Thread: I Need Ideas!!!

As she is not your mother, why not help the kids (1 or more or all of them) make something for her.

How about a quilting frame? Seems obvious and maybe you have already made one in the past?

1. What about a cotton tree (thread stand thingy) for all the cotton she uses? Not sure whether quilters use spools of cotton or long, looped sheaves (I use safety pins myself if I lose a button), but some sort of organiser might be useful.

2. Adjustable dressmaker's dummy

3. Display stand for her best quilts

A rack like they have in the stationery shops would always be appreciated for all her fabric squares.
You know the kind with slightly sloping shelves so the contents are easy to get to.
Quilting squares are usually around 250 x252 mm and 30-50 mm between the shelves would a good size.
I could try and make a drawing if you are interested
Wolffie

Hiya Shane!!!

A large to largish trunk with glass sides to show off the stored quilt??

cheers
Wendy

Has she got a nice sewing box?........Quilt rack?.......Um..... thats it.

A nice box for reels, needles, and stuff. It can be almost any size of any wood that you have to hand, just a few hours work, and you could put some choccy inside.

Box idea could be good. She could use it for anything.

a nice footstool to put her feet up on when quilting.

Hi Shane,
been following the story for a bit, (good luck hey)

my suggestion would be to make her something dramatically different from anything that she would be familiar with you normally making,

something that would make her curious about the change in your woodwork, style, direction, etc.


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Did one for a quilter....she wanted it really large but you don't have to go that big....& will go out & take photo of rack I made ...a towel rack....smaller size & quite nice for a quilt stand...sorry the quilt stand wouldn't load....old jpg.

Oh.... so simple to make I asure you......a breeze for you....and quick...& most of all practical!
You can see how simple it is....ask if you want any measurements...
Your a bonza bloke....more people like you & the world would be a nicer place....the one for the quilter stood about another 6/inches higher than this and about 3/inches wider & 6/inches taller.....but this is my towel rack.....and I think nicer than the large one we made as it's more versitle.

Cheers...KEKEMO

Good onya Ding'..

A box with lots of little compartments and cool stuff. Make something that will make her go "wow" not just "thanks...

Good luck!

Shane,
Mate, mothers day aint that far away!
If you decide to go with a quilt stand, I still have the templates I used for the stand below.....
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ighlight=quilt

Very happy to courier them to you,
It doesn't need to be as complicated as the one in the post, you wouldn't need to do the windows nor the scroll saw work,
PM if you need me .... it is more than a worthy cause!
Fletty

Hey Ding, what is she into?
No point making a quilters rack if she wont use it...