Well great mornin to y'all. It's now Saturday and I think I've figured out this blogging thing - ha ha. I still need to do some work to it so soz 'bout the lack of things on here still. 'Funky Frannies' is being made for DD's 15th birthday. We called it funky because of the bright colours in it. I've only got one more flower to satin stitch around and then I can cut the blocks to shape ready for the ultra cool 'n' awesome funky sashing. When the photos finally load I'll show you some piccys but until then think bright teenagerish and colourful.
KK now to Josephs Coat :D This is the end of week 1 - yes I was late to join but I'll get there. Again think super bright jellybeans and you'll get a pretty good idea of what I'm doing. It's all going on a navy background but you'll have to wait a week for the first block piccys. I'm REALLY excited. The colours are fabulous and the kids are LOVING them already. Anyhoo, my week 1 summary - day 1 - template with dodgy compass, obviously didn't work. Tried all sorts of other things but they still didn't work - hmmmm a trip to the shop - VOILA - one cool working, lock into size compass that takes 10 mins only to draft pattern - result - one beaming crazy lady!! Ha ha. Day 2 - cut template out of template plastic that is too hard to cut with scissors so end up with sore hands and wobbly jibobbly template, again not happy so I spy the lid to some store-bought biscuits, stole that and VOILA one cool template, once again one happy smiling crazy lady in our house. Day 3 - Can't find 'Stitch 'n' Wash' so I tried fusible tear away but found it a bit flimsy and didn't get a good result so I tried just printer paper and got great results ...... however ...... the template was the EXACT size of the melons on the pattern sheet but I hadn't allowed for the material so the result was a larger melon than I was hoping for. HAVE I MENTIONED I'M FUSSY :D and the points weren't what I had imagined so back to the template, cut it down slightly but only by a few millimeters to allow for the fabric and the glue stuck really really super dooper well and I couldn't figure out how to get the papers out from under the melons while I was sewing them down so I tried paper piecing sortof and am now in love with the results. Day 4 - Tacking the melon papers onto the materials and am now seriously in love with the quilt at this stage. The size is exact and the points are lethal. YAY I'm so happy now it's all figured out. Now I just need to figure out how to get these photos up and on here.
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