Finished Quilts

Monday 15 July 2013

Hang the DJ...

Panic on the streets of Nottingham.... I'm running to catch up with pretty much everything.  I finally sent off the FQR 2013 name tag I made for my partner, who I am around 98.72% sure does not read this blog so here's what she will be signing for tomorrow morning...

I tried to match the font in the header of Kelly's blog
It's double sided cos I think that lanyard tags tend to have a mind of their own and usually show the "other" side.


I am really upset with this side because I had a little iron incident which removed a tiny bit of the K and I almost cried.  but given this was like my 900th attempt at making this tag, it had to go with a huge apology to Kelly. #ihateironing.

I received my name tag from lovely Ann in Denmark.  Ann and I are part of the FQR Kinky Bee that was born out of the envy some of us felt at last year's Retreat when seeing the piles of loveliness that the Brit Bee guys had made. There were enough of us to have two groups in the Bee but this meant that Ann was a Honey and I was a Bumblie so we haven't made anything for each other until this thing of beauty arrived on Saturday....

adjustable lanyard - genius!
And so during the hottest weekend of the year ever, it was onto finishing the sample swap items....

from underneath

what's the collective noun for a pile of iron cosies?  a glide? 

Yep, in sweatshop conditions, I made iron cosies for my group!  I dearly hope they travel with hot irons :-/.  A friend of mine said that I must have too much time on my hands to make a cosy for my iron - if only that were true.  But I've found mine useful for guild meetings (well, that one where I took it!) and wanted to do something that no-one else would make.  I hope to make bags for them to go into before the end of tomorrow cos that's where my time goes haywire.

I'm off to Barcelona on Wednesday for the night to catch up with a dear friend who is visiting Europe from New Zealand.  She is an extremely talented writer as well as quite simply the loveliest person and I am super excited about seeing her again - it's been about 9 years or so I think.  Anyhow, I'm back on Thursday in time to unpack and repack to head to London on Friday morning for the Retreat.  I still have to pull all my class prep together.  I have washed and pressed my fabric for the PJ making class with Kerry....

Philadelphia in Downtown by Jay McCarroll [image from fabricworm]
I cleared out the Village Haberdashery of their entire stock in Annie's 50% off sale stuff day so 2.5 metres only cost me a tenner!  I have printed off the pattern but need to sort it all out tomorrow.

I still have to pull together everything for Trudi's FMQ for the terrified workshop, Lucie's hand quilting session and Ruth's Trapunto session ( but I think I'll just buy her kit on the day) #shedloadstodo

I'm linking up with Catherine's slow blogger linky party - it's over at Martha's this month - and then off for a lie down!  Thank goodness Tuesday is a half day workwise for me!  I'll leave you with this cracking tune....

19 comments:

  1. Wow, you really lucky putting yourself under pressure! Good Luck and see you Friday. x

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  2. I feel exhausted just reading. Hope you have a fantastic night in Barcelona, and a really amazing time at the retreat.

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  3. Wow, I thought I was having a busy week! Love the name tags, hope you get everything sorted in time.

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  4. You are a little jet setter!
    Love your tags and the iron cosy gang.
    Have fun in Spain and I will see you in the Big Smoke soon.
    I'm hoping that the *prep* can be done during the class... that's okay surely ;0)
    xxxx

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  5. I love Panic (the song) much more than panic (what I'm doing right now because I'm not ready for FQR). The name tag you made is well worth the wait - it's fantabulous. And double sided! No wonder it took so long. I am a bit worried about my sample swap items not being up to par but not sure what I can do about it now. It's nearly Friday eek!

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  6. Blimey......and breathe! Have a fabulous time in Barcelona. See you Friday!

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  7. I was just thinking 'I haven't seen a blog post from Moira for a while', and here it is ;) No wonder, seeing as you have been so busy in this sweltering heat! I love both name tags and the iron cosies. Also, no wonder I couldn't buy any of that Centre City fabric- that's my favourite print from that collection - fab choice! Well, jingly, jangly lady, have the best time in Barca and I look forward to seeing you on Saturday evening! XXXXX

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  8. I work better under pressure too - can't wait to see you again :)

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  9. Have a brilliant time jet setting and seeing your friend. I will see you on the other side on Friday. Keep the irons warm in their jackets! Di x

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  10. It doesn't sound slow at all! I'd love to go to retreat, but now I'm wondering if the pressure is such that perhaps I don't want to go after all. Not sure I'm up to peer pressure of name tags, group gifts...I'd be the one with the shonky makings! Enjoy and I'll look forward to reading all about it when you're back!

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  11. the name tags are both lovely and the iron cosy is such a good idea, I am sure everyone will be delighted with them. Have a good day in Barcelona catching up with your friend and I am sure a great time will be had by all at the retreat, looking forward to seeing all that is done and reading about the great fun you will all have.

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  12. Wow! Full on lady! Have fun with your friend and I'm completely ignoring any reference of FQR (so, so sad I'm on the wrong side of the world!) - but have fun x

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  13. that name tag is so cool! Really retro. And I think the iron cosies are a fab idea. I only have one iron and I iron clothes on the ground floor and seams in me 2nd floor sewing room so am constantly carting the iron, sometimes hot, up and down stairs or leaving it lying around on the landing!

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  14. I love both nametags! Have a blast in Barcelona and I will see you on Friday!!

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  15. Blimey - have a great week and weekend..... feeling very envious. Logging off from blog reading for a while I think xxx

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  16. Oh, such a busy bee! Love the cosies and the tags. Hope you have a fab overnight stay in Barcelona and see you soon xx

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  17. Thank you so much for the name tag, I picked it up from the post office today and I love it. The drawstring bag will come in really handy for my machine accessories too.

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  18. Wow! and I complain that I'm too busy:) I love your name tags and iron cozies. I hope you have a wonderful time in Barcelona and the retreat.

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  19. Those iron cosies are great, I'm sure your swap partners will love them.

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