Mummy Made It

I thought I'd try my hand this week at a bit of dress-making.

Baby-Kalico dress-making!

I bought a lovely book which claimed to have 'full-size patterns'.

It didn't mention that ALL the full size patterns were printed on the 2 sheets

 and are just a mess of lines! :(

So I cut myself a pattern from one of Baby-Kalico's other dresses.

And made this little dress adding a flower that my mother had crocheted.

I can't wait to try some more!!

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And my 'Mummy' i.e. Granny-Kalico sent Baby H a parcel this week

which included this gorgeous knitted set:

It's still a little big, but it goes nicely with her new dress:

It's a shame my mother no longer knits for me,
but it's my own fault!: As a child
I don't think I appreciated all her hard work,
but I do now!!

I just can't believe how quickly she is growing up -
sitting up, giggling... it won't be long before she's off!

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Our strange cat seems to be able to make herself comfortable in any position :)

The Week That Was...

This was my week:

Monday went by in a bit of a blur...

Tuesday I dropped off my Cathedral Stars and a applique heart quilt

which will knock 2 UFO's off my list (as well as Vicky's quilts) at Chris for quilting -

I can't wait to get my quilts back and bound!!

Wednesday I went to a distant hospital for a CT scan of my legs.

If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny,

but the Radiographer asked me to straighten my leg as he said it was skew.

I replied: "That's why I am here!"

Vicky came with me to look after Baby-Kalico

while I was exposed to radiation :)

Afterwards we treated ourselves to a little fabric shopping...

I found some real treasures.

A lovely piece of Kaffe Fassett which will make a great backing:

And even a small piece of Tilda :)

We arrived back to find a parcel from Kate

which included 3 lovely quilt tops for Project Linus

and 2 gorgeous rose blocks for me!

Thanks Kate!

Somewhere between Thursday and Saturday I made this:

And put these together:

Friday we visited my SIL and I snapped a few photos of my little Kalicos:

And today I snapped these gorgeous sheep on the way home from the shops....

So that was a bit of my week (what I can remember LOL)

Happy Valentine's Day

A very old wallhanging made by moi...

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A Valentine card made by T for Grandma...

Love his 5 year old handwriting...

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A precious memory wallhanging

made by a dear friend

when I needed it most...

Thank you Anne!

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My funny Valentines:

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Wordless Wednesday - Yorkshire

Owl be back!

I had hoped to do the odd monthly BQL challenge this year

as the idea is to make something useful each month.

January was a sewing machine cover

and as I could really do with a sewing machine cover,

I hoped to join in.

Sadly, I only got as far as making my owl for the cover,

but hopefully I'll put it together soon...

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I have made another rose-star

this makes seven in total now

with a few more basted...

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I dug out my Cathedral Stars...
And managed to get ALL the borders on!

I must confess, it had been so long

since I used by beloved Janome

that I had forgotten how to thread the bobbin! -

Shame on me!!!

Now just the backing to make.

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My DH has been hard at work

renovating our garage into a sewing studio!

He has put sky-lights in...

And is working on new doors...

The walls have also been insulated and plastered,

I am looking forward to the big move 'outside'.

Thank you DH!!

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Baby-Kalico is now 15 weeks old
and is still wonderful...

Here she is unpacked after her little nap

(which allowed me to get 3 of the 8 border strips on LOL):

And here she is with her little friend...

These 2 girls know how to have a good time ;)

Number 7

Thoughts for Thursday

I'd like to share an email conversation with you

and I am assuming my friend Lisa doesn't mind...

Lisa: (commenting about my rose stars): they are all just beautiful !

look forward to see your final design !

Me: Thank you. Final design? What's that? I never seem to finish anything

Lisa: yes you will ! you finished the Bonnie Quilt didn’t you ?

Me: No I didn't :(

Well, I guess 'Bonnie's quilt' JUST needs borders, backing, quilting, binding...

Wordless Wednesday - Snow & Sun