Lorchen wrote:
Thanks Lorchen for uploading for me!
Your little Eva is gorgeous, bet butter wouldn't melt in her mouth! Yet anyway!!!

Best wishes
Lynn

Margo wrote:
What a wonderful quilt Margo! Is there anything you cannot do??? A computer and TQS site whizz AND sew!!!!!!

Wow! Any tips on how to get off my bottom and go and sew instead of cruising the site?

Lynn in getting colder again UK

Sure wish I had had one of those angel quilts when Izzy was born. Her mommy calls the day she died her angel day.

That is beautiful, Margo, but I have the feeling that any grandchildren of mine would really need a slightly crooked halo. It's those 25% genes the poor little ones are getting from me.

And back to the crazy patchwork: You could cut wing-shaped pieces of backing fabric and then follow Rosemary's suggestion.

Actually, you could make any kind of shape with crazy patchwork and then appliqué it to a background: Large stars or hearts, squirrel, flowers, suitable motives for Christmas, kokopelli and/or native Indian bear shape, .......... Another rpoject for after I have retired.

Margo, what a beautiful quilt and another beautiful angel! Humm. I wonder if I could get one of those done before # 16 arrives in September? Maybe I'll just stick with her Peter Rabbit theme. She already has a couple of Peter Rabbit quilts and how many of those does she need? I'll have to think about that after Hst's and SS's are mailed. ("She", is my fifth and youngest child, expecting her second baby.)

You grannys need to be making angel quilts! http://compuquilterdesigns.danemcoweb.com/shop/

And back to Crazy work -
You don't have to start with a pentagon if you don't want to. Just cut a backing fabric to the size of 'patch' or item you want, then cover it with pieces of fabric, pin & stitch down.

Here is a dolls skirt I made for my 'O' Level Embroidery folder (about 1980). Several years before that it had been an actual crazy work skirt that my sister had made and wore (I was 'encouraged' to help cut the patches & was even allowed to help place them on the backing fabric). It was a four piece skirt, and the only 'rule' was to try not to have the same fabric touching itself. It was then all zig-zaged down. She stopped wearing it when it developed too many 'pockets', so I got it and re-made it.

I also made the blouse by hand and the lace , and they fit onto a doll I still have somewhere in the loft.

Rosemary

Fia and Eva are both beautiful babies. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Hey, Lynn, let's hi-jack this thread for a minute! We are both 59 and relatively new grandmothers. Your little Fia is gorgeous, and our little Eva has just started crawling.

Lynn's Fia


Lorchen's Eva
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Lynn, Fia is adorable!! Enjoy the blessings of a new little one.

lmcfood wrote:
Lynn, you will find instructions for inserting a photo in the forum comments here: [url]forum/forum-questions-and-suggestions/4275-tips-for-using-the-tqs-forum[/url]

Congratulations Lynn!! That's great!

I would have added her pic as she is extremely cute, but cannot do it! If yoiu are interested, have put her pic in my personal photos in my profile!!!!

Perhaps someone could let me know how to insert pics into this box????

Lynn

And while we are at it! I became a grandma on 1st Jan this year with Fia Elizabeth. Never thought it would happen as eldest of 4 is 40 now and granddaughter has joined eldest dd who is 36, she had given up hope years ago!

Still worth waiting for, even if she wont sleep more than an hour at a time, I am shattered, no wonder nature gives us a break at our age (well mine anyway!, 59 and too old to stay up all night!!!)