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  • Logan4Logan4 Posts: 2,590
    That's right Obelixx, i do a bit of dress making and it takes longer than i think, but I'm pleased with it when it's finished.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087
    Me too.  Certainly can't do a whole garment in the time they give to contestants in the Sewing Bee!
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Lovely quilting @Obelixx.  I'm teaching myself to crochet at the moment.  Will post some piccies when I have a chance.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Logan4Logan4 Posts: 2,590
    Obelixx said:
    Me too.  Certainly can't do a whole garment in the time they give to contestants in the Sewing Bee!
    Yes  you're right.
    Lovely quilting @Obelixx.  I'm teaching myself to crochet at the moment.  Will post some piccies when I have a chance.
    That will be great, i only crochet blankets for the dogs.

  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Here is the latest stage in the learning process. 


    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    So cute Yvie. Love it.
    S. E. NSW
  • Logan4Logan4 Posts: 2,590
    That's lovely Yvie and for a beginner your so clever.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087
    Well done Yvie.   I can't get on with crochet at all, nit even to make squares.

    We've moved on to "quilt as you go" in machine patch.  Wonderful stuff, but it'll be a long time before I have enough to join up and show.  Hols and visitors for the next month.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Just caught up on this thread, some lovely things made here, the door wreath, simple but gorgeous you can change the flowers to suit the season.
    patchwork is lovely,  very good interpretation of the moon.
    granny square blanket is very nice, I love those projects that use up all the spare bits.

    crochet lamb is excellent, no one would know you are just a beginner.
    I'm crocheting a coat for step daughters baby girl due in July, I love knitting  and crocheting in fine wools/yarns. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087
    Went to an exhibition of patchwork on Wednesday - held annually at Nantes.

    They’ve loaded backwards so, from end to start, there’s the initial exhibit of a simple quilt in a boat as you enter.  Really liked this one and fairly simple to do for my level of expertise.

    Then the modern stuff, much done by machine and/or machine quilted.   Then some antiques all using variations of log cabin which is a basic block but here they’ve played with it to great effect.  Some are form the 19th century and all done by hand!!  Then some classic ones and more modern ones done by Oz and Japanese ladies and a Brit and there was a lady from the USA who believe the back of a quilt should be beautiful too so does double sided quilts………  The ones with the corner turned up so you can see.

    All in all some interesting stuff and some horrors too.

    https://ibb.co/album/iBZomF 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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