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Title: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on July 22, 2017, 07:11:27 AM
So just two weeks and two days before I have to deliver the quilts to the NEC !

How did that happen????
It was 3 months away last week and suddenly Im looking down the road to see it rushing towards me!!!

I must be organised, I have all the time in the world, well as much as two weeks and two days allows, as the holidays are finally here ... this is most definitely doable!

FoQ tickets ... Here, and dispatched to those in the UK that ordered some.
Twopence can you let me know that you have received yours please, Sandra I know yours have got to you, thx :)

Great Dorset Steam Fair tickets finally arrived ... and stashed away safely.

Hotel room ... booked with an option of extending

Quilts .... To Do List

The Opus.

The extra quilting has sorted a hell of a lot of the pooching problems that came to light when I first hung the quilt just over a week ago so all good there, but I still have to fill in some gaps in the borders with my freestyle ahem ... flowers!

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Then I have to attach the show's paper label, and cover any reference to who made the quilt; which includes the shows label!
I have made some neat lil pockets out of calico to attach to the reverse of the quilts to carry this label but I will still have to sew some fabric over my own labels for The Opus.

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Then it will be done

The HSTathon

I might add a couple of extra lines of stitching through the body of the quilt just to see if it aids a slight ripple I'm seeing as it hangs...

After that, tack the show label to the reverse and its done. I haven't got any of my own labels to cover (Yay) and the show label will be removed by the FoQ staff as its (technically) double sided so no need for a pocket or covering flap of fabric.

Undulating Terror

This is done. Pretty hanging sleeve attached.... check
Its label was double sided, with my name on the interior, so I've stitched it down so all you see is the title of the quilt.

The FoQ paper label is already attached ... again no need for a covering of fabric as its double sided so the FoQ staff will remove this prior to the exhibition.

Undersea

Hanging sleeve ... check
Show Label in lil calico pocket .... check
No other labels to cover ... check
Blinging up ... in progress

What should be a joyous task, blinging up the quilt with sparkles, is actually the most mind numbing, tedious and time consuming task I have ever come across but I will have to get it done, hopefully today (and tomorrow no doubt) as it needs to lounge around the place on a flat surface to 'set'!
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Acorn on July 22, 2017, 10:43:21 AM
Are you absolutely sure they're flowers and not starfish?  The pebbles made me see starfish...
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: rubywishes on July 22, 2017, 10:44:47 AM
Im, I love your flowers...you are such a clever clogs! :)
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: maliw on July 22, 2017, 17:07:57 PM
Go girl, can't wait for the Iminei hunt. Is anyone else entering?
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Sakar on July 22, 2017, 20:05:16 PM
I am looking forward to see you and the quilts in 18 days 0_0
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: maliw on July 22, 2017, 20:55:09 PM
18 days, is that all it is? I hadn't realised that it is so soon.
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: QuiltySisty on July 22, 2017, 23:10:37 PM
Mine has been posted off to the logistics company. I always feel a massive weight lifted off once it's all parcelled up and there's nothing more I can do!

Really looking forward to an Imi hunt this year :-D and also meeting some of the lovelies from the sewing place :-D

I forgot to take note of the number of my entry, but I should get the competition catalogue about a week before the show (because I have VIP tickets) so I shall hunt out all the numbers then!

Getting excited now!
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on July 23, 2017, 07:29:16 AM
because I have VIP tickets

AAaahhh ...We will be able to recognise you then Quilty....

You'll be the one lying on the chaise longe in the air conditioned splendour of your own private, rose bedecked lounge, attended by tanned, topless beefcake butlers offering you yet another slipper of Veuve Clicqout  as minions scurry round the show bringing the quilt of your choice to your private viewing area!
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: maliw on July 23, 2017, 11:19:09 AM
Oh Quilty, sorry I forgot you. Of course, there will be a Quilty hunt too, ?pictures of your entries then I know what to look for - please.
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Sakar on July 23, 2017, 17:32:02 PM
There will be serveral hunts then  :) When and where do we meet?
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on July 24, 2017, 15:58:21 PM
Have been waylaid by Paul's accounts for a couple of days...
but I do have a underlying motive, in the acquisition of extra moollah for FoQ!!

Back to the quilts by the end of the week ... HSTathon next, labelling and maybe a lil extra quilting.
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on July 27, 2017, 12:44:37 PM
Back to the countdown ...
and the HSTathon is back under the Splurges harp.

Regretting this now ...that 'only a few lines of quilting' is beginning to look like a lot of work now ...Grrrr!
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Sakar on July 27, 2017, 20:20:15 PM
Go on, Imi, you can do that!!!!  :)
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on July 30, 2017, 04:00:22 AM
Ok, we are now at ......

HSTathon:- Those few lines have turned into a full quiltathon ... but once I got around 'having' to do it and threw away the 'OMG!! ... I have to basically re-quilt it', is going fine. I think the worst point came two days ago when I realised, unlike The Opus, I had to unpick the hanging sleeve!

That was done and I am now 5/6ths finished ... including re attaching the sodding hanging sleeve Woo Hoo!
which I hand sewed as I watched The Remains of the Day (for the 32nd time ... love that film) yesterday!

So HSTathon ...Only 1/6th left to do ...then tack the FoQs lil label on and done!

The Undersea is hanging and I will try to get a decent pic so you girls can have a view on the blingification.
I think its almost there, with just one area needing a few more subtle (ie not so glittery) teeny stones adding.

The Opus is hanging too, two or three small flowers in the border are needed and then thats finished.

And the Undulating Terror, hanging, no further work needed!

I'll give the first 3 a bit of a press before they are packed away (probably next weekend) and I'm done.

Sorry to bore you girls with all this, but it makes it much clearer for me how much I have left to do ...or not ... If I write it down!
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Sakar on July 30, 2017, 07:25:55 AM
Hey Imi, I can understand you, I also like to write things down and afterwards to tick it off.  :flower: I am looking so forward to see all your quilts at FoQ.... :D

Imi, what are you doing at 4 o'clock in the morning?!?!

So, do I count correctly? Imi has four quilts at the show,... Who else has how many quilts to hunt ;)
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on July 30, 2017, 08:03:58 AM
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The stones on the starfish are teensy, about 2mm across, so not over kill I hope.

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More right at the end of the album here ....
https://goo.gl/photos/EYf3oK8xZq5G3xow9 (https://goo.gl/photos/EYf3oK8xZq5G3xow9)
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Lowena on July 30, 2017, 10:13:44 AM
Shouldn't they have been sent off by now? Quilty sent hers ages ago  -< You'll get the worst display places if you're not careful  :(
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on July 30, 2017, 10:52:33 AM
We're delivering them on the Monday before, Low ... but otherwise you are correct.

I have no idea how they decide to hang them, but I think the decisions have already been made. Im just hoping there will be some light on the Undersea one ... and possibly not too much light on the others!!
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: maliw on July 30, 2017, 11:02:15 AM
You really are an artist. I've just had a look at the photos, it's lovely. Not long now to FOQ - yippeee.
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Ellabella on July 30, 2017, 12:27:39 PM
Imi they are wonderful, you have real talent.

So wish I could see them in the flesh, I'm so jealous of you all meeting up and having a wonderful time. Would love to be there.

Do all your entries get displayed together?
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: StitchinTime on August 01, 2017, 15:46:49 PM
There has been some serious procrastination at work this afternoon and instead of what I should have been doing, I have created an A-Z list of the FoQ exhibitors and a printable floor plan.

I don't think there is anywhere to upload pdf files on this forum, so if anyone would like copies, please message me and I'll email them to you.
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on August 03, 2017, 13:48:00 PM
Well that's it!

I've finished the extra quilting of the HSTathon, It doesn't seem to have made much difference to how it hangs tho' ... :(

The Undersea has had a (very) few extra sparkles in areas that seemed to need it but I think that's enough now.
I had wanted to add a couple of red stones (for contrast) but couldn't figure out where.

The Opus had a couple of gaps in the border filled with flowers ... (I seriously hope peeps don't think its was FMQ'ed) and that is hanging very much better ... but still not perfect.

And The UT has been fine from the start, but then I had that one long armed.

Their labels have all been added so there really is no more to do til Monday morning when I will pack them and deliver them to the NEC....

so time to let the nerves get to work!
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Sandra on August 03, 2017, 14:07:07 PM
You've done all you can now, so don't worry.
 
You'll be glad you entered when the show's over and you'll wonder why you were so worried.

Hold your head high. They're going to look great on display. :)

Sandra.
xxx
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on August 12, 2017, 06:56:41 AM
Just a quick update ladies .. the full unedited version will be hitting your screens mid next week.

All that angst about how the HSTathon was hanging was unnecessary, it hangs beautifully compared to quite a lot of very accomplished quilts!

There I was fretting like mad for the week before and on the journey up... Well we walked in to the Festival on day one and passed at least 5 very nice quilts whose bottoms looked like a flamenco dancers skirt mid twirl ... I swear the masses in the Hall turned in unison as I let out my sigh of relief!  :D
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Sewingsue on August 12, 2017, 07:47:15 AM
See, we told you they looked good enough - more than good enough.

One suggested amendment to your post

'compared to quite a lot of other very accomplished quilts'
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Iminei on August 13, 2017, 07:07:47 AM
Last day today!

So sorry to have missed DF, my email here seems limited, I have received but don't think I can send ... well at least the emails to DF have remained stubbornly in my out box!

So I must pack and leave my cases with the front desk and hie my weary bod back for one last long day!

Will be posting pics, news and gossip during the upcoming week!

Have a good sunday wherever you are  :D
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Acorn on August 13, 2017, 09:57:33 AM
There are photos, aren't there?  Please tell me there are photos!   :o
Title: Re: Festival of Quilts countdown
Post by: Sakar on August 13, 2017, 21:22:35 PM
Oh yes, there are....  :D