Festival of Quilts & ufo's

This weeks Thursday thread hails from the beautiful bag kit by Siposne Cseh Margit that I bought at The Festival of Quilts in Birmingham earlier this month. I promised myself that I would finish a few of my ufo's before I started the bag.
Here are pictures of some ufo's I have finished since then. And in fact there wasn't much to do on any of them to finished them off. It was more a case of needing a push to get started or finished.
Not sure how 'tinternet managed to muddle up the order of the pics I have posted but.....
Top to bottom: close up of paisley fabrics in the paisley quilt top I have just finished.
Blue and white lap quilt for an injured soldier.
The above mentioned bag kit http://foltvilag.prestabox.com/
Paisley top complete - this is a nod to the paisley often used in Welsh quilts.
Another close up of the paisley blocks.
And finally another ufo finished. A baby quilt for the berievement midwife at Singleton Hospital Swansea.
Most of these projects are very convensional and 'just squares' but I do love patchwork squares.

Welsh quilt edging

Thursday Thread

I just realised I have missed two Thursday Threads. Not a very good start is it. So I have told myself off and issued a 'thought warning' to try harder. So what went on last week. Well we hand dyed pieces which we had stitched together last month. Using a plastic dropper to control where the dye went.
Hopfully you can see the stitching we had put into the work on the close-up. We were inspired by C. June Barnes . I am going to try and create a link. But haven't worked out how to do it on my phone yet.

Markel sticks

This weeks Thursday Thread shows us playing with markel sticks and encaistic (heated wax crayons) work yesterday with the talented Dian Smith.

Swansea quilters exhibition

This week (1-4th August) Swansea Quilters have their exhibition in Mumbles. As a Swansea Quilter myself a few of my pieces are on display. So for this weeks Thursday Thread I am posting somr pics from the exhibition.
Elvis is a miniature group quilt I made with three friends. It's A4 sized.
The second pic is miniatures too. The gold/yellow coloured quilt is another A4 sized one of mine. It's freemotioned machine quilted with a Welsh quilt pattern. The one on the back wall is a slightly bigger quilt which was designed to celebrate the Queen's jubilee. The cushion I had hoped showed my Paula Doyle cushion - but just in case I've put a pic of my Paula Doyle cushion in.

The Wednesday Quilters

Been quiet of late. But I'm going to commit to posting at least once a week to update my blog. So I have picked Thursday as my once a week posting day. I am going to call it The Thursday Thread. Yes I know it's Saturday today - so this can be A Saturday stitch. Anyway went to see the Wednesday Stitchers in Neath yesterday, well done girls on a wonderful first exhibition. Here  are a few pics of their work.

Just a quicky

Here's a very simple photo cushion made for friends wedding anniversary.