table cloth

Plenty of Slow Stitching Here from Romany Quilting

I was thrilled with the birthday gift I received from my daughter Nicky. Several years ago I had purchased a partially completed embroidered tablecloth with unused threads from a fabric fair. That would be a good project to finish, I thought. But…… time went by and I didn't do a single stitch, so asked my daughter Nicky if she could complete it for me – sometime. Out of sight, out of mind, and I truly had forgotten all about it. We got together for a birthday lunch on Thursday and Nicky presented me with a parcel, it was the completed ...

added by Jenny 1 year, 6 months ago. under birthday , eating out , embroideries , family , table cloth

Family Birthday Lunch from Romany Quilting

My birthday is coming up fast (during the weekend) and my daughter Nicky suggested we meet for lunch up in Feilding. What a good idea we thought, and drove up on Thursday. We were meeting in Delish Café, a new to us place, and they certainly were busy. We were a little early grabbed a table, ordered a coffee each, and waited for the family to arrive.

Lunch time

It was so nice that both grand-daughters could meet us for lunch as well. Megan took a couple of hours off from work, and Emma had the whole day off, because ...

added by Jenny 1 year, 6 months ago. under birthday , eating out , family , table cloth

30's PlaytimeTable Cloth from Monas Creativity

I was gifted Charm pack for christmas; 30's Playtime by Chloe's Closet from Moda. I made half square triangles with one light and one dark fabric. Then I arranged them into a star pattern. The cloth will be gifted back to the giver when visiting this summer.

added by Mona 1 year, 10 months ago. under charm pack , quilt , table cloth

Christmas Caravan Rally from Romany Quilting

We had beautiful warm weather for our caravan club Christmas Rally, for the most part, anyway. As often happens, the heavens opened and the rain came down on our last day. But never mind, it didn't dampen the Christmas spirit. Our caravan was decorated with the Christmas Cushions, and Santa Bear was perched on the corner of the sofa.

Christmas Cushions and Santa Bear

I found my Christmas Coins tablecloth, safely tucked away, and this was inspired by Jocelyn of https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/ I made this when I saw something similar on her blog some time ago, using ...

added by Jenny 2 years, 4 months ago. under caravan , christmas , cushion , gemma , school , table cloth

Binding and Pinwheel USA Highlights from Romany Quilting

This is always my favourite part of a project, sitting quietly somewhere while I hand stitch the binding down on my pinwheel quilt/tablecloth. Slow stitching at its best.

Finishing off the binding

It’s a nice sunny day today for an ourdoors photo shoot.

Front and back

There, it’s done. Let’s see what it looks like on the table. We can check out the messages while we are sitting here.

On the dining table

It’s fun to check out the messages on this. We had a stop-over at New York on our return trip, the “city ...

added by Jenny 3 years, 7 months ago. under binding , table cloth , ufo's

More Pin Wheel Stitching, and Memories from Romany Quilting

We woke up to cold temperatures this morning, rain and strong winds. Our Spring here is often temperamental with rather changeable weather. It was a good morning to have a nice warming breakfast today, a nice bowl of porridge!

With the stitch in the ditch completed around the pin wheel blocks, I then decided to do some serpentine stitching along the diagonal lines. Although there is no batting involved, I felt it was easier to use the walking foot, particularly as I had to stitch over areas where all the seams came together.

Serpentine stitching

It’s been such fun ...

added by Jenny 3 years, 7 months ago. under church , machine quilting , table cloth , ufo's

What happened in April from Romany Quilting

Looking back, it seems that April has been a very productive month. Mind you, we have all been in Level 4 Lockdown here in New Zealand, just moving to Level 3 with similar restrictions, so hardly any tripping around at all. I remember that I often used to comment on my lack of stitching endeavours, saying something like “not much time for sewing as we will be away in the caravan this weekend etc”. Well, during Lockdown that hasn’t happened for a while and all weekends lately have been spent at home, including Easter and Anzac weekends. So….. a ...

added by Jenny 4 years ago. under apron , cooking , gemma , lock down , place mats , quilts , table cloth , ufo's , wall hanging

Christmas Coins from Romany Quilting

I blame Jocelyn who writes as Canadian Needle Nana for this, check out her version of Christmas Coins here. Such a great idea, I thought, so why not make something similar for myself. All the Christmas coins were small scraps and strips hanging around, some longer than others, wider strips, and narrow ones too, so nothing Christmassy was cut from stash at this stage. I’ve never been what you would call a scrappy quilter, so with mixing up all sorts of colours and designs, and different widths too, this project was a real adventure for me. Originally this started ...

added by Jenny 4 years ago. under apron , christmas , lock down , table cloth

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