tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66037830241117558142024-03-06T13:36:42.557+13:00Helen H OriginalsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-59598043309033918002017-08-17T17:33:00.000+12:002017-08-17T17:33:15.898+12:00Quilt show this weekend in Orewa<div style="text-align: center;">
This weekend, 19th and 20th August 2017, I am involved in the Hibiscus Coast Quilters Quilt Show. This show marks our 25th anniversary, so it is a special one for us all. There are many foundation members who still belong to the club, plus lots of newer members.</div>
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Come along to see the quilts, and find out how the club helps out in the community. Make a day of it with your quilting friends or family.</div>
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There will be 3 Patchwork merchants and loads of raffles for lots of goodies.</div>
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Sometimes you think you never finish anything. Last night I set up my stand at The Auckland Quiltmakers' show at 545 Parnell Rd, Auckland and I realise I do finish things. Lots of things! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0545 Parnell Rd, Parnell, Auckland 1052, New Zealand-36.863307 174.78006289999996-62.522108 133.47146889999996 -11.204505999999999 -143.91134310000007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-16528337932694992432014-10-06T19:59:00.000+13:002014-10-06T19:59:22.670+13:00Memory Quilts<div dir="ltr">
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Recently I was asked by Candice Fraser if I could make a quilt from her mother's clothes. Candice has recently lost her mother, and she wanted to be able to cuddle up with her memories. Such a great idea, how could I say 'no'?</div>
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There were, however, one or 2 obstacles. The biggest of these being the small number of cotton garments and the large number of polyester items. There were also some rayon options. So we decided to put the polys aside and work with the rest. Fortunately, it seems Candice's mum had quite a coordinated wardrobe. I cut a lot of pieces into 6.5 inch squares. Of course, as soon as I moved the rayons they had wriggliest sides imaginable. Piecing them was like piecing jelly worms. I still have not found a spray that will stabilise rayons, but I have tried a few.</div>
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Some extra squares were needed - enter the ever versatile 9 Patch. A sudden idea to put a lopsided diagonal through the quilt top, and things started to come together. </div>
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We had decided on a cotton backing fabric, and a quilting design that reflected her mother's love of sewing. Candice wanted a wool/poly mix batting for cosiness and washability. As several of the fabrics were less than robust, I chose Matilda's which has a scrim base for added stability. </div>
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Quilted with Eggplant coloured thread and bound with the last of the black and white cotton shirt, it is now with Candice, and I could just about bet she is snuggled on the sofa under the quilt as I write this.</div>
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As a final touch, I took the pocket from the shirt and stitched it on the back. I thought if it was my mum, I would probably write her notes and put them in the pocket.</div>
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I'm a quilter. There's no doubt about it. I've been a quilter for almost 40 years. I started out when all you needed was fabric, scissors, needle and thread. Nowadays it's about fabric, rotary cutters, mats, rulers and templates and about 10 different sorts of batting. I can make a quilt by deciding on a design and then just carrying on, with no self doubts.</div>
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However, I have a desire to try out mixed media. I have bought paints, papers, boards, gesso, brushes, stamps, stencils, molding paste, stamp pads, ink, jelly pens, pastels etc, etc, etc. I have bought, and watched, more than a dozen 'how to' DVD'S. And watched them again. And made notes.</div>
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You would think, being so textile oriented, making fabric journal covers would be a piece of cake. Not so. I like precision and have worried that my cover wouldn't fit my journal, or the next journal. So anal!</div>
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I have spent a couple of years making journals in my head. So now I have spent a Saturday with some fabric and determination and came up with a couple of reasonable journal covers. Perhaps there will be more on the way. :-)</div>
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It was a busy month with a couple of 'Girls-Nites' organised by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Curves-Whangaparaoa-New-Zealand/141752689218479?fref=ts" target="_blank">Curves Whangaparaoa</a> to raise funds for Breast Cancer.</div>
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I made this quilt which is for sale on my <a href="http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/" target="_blank">website</a> and 20% of the sale will go to this great cause.</div>
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The quilt will also go to a great cause. It would really suit any girl/woman who is fighting a battle. There is a CanTeen scarf in the centre and Pink Ribbon quilting for support.</div>
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The back of the quilt is Pink spotty Minky. This is a very 'strokable' soft plush fabric that will wrap a special person with love and cuddles.</div>
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This could be your special person.</div>
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I enjoyed making the quilt. It has a polyester inner, so is very machine washable.</div>
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I'm looking forward to donating to Breast Cancer and I really want the quilt to go to a good home.</div>
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After a fun time at the quilter's festival, my first customer's quilt was this lovely bargello design by Anne Golder. It is a King size quilt, so this is just a portion of it, but the lovely turquoises and corals look great offset by the neutrals browns.</div>
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The quilting design is Sweetest Hearts by Tammy Finkler and shows up delightfully on the back of the quilt. Because the quilt has a 100% wool batting (washable) it is light and puffy and will be very cosy to sleep under.</div>
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Thanks Anne for bringing me your quilt.</div>
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And I have to admit our trip to Adelaide was not ALL about quilting. Our last day was spent on a Barossa Valley wineries tour. 4 wineries plus Maggie Beers Farm (delicious pheasant pate) and by the end I was completely shirazed out.</div>
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We started at Wolf Blass and ended up at Chateau Tanunda.</div>
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The Chateau was very impressive but Langmile Winery was the most picturesque and I loved the history lesson that went with it.</div>
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The vines around the pillars are a combination of wisteria, just in flower, and grapes, coming into new leaf. Very pretty!</div>
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This is the wall of the original blacksmithing building. I'm not sure how old, but their oldest vines are 169 years old, so it would be a bit older than the vines.</div>
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Thanks Penny for being such a great travel companion. Where to next?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-65702233985095274252012-09-24T09:00:00.000+12:002012-09-24T09:00:01.869+12:00On Safari<div align="center">
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African Delights</h4>
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Maureen created this lap quilt from a panel with some added extras. And then wanted an interesting 'African' designs quilted on it. Especially Lions!</div>
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After much searching and researching I found a group of Safari designs from <a href="http://www.annnebright.com/">www.annnebright.com</a> and I have been able to join together the ones I wanted. I chose the Lions (of course), birds and rhinos.</div>
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The stripe on the back does make it difficult to see the quilting clearly, but look closely and you will see the male lion in the centre and the head of the lioness just below.</div>
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I have many more designs from this series, so if you have an african style quilt, or perhaps a child's quilt that could do with some animals to enhance it, give me a call. I would love to be able to help you.</div>
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Thank you Jalaine Armstrong for bringing this wonderful quilt to me to add the quilting. And what a wonderul story.</div>
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Jalaine's Kiwi daughter is engaged to a Welsh lad. They love Rugby. They became engaged at the Rugby World Cup.</div>
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Quilting this was interesting. Can you see the rugby balls surrounding the Welsh Dragon?</div>
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<br />Harder to see, but the background of this flag is grey tikis etc on a black background. And the quilting has a definite tkit/koru flavour to it. And all surrounded with a cable design.</div>
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I finished this quilt earlier in the week. Take a good look at the back and see if you can figure out where the cats are going.</div>
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It is a small lap quilt for a cat lover. Thanks Maureen for asking me to quilt it for you.</div>
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It appears I'm not very good at keeping this blog. Either I am not a good 'journaler' (is that even a word?) or I have chosen the wrong things to journal about.</div>
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Whatever the reason, I have not been good at keeping my blog updated.</div>
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I thought I would keep it to textile related items, or art related, but they are all intrinsically woven into the fabric of life. Well, they are for me. So I need to change the aim of my blog a little, and while I don't want to get bogged down with the minutiae of life, I think there are times when life events are part of the fabric.</div>
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Son and dear daughter-in-law visited in July from USA. Along with their 4 children, this made a pretty full on and fun family time.</div>
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In August I celebrated my 60th birthday (there - I have now gone public with it).</div>
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And over the past few weeks we have been fighting this really nasty virus. And we are WINNING! </div>
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This exhibition is currently on at the Estuary Arts Gallery in Orewa and these are the 2 pieces I entered.</div>
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Begun in a Creative workshop with Ailie Snow (wonderful tutor) 'The Strong House' features a different woman of influence on each side and the roof.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-38318965437625497182012-04-04T17:22:00.000+12:002012-04-04T17:22:13.284+12:00Quilts for Sale<div style="text-align: center;">
It's the Auckland Quiltimakers Quilt Show and Sale the first weekend of May, 5th and 6th. I hope you can come along and see the wonderful exhibition we put on, and also indulge in the excellent merchants. </div>
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I will have a number of quilts for sale. This one I called 'Old Faithful'. All those checks and stripes in a classic star pattern and then I machine quilted the very traditional Baptist Fan design across it.</div>
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It will be for sale at the show, but it is also available via <a href="http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/" target="_blank">my website</a> under 'shopping' - 'quilts'.</div>
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It has a 100% cotton batting which gives a very flat and traditional look and is also very washable. Gentle cycle, of course. :)</div>
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I had to practice some freeform quilting so I used these 2 cot quilt panels. They are now available for sale on my website <a href="http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/index.php?page=shopping" target="_blank">http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/index.php?page=shopping</a> under Quilts. They are very reasonably priced at $70.00 each. Cotton outers and polyester inner.</div>
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Despite the fact that I haven't blogged for several months, I have been intending to!!! Sound familiar?</div>
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Now that Summer has arrived, just in time for Autumn to take over, I have decided to kick into action here. </div>
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With the Quilting business a little slow over the summer, I undertook this commission. It was really fun, and it's great to know it will be show a little bit of NZ far afield.<br />
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It has been a while (again) since I posted here. It is nearly Daylight saving time (next weekend, actually) so summer will be here just as soon as this spring weather wears itself out.</div>
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So while I wait for summer, I am preparing for Spring Sales and Christmas Sales. Jewellery is going well and I am now selling my creations at Craft World at Westgate Mall as well as Matakana Country Park Craft Co-op.</div>
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Some of my latest pieces include these 2 gorgeous pearl necklaces, one big and bold and the other more of a classic, but both of them using a mix of coloured pearls, either shell pearls or Swarovski Crystal pearls.</div>
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'Chics Mix - classic' are 8mm pearls and 'Chics Mix' are 14mm pearls. You will find them on my <a href="http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/index.php?page=shopping&viewcategory=33">website</a> along with other pieces of jewellery made to delight.</div>
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But now there is more to life than jewellery. I love playing with the colour and design and I will continue to do so, but I have a new 'best friend'.</div>
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'Nellie' has joined our family and lives in my studio. I have to say she takes up most of the space there, being 12 feet long. Nellie is a longarm quilting machine and I am open for business, to quilt <u>your</u> quilt tops. You may see me around as HelHO Quilting service.</div>
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Nellie and I invite you to join us at an open home on the 1st October at 2.00 pm.</div>
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For further details, go to my website and <a href="http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/index.php?page=contact">contact me</a></div>
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We would love to see you, and bring along your quilt tops too.</div>
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There will be more about the Quilting Service shortly.</div>
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Now I am off to bind one of the quilts I have finished. </div>
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Helen.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-74607232148690151612011-07-04T13:43:00.000+12:002011-07-04T13:43:21.403+12:00Wedding jewellery - custom made<div style="text-align: center;">I have been working on Custom Jewellery for a wedding. The Bride, of course, and 3 bridesmaids. It will be a summer wedding and these pieces have an ethereal look. It has been fun to create for someone else's dream. This lovely lady wanted something a little different from the traditional crystals or pearls.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">See you again soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Helen.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-9435412435366088442011-06-24T21:00:00.000+12:002011-06-24T21:00:24.518+12:00It's the shortest day - or it was when I tried to post this!<div style="text-align: center;">Summer's on it's way. And the Rugby World Cup. So I am turning my creative energies to some NZ iconic items for you and your friends to remember the occassion, and this great country we live in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you <a href="http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/index.php?page=shopping&viewcategory=19">enjoy these</a> and others as I make them and move them to my <a href="http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/index.php?page=shopping&viewcategory=19">website</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">With all these beautiful crisp cool mornings, I just had to take some photos of those spectacular sunrises. They are such tremendous shows of colour - they make my heart sing.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you like it. I loved making it. The red silk was great to work with and including the patchwork and the mixed media (organza and bead) flowers, it turned into a really fun project.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">More items to follow as I update the website over the next few days.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good day.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-44259230715621165112011-05-03T19:49:00.000+12:002011-05-03T19:49:36.259+12:00Bags, Bags, Bags<div style="text-align: center;">I'm a quilter. I hate waste and try to recycle when I can. So when I had some yardage of calico that I had used to practice my machine quilting, I wanted to find a way to use it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are great bags, quilted to protect your goodies, whether it is your crafty stuff for your next Girl's weekend or the refridgerated items from the supermarket.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sizes are Super large to small. In this photo the Super Large and the Medium size.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I will have these with me at the Auckland Quiltmakers show this weekend (see previous post) or you can buy them from <a href="http://www.helenhoriginals.co.nz/">my website</a> and I can send to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't forget: introduce yourself at the show and say you have seen me on the internet, and you will recieve a free gift with purchase.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for visiting my blog. See you here again soon, or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Helen-H-Originals/118981641478662">my facebook page</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-21854418024044146312011-05-01T17:29:00.000+12:002011-05-01T17:29:32.361+12:00Auckland Quiltmaker's Annual Show and quilt Sale.I have neglected my Blog and my Bloggers for nearly a whole term. So now I am about to make up for it. Starting with an invitation to our quilt show:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Auckland Quiltmakers' Quilt Show & Market</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 May 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10am - 5pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Parnell Community Centre, Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Rd, Parnell, Auckland</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Entry $5, children under 12 free</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This year our guest exhibitor is Rosemary Rush, our own award-winning member. This is a great </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">opportunity to see many pieces of Rosemary's exquisite work all together in one place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As well we have our usual 'once-exhibited, second-time-around' sales table, and our loyal merchants,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">not to mention our own wonderful exhibition of quilts - something for everyone!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Feel free to share this link with anyone who might be interested, or print and give to your friends.</span></div><br />
So what have I been doing that has kept me away from my blog for such a long time? Well, over the past 3 weeks I have been concentrating on machine quilting 2 quilts, and finishing the hand quilting on a third quilt, all for the exhibition. Now they are all bound, labeled and have hanging sleeves on them ready for you to come and admire on the 7th May. <br />
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I have been doing more that just quilting. Watch out for my next Blog to see what else is afoot. <br />
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See you at the show, and if you introduce yourself as having seen me on the Internet (ie, my Blog, Facebook or Twitter), there will be a 'FREE GIFT with PURCHASE'.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-84263090247478026862011-02-07T15:05:00.000+13:002011-02-07T15:05:33.233+13:00Coffee and Craft Group<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's back from holidays for me and back into creativity starting with Coffee and Craft Group tomorrow, 8th Feb 2011. If you would like to know more about this group and you are in the Auckland/Hibiscus coast area for a short time or a long time, please contact me. This is a small friendly group and we love to share. It's a great opportunity for time out for YOU.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-18769240169038357662011-01-06T11:56:00.000+13:002011-01-06T11:56:46.059+13:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, dear. I have been neglecting my social media responsibilities over the Christmas period - and not because I have been away on holiday, but I am about to go. I'm off to the States to meet our latest granddaughter, Bria, who is now 13 months old and have a lovely week with Justin and Crysta in Palm Springs. I will also be staying with our good friend Mike and catching up with my sister in law who will be travelling down from Vancouver. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I think I need to 'blog' more often. And get more photos on the web. I would love to hear your plans for 2011.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Best wishes to all you lovely followers. See you back here soon.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603783024111755814.post-67973075578426303812010-11-15T11:10:00.000+13:002010-11-15T11:10:04.628+13:00Hand knitted baby socks<div align="center">Did I mention that I knit in my spare time? What spare time, you may ask. Well, when one is in the car or watching TV. You can't read while you are watching TV (at least, I can't) and sitting and doing nothing BUT watching TV seems like a huge waste of time, so I knit. Baby socks. Great little socks that stay on baby's little feet, in newborn and 3 to 6 month sizes. Newborn babies need natural fibres to keep their feet warm, whatever season they are born.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">My favourites at the moment are the hand strung pearls. And that means if you have pearls or other special jewellery that needs to be restrung or revamped, let me know. I do repairs as well as creating new lovely fashion jewellery.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Adding these photos to the blog is much harder than actually making the jewellery.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">So now that I have them here, it is time to publish them before I lose them. If you would like to know more about any of them, please contact me or leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as I can.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a good week.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Adios until next time.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Helen H</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473688324759524818noreply@blogger.com0