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balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,393	Arts & Crafts Mar 14, 2024 20:43:04 GMT Eli likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Mar 14, 2024 20:43:04 GMT Eli, that's a great painting!

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Arts & Crafts Apr 3, 2024 20:43:37 GMT Cherry, grindle, and 3 more like this

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Post by seaburn on Apr 3, 2024 20:43:37 GMT

I started this quilt in the summer but stalled for a few reasons. But it is now complete and due to go to its recipient at the weekend. She is the 18yr old daughter of one of my best friends. Her mum loves it so lets hope she does too.

It is called random stars as each block is made random fabrics in a beige/tan colour palette. Their placement was also random. I do not normally do random so this was rather a test for me.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,760	Arts & Crafts Apr 4, 2024 1:57:40 GMT balc2 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Apr 4, 2024 1:57:40 GMT lucky girl, it's beautiful

seaburn Top Member Posts: 2,611	Arts & Crafts Apr 4, 2024 12:39:41 GMT grindle and balc2 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by seaburn on Apr 4, 2024 12:39:41 GMT Thank you, she will get it on Saturday.

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,924	Arts & Crafts Apr 4, 2024 19:18:18 GMT grindle and balc2 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Apr 4, 2024 19:18:18 GMT Lovely, looks deceptive, you can tell what a lot of work has gone into that looking closely! 🙂

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,393	Arts & Crafts Apr 4, 2024 20:58:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Apr 4, 2024 20:58:04 GMT I agree with the others that it is beautiful & the girl will be very fortunate to receive such a lovely quilt!

seaburn Top Member Posts: 2,611	Arts & Crafts Apr 6, 2024 19:55:35 GMT grindle, SueA, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by seaburn on Apr 6, 2024 19:55:35 GMT well all delivered and on her bed. Lots of happy tears. Thankfully

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,760	Arts & Crafts Apr 7, 2024 2:43:14 GMT balc2 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Apr 7, 2024 2:43:14 GMT that's nice seaburn makes all your hard work worth it

geumgrower Top Member Posts: 1,168	Arts & Crafts Apr 8, 2024 13:18:15 GMT grindle, SueA, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by geumgrower on Apr 8, 2024 13:18:15 GMT Completed another story. Waiting for editor to do something with the last one I sent to him. Don't like to nag as he does it for free.

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Arts & Crafts Apr 9, 2024 16:10:05 GMT Cherry, grindle, and 4 more like this

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Post by Eli on Apr 9, 2024 16:10:05 GMT

I joined an art group in a local town a few weeks ago, and on my first day I took along a few things I'd painted, just to show people really, and one of the things I took along to show them was a painting of two daffodils that I'd done last year.

Now every month they have a little competition - there's no pressure and you don't have to join in, it's just a bit of fun.
The competition theme for March was 'something Welsh' and one of the members said I should enter my daffodil painting.
I didn't think it was that good, but I did enter it ... and it came 2nd !

I missed last week's group so was only told about it today

Funny how people seem to like a not very good painting ...
(sorry the photo has come out a bit blurred)

Last Edit: Apr 9, 2024 16:12:08 GMT by Eli

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,760	Arts & Crafts Apr 10, 2024 2:29:56 GMT Eli and balc2 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Apr 10, 2024 2:29:56 GMT lovely painting Eli and well done

seaburn Top Member Posts: 2,611	Arts & Crafts Apr 10, 2024 7:49:11 GMT Eli and balc2 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by seaburn on Apr 10, 2024 7:49:11 GMT it is very good, lovely attention to detail.

Eli Top Member Posts: 5,147	Arts & Crafts Apr 11, 2024 7:47:35 GMT grindle and balc2 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on Apr 11, 2024 7:47:35 GMT Thank you grindle and seaburn, if I'd had time to think about it I would have put it in a frame, it might have looked better

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,393	Arts & Crafts Apr 14, 2024 5:17:00 GMT via mobile Eli likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Apr 14, 2024 5:17:00 GMT That's a great painting, Eli! If I were to try and do a simple line drawing of some Daffs you probably wouldn't recognise it as such! 😂😂😂

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Arts & Crafts May 9, 2024 13:48:22 GMT grindle, SueA, and 1 more like this

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Post by seaburn on May 9, 2024 13:48:22 GMT

Had a day with friends where we all made a small quilt to sell for our chosen charity this year. We supplied the fabrics from our stash [quilters stash fabric just like us gardeners who have to buy and then think where will it go].They were all the same size 44"x50" and priced at £40.
I have a prospective buyer for mine. The feature fabric is cartoon happy sharks. When I chose the fabric it made me smile.

Last Edit: May 9, 2024 13:49:42 GMT by seaburn

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