Ideas

I will be over in VA from 25th April as I mentioned. Will be there for 3
weeks and have a feeling I will have time on my hands and was looking for
suggestions for a kit or ideas so that I could buy from here and have it
delivered to sil in VA to have some sewing ready for me when I get there. I
will have to hand sew (yuck) but that is better than nothing!I could take
cutter and board etc but hoping there might be something ready to go! If you
have ant thoughts I would be grtful! TIA
--
Estelle UK
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gal.../ph//my_photos


--
Estelle UK
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gal.../ph//my_photos

Well....

If you are in the mood for hand piecing you could order the great
templates from http://www.ardcotemplates.com and then either go fabric
shopping when you get there or order fabric for whatever you dream up
from another shop.

Or you could order a bundle of coordinated fat quarters to go with your
templates. My favorite ones are sweet treats from Pincushion
Boutiquehttp://www.sweettreat.com/index2.html You don't have to join
the monthly club, you can just order one (look under "Featured Sweet
Treats" and "Sweet Treat Archive".

A quite famous hand piecer is Jinny Beyer. She has free block patterns
on her website that you can combine with fabrics you order or you can
order one of her kits (there are 53 of them!) lots to choose from.
http://www.jinnybeyer.com

Appliqué is another hand work option. I quite like Pat Campbell's
patterns. http://www.patcampbell.com/pages/patterns.html

Or, for something unique to America, how about Hawaiian appliqué? Nancy
Lee Chong has some nice patterns although not all traditional.
http://www.prqc.com/ You can also purchase fabrics and thread from them.

Since you'll be in Virginia, you could order fabric, whatever notions
you need or even a kit from http://www.virginiaquilter.com/

Happy shopping!

marcella



In article ,
"Estelle Gallagher" wrote:

I will be over in VA from 25th April as I mentioned. Will be there for 3
weeks and have a feeling I will have time on my hands and was looking for
suggestions for a kit or ideas so that I could buy from here and have it
delivered to sil in VA to have some sewing ready for me when I get there. I
will have to hand sew (yuck) but that is better than nothing!I could take
cutter and board etc but hoping there might be something ready to go! If you
have ant thoughts I would be grtful! TIA
--
Estelle UK

What about a pre-cut Quilt? I noticed that a few of the Jinny Beyer's
ones are precut, (and also some paper pieced ones with little
rectagles already cut). Also if you Google 'pre cut quilt kits', there
are lots, including well known names - Fons and Porter have a bright
Storm at Sea that I think is in their current issue.

This would mean that you wouldn't have to take much cutting equipment
with you and would also be easier in a non-quilting household! All you
would need to take would be scissors, needles and thread, and a pencil
and little ruler to mark seams with.

--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin




On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:16:36 -0800, Marcella Peek
wrote:

Well....

If you are in the mood for hand piecing you could order the great
templates from http://www.ardcotemplates.com and then either go fabric
shopping when you get there or order fabric for whatever you dream up
from another shop.

Or you could order a bundle of coordinated fat quarters to go with your
templates. My favorite ones are sweet treats from Pincushion
Boutiquehttp://www.sweettreat.com/index2.html You don't have to join
the monthly club, you can just order one (look under "Featured Sweet
Treats" and "Sweet Treat Archive".

A quite famous hand piecer is Jinny Beyer. She has free block patterns
on her website that you can combine with fabrics you order or you can
order one of her kits (there are 53 of them!) lots to choose from.
http://www.jinnybeyer.com

Appliqué is another hand work option. I quite like Pat Campbell's
patterns. http://www.patcampbell.com/pages/patterns.html

Or, for something unique to America, how about Hawaiian appliqué? Nancy
Lee Chong has some nice patterns although not all traditional.
http://www.prqc.com/ You can also purchase fabrics and thread from them.

Since you'll be in Virginia, you could order fabric, whatever notions
you need or even a kit from http://www.virginiaquilter.com/

Happy shopping!

marcella



In article ,
"Estelle Gallagher" wrote:

I will be over in VA from 25th April as I mentioned. Will be there for 3
weeks and have a feeling I will have time on my hands and was looking for
suggestions for a kit or ideas so that I could buy from here and have it
delivered to sil in VA to have some sewing ready for me when I get there. I
will have to hand sew (yuck) but that is better than nothing!I could take
cutter and board etc but hoping there might be something ready to go! If you
have ant thoughts I would be grtful! TIA
--
Estelle UK

I went to your quilt photos to see what you'd done. Aha. No Sunbonnet Sue.
No crazy. Think about doing before your trip some Sues that need
embellishment. Your could do the blocks and slip them in your
clothing/luggage, one that needs a bit of handstitched lace, one wanting
some stuffing in balloons, one with daisy chain embroidery, you've got the
idea but I don't know how much time you have.
Or - you could do a few blocks of crazy in velvet, silk and satin.
Carry some embroidery stuff with you and embellish to your heart's content.
If you only return home with enough for a pillow - no matter. At least
you didn't kill anyone with a severe case of 'quilting withdrawal syndrome'.
We are about to do a mountain camping trip and I'm always concerned
about stitching to take. Carrying even a featherweight in a backpack is
not an option. Hope you didn't think great-grandmothers were Little
Helpless Old Ladies. Polly

How about embellishing a crazy quilt?

Shana

Ah Polly,I did'nt think that for 1 minute,Sorry to say I've only reached the
grandmother of 6 stage.!lol. Thankyou for your ideas. I have done SB Sue for
the girlies in my life,pre digi camera and have covered crazy in my city and
guilds.Had forgotten them though and a timely reminder is good!Thank you!
Estelle uk
"Polly Esther" wrote in message
news
I went to your quilt photos to see what you'd done. Aha. No Sunbonnet
Sue. No crazy. Think about doing before your trip some Sues that need
embellishment. Your could do the blocks and slip them in your
clothing/luggage, one that needs a bit of handstitched lace, one wanting
some stuffing in balloons, one with daisy chain embroidery, you've got the
idea but I don't know how much time you have.
Or - you could do a few blocks of crazy in velvet, silk and satin.
Carry some embroidery stuff with you and embellish to your heart's
content.
If you only return home with enough for a pillow - no matter. At least
you didn't kill anyone with a severe case of 'quilting withdrawal
syndrome'.
We are about to do a mountain camping trip and I'm always concerned
about stitching to take. Carrying even a featherweight in a backpack is
not an option. Hope you didn't think great-grandmothers were Little
Helpless Old Ladies. Polly

Thanks Marcella, I have just ordered from Nancy Lee Chong 3 patterns. Very
ambitious!! lol Will get the fabrics over there I think! These will make me
slow down and not try and get everything done yesterday! Thank you for
taking the time to answer me Estelle uk
"Marcella Peek" wrote in message
...
Well....

If you are in the mood for hand piecing you could order the great
templates from http://www.ardcotemplates.com and then either go fabric
shopping when you get there or order fabric for whatever you dream up
from another shop.

Or you could order a bundle of coordinated fat quarters to go with your
templates. My favorite ones are sweet treats from Pincushion
Boutiquehttp://www.sweettreat.com/index2.html You don't have to join
the monthly club, you can just order one (look under "Featured Sweet
Treats" and "Sweet Treat Archive".

A quite famous hand piecer is Jinny Beyer. She has free block patterns
on her website that you can combine with fabrics you order or you can
order one of her kits (there are 53 of them!) lots to choose from.
http://www.jinnybeyer.com

Appliqué is another hand work option. I quite like Pat Campbell's
patterns. http://www.patcampbell.com/pages/patterns.html

Or, for something unique to America, how about Hawaiian appliqué? Nancy
Lee Chong has some nice patterns although not all traditional.
http://www.prqc.com/ You can also purchase fabrics and thread from them.

Since you'll be in Virginia, you could order fabric, whatever notions
you need or even a kit from http://www.virginiaquilter.com/

Happy shopping!

marcella



In article ,
"Estelle Gallagher" wrote:

I will be over in VA from 25th April as I mentioned. Will be there for 3
weeks and have a feeling I will have time on my hands and was looking for
suggestions for a kit or ideas so that I could buy from here and have it
delivered to sil in VA to have some sewing ready for me when I get there.
I
will have to hand sew (yuck) but that is better than nothing!I could take
cutter and board etc but hoping there might be something ready to go! If
you
have ant thoughts I would be grtful! TIA
--
Estelle UK

Thankyou Shana. I could easily take embellishments with me,they dont take up
too much space! Just need to make a crazy first!
--
Estelle UK
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gal.../ph//my_photos

"craftydragon1951" wrote in message
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How about embellishing a crazy quilt?

Shana

I was thinking of hand piecing the crazy part too. (Not always good at
writing down everything I'm thinking.) All you would need in advance
is the foundation pieces cut.

Enjoy your trip.

Shana

In article ,
"Estelle Gallagher" wrote:

Thanks Marcella, I have just ordered from Nancy Lee Chong 3 patterns. Very
ambitious!! lol Will get the fabrics over there I think! These will make me
slow down and not try and get everything done yesterday! Thank you for
taking the time to answer me Estelle uk

Glad you found something to keep you busy.

Well....which patterns did you get?

I have Tropical Floral 2 and Woodland Lei. I've made the breadfruit
block from the first pattern (for a class) and that is as far as I've
gotten.


marcella