Coming along slowly

"My Favourite Things" quilt is happening but slowly, I should be able to put one strip together soon..... "Our Kinda Wonderful" blog girls are doing this together so that helps with the old motivation thing.....

"Twilight Garden" is also slow going but there is a lot of work in each block.

Last but not least is "Christmas Fun" and yes its been slow going as well, this is only block 2...... you can see the others progress on the Christmas Fun blog.

Maybe I have too many things on the go at once...... nah.. silly me why on earth would I say that hehehehe.

Much Loved and a Little Bullied.....

Its great to be back to enjoy Melody's Teddy Bear Picnic so pop over to see other picnicers , I have brought a little friend with me today  but I don't think the  pumpkin is very good picnic food really. I was having a look at Sandi's picnic and she inspired me to join her with the theme  "Anti Bullying Day"  ....so I'm wearing a little Orange ribbon...... which brings me to my story..... I'm " Robbie's Teddy" and I belong to Helen's son "Robert"  I never actually got my own name but that didn't matter as we went everywhere together.... I was bought by "Auntie June" (Helen's sister) as a gift when I was born and he just about loved me to death really as you can see in these photos.... now to the bullying bit of my story, we had a dog called "Penny" and she got hold of me and ripped my face open..... Rob was so upset he wouldn't have his afternoon sleep till his Mum fixed me..... new eyes and a nose job later off to sleep he went and me too of course as I was so tired after my ordeal  so please support the "Anti Bullying Day" tomorrow.

I brought along a chocolate..... bit of a play on words ...."Rocky Road"...... see even a Bear has a sense of humour hehehehehe.

Robbie sure did love me heaps, I'm nearly all worn out.

Robbie's Grandma Rose made me the blue outfit.... its so cool don't you think ?

I went to hospital when Rob was 18months old and was very sick, they even put injections in me which I thought was a bit much but if it was helping Robbie then it was worth it.

There is nothing like a cuppa with a good mate.

Love you " Robbie"

He's a big boy now 42yrs so Helen is keeping me safe till he comes to get me......

gosh I hope he comes soon .... I miss him.

Another Earl Grey Moment block.

Block 5 of the lovely "Faeries in My Garden" quilt  "An Earl Grey Moment"

This was a very busy block to do but I think it was worth all the effort, can't wait to see it together but still a lot to go yet.

                                                       Bring on block 6.

Last Minute OPAM

I've called this project "Helbel's Simple Table Topper" I'm mighty pleased with it too, just what I wanted for this table..... love the fabric, fresh without being too bright I think.

Oooooops didn't have this on my " Quilt To do List".....never mind I'll add it now.

                    Its definately an OPAM finish for February but only just.

Not the UGLY fat 1/4 again.......

So the story of the UGLY FAT 1/4 continues...... it begins here which now brings us to the present and look what these girls did .............

                                       Not so Ugly, very cute actually

Thank you girls..... Teresa, Sandi, Tereasa, this has been so much fun.

They did say that I would get it back sometime when I least expected it and they were right..... I didn't have a clue ......the silly thing is that the thread catcher and little needle case look fantastic and not ugly at all........ there can't be much of this fabric left now surely.

While I was making a few more string blocks out of my scraps look what popped up......... that ugly fat 1/4 again ......so it will bring a smile to my face every time I see it.

More hours in the day please

Oh I do wish I had more hours in the day especially for stitching, I have so much I want to do but my little fingers just can't stitch fast enough hehehehehe.

Here is another block of the "Earl Grey Moment" quilt from "Faeries in my Garden", you can see my friend Jenny's block here, so far we are on track  doing 1 block a month.

This really is a delight to stitch.

I hope you all get some stitching time today.

Waiting.... waiting.....

Yes I have been waiting and waiting..... what for you ask .... well we changed plans with Telstra for our home phone and internet of course what happens then....... it got all messed up and we were on a go slow for the internet so no posting for me lately... but its all good now at last.

I'm here now to show my lastest project .... its a "Hatched and Patched" pattern by Anni Downs called "Sewing Angel Toolstore"  I not only love it but I needed it too so its now in full use and working well. Its been great to do a smaller project for a change.

Great little pockets and its so user friendly.

I've also been working on a String Quilt, Laurel our blogless friend made one and it looks fabulous, she has inspired me to get one done too. We have a blog for our little group so if you go here you will see her lovely quilt. I've also decided to call it " The Frugal Quilt" as I'm using scraps of fabric, half empty bobbins and cotton reels, I'm also trying to make a few blocks every time I sit at the machine to do other things so progress will probably be slow.... well not too slow I hope.

I'm leaving all this on the floor next to my machine to keep me motivated.

                                          Till next time ..... Happy sewing.