" TO DO LIST " for 2008

This list is quite small this year so far but new things could be added later.

QUILTS .....

"Romantic" candlewick quilt by Margaret Upston, doing this with the JQ&S group, a block a month.
2006 Friendship quilt, only layering and quilting to be done.
"Outback Star" by Kookaburra Cottage.
Vintage Valentine...... still slogging away.
Simple Stars lap quilt. Only have to layer and hand quilt.

CHRISTMAS .....

"Pete the Elf " by Diane Ganzer.
"Santa's Dilemma" wallhanging by Figgle Bug designs. Doing this with my friend Jenny.

MISC .....

"Bow Bag" for my Mum..... mothers day.
"Handy Housewife" by Blue Willow Designs, this is a sewing caddie.
"Miss Millies Picnic Throw" by Bronwyn Hayes, this will be for a table topper.
"Garden Angels" quilt card by Wildcraft Farm, given to me by a dear friend.
2 Candlewick coathangers.
"Millhouse Lampshade" and Friendship 9 Patch tablemat to match the lampshade, by Lynette Anderson.
"Cozy Home" table runner by Bareroots.
"Friends for Tea" tablerunner by Bronwyn Hayes.
"Miss Millie's Tote" bag pattern by Bronwyn Hayes.

Dolls.....

"Violet Elizabeth" by Rondel Ferrett of Gathering Stitches, a shelf sitter. COMPLETED
"Celia" by Annie Smith.
"Melody" by Debbie Magee. COMPLETED
"Sewing Keeper" by Debbie Magee. COMPLETED

Of course..... there will be more dolls..... but our very small doll group ( 3 of us) decide on those as we go along. Hopefully all this list will be completed by the end of the year, fairly pleased with my 2007 list.... not all completed but most of them.

Prim Treasures Swap piccies Dec. 2007

These are the gifts I made for Kerry, the doll is a Rosalie Quinlan pattern called "Elizabeth" made one for myself at the same time, the wallhanging is called "A Little Shabby" by Cinderberry Stitches and I also made the matching little cushions, might have to make them for myself as well. Nearly forgot the christmas fat 1/4 and button.

Secret Santa Swap Prim Treasures Dec. 2007

These are a piccies of my swap pressies from Razzyrose. First is the christmas fq and button, then the blackboard wallhanging with Bronwyn Hayes stitcheries, the doll is a Mum's Moment pattern called "Sophie" and last but not least a diary beautifully covered, all of these gifts will be put to very good use, thanks very much Razzy.

Best dressed Washing Machines

This one is Mum's (Dolly)


and this is mine.

This is what the best dressed washing machines are wearing this year..... lol..... one is mine and the other is my Mum's ( dolly). In 2006 I was in a friendship block swap, I was going to make a quilt with them but figured one could only have so many quilts and I didn't really need another so then decided to make them into covers for our washing machines instead and I must say that I'm very pleased I did, they look great and make the laundry a bit more cheery. I haven't decided yet on what I will use the other blocks ( 4 left ) for but will work that out later.

Christmas Decorations

Here are a couple of piccies of my christmas decorations and a two of a lovely pressie that Teresa C made for me, its a photo album and hopefully I will get some piccies in it over the next few weeks, love it.

Merry Christmas to everyone and I hope you all have a safe and Happy New Year.

Bucket of Christmas

This a project I have been doing with a couple of friends..... Tereasa B and Teresa C...... they are called " Bucket-O-Christmas" pattern by Sun Valley Primitives ( I like to call them a" bucket of uglies" ) loved making these and as usual we had a few good laughs.

Quilters group secret santa swap

This is Teresa trying to hide from my trusty little camera.


We had a great time at our quilters group christmas party and opening of the swap pressies. I was so lucky to receive such beaut gifts from a very good friend Teresa, she does lovely work as you can see in the piccie and I'm very fortunate to have had her as my partner.

Friendship Tags

I really enjoyed making these tags, they were designed by Leanne May for a wonderful " Stitchers Dream Day Out" that I went to with great craft friends last September, we all had such a terrific time and its nice to have finished my project so soon.

I'm still a busy little bee

Another little project finished , I'm certainly on a roll. These cuties are a "Cat and the Fiddle" pattern , they were fun to make, never thought I would be doing prim stuff but I really like these.

PS.... Forgot to say that my little girls still need shoes but I'm having trouble finding just the right thing so will edit the piccie when I can get some.

Busy busy busy

Well here is another project done I'm very happy to say, I have had the stitchery done for a while but couldn't find the right frame. This is a "Candlelight Creations" pattern by Leanne May.

My Beautiful Corinne

" Gee Nan...... just 1 piccie...."
Nannnnnn I said 1 piccie.......................

This is my g/daughter Corinne ready to go to her year 10 semi-formal and of course its absolutely necessary to see Nan before she goes. Wow this makes me feel old but its lovely to see her growing into a wonderful young lady although wearing a dress is not her favourite attire.

Stitchers Dream Day Out 2007

Tereasa (left) Joy ( behind her) and Noela ( hiding in ballons)

Its taken me a bit of time to get around to sharing the piccies of the great stitchers day we went to on 22nd September at Toowoomba, a slightly overcast day but everyone still had a terrific time. Natalie Bird, Leanne May, Rosalie Quinlan and Lynette Anderson certainly designed lovely projects for us and hopefully I will soon get 1 or 2 finished. Theres nothing more enjoyable than spending the day stitching with friends, having a great lunch without a care in the world.

New Girls

"Gracie" a Rosalie Quinlan pattern.

"Pinkeeper" by Country Keepsakes. ( over did the cheeks on the
one on the right, don't laugh)

I have been a bit quiet in the blogging world but busy in craft world.

Making dolls has been keeping me on the go, "Gracie" ... pattern by Rosalie Quinlan... is for my daughter Heather, I've had the fabric for quite some time but finally got to it, another project off the "to do list", also made 2 Pinkeeper's... pattern by Country Keepsakes and a secret santa doll for the prim treasures group and one for myself but can't show piccies yet cause then my partner would know so you will have to wait. Oh yes forgot the JQ&S group's secret santa pressie too so I have been very busy just not a lot of piccies to show at the moment.

2 more projects done...... phew

Well I haven't been blogging very much lately but I'm pleased to say I have finished 2 projects from my "To do list 2007" the first is the Bronwyn Hayes table quilt " Tea with Veronica" and the second is a Mum's Moment quilt " Christmas belles " so now I can get on with my secret santa gifts for Prim Treasures group and the Jimboomba Quilters and Stitchers group. I don't have anything else newsy so I'd better get off the putor and get stitching.

I have been tagged,mmmmmmm

Mmmmmm tagged hey, now what to write...8 things but I'm not very interesting really but here goes......
I have been tagged by the lovely Sarah from Prim Treasures Friendship Club- 8 random things about me.RULES - Post rules before giving the facts - Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves - People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules - At the end of the your blog you need to tag eight people and list their names - Leave them a comment on their blog, telling them they have been tagged and not to forget to read your blog.

1. I love taking time for me ... soaking feet with candle burning and music playing.
2. Hate getting older, I am not doing it gracefully.
3. Don't like cats, yukko.
4. Love being a Nan its great fun.
5. I also have a weekness for chocolate.
6. I find grocery shopping boring.
7. I'm in a tenpin bowling league every wednesday.
8. I'm definately not a morning person but like staying up late.

Holy dooly that was hard its not easy trying to think of stuff like that.lol

All my friends seem to have been tagged already but these girls might join in....

Tereasa .. Teresa ..

Secret Santa pressies

These are the pressies I received at our Christmas in July swap, Cate made these for me and they are really great, just love 2 christmas days in a year.

Guess thats it for now.

Helen

Prim Treasures Swap

I have been very slack in my blog lately but I'm here to fix that.

These are the piccies of the beautiful gifts made for me by Jan, a member of our Secret Santa Swap, as you can see I was a very lucky girl and I'm making good use of all the pressies.... well the tree ornie will have to wait for christmas but I do have it hanging from a shelf and who cares if its not christmas.... not me thats for sure.

The bag is such a good size and great colours, you did a great job Jan thanks so much, I could go on and on but the piccies tell it all.

Helen

My big exciting news.....

Wow this is so exciting..... I went to pick up my quilt from the Mt. Gravatt Show today so there I was having a look at the quilts and on my quilt was a blue ribbon and a great rosette, the ladies were waiting for me to show up to see the results, getting first prize for this section was great but to get "small quilt champion" and "best of show" was certainly more than I had hoped for.

I received a $50 voucher at Webster & Wood hairdressers for the first prize and Best of Show was a $100 voucher for a service on a sewing machine, $20 off a facial and a $20 voucher at sewing world.

Took a piccie at the show of the quilt and the other at home.

Our New Group

The Jimboomba Quilters and Stitchers Group began on the 4th June after the closure of our local craft shop and is now going very well with appox 35 members already and each week we about 20 girls attend which is great. We celebrated our first Christmas in July last monday and it was terrific, we had started a secret santa swap at the beginning of the year (whilst still at the craft shop) with 12 girls so we opened our gifts at our party, it was so much fun. I started a new swap for the next part of the year and we now have 20 girls involved so hope it goes well. Everyone brought a plate of food for the day so we eating took up most of the day as well as much laughing and chatting.... of course. As the piccies show a great was day had by all, I had to play santa which was a bit embarassing but whats a christmas party without santa.
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My Little Secret.......

Gosh its been a while since I have had anything newsworthy to tell but I do now.

I have entered my quilt (piccie below this post) "Throught the Garden Gate" in the Mt. Gravatt Show this weekend, I won't be going to the show until sunday afternoon to pick the quilt up so I"ll get to see all the quilts then and maybe have more news to tell.