soapdragon Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 How terribly odd! I thought exactly the same when I was looking and had to do a double take I think I was just glancing rather than looking properly! I still have a 3/4 done Kaffe Fassett cabbage on my frame started the year before ES (now 14) was born . Sadly, I seem to have mislaid the bag of wool (although I haven't looked REALLY hard for it ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Ditto to the double take! Glad I'm not the only one - the arm of the chair just looked like a thumb. I have some tapestries that I started in my teens but never completed, a bit of crewel work and all sorts wrapped into one. Lots of woodland animals (including a raccoon with a fluffy tail) - with the extra fluffy tails I distorted it so badly. I think I actually threw it away when we moved - I'd held on to it for all that time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Weeeeell.....this thread motivated me to hunt harder for the bag of wool and, guess what, I found it (thus proving how 'unhard' I'd looked before !) I've been stitching away like a mad one (!) this afternoon and now realise that it's about 7/8 to go! Am utterly determined to keep going until I finish it; I only gave up a few minutes ago when the light was so bad I couldn't tell one green from another (there are a LOT of different greens in a cabbage!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I confess to having given away a barely started tapestry the other day. Had it about 15 years and finally decided it wasn’t for me. Still it’s gone to a good home. A member of a rag rugging club who does tapestry too. I’m still hanging onto the Laura Ashley patchwork which I think I started in the 70’s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) My first attempt at patchwork was also in my teens - hexagons. I was making a cushion to match my orange bedroom (well the carpet and curtains were orange) but the fabric was a dainty orange floral on a white background flannel with brown corduroy. I had no idea how to stop so it just grew to an oversized half. I never got around to the other side - absolutely hated cutting out the shapes, then cutting papers and sewing them on and then sewing together. Funny thing is English paper piecing is really popular at the moment and I really had enough of it. Not sure if I kept it or the fabric went to charity. I don't remember seeing it when I was putting things away here. As for my hand sewing long term project, I love my cathedral windows quilt. Edited February 17, 2019 by Valkyrie oops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Finally finished the crocodile stitch on my blanket. It has taken forever and two whole balls of wool. Hoping that slight puckering will stretch out as the blanket progresses 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Wow that's a pretty stitch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wow so pretty. That stitch looks so complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 My daughter’s blanket. Finally got a photo of it looking clean and tidy. It has been a bit too well loved of late but I managed to sneak it away to wash 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 That's a fab blanket ajm200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I have finished my Kaffe Fassett cabbage! Will post pics when I can find the lead for connecting the camera to the computer and got ES out of his foetid pit long enough to transfer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 So pretty ajm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 On 3/1/2019 at 8:50 PM, ajm200 said: My daughter’s blanket. Finally got a photo of it looking clean and tidy. It has been a bit too well loved of late but I managed to sneak it away to wash Expand Lovely blanket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) Making lap blankets for a charity. It’s working up fast. Started yesterday and 3 balls of wool gone already. Can’t decide if I like the colours but I have enough to make a blanket so it is what it is. Bit too much dirty grey Edited March 16, 2019 by ajm200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Wow you are quick. Just seen the post sorry or I'd have replied before. It's very pretty, lovely soft colours. Bet you've made another 4 by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Made another baby gift, this time for a different neighbour. They can stop making babies now... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Cute and perfect as always Cat tails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 2:09 PM, Plum said: Wow you are quick. Just seen the post sorry or I'd have replied before. It's very pretty, lovely soft colours. Bet you've made another 4 by now. Expand Almost finished one and halfway through two more. Lacking attention span Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Lovely AJM! And so cute Catsy. I showed restraint at Exeter Quilt show today. It was very quiet so had a big hands-on session with a longarm. Still need a bigger room though. I did buy some fabric to replace one I had run out of - and now I can make that top a bit bigger. But the best thing was - Plum's quilts were there and she had a 1st rosette by the side! Well done Plum - I didn't realise they were so small and all the work that went in to making them, well, the prize is well deserved. There were lots of people wandering around and stopping to oooh at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Latest charity blanket. Made for a breast cancer charity but making a determined effort not to use the usual pink Have made one more but no photo yet. Will post tomorrow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Wow, how lovely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) That is a work of art! I must have another go at crochet.... Edited April 7, 2019 by Patricia W 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 This may need a sunglasses warning as it is very bright. Procrastinating and avoiding sewing in ends in the other blankets I have made to donate so I started another. Not got far as I began during my son’s OT appt this am so only a couple of hours in It’s about a foot sq atm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rachel84 Posted April 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2019 Just started a new picture of a Highland, I think it might take all year with the amount of fluff! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
