2011 Needlework Arts Challenge

**Spirit Deer** · 12-28-2011, 04:22 PM

All I got done was a fleece bag for my new camp lantern. But that gets rid of a piece of fleece for the Use It Up challenge, and protects the lantern, so good enough.

**Debbie-cat** · 12-28-2011, 04:26 PM

The quilt top looks great for just a beginner AP!

Great idea for arranging AP's sewing space SD! It looks so much better now!

**peanut** · 12-28-2011, 05:03 PM

I like the quilt top too AP. I don't think you should be too hard on yourself as a beginner. The border definitely looks "interesting". Not sure how they constructed it. Looks like a bunch of triangles pieced together, with the ends chopped off some. Love your colours.

**frugalfranny** · 12-29-2011, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by AP102209

Someday when we aren't broke I want to buy a wooden L shaped desk that I can use for my machines,

Even before then, you might be able to find something on CL........that is what I did in my kitchen.............it was an L shaped computer desk........just me.....so setting for me to eat, and the sewing machine faces out the slider. (my eating area is the small part of the L.......sewing is the larger part and has a small shelf above the back part.......just perfect for holding items/tools/patterns, etc.

That table was dirt cheap on CL...........but then you have to do the drawer thing...........with my shelf, I didn't need much......and has space beside the machine for quite a bit.

**AP102209** · 12-29-2011, 06:49 AM

That's true ff, I hadn't thought of that I'll have to check CL.

Peanut, it's color rectangles, with a white square sewn on the diagonal, with excess cut off then pressed open. Then sewn to an opposite of the same thing. Then sewn together with white squares on the corners.

This is the quilt my mom made me. Turns out she started it when I started college NINE years ago so I'd have something from home, and it took her this long to finish it. She said she finished it the night before Christmas eve lol. She gave me the extra squares she had so I made a pillow yesterday.

**peanut** · 12-29-2011, 09:17 AM

What a nice gift from your mom! As someone who has been working on a quilt for 35 years, I am in admiration she finished it. Gives me a bit of incentive here. i would be finished mine except the sucker is so big! And I don't like it anymore. I started hand quilting it. But I've switched to machine quilting the border. I simply don't have time to do the hand quilting. Plus the weight of the thing makes it very difficult to hand quilt on my lap. And no, there's no room for a big frame in the house.

worked a bit on my quilt top yesterday. Hopefully I can finish it today.

**Debbie-cat** · 12-29-2011, 09:40 AM

AP - what a wonderful quilt from your Mom!! A real treasure and the pillow is perfect.

It gives me incentive to work on my Mom's again. Will start again after she leaves tomorrow.

**frugalfranny** · 12-30-2011, 12:56 AM

Neat heirloom from your mom AP........that is cool.

Hey......it got done..........that is the important part!!

DID SHE SIGN AND DATE IT??????????????????????

If not................ you do it before you forget!!

My mother was very talented/creative and NOTHING WAS EVER SIGNED OR DATED!!!! I could have just SPIT when I found some
of her silk paintings she did..........a BUTTERFLY

......and a parrott.............nothing on them!!

wish my scanner was working........would post them.......damn
she was talented!

PUT HER NAME AND DATE IT NOW.....................even if you have to do it with a pen right now...........so you WON'T FORGET!!!

**AP102209** · 12-31-2011, 08:36 PM

Haven't done anything crafty lately...other than a bit of sewing on a scrappy-squares quilt that I started yesterday. Mostly cutting on that though.

My mom, sister, and I are going to start a craft/quilt etc day soon. That makes me happy...crafting with other humans! What an idea. My sister has never touched a sewing machine, so we get to teach her. That will be fun! At some point I'll also teach them both to knit.

**Spirit Deer** · 12-31-2011, 08:39 PM

How did you end up so crafty and they are not?

**madhen** · 12-31-2011, 10:31 PM

Set up a thread for 2012:

2012 Needlework Arts Challenge

**mom2three** · 01-04-2012, 08:50 PM

I didn't get much done in 2011, but it was certainly more than usual. I finished a baby sweater for a shower gift, finished a poncho that I started when my 11 year old was 4 for my 5 year old girl's birthday, knitted 3 dishclothes, and crocheted a lamb hat for my son for the Christmas concert. I did get a bit done on my brother's crossstitch piece, but it's still not finished. I'll tackle it this year.