Old Chinwag Craft Board Block Swap 2007

Sometime in early 2007, the Craft Board quilters got together and organised a Block Swap. We had to design and prepare enough blocks to make a quilt for ourselves, provide the first block completed and send the package on to the other crafty people in the swap.
We each completed a block in everyone's set.
My quilt was for my grandsons' bedroom in my home. I set a theme of teddy bears and boy's toys.
Most of these quilts have been finished for some time....... but.... I could not make a decision on how to do mine until recently.
I learned so much in that year and can't thank everyone who was involved enough! My applique skills are much improved.
So, thank you ♥
Sewinggilly123
Nanarener
Nelson333Nelson
T Hugs
Billngrace
Patcher246
Tasfleur
I have also sewn the labels of the blockmakers onto the back of the quilt, behind the relevant blocks.
I made mine into a quillow, a quilt that folds into a pillow, so one of the blocks is on the back of the quilt and when folded into it, becomes a pillow.
My 3 yo grandaughter looked at it and said "Gran, that is brilliant" and that is a good recommendation, so I have to thank everyone who was involved.
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keeliaclare
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LOL for chuk, yay you are a quilter..... I no longer have a dining room either!

And guess where I intend to spend a perfectly good sunny Sunday....at a Quilt Fair instead of outside in the garden!

The garden was my passion until I discovered fabric.......


Pieceful, love those jokes, I'm going to print them out and put them on the fridge:^O
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Oh dear Karen - not like ironing tsk tsk BUT I have a solution


Send it all to me and I will iron it all lubberly for you then I will STEAL it


LOL Seriously I really do like ironing I find it theraputic

well....not likely miss gilly.........:^O
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bunderella*
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gilly wif a g ironing is a swear word lol

still no machine back from janome grrrrrrrr
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Well Karen it was worth a try !!!!



And Bundy ( only 19 days to go but whose counting) I does so love smoothing things out with a nice hot iron Its about the only time that I make anything tidy - usually I am messing things up

and BTW girls it is now official that I am certifiable, I have been doing some paper pieced animal blocks today and the ears are about 1/2" triangles NEVER again
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chuk_77
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GGGRRR!!!!! putting the border on a baby quilt. Doing it in record time. Measured pinned cut sewed and TOO SHORT!!!!!!
rant over
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chuk_77
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ok I've finished the quilt top. pics in a sec. I'm preety happy with it.
This is a thank you to OH's mate who fixed my car but would not accept money for it so I put the money into this instead
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chuk_77
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Pic doesn't show colours properly it's all yellows and green just looks orange


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That's really nice. Does he know he is getting it?
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chuk_77
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thanks rosie, no he doesn't he's coming back to work on OH's ute so I'm gunna give it to him then. I should probably state his OH and him are having a baby. I'm not giving him a baby quilt.
Oh my that looked kinda confusing:^O
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Re: Old Chinwag Craft Board Block Swap 2007

I did wonder about it being a man's quilt - LOL
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