Here's probably the last quilt top I will be able to share with you for a while, thanks everyone for all your imput :D :D :D

That is so freaking adorable!!!

That is so adorable!!

That is sew cool! I love how you framed it (especially the red border) so many times! Each border is great! That is one spectacular quilt! :lol: :lol:

:D :D :D Glad you like it, you are all so kind with your compliments, thank you Shemjo, Ethel and mrsj82 :D :D :D

That's so awesome! I love the border, and the fishys, just gorgeous!

Thanks Loretta, I WILL be quilting, just not able to upload pictures onto board as no internet when we move out next week :( BUT when I get back in September...I hope to have lots to share with you all :wink:

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Did you notice some of the fishes are doing the back flip!! :lol:

The fishies are awesome!

Well it all depends on how hot the summer turns out Loretta..I might get a couple more tops made but leave the actual quilting until the autumn but I still have to do my sons wedding quilt, and can't start it until beginning of June as he and his wife to be are visiting next week and I want it to be a surprise, I have bought the Moda Bistro line in the browns, blues, and greens, it's all coffee themed :D I am actually thinking of making them two quilts as they have two sofas and they can then have one each :D

That fishy fabric was given to me in a bag of scraps from one of our ladies at the quilting group I go to :D

It's wonderful! I love the light blue wave border and the applique. Did you fussy cut them? Great design! hmm...what did you use to design it? I'll faint if you tell me colored pencils and graph paper.

Nothing so technique Butterfli....pencil and a length of freezer paper..... :roll: :lol: Yes fish were fussy cut out of a scrap :D

That is so cute!!

I love this and I am really going to miss you. Hurry back!!!!

Superb Izy! I knew it would be!! Hurry back to us, we'll be waiting for all those pictures and your chit chat!

Very cute!!!!! Love the wave!!!!

So, you are going to be able to check in with us now and then, right??? You cant just abandon us for almost 4 months!!!!!!http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-sad010.gif
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...fc/missyou.gif already!!!!!

Izy that is so cute and I love the waves on the border that just makes the quilt. I'll bet they love it.

Now you don't think I could abandon you all completely did you Melissa????? :shock: :oops: :( I will miss you all more than you will miss me, I can tell you!! :cry: :cry: :cry:

I will be bringing my laptop up to the villa when I do the changeovers and hopefully I will get a few minutes to check in with you guys...where am I gonna get my inspiration from otherwise???? :D :D

Thanks Sewjoyce, Janstar and Mary and Quiltnana :D :D :D

Everything about that quilt is adorable! Any boy would love it!


Ninnie

But it's for a girl Ninnie......

HA HA!.......... only kidding :lol: :lol: :lol:

Glad you like it, this is the third applique baby quilt I made, they are great fun to work on with all the bright colours :D

Izy, you did a fantastic job!
I'm loving it!
Hmm....better make sure that's not one of the quilts in the house when I come to visit. lol
<me thinks I need to find a bigger suitcase>

Terri, you bad girl depriving a needy child of his 'ickle quilty'!! :lol:

Anyway, it will be long gone before you get your ass over here...I might of made about 100 more before then!! :lol: :wink:

Very cute Izy. I love the wave border.

Izy...great job!!!! I love the waves...its similar to the waves I put on Judy's IRR the last round. It does look like you made your own RR quilt and what fun it turned out to be!!!!

We sure are gonna miss your quilty progress and Sasha pics....be sure to check in every time you can!!! Be safe and ya'll have fun! :lol: :lol:

Well I never, so great minds think alike Patti, I don't think I have seen it, but will got check out the pictures now!!

I may be 'gone' but I will be with you all in spirit!! :D

I just 'winged' it Chele and hit a couple of problems...but the fun is solving them ...isn't it??? cuss cuss cussing all the way :lol: AND those fish are enormous more like Jonah and the whale (if you compare to the mini arks right next too them tee hee!!)

Izy...its posted on another site...lets see if I can find it to post here...maybe Judy won't mind.. I like your wave design better than mine.

Oh Patti that is simply gorgeous...funnily enough I rough sketched two types of waves and asked John which one he prefered and he chose the more free style what I did, which was similar to the waves on the centre panel anyway. :D

Yours is stunning, did you use freezer paper too? :D

Yes, I used freezer paper to draw the templates for the waves and the dolphins. I hand appliqued the waves (I hated to though because Judy's work is so perfect and mine really does look amatuerish next to hers), then I machine appliqued the dolphins using the satin stitch. There are so many tiny curves and shapes with the dolphins, there was NO way my hand skill levels would have let me do them and have them look good.

Your work is beautiful Patti, AND I have seen it first hand, up close and personal...Elle brought your IRR to group last week, it is absolutely beautiful, you will be sooooo pleased with it, Elle has done a fantastic job on her round....but I am not telling!!


I like using the freezer paper, and found if I use a small piece of plywood on the ironing board I can get a really sharp edge when turning the edges over, I use a little travel iron that I picked up in the charity shop for 3.50E!! Its got a great little point to it that gets in just where you want it to!!

I cut away the excess navy so that when I get round to quilting it I am hoping the waves will 'pop' abit more :D

Oh thanks Izy....I'm going to have to chase Elle down and MAKE her show me aren't I???? I'm going to have to go look for a stick I guess.. :roll: I'm soooo excited to see as I just know what she added is sooo wonderful! Shes is really mean not to show me...did you realize your friend is that mean???

The plywood piece is a great idea..I'll have to try that. The freezer paper seems to give me the best results of all the methods I've tried so far but I'm committed to trying to learn how to better my skills by hand. I enjoy it, its relaxing and I just need a little help to improve I think.

I think when you quilt around the waves...they will leap out at you and look fantastic!

If you use something hard and heat resistant when you mash those little buggers down with the iron (thinking curves here) you can hear and feel a little crack as it bonds with the freezer paper, I know it's good to go then... :lol:

Yes Elle is mean...but it will be worth the wait to see it all done!! I ain't saying no more...I nearly typed a little hint, but Elle will kill me if I let slip lol!! :lol:

Oh man.....now your BOTH mean!!!! And here I thought I could sweet talk you into letting it slip! :roll:

:lol: :D :wink:

Back out to work I go.... :D

That is just toooooo cute!!

I would NEVER take a quilt from a child! Ok, maybe MY child, but not someone elses, so I guess that one is actually safe.
Now, that one you have on the bed....hmmm.......Me Likey!!!

Hi Izy,
I love your Noah's Ark quilt. How nice it all turned out. You are so good with attention to details and your hand work is always impeccable. Doing the "Wave here".

Thanks Red, but I can't take any credit for handwork on this one, I did it all on the machine lol!! :D

Izy - I love what you did with the border - it looks great!

k x