Thursday, January 9, 2014

Blanket No.19 (Turtle Parade) - up for auction!

It's Chinese New Year soon and turtles are a symbol of longevity!

We present to you, Blanket No.19 - Turtle Parade!

Auction Rules:

1. Please check the latest comment for the latest bid before putting in yours.

2. All bids are placed as comments on this blogpost. All comments will be published instantly in chronological order. 

3. The auction ends at 5pm, on Friday, 10th January 2014. 

Note: Please monitor this post near closing time if you want to ensure that you are the highest bidder.

100% of the winning bid will be channeled to our Fund for the animals.

Do we hear RM150?

The bids as they come in:

9th Jan:

At 5.07pm, Melle bids RM188.

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A back-to-basics simple design of squares and rectangles.


All cotton material, measuring 42 inches by 71.5 inches.


This is a two-layered patchwork without padding in between.


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The Turtle Parade cloth is contributed by Ng Chen Chen.


Thank you very much, Chen Chen.


I matched it with our own plain pastel cloth.


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The top-stitching and backing is done by my mum.


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The top design was supervised entirely by Ginger from the PatioCat Patchwork Co.


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Every step of the way, under close supervision.


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This blanket was sewn during my hand-stitching days, so the top design is entirely hand-sewn.


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Will this blanket be yours?


Happy Bidding!


The symbolism of the Turtle in various cultures: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/animal-symbolism-turtle.html

3 comments:

Chen said...

Thanks for the wonderful job of sewing together this wonderfully auspicious blankie.

jasmine ong said...

Very nice and so sweet!

Melle said...

Rm188 for this sweet blankie.