First things first. I have two lovely ladies to thank for nominating my blog for the One Lovely Blog and the Very Inspiring Blog Awards as you can see here:
The first thank you goes to Lori at The Inbox Jaunt Who has been inspiring me greatly recently with her fabulous free-motion quilting. I was consoling myself with the fact that she probably used a specialist sewing machine of some sort but when she told me she only used an ordinary sewing machine, my admiration went up by several notches and I decided to give it a try myself.
The results are at the bottom of this post and needless to say – I have a very long way to go to approach anything like Lori’s level! Oh well practice makes perfect, as they say. Do have a look at Lori’s work though – it is truly inspirational.
My second thank you goes to Julie or Garden Girl at Crazy Wonderful Life. I find Julie has a very honest way of writing and I first got to visit her blog when she wrote about a disasterous sewing class – where everything went wrong – cheered me up no end!! Go take a little look and see some of the lovely things she has been making.
Now for the other bit (I have covered 1. and 2. I think)
The Rules
1. Thank the person who nominated you.
2. Add The One Lovely Blog Award / The Very Inspiring Blogger Award to your post.
3. Share 7 things about yourself.
4. Pass the award on to 10 nominees.
5. Include this set of rules.
6. Inform your nominees by posting a comment on their blogs.
Seven things about me:
1. I make a mean Moussaka
2. My star sign is Sagitarius
3. I was born in the Chinese year of the Ox
4. I did a foundation course in art therapy
5. I lost contact with my best childhood friend when I was 10 and found her 37 years later!
6. I have always wanted to visit South America
7. I love chocolate in any form!
Here are my nominees for the award:
A Conversation with Moo
Deep in the Heart of Textiles
Green and Clean My Life
Dizzy Izzy Blog
Knit Nell
Projects by Mtetar
Living Simply Free
Nice Piece of Work
Pillows a la Mode
Neros Post and Patch
As mentioned at the beginning of the post here is my show and tell – please don’t judge me harshly!! As I said earlier I was so inspired by Lori at the Inbox Jaunt I just had to have a try at free motion quilting so these were my first attempts:
I know the only way is up from here so I’ll keep you posted on how I get on!
Congratulations on your blog awards.
I am impressed with your free motion quilting. I am not game to try it on a quilt I think I should make myself a cushion and try the free motion quilting on that. One day!
Thank you Heather. I just used a couple of small scrap squares because I certainly wasn’t game to try it on something bigger!
They are charming and cute. I haven’t even gotten up the nerve to try! The bottom one kinda looks like popcorn…you could make a movie night snuggle quilt!
Thank you Julie. Hadn’t t thought of popcorn…. But now you mention it lol!
Congratulations to your awards! Your quilting looks beautiful and really inspiring! Thank you so much for nominating ‘Nero’s Post and Patch’! I do appreciate this award! Sunny wishes from Greece! x Teje
Thank you Teje and you are most welcome.
So cool. I’m impressed at your first attempts. Thank you for the award nomination!
CONGRATS, and many thanks for the Nomination. Very Lovely SHOW & TELL! Be Blessed, Mtetar
Congratulations, and thank you for including me in your list – I am very honoured
I think your freeform quilting is flipping amazing – I don’t know why you think it’s bad!!! I have seen some before and it’s an amazing technique. I really really love the first one on the turquoise background.
I love them!!! The loose designs look so happy! And congratulations on the awards. I do enjoy visiting new blogs through these awards. You have picked some good ones.
I like your flowers, especially the spiral ones in the second image. They’re very whimsical!
Thank you so much!
Congratulations! Consider me a follower and by the way I LOVE you Etsy Banner!
Ooooh thank you so much!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! And thank you SO much for the sweet shout out!
Love your blog – your quilting is stunning. You girls inspire me.. i have to start again
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Thank you for the kind comments. I like to think we all help to inspire each other in one way or another