November FMQ Challenge

Well I have stitched my challenge for November not to happy with it I'm a bit under the weather again, now I have ti flu which I have had for two weeks now! I will be trying this again when I am feeling better.

 Finally finished my Halberg Challenge which should have been finished at the end of September, better late than never!!!!!!

 

Prince Charles and Camilla came to FEILDING for a visit while touring New Zealand, Camilla went to Palmerston North while Prince Charles went on to visit a farm.  We live around the corner from the road he was traveling, so many people took the opportunity to see him.  The main road out to the farm was near about three schools, so they had all come out to watch him pass by!!!!!  

 

Table Cloth Quilt

 

I just had to try out FMQ an old table cloth, I bought this cloth from the arts recycling centre.  The cloth cost me 30 cents and it had quite a few holes in it.  It is amazing how it is very hard to see were they are now.

  The photo below is the back of the quilt.

 

Lucy JUST has to test my quilting!!!!!!!!!! I think it has passed the test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Lucy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

Quilted table napkin

Well!!!!!!! I just had to try quilting some linen onto a background fabric!   Cindy Needham does the most amazing quilting using old linen pieces, check out her blog here:  http://blog.cindyneedham.com/
I hope this is just the beginning for me as I love the work Cindy does.  I was very lucky and win some of her E-Books June though the FMQ challenge I am doing with SewCalGal.   You can find her blog here: http://sewcalgal.blogspot.co.nz/p/free-motion-quilt-challenge.html

October FMQ Challenge

My October Challenge quilting is done on my quilt sample and below is quilting on a fabric with a little bit of shine to it.  I may turn this piece into a cushion cover!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Saturday 13th Oct 2012 the day started at 9-30am with a class with Barbara Pritchard making a notebook cover. We used water soluble wax pastels to make our background fabric, then added flowers which we then free motion quilted them down.  I left the class early because I was going to a lecture in Palmerston North.  The lecture was given by Rosalie Dace she is from Durban, South Africa   (www.rosaliedace.co.za/)  Very interesting lecture.  From there I had to rush off to a surprise dinner for friend I used to work with many many years ago it was her 60th birthday.  So today I am just lazying about, I have finished the notebook cover today adding some beads!!!!!!!!!!

Septembers FMQ Challenge

Well!  I have finally stitched my September FMQ challenge!!!!!!!   I am really am struggling  trying to keep up with these, I will have to do the Treadle ones at a later date when I can catch up with extra sleep and less work ( child minding ) is very tiring!!!!!!!!!!

Quilting on the treadle at the Quilt Exhibition

 

I demonstrated  Free Motion Quilting on a treadle sewing machine for three days of Rose City Quilters exhibition.  I quilted seven and half cushion front top pieces. And had a workout as well, just joking!!!!!

 A closeup of the free motion quilting on the treadle.

 Three of the pieces I did on the weekend!!

Rose City Quilters had a fabric house challenge, I got carried away and made three!  I made a Mouse house, A smurf house and a fairy house. The judging was by the public voting,made by a gold coin vote.  I think there must have been a lot of children voting because my smurf house won!! !  How embarrassing as the other houses were SOOOOO beautiful with so much work put into them.
The ginger bread house got second it is beautiful it was made by Jill Hogg and my tree stump house was third!!