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Jaytee


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We are expecting our first grandchild, a girl, in late March 2014.

Our son asked me to make a cot quilt for her. 

I have made many patchwork quilts but have not done applique before so thought I should give it a go.

I will give it to our son and his wife on Christmas Day along with other bits and pieces I have made for the baby.

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It looks lovely Jeanne, you have done a marvellous job. I'm sure your new granddaughter will love it when she is a bit older. Brenda.

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That looks beautiful Jeanne. I am not good at sewing and envy those that can. Ditto Brenda's comments!


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Unusual for a bloke to comment.But what a great job,looks beautiful..I used to do tapestries until the eyes let me down..But when I see nice work that is worth a comment. Both my wife and I agree.Well done, and as stated your Grand daughter will appreciate it as she gets older.....Alan...

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Jaytee


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Brenda, Gail, Alan and Adele - thanks for your wonderful comments. Alan I'm sorry you can't do tapestries anymore, are you able to do any other crafts? and I do appreciate a bloke comment

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That's beautiful Jaytee. Hope they liked t.

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Jeanne, the quilt is lovely. I do like the colours .

 

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Sorry to take so long Jeanne. Yes I do other craft things. Crochet knitting Cards and paint by numbers.Tried making paper flowers but not very successful. Have not done much in the last couple of years as I said the eyes let me down..Started knitting 40 years ago and made my son and daughter a pair of booties each..Have made scarves and pullovers but have none of these things still in my possession . I challenge the other guys on the forum to come forward with their crafting abilities.Dont be shy lads...Alan the Mongrel..

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This really is a  beautiful quilt. 

 

Regarding men knitting, my dad would have been 100 this year. He was taught knitting as rehabilitation after an accident, well more than 65 years ago at least. He was a beautiful knitter and did all our jumpers, gloves etc.

 

Loved reading about other men knitting on here, it brought back some instant, great memories of dad.

 

Thanks and and enjoy your crafts. They do contribute to great memories .

cheers Dianne 



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My grandfather used to knit socks during the war. Thought he would give a hand when the ladies in the family sat around knitting each evening.

Back in the 1950's My sisters first husband  used to do the most beautiful embroidery .he was very ill with kidney failure and spent weeks in bed . He would watch my  Mother do embroidery and thought he would give it a try to stop the boredom. He made supper cloths and duchess sets which when he finished my Mother would crochet around them . They are still being used by my sister 60 yrs later.  Sadly he died at 26yrs old but left a lovely reminder to his family.

 



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Jaytee


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It's good to hear about men knitting, doing embroidery etc . . . Doing any craft work is better than sitting around complaining about how bored one is!

I am surprised at the number of women who have no idea of how to take up a hem or sew on a button, I have two daughters in law and a sister in law who leave it to their husbands to do those minor sewing tasks.

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What a beautiful cot quilt, Jeanne. I would have liked to be there on Christmas Day when you gave it to your son :)

Lovely to hear of men crafting here too. One of my good male friends has long been a tapestry maker.

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Beautiful quilt Jeanne, your Granddaughter will treasure it I am sure.

How did you find the appliqué? What method did you use?

We have two granddaughters, 13 months and 7 months. It has been wonderful making pram, cot, floor quilts, wall hangings and lots of knitting and embroidery on shirts.

just a couple of photos of items I have made

 

 



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Here is a t shirt I made foe Chloe. 

I scanned the invitation, digitised the picture to include machine embroidery and applique. 

Very pleased with the way it turned out.



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I have never done appliqué before but was determined to at least give it a go. Our son had sent me a link to a quilt they liked and I googled baby quilts and made up my own design based on those ideas.

I used Vlisofix and sewed around by hand, I thought I would make a mess if I tried machine sewing the appliqué. 

It it has been handy knowing that the coming baby is a girl, it has given me plenty of time to make girly things for her.

Goliver your quilts and appliqué are lovely and Chloe is beautiful!

I don't understand your method of digitising the invitation for your T shirt appliqué???



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Jaytee

I scanned the invitation as a jpg, then uploaded into Digitizer, a program I use to change the designs into embroidery or appliqué designs for my Janome Embroidery machine. My computer is attached to my machine by a special USB cable so I can then transfer the design to the machine.

Cheers

Glenda.

 



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Very nice Jeanane,

I am sure it will be welcomed with love.

Gloria.



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We have just been updated on our granddaughter's arrival time.

She will be born two weeks early by Caesarian on 12 March . . . Unless she gets impatient and decides she wants to meet us earlier!

She is already nearly 6lbs and is getting too big for her mum to carry, her dad was 12 lb 10 ozs so maybe it is in her genes even though our first two were about 4 lbs smaller than him.

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I can see lots of sewing and embroidery happening in the next month!

Glenda.



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