotary Cutters quilters.  I can't remember where I downloaded this well digitized and gorgeous free design which doesn't come undone as so may free standing lace designs sometimes does.

I added this inspirational verse as well as a chocolate bar:

The Word is like  bread, every chapter is a slice and every verse a bite.  Prayer is your butter and praise your jam.  You don't have to eat dry bread ever again when you make Gods word your own and invite the Holy Ghost into your heart.

Oranje Quilters Guild last quaterly meeting for 2013

At our last meeting for the year, a few of our group's ladies showcased their Innovative Quilts.

Dalene van der Colf with her beautiful butterflies

Hanlie Hoffmann also opted for the butterflies, equally beautiful.



My friend of 32 years, Rika van der Merwe, started quilting at the end of last year and decided to do this quilt as her Beginners project.  It turned out absolutely beautiful with her quilting attracting a lot of attention and compliments.  Well done!

And the 3rd place Viewer's Choice:

Me!

Simply Chic Carryall

Maresa Pretorius, my embroidery friend of more than 15 years, invited me in 2010 to join her and her sister in law, Annelie Opperman (which have also became a close friend of mine since we started quilting together in August 2010) to make these bags under the guidance of Marie Coetzee, our local Pfaff dealer.  I had no idea what the bag looked like at the time, but trusted Maresa that it would be well worth it.  And was she right!

Closed, the bag looks like this:

The inside pockets:

 

And the removable insert with lots of little compartments (I made 2 for my bag) :

 

This is not a cheap or fast project, but I can really recommend it.  I take my bag everywhere I go and it is always a hit.  Everybody wants one!  So, if you are not in Bloemfontein or close to a Pfaff dealer, you can get the pattern here at Michelle's Designs and make yourself one.  You will be forever grateful as all your quilting stuff (needlework or embroidery etc.) will be neatly stored in one place. 

 

I finished my bag just before starting quilt classes and is busy making the 5th one.  Only very special friends and/or family qualify for such a gift  :-)

 

Herewith photo's of my bag - stuffed to the brim. 

 

The bag opened with both removable inserts on top of each other held in place with Velcro.

The 2nd removable insert.

The inside pockets

 



Packed and ready to go with everything in it's place!