It is huge - extra king size - 82" x 106". Suit a bed or as a sofa throw.
I am glad to have finished this one. I think I will list it on Ebay, as it gets more people seeing it than the little Fair I have next month. I have another one to do after this - the one I replaced the central missing panel in. I have batting for that, and the original batting. Should be able to do that on the machine, rather than all by hand as this one was.
Pam and I took her dog Foxy for a walk in the woods earlier. Did my BP the world of good as that was 115 over 75 on my return.
Tomorrow I have to go to Aberystwyth to look after Rosie until early afternoon, when I will deliver her to Tam & Jon's friends to keep her until Tam's finished work. She will have their little girl (similar age) to play with. Then I have to go to Halfords to return the camping stoves which aren't suitable for indoors after all. My little Trangia Triangle stove arrived yesterday - that is a spirit stove, so will be ok with the window open a little.
Not much else to write about, although I want to do some research into the two Irish bog bodies discovered around 2003, after listening to 3 or 4 podcasts about them. Oldcroghan Man and Clonycavan Man. The top half of body and head of the latter were found, but Oldcroghan Man was missing his head and bottom half of body. Possible churned up by the peat harvesting machine. Fascinating stuff.
That really is a multi-coloured quilt, hope someone loves it after all your stitching.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely. Not quite sure how to price it, so am doing reserch. I hope someone loves it too - probably 20 hours+ hand stitching on that.
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is stunning, hope someone who loves it will buy. I've bought another Christmas tree today, which has built in lights and should look really nice in the space for it. Our old one was bought for the old house to fit in a specific space and looks small and spindly here. I shall put it up on our local recycling page. Your roast dinner sounded lovely and my mouth watered at the thought of pork crackling. Baby C had a lovely birthday and enjoyed his dairy free chocolate cake. We bought him a V Tech Toot Toot Train and clothes. Take care. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you. I think it's lovely and it's a big enough size (huge!) to use as a sofa throw. I bet you enjoyed finding a new Christmas tree and someone will benefit from the old one.
DeleteGlad that baby C had a lovely birthday. He will have great fun with that little train.
The quilt is charming, I love the brown stripe. Sooo many hours of hand sewing.. I kind of lost the thread of this, is it a top or has a backing? No batting etc? I m sure you know but rem to look at eBay SOLD prices not the asking prices, for a more accurate price value.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to have an autumn walk w Foxy and Pam.I know you are a cat person but dogs make such good walking companions, don't they.
How is Rosie's knee post injections?
Yup, probably 16 episodes of Outlander accompanied all that sewing! No batting. It would cost a bomb and take away a lot of the profit. It is heavy as it is. I have of course been checking sold prices rather than listing prices for a more realistic value.
DeleteRosie's knee is no longer swollen and she is hurtling round, as always.
Very cottagey. Well done in restoring it. The brown stripe doesn't put me off but I'm wondering why the original maker chose to do it-some brown to use up perhaps. So glad quilts are becoming "in" again. They have never been "out" with me.
ReplyDeleteShe used up her browns all along the sides. Since it was originally two single quilts with valences, which I had to remove, I only had brown edges for choice, to join! Yes, quilts really sailing high now.
DeleteWhat a fantastic job you did with that...such a lot of (I'm sure very fiddly) work...very much a make-do-and-mend effort in the way you repurposed the separate elements. Someone will definitely snap it up!
ReplyDeleteI was pretty pleased with it as it was a LOT of hand sewing - all around the edges, down the front AND a panel let into the back! One side of the panel I was able to machine though. I hope someone will fall for it.
DeleteThat now looks like an amazing quilt, I hope it sells well for you.
ReplyDeleteMe too. I am thinking - in the event of a war, I need less stuff and more cash! Let's hope it doesn't come to that though.
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