Tuesday 22 May 2012

Finding the words


As my hexagon quilt is coming very close to being finished with just one row of hexagons to add, I have been thinking about quilting and binding it. The backing, binding and batting are pre-washed and ready to go. Finally I have a chance to dust of my beautiful new machine and stop sewing by hand which is great as that hand is rather sore from it all and it has almost had enough.

I've also been thinking about some words to put on the back of the quilt (which is for my son) and my machine (a Janome  TXL 607) does lettering. I thought it would be beyond me, but it was really easy and great fun to program in a series of letters.

I would want to have a practice run before going for the real thing, especially if putting in a long sentence 'to my darling boy, mummy wuvs you very much, kisses and smooches xxx'.

I'm not really going to write that, so far all I can think of putting is his name and the date, but I want a little more than that - something that he won't cringe at when he is older. 'Mummy wuvs you' is perhaps not the way to go.

So what to write - any thoughts?


6 comments:

  1. It's looking great! What about writing his age, favourite colour/food/activity etc, so it's like a memory of this exact age, but not too embarrassing when you're fourteen ;)

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    1. hmmm, red/all food/ipad I suspect it will be the same when he is 14!!

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  2. Really love the colours!

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  3. Go for the height of embarrassment, that's the joy of being a parent ;o) No? Just my parents then...

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  4. I was wondering how the quilt is, it looks absolutely stunning! Can I ask a couple of questions: how many different fabrics did you use, and how big were the pieces of fabric?. Oh, and how big are the hexagons? Three questions. Oops!

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    1. Thanks Flossie! I always forget to measure how much fabric I used, but as a guess I would say 1 to 2 FQ of each, and there are 10 fabrics in all, I could have done with a couple more to help the randomness. The hexagons are 8cm wide.

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