Quilts donated by quilters both in Australia and overseas to help bring some comfort to those affected by the tragic floods in Queensland and Victoria, as well as in the earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan in 2011, and to other welfare agencies.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Quilts By Christina and Peter
We have had a finishing spree here and here are the latest photos of what Peter and I have made....I did the mauve QAYG and the huge KS QAYG. Peter did the panel ones and all the bindings he loves doing the bindings suits me I hate them....Peter is finishing off two quilts for me a Hawks quilt for our grandson and a cot quilt for a expected grandchild....Then he says he will get back to making more bushfire quilts.
* The details are shown on the blog http://sewmanyquiltstoolittletime.blogspot.com posted on January 6th 2011. * Blocks to be made to 10.5" square. * Strips to join blocks cut width of fabric and 2.5" wide. * 21 strips needed to make and bind quilt with a set of blocks 5x7 * Tutorial on how to join the QAYG blocks together is shown on past blog http://sewmanyquiltstoolittletime.blogspot.com post Feb 2009.
Knitting Pattern for Xmas Stockings
Using 8 ply and no 8 needles, cast on 24 stitches. (Knit 1, inc in next stitch) to end 36 sts. Beg with purl row st st 7 rows K14 (K2tog) 4 times K14 (32 sts) Purl K12 (K2tog) 4 times K12 (28 sts) Purl K10 (K2tog) 4 times K10 (24 sts) Purl Beg with knit row st st 12 rows Garter stitch 5 rows Cast off and sew up side and bottom seam
does Peter want to give us (non-quilters who are quilting!) a tutorial on how he does the bindings? They sure are neat. K.
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