British Club Quilt Show

Tuesday was the quilt show at the British Club.  This is the one time of year when all the quilting groups in Singapore come lunch together and show off their quilts.  The quilts were great and varied greatly in colour and style.

This year seemed to be busier than last year and there were many more vendors there. It was great to  meet some of the other vendors and learn about what is available here in Singapore.  It was great to meet the guys from Schmetz needles and  from Ban Soon Sewing Machines.

My table with my quilt "red/purple woven" in the background

I had a great time and my hand dyed fabrics, postcards and christmas tags were well received.  The shibori dyes were a real hit!

A BIG THANK YOU to all who organised this event and also to those that bought fabrics/postcards/christmas tags from me.  I do hope you make something beautiful with what you bought and I hope I will get to see what you make from it. (maybe in next years show???)

I'm sorry I don't have photos of the other quilts as I had forgotten my camera (dumb I know!)

It was a fun day but very tiring.  I had a sewing class directly after this so by the time I got home I was shattered!  6.30pm and my lights were out!

I have a number of visitors coming next week and November so it's a good time to take a break from making postcards.

Happy Quilting!

Landscape postcards

Today was a great day to hole up in the sewing room and get creative:

The British Club Quilt exhibition is next week and I'm on the final stages of making fabric postcards.  Today I made 2 of the beach scene postcards, I love making these although they are quite fiddly to make and take quite a bit longer than the others.

This afternoon I have another sewing class.  Tuesday's class finally finished their bags this week.  The look on their faces was priceless!

Happy Quilting!

More, more and more!

Yesterday and today I got lots of work done in the sewing room in preparation for the British Club Quilt Challenge:

More fabric postcards, more Christmas tree tags and more rusted fabrics:

Remember that old rusty bicycle part?

This is how it turned out on the fabric.  I still need to do the other half of the fat quarter of fabric but am really pleased how it turned out.

I think I will need to visit a couple of bike repair shops here and see if I can scrounge up some more rusty parts - Only having one of these gems is just too time consuming

Tomorrow is ANZA Quilt Group day and Wednesday is dyeing day with my friend Jesse.

This week is looking good!

Happy Quilting!

Purple Rocks!

Today was the day for Purple - purple fabric postcards that is....

My apologies for the poor photo quality - my camera is charging (after we finally found the charger) so these were taken on my phone.

My dyes arrived from Dharma Trading today - Thanks Dharma for the super fast service!  Can't wait to dye some more fabric with my friend Jesse!

Today the girls in my Thursday class finished off their bags and we started cutting out the patterns for their new projects.

Seeing their faces when the bags were finally finished......priceless!

Happy Quilting

Bad mood blues

It's Official!

Yes, I was officially in a bad mood yesterday afternoon!

My day started off ok and then I decided to get a haircut (not my favourite thing) and then do some clothes shopping (definitely NOT my favourite thing!)

Needless to say I came home with very little (except frustration)  and forgot to buy some more ribbon which I needed.....

Solution:  Dive into the sewing room and make some more fabric postcards and Christmas Tags:

Ahh that's much better!

Fabric Postcards and Rusty fabric

Yesterday my DH took care of all the "householdy" type chores so I could spend the day in the sewing room.

The British Club Quilt Challenge is approaching fast (October 16) and there is still so much to do and make:

 I achieved 12 fabric postcards (some have duplicates) :

I have also been working on another "rusty" fabric piece

This one needed to be rusted two times as my rusty rack is not quite big enough to cover the whole fat quarter.

My aim is to make "interesting" and "different" fabrics.  I think these would look great in a wall hanging!

Found this rusty gem a while back.....I have great plans for this!

Happy Quilting!

sewing classes for kids

Wow! Has it REALLY been that long since I last blogged!

School has been back now for nearly 3 weeks and I don't feel that I have done anything "productive" in the sewing room.  (sewing names into uniforms doesn't count!)

The last two weeks though have been interesting...

Firstly, a quilter called Sue from Canada contacted me and said that she had read the article about me in last months Canadian Quilter and that she was coming to Singapore with her husband.  It was lovely meeting her and she came along twice to our ANZA Quilt group.  We are always delighted to meet other quilters from around the world!  Just drop me a note and let me know when you are coming!

Secondly, one of the new mothers at school is also a quilter and she is just as nuts about fabric and quilting as I am.  (Madness loves company!).  She too has come along to the ANZA Quilt group.

Thirdly, I have started sewing classes at the school.  I had 4 students on Tuesday and 4 today.  They range  from grade 1 to grade 8.  It was soo much fun and I am hoping that they enjoy sewing as much as I am enjoying teaching it.  We are using the kids can sew program.

The sewing machines that I bought in New Zealand last month are great and easy for the children to use.  The speed control button  is especially helpful for those that are "heavy footed"!

Now that life is getting back to normal again, I am hoping to do some more dyeing and make some more postcards for the Singapore Quilt Challenge on 16 October at the British Club.

Watch this space!

Happy Quilting!

Celebrating Mothers!

With Mothers Day just around the corner, I have been busy making Mothers Day Cards:

All cards available at My Etsy shop:
www.mariannebos.etsy.com

Jam Packed day 2

Here is a photo of the fabrics that I dyed yesterday.  Someone mentioned to me a while ago that the last batch of dyed fabrics had less "texture" so this time I made sure that these have more texture.  60 fat quarters in all!

I have also been busy making more fabric postcards.  I have made several with the puppies in sneakers but they are going out the door faster than I can make them!

I have also been making cards for Mothers Day which is just around the corner.  These too are disappearing faster than I can make them.

I guess that is a good problem to have!!!

Here are some of  todays creations:

Yes there are more but seeing my camera is "winging" it's way to Cambodia today I have to make do with taking photos on my phone.

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Happy Quilting!

Jam packed day

Today was jam packed with lots of "playing" with fabric and dyes

I made another of the "dogs in sneakers" postcards and also a "party on the beach" postcard:

I also dyed 60 fat quarters but they are still washing so a photo will follow tomorrow!

Time to catch up on the Free Motion Quilting challenge tomorrow!!

Happy Quilting!

Too busy sewing to blog!

I realise that it's been a couple of days since my last blog and that is because I have been so busy sewing and there just hasn't been enough time to blog about it.  On Monday I decided to tidy up the sewing room before starting sewing as it was just so messy that I couldn't find the things I needed.

I will be having a sales table at the upcoming Quilt Challenge held at the British Club on 25 October and I will be selling my postcards, christmas tree decorations and my hand dyed fabrics.

To date I have made 50 fabric postcards, 27 christmas tree ornaments and I still need to dye some more fabrics as I have sold most of the last batch I did.

These are the  christmas tree ornaments I made today:

There is also the rugby world cup on in New Zealand at the moment and so that has been busy with us having guests over to watch the games( funny how us being the only ones with the right cable channel suddenly makes you popular!)  We will be having more guests this weekend to watch the NZ vs Australia game.  Go New Zealand!!!!!

Yesterday was a break from the sewing machine and meet up with our ANZA quilting group.  My friend Ada from Canada was also there and she lent me the book she has written called "Crazy about Quilting - confessions of an average quilter" by Ada Moyle.

I really enjoying reading this book (so much so that we had to order pizza for dinner!)

This is a great book and sure to put a smile on any quilters face!

Today is also our 20th wedding anniversary and my husband and I are celebrating by going out for dinner.  I hope it stops raining before then.

Anyway thats all for now

Happy quilting!

Designed by Master Luke, Age 10

Sometimes adults spend too much time thinking and not enough doing.  Today I was stumped as to what to do with some rocket ship motifs that I had collected and along comes my son Luke,

he draws me a design and......

 "hey presto" another fabric postcard. 

I made several others today too but I still think Luke's card was by far the best!

He was really excited when I wrote " Designed by Luke" on the back.

Happy Quilting!

Quilting and great friends

This morning  I made some Japanese inspired postcards:

The thing I love about quilting (other than being able to "play" with fabric) is the fact that I meet lots of other lovely quilters from all around the world.

This morning I met up with my friend Ada from Canada and she came to our ANZA quilt group.  We met via our blogs two years ago (www.thelight-heartedquilter.blogspot.com) when she came to Singapore to visit her daughter and now she is back for the birth of a grandchild.

My friend Ada (standing) with some ladies from the ANZA Quilt Group

Ada also gave me two of her minature landscape quilts.

Aren't these just lovely!

It always nice catching up with quilting friends old and new, from close by or from far away.  Quilters are such a nice bunch!

Happy Quilting!

Christmas Cards galore!

Yippee, today I spent the day back in the sewing room.  It seems like ages since I have done any sewing althought it is only 2 weeks.  It time to start thinking about Christmas  and Christmas cards:

7 Cards in one day, I was "smokin" today!

I started on a new roll of fusible web today that I bought online (wonder under) and I had nothing but problems with it.  I've used fusibles for years now and never had any issues until today.  The backing just wouldn't peel away nicely and then it started to bubble the fabric.  Grrr. 

It had better behave tomorrow or I'm throwing it in the bin and heading off to spotlight!

Today I've also been in contact with the British Club who are holding a quilt challenge in November and I have booked a table where I can sell my cards and hand dyed fabric.

See you there!

Happy Quilting!

Artist trading cards

Last week a friend of mine asked if I could make some "artist trading cards" for him.

These are the ones I made:

Lighthouse

Four seasons tree

Psalm 9:10

These cards are 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.

The idea of working on something so small was pretty daunting but I loved making them and am pleased with the result.

Happy Quilting!

Suffering Bird brain!

Yes it's another bird fabric postcard.....

I think this might be the last bird for a while as I am starting to suffer a serious case of "Bird brain"!

Maybe an ocean view or landscape would be nice.....

Going a little bird crazy!

Here is the latest bird fabric postcard:

I am starting to feel a little "bird crazy".  Maybe it's the time I spend playing angry birds!
 Time for some more flowers or landscapes!

Revenge of the Pig!

Here is my latest postcard:

Set of 3

There wasn't much time for sewing today as the grocery shopping got in the way.  I guess it's only fair that my family wants to eat!

till  next time....

Beaches and flowers

Here are my two latest fabric postcards: Beaches and flowers:

Beaches

pink flower

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Whale - fabric Postcard

Here is the latest postcard:

Isnt this cute?!

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