Hello from Rocky

Hi, This is my dog Rocky as you can see he is a Chahuahua (?spelling I get it wrong every time) anywa he thinks he's a much LARGER dog.He is also a sun worshiper and this is one of his sunning spots an the bend of the staircase.He will be 7 yrs old in Feb. and thinks he rules our house (he does!!) Hope you lke him.

Take Care

Janette

New Bag.

I was trying something new, well new for  me, a journal size piece of work to resemble a face. I tried to work in the same way as Pamela Allen, just cut and lay it down and see what comes out. So here it is bad hair day bag 1, it was fun to make but I had a few problems on the way.One such problem is covered by a little green heart! I also tried rounded corners but I'm not keen on this look so I will not do that on another bag. It was all free motion quilted and is lined with cotton. What do you think??? 

Hello2011 Goodby 2010.

Well I have been gathering information re-Etsy and setting up a shop and all it entails and so far I've not been scared silly. I asked questions and several people came back with good input.One crafter from Fife gave me lots of good information and also pointed me to MacEtsy which was really good because I could look at sights from Scotland and get a good idea of what was on sale from here, she also came up with a good name  for my shop.(more on that later)Anyway things are progessing and all I need to do now is the work to have a "stock" ready.This is holiday time for me so thats why I have given this title this post.Its been a quick year with LOTS of changes but I am looking forward to 2011 and hope its a vintage year for me.
See you in 2011
Janette

Snow, Wind and Rain

We have had lots of snow for this area and while it has caused some problems we have been o.k. compared with others parts of Scotland.We now have wind and rain so the remaining snow will soon be gone. This has been perfect sewing weather however I still have to finnish my entry for Loch Lommond Show, (one of my entries) the one on this blog, I'm working on at least one other entry but as my camera need its battery charged and I have no idea here the charger is you will have to wait for a photo.As you can see I now have a Bag Gallery, this shows only a few of the bags I have made but I will add more photos later.I am also thinking of having an Etsy shop where I can sell my work to a wider shopping market, but again thats in the pipeline.Well if I am going to do all that then I need to work so thats what I'm doing now. hank you for your visit call again soon.
Take \care
Janette

Close ups, but not their best side!!

Hello Again, Judy thank you for looking and as you can see I took note of your comment about close ups however as you can also see my skill level in photography is nil. I have read articles in mags. about the best thing to do, how to do it, and what gives the best results and I did try to follow some of the guidelines BUT as you can see I still have the L plates on.Also I really do'nt know how to use my little camera, can  find the book, so please try to see what I've done. Perhaps it would be better to explain.

A few years ago I attended a class with Ricky Timms and really enjooyed it, free cutting, I think it was his cave man class anyway after the class I tried some ideas of my own and my Wibbly Wobbly Nine Patch class was born.I have taught this class often its very popular as there are no seem allowance rules and you re-size after you have made all of your blocks. Moving on from that I then decided to use this method for backgrounds (there is another quilt on an older post using this) and played with sheer fabrics to see how they would work.This has turned into one of my favourite things to do, I free cut curved strips, weave them into the required size on  wadding/batting and then stitch them down.They can be made in any size, are quick and easy and a great way to use up not so good looking  fabric as you only see a small area at a tiime. I also have some pieces mounted and framed but they are under glass and the problems I would have to photograpg them would be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So be kind when you look and I will try to improve the photography.Its now snowing quite heavily so a perfect day to sew.Please visit again and if you can please leave a comment I enjoy hearing what folks think of my work as I hope to sell some of it feed back is laway welcome.
Take Care
Janette

More Work to Look at.

We moved to another part of Scoltand in May 2010 but did not live in our new home until  August 2010 because we were doing renevations and adding rooms, one of which became my studio.As you can immagine after months of having my "old" studio paced away its taken me some time to unpack and these two pieces are the latest finds.The red and green curved piece in the centre  is made from a coloured sheer with narrow red satin stitch, then appiqued to a black velvet background and the mount is red. (I forgot to rotate this photo sorry) The over all sizes are,         14and three quaret inches long  by  11 and one quarter inches wide. Price is £20 unframed,  P&P extra.

This piece is worked in green and blue sheer fabrics with narrow sattin stitch in blue, it was then appliqued onto a calico background and has a dark blue mount.This piece measures 14 and a five eiths inches long and 11 and one quaret inches wide, this piece is also £20 unframed and P.&P. are extra.

As I unpack more of my studio I hope to add to the work for sale, in the mean time thank you for looking and I hope you enjoyed your visit and will come again.

Take Care

Janette

Latest Work

These two photos are of a piece I am working on right now, the top photo is a close up of the block/s I am using.It is made up of four red squares and each square has two half square triangels. The cantre looks llike a windmill block with a llittle twist.

This is the piece with a narrow black border which I hope gives it a little drama without taking anything away from the centre.This is quite a heavy quilt because of the ammount of fabric in each block, another reason for a narrow border. What do you think of this piece??? all comments will be read and no offence taken. I would also like to hear how you would quilt this piece.I have quilted my sample piece/inspiration that this quilt was made from but as its smaller than this and a little different again your help would be good. I look forward to hearing your ideas and thoughts.

Take Care

Janette

Will this Work??????

I'm not at all sure which blog I am posting to with this post.I have tried to change the e-mail addi. onjanettestitches  blog without success so here I go again.I had probs. sending photos too as again the old e-mail was there DH has now (I hope) sorted that prob. so heregoes nothing.
Testing out.
Janette

Unfinished work

I did it! Yiiiiiiiiiiippppppppeeeeeeeeee however the two pieces I have added are both unfinished when the photo was taken. the top one is now finished but the little journal size on eis not.

Snow and Other Stuff.

We had a heavy fall of snow yesterday Dec.6th., today its sunny but very cold and icey.I am attempting to put another quilt on this blog and a present looking for the device that allow's me to put photos from my camera into my computer but as I'm not computer literate this could take a long time.

Hello Susi

I am so glad you came to visit, the other follower is my yougest daughter Ruth so you have met one member of my family.I have found it impossible to change my e-mail addi on/in my last blog so thats why \i now have this one. I plan to put work that I would llike to sell on this blog, not sure if thats allowed, and see what happens.No sewing today but I did take a photoof the quilt I'm wirking on, now all I have to do is find the little machine thing that puts then from my camera onto/into my computer then I can send them here for your opinion.Now all I need to try and do is change the background colour on this blog I prefer black what do you think. Happy to say weare snow free at the moment and have had sunshine however it is very cold.Come again.
Janette

My first photo.

I feel really proud of myself for at last posting a photo, just hope I can repeat the process more than once.This little quilt was in the Quilts in the Garden Exhibition last year (2009) I used my wibbly wobbly cutting and weaving methos to make the background and bonded the stylised flowers. Fun to make and I hope Fun to look at. This work is for sale so please ask questions if you are interested in buying.
Thank you for looking.
Janette

My First Photo, Yiiiiipppppppeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Again.

Its been some time since my last post and quite a lot has happened in that time.Our son is to be a Daddy, our eldest daughter is back with her husband and I have been to visit my friend Linda.She looked really ill and was in a lot of pain but we hd an hour together then she had to go back into hospital. She also gave me her Embellisher, I had been trying to save for one but she kindly gave me hers (on permanent loan) Anyway I tried it out last night for the first time, learned how to change needles before I could start then proceded to break two.I'm sure I'll get the hang of it  with practice and Linda says I'll be hooked, we'll see.I'm working on a quilt for Loch Lommond show  2011 using my favourite block, half square triangles, the colours are Red, Black and White. I made up a sample a long time ago, in these colours, and laid it aside I printed out entry forms and started to work on a top but it is hard work, not really coming together, so I stopped that one tried a few other blocks then found the old sample and decided to roll with it, its quite strong colour wise and has a little twist so I hope they like it.I had to start WORKING on soomething or this new studio would never have been organised, well getting into some kind of order. The next thing I will attempt is to post photos on this blog, wish me luck. Call in again
Janette

confused

I have just gone to janettestitches.blogspot.com and found it brings me to kintyrequilts blogspot?????now I'm comfused as I wanted to change my e-amil address on janettestitches How cold this happen???????
Janette

Trials and Tribulations

Since my last note we have visited Turkey, which was lovely, I would recomend a Turkish bath, never felt so good in a long time.We have had two of our grandchildren to stay with mummy (Shona) and just when we thought everything was going fine DH ends up in hospital.Anyway on the quilting front I have started a quilt I hope to enter in The Loch Lommond Show in 2011.This is my closest show but still quite a drive away however by the time the show comes round we can see  how things are re visiting.I still need to add photos to this blog and want to sell work from this blog so I really need to get busy.So with that in mind I'll say take care talk again soon.
Janette

New House, New start, New blog

Hi This is my second blog the first one is http://janettestitches.blogspot.com  and there are pictures there however when I moved house I also moved servers and found it a BIG problem to change my e-mail addi so here I am.I hope to have this one up and running very soon.Look forward to your visit.
Take Care
Janette