Ek het nog 6 blokke en driehoeke klaar van my DJ kwilt. Ek is baie opgewonde oor die geel stêr blok. Die middel van die blok het "geskree" vir 'n fuzzy cut prentjie ;)
I have 6 more blocks and triangles finished of my DJ quilt. I am very excited about the yellow star block. The center just screamed for a fuzzy cut picture ;)
Dit is die diagram, soos in die boek, waarvolgens ek werk. Hierdie is my vordering en die hoeveelheid stukkies wat vasgewerk is.
This is the diagram, as per the book, from which I am working. Here is my progress and the pieces sewn together.
Sal ek G-11 volgende doen? Dan sal ek 'n blok in elke ry en kolom gemaak het LOL
Shall I do G-11 next? Then I shall have made a block in each row and column LOL
Saturday, 1 February 2020
Friday, 31 January 2020
Dear Jane Materiale
Oorspronklik wou ek by die "sew along" se maadelikse materiaal pakkies gebly het, soos ek dit ontvang het vir elke spesifieke maand, vanaf die BOM program. Maar ek het begin besef dat ek sekere materiale eerder vir ander blokke wil gebruik, wat nie noodwendig in daardie maand se pakkie val nie. Dus het ek van strategie verander en het al die materiale in kleurgroepe geplaas. Dit het my ook 'n beter idee gegee van wat beskikbaar is.
Originally I wanted to stay within the sew along monthly packages, as I received them from the BOM program. But I have now realised that there are some fabrics that suits other blocks better, which doesn't necessarily fall within that particular month's package. So I have changed strategy and have grouped the fabrics by colour. This also gives me a better idea of what is available.
Terwyl ek die materiale gesorteer het, het ek sommer foto's geneem en die materiale getel. In die betrokke kleurgroepe, staan die saak soos volg:
- Rooi 22 Lappe plus 1 duplikaat
- Oranje 11 Lappe plus 2 duplikate
- Geel 17 Lappe plus 2 duplikate
- Groen 44 Lappe plus 5 duplikate
- Blou 39 Lappe plus 7 duplikate
- Pienk 33 Lappe plus 1 duplikaat
- Pers 20 Lappe plus 3 duplikate
- Totaal van 207 Lappe (uitgesluit die wit materiaal)
While I was sorting the fabrics, I took photos and counted the pieces. In the colour groups, this is where I stand:
- Red 22 Pieces plus 1 duplicate
- Orange 11 Pieces plus 2 duplicates
- Yellow 17 Pieces plus 2 duplicates
- Green 44 Pieces plus 5 duplicates
- Blue 39 Pieces plus 7 duplicates
- Pink 33 Pieces plus 1 duplicate
- Purple 20 Pieces plus 3 duplicates
- Total of 207 Pieces (excluding the white fabric)
Ek is nie seker waarom ek so baie groen en blou materiaal het en so min oranje nie. Ek sou ook dink dat om 225 blokke en driehoeke te maak, gaan ek 225 stukke lap benodig...bygesê dit is fat 8's so daar is genoeg materiaal vir 2 blokke, afhangende van die patroon.
I am not sure why I have so many green and blue fabric and so little orange. I also would have thought that to make 225 blocks and triangles, I would need 225 pieces of fabric...mind you, it is fat 8's, so you can make 2 patterns from one piece of fabric, depending on the pattern.
Hierdie is die wit/agtergrond materiaal. Die groen/bruin materiaal aan die onderkant, wil ek vir die rugkant en dalk die omboorsel gebruik.
This is the white/background fabric. The green/brown fabric at the bottom is what I want to use for the backing and binding.
Originally I wanted to stay within the sew along monthly packages, as I received them from the BOM program. But I have now realised that there are some fabrics that suits other blocks better, which doesn't necessarily fall within that particular month's package. So I have changed strategy and have grouped the fabrics by colour. This also gives me a better idea of what is available.
Terwyl ek die materiale gesorteer het, het ek sommer foto's geneem en die materiale getel. In die betrokke kleurgroepe, staan die saak soos volg:
- Rooi 22 Lappe plus 1 duplikaat
- Oranje 11 Lappe plus 2 duplikate
- Geel 17 Lappe plus 2 duplikate
- Groen 44 Lappe plus 5 duplikate
- Blou 39 Lappe plus 7 duplikate
- Pienk 33 Lappe plus 1 duplikaat
- Pers 20 Lappe plus 3 duplikate
- Totaal van 207 Lappe (uitgesluit die wit materiaal)
While I was sorting the fabrics, I took photos and counted the pieces. In the colour groups, this is where I stand:
- Red 22 Pieces plus 1 duplicate
- Orange 11 Pieces plus 2 duplicates
- Yellow 17 Pieces plus 2 duplicates
- Green 44 Pieces plus 5 duplicates
- Blue 39 Pieces plus 7 duplicates
- Pink 33 Pieces plus 1 duplicate
- Purple 20 Pieces plus 3 duplicates
- Total of 207 Pieces (excluding the white fabric)
Ek is nie seker waarom ek so baie groen en blou materiaal het en so min oranje nie. Ek sou ook dink dat om 225 blokke en driehoeke te maak, gaan ek 225 stukke lap benodig...bygesê dit is fat 8's so daar is genoeg materiaal vir 2 blokke, afhangende van die patroon.
I am not sure why I have so many green and blue fabric and so little orange. I also would have thought that to make 225 blocks and triangles, I would need 225 pieces of fabric...mind you, it is fat 8's, so you can make 2 patterns from one piece of fabric, depending on the pattern.
Hierdie is die wit/agtergrond materiaal. Die groen/bruin materiaal aan die onderkant, wil ek vir die rugkant en dalk die omboorsel gebruik.
This is the white/background fabric. The green/brown fabric at the bottom is what I want to use for the backing and binding.
Tuesday, 7 January 2020
Bloggers BOM Bokant Klaar
Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar aan almal!
Die bokant van die Bloggers BOM kwilt is klaar. Ek het vanmiddag die gekleurde randstrook vasgewerk. Die grootte is nou om en by 113 cm by 138cm.
Ek bevind myself in 'n vreemde posisie waar ek nou 2 kwilt bokante het wat klaar is, maar wat wag vir batting en die rugkante. Gewoonlik werk ek so dat ek een kwilt op 'n slag klaarmaak...Moet sê ek geniet die gevoel :)
Nou kan ek terugkeer na my DJ kwilt en die borduur Kerskwilt.
Happy New Year to everyone!
The top of the Bloggers BOM quilt is finished. I added the coloured border this afternoon. The size is now about 44.5" x 54.5".
I find myself in a peculiar position where I have 2 quilt tops finished and waiting for batting and backing. Normally I work in such a way that I finish one quilt at a time...I must admit that I am enjoying the feeling :)
Now I can return to my DJ and Embroidery Christmas Quilt.
Monday, 30 December 2019
'n Doel vir die Bloggers BOM
Terwyl die tropiese storm Calvinia daar buite woed, is daar geen beter rede om snoesig binne te bly en te kwilt nie :) Ek wag nog vir Boeta se materiale om te arriveer, so ek maak werk aan Sussie se kwilt.
Ek wou oorspronklik dieselfde patroon gebruik as vir Boeta se kwilt, maar het gou besef dat indien ek 4 ekstra blokke byvoeg by die Bloggers BOM projek, dan is die kwilt feitlik groot genoeg vir Sussie. So dis presies wat ek gedoen het.
While tropical storm Calvinia is causing havoc outside, there is no better reason than to stay inside and quilt :) I am still waiting for DS's fabric to arrive, so I started working on DD's quilt.
Originally I wanted to use the same pattern as that of DS's quilt, but I soon realised that if I add 4 more blocks to the Bloggers BOM project, the quilt will be big enough for her. So that is exactly what I did.
Ek het by die oorspronklike konsep gehou en 2 van elke blok gemaak. Hierdie blokke kom uit die Farmers Wife kwilt, wat ook eendag in die pyplyn sal wees.
I kept to the original concept and made 2 of each block. These blocks come from the Farmers Wife quilt, which will also be in the pipeline one day.
'n Bietjie speel met die uitleg, 'n paar uur agter die masjien en ure se spandeer om te besluit wat om te doen vir 'n buiterand, en dis hoe die kwilt tans lyk.
A bit of layout designing, a few hours behind the machine, lots of hours trying to find a border design, and this is what the quilt looks like at the moment.
Ek is bly ek het besluit om eers 'n klein wit randstrook in te sit, voor ek die gekleurde randstrook en dan 'n derde klein wit randstrook vaswerk. Oorspronklik wou ek goudkleurige materiaal ingewerk het, maar die materiaal wou nie so lekker met die res van die kwilt saamwerk nie. Dis toe dat ek begin rondsoek het na idees vir die randstroke.
I am very happy that I decided to add a narrow white border first, before adding a coloured border and then a narrow white border again. Originally I wanted to add gold coloured fabric, but it didn't work so well with the rest of the quilt. It was then that I started looking around for ideas for the border.
Indien die weer steeds goor is môre, sal ek weer aandag aan die kwilt gee, andersins eers later die week weer.
If the weather is still bad tomorrow, I will continue on this quilt, otherwise it will be later this week.
Ek wou oorspronklik dieselfde patroon gebruik as vir Boeta se kwilt, maar het gou besef dat indien ek 4 ekstra blokke byvoeg by die Bloggers BOM projek, dan is die kwilt feitlik groot genoeg vir Sussie. So dis presies wat ek gedoen het.
While tropical storm Calvinia is causing havoc outside, there is no better reason than to stay inside and quilt :) I am still waiting for DS's fabric to arrive, so I started working on DD's quilt.
Originally I wanted to use the same pattern as that of DS's quilt, but I soon realised that if I add 4 more blocks to the Bloggers BOM project, the quilt will be big enough for her. So that is exactly what I did.
Hier is al die blokke uitgelê, voor ek die nuwe blokke bygevoeg het. / Here are all the blocks laid out, before I added the new blocks.
Ek het by die oorspronklike konsep gehou en 2 van elke blok gemaak. Hierdie blokke kom uit die Farmers Wife kwilt, wat ook eendag in die pyplyn sal wees.
I kept to the original concept and made 2 of each block. These blocks come from the Farmers Wife quilt, which will also be in the pipeline one day.
'n Bietjie speel met die uitleg, 'n paar uur agter die masjien en ure se spandeer om te besluit wat om te doen vir 'n buiterand, en dis hoe die kwilt tans lyk.
A bit of layout designing, a few hours behind the machine, lots of hours trying to find a border design, and this is what the quilt looks like at the moment.
Ek is bly ek het besluit om eers 'n klein wit randstrook in te sit, voor ek die gekleurde randstrook en dan 'n derde klein wit randstrook vaswerk. Oorspronklik wou ek goudkleurige materiaal ingewerk het, maar die materiaal wou nie so lekker met die res van die kwilt saamwerk nie. Dis toe dat ek begin rondsoek het na idees vir die randstroke.
I am very happy that I decided to add a narrow white border first, before adding a coloured border and then a narrow white border again. Originally I wanted to add gold coloured fabric, but it didn't work so well with the rest of the quilt. It was then that I started looking around for ideas for the border.
Indien die weer steeds goor is môre, sal ek weer aandag aan die kwilt gee, andersins eers later die week weer.
If the weather is still bad tomorrow, I will continue on this quilt, otherwise it will be later this week.
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Impromptu kwilt
Ek het nog 2 DJ blokke om vir julle te wys. Beide hierdie blokke lyk nie heeltemal soos die blokke in die oorspronklike kwilt nie. Ek dink die skrywer het die patroon aangepas. Ek het nog sulke blokke teëgekom, en het besluit om daardie blokke soos diè in die kwilt te laat lyk, eerder as om die patroon in die boek te volg.
I have 2 more DJ blocks to show you. Both these blocks doesn't look exactly like those in the original quilt. I think the author adapted the patterns. I had more blocks like that, and decided to replicate those blocks in the quilt, rather than follow the pattern in the book.
Na hierdie 2 blokke voltooi is, het ek nie meer gedrukte patrone gehad nie. Intussen vra Boetie die heeltyd nog vir 'n kombers, sedert ek my DJ begin het. Ek gryp toe 'n materiaal pakkie, wat ek as geskenk by iemand gekry het, en die pakkie het 'n gratis patroon by. Ek besluit toe om die patroon vir hom te maak...
After these 2 blocks were finished, I didn't have any more printed patterns. In the meantime DS has been asking me for a "blanket" ever since I started my DJ. I grabbed a fabric pack, which I received as a gift, and in this packet was a free pattern. So I decided to make this for him.
Dis die patroon wat saam met die materiaalpakkie gekom het. Dis 'n maklike en vinnige patroon. / This is the pattern that came with the fabric pack. This is an easy and quick pattern.
I have 2 more DJ blocks to show you. Both these blocks doesn't look exactly like those in the original quilt. I think the author adapted the patterns. I had more blocks like that, and decided to replicate those blocks in the quilt, rather than follow the pattern in the book.
Na hierdie 2 blokke voltooi is, het ek nie meer gedrukte patrone gehad nie. Intussen vra Boetie die heeltyd nog vir 'n kombers, sedert ek my DJ begin het. Ek gryp toe 'n materiaal pakkie, wat ek as geskenk by iemand gekry het, en die pakkie het 'n gratis patroon by. Ek besluit toe om die patroon vir hom te maak...
After these 2 blocks were finished, I didn't have any more printed patterns. In the meantime DS has been asking me for a "blanket" ever since I started my DJ. I grabbed a fabric pack, which I received as a gift, and in this packet was a free pattern. So I decided to make this for him.
Dis die patroon wat saam met die materiaalpakkie gekom het. Dis 'n maklike en vinnige patroon. / This is the pattern that came with the fabric pack. This is an easy and quick pattern.
Hierdie is die materiaal wat in die pakkie gekom het. 20 verskillende lappies, elkeen herhaal om 'n totaal van 40 10" lappies te maak. /
This is the fabric that came in the packet. 20 different pieces, each repeating to make a total of 40 10" pieces.
Die voltooide bokant. Die randstrook is nie deel van die patroon nie. Ek het dit bygewoeg sodat Boetie darem 'n jaar of twee lank die kwilt kan gebruik ;) Die bokant is ongeveer 158cm x 158cm /
The finished quilt top. The border is not part of the pattern. I added it so that DS can have at least an extra year or two's worth of use from the quilt ;) The top is about 62.5" x 62.5".
Nou moet ek wag vir watte-ersel en die rugkant. Terug na DJ... Tot later!
Now I need to wait for batting and backing fabric. Back to DJ... Until later!
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