Another cute sample....

Just adding these piccies a close up of the flower and the "Sweetheart Rose Maker" that I used to decorate this bag.

Here is another sample I've made for Tereasa's shop "Homespun and Beautiful" in the Bake Shop box are 2 rolls of very pretty fabric by Moda and a great little pattern for the bag, the 2 rolls are different patterns and colours so you can make one for yourself and another for a special gift.

A new sample....

What a cute little project this one is... simple, easy to stitch and very effective, a beautiful gift for someone special. Its called "Love is a Gift" from The Birdhouse Patchwork Designs, its a sample I made for my friend Tereasa for her lovely shop "Homespun and Beautiful aka Raggedy Station, isn't the fabric gorgeous ?

Table Runner Swap

I'm very lucky to be a member of a group of ladies online and we are known as "Friends in Stitching" , we had a tablerunner/topper swap and this is the runner I made for Cathy, it was fun to make this for her as they aren't colours that I ever use but I must say I was very pleased with end result and hope that Cathy likes it as well.

My other partner was Leanne and she made me this lovely christmas runner, I love christmas decorations and the one thing I haven't got is a tablerunner so it was great to recieve this from her. We opened our gifts in our chatroom last friday night and it was as usual a fun time.

Thanks ladies for the great swap.

Oh dear......problems

Well what problems I have had posting these photos, don't know why they only have red x's in my earlier post, I tried to delete them from the post below but just couldn't do it so here they are again. You will have to read the earlier post for details of these piccies.

A great weekend with June

This is my project for the weekend with June, I made this bag to match my "Punchneedle Tool Holder" ( made earlier) it will carry my frame, patterns, threads and any other goodies I need for these projects and will keep everything tidy.

The weekend before last I had a great time with my granddaughter June, she is 11yrs old, we decided to have a crafty time together. Firstly on the Saturday we went to our local craft shop... Homespun and Beautiful..... to buy a pattern and fabric to make a bag for her and I also had bought fabric to make one for myself, June chose the pattern and fabric for herself as you can see in the piccie below. We also had lunch together in the cafe and then off we went home to sew up a storm.

Here she is busy... busy.... busy.

June finished her bag and was able to take it home at the end of the weekend with a big smile on her face and yes she did make it all herself ( I only helped her with the cutting) I'm very proud of her efforts, the pattern has a small doll brooch on it but she didn't want that on the bag. We had great fun and it was nice to enjoy this together.

More mail

More mail, love getting parcels in the post... this is a BOM I have joined at "Faeries in My Garden" its different from the usual but it contains all embroidery which is what I love doing more than anything, hope to get started soon.

Show and Tell

This is the second "Gift of the Month" from "Faeries in My Garden" I must get a move on or I'll be behind with these projects and I really would like to keep up so I don't end up with any UFO's.

This is the bag I sent to Stella in the "Snickerdoodles Dreams" bag swap, its a "Material Possessions" pattern called "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" its a great bag to make so I must really make one for myself soon.

I seem to be having trouble with uploading piccies tonight so I will try again tomorrow as I have a few more things to show.

How lucky am I ??????

I have just received a beautiful bag that was sent to me by Deb from NZ and I can now show the piccie of it, we were in a bag swap in Snickerdoodle Dreams, swaps are always a great way to meet new friends. As you can see the bag Deb made for me is just beautiful and there was a little surprise in the parcel.... 6 place card holders, very cute, thanks very much Deb. I will post a piccie of the bag I made for my partner but I'll have to wait until she lets me know she has opened it first.

Finished at last .....

Here is my version of Lynette Anderson's pattern "Punchneedle Tool Holder" we made this at our local craft shop "Homespun and Beautiful" (aka Raggedy Station) and as usual we enjoyed lots of laughter and crazy chatter.

I've also finished my Snickerdoodles Bag Swap pressie but of course can't show a piccie of that yet so as soon as my partner gets it I will post a piccie, I've received my bag and its just great but not ready to show you all at the moment.

Wow look what we bought !!!!!

Well would you believe this..... we bought a plane..... I can't even believe it myself.... we have to wait for a couple of weeks for delivery as instruments have to be fitted first but this is it, cute isn't she..... no not me, the plane... silly. Hopefully I will have more news soon.

Mail !!!!

Love to get mail, this is a gift club I joined at "Faeries in My Garden" and I received my first parcel yesterday, as you can see the fabrics are lovely and I can't wait to start the new project.

Liz's new bag

This is a "Moon Shine" pattern by Monica Poole its called "Bow Bag", Liz (my daughter) chose the fabrics and I think she has done a good job, they do look great and I hope she gets a lot of use out of it. I was supposed to make it last year but only got around to cutting it out

at the time so its nice to get it finished at last.

Finished at last.... yahoooo

At last, I never thought I would see it all together but here it is.... now for the next bit.... layering and quilting, I would like to hand quilt but can't make up my mind which quilting designs would be right. I am so pleased with this quilt.... I love it. If it wasn't for a friend of mine "Diann" I probably would never had done it at all, thanks very much Diann.

Thanks Sue

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What a copycat I am, very interesting Sue, where do you find these things ?

Cute little mat

This is the mat to match the "Millhouse lampshade" I made a while ago, at last the full project is complete. Its called "Friendship Ninepatch Mat" by Lynette Anderson and will look great on my coffee table.

More news

This is one of Bronwyn Hayes new patterns... "The Gingham Girls" Medium carryall, its a fun bag and is a sample I made for Tereasa's craft shop "Homespun and Beautiful" aka Raggedy Station, we didn't use leather handles as shown in the picture but made up a method of our own which turned out very well.

Happy Birthday Girls

The birthday girls...... Tereasa B ( left) and Teresa C ( right)

Shhhhh I have a sercet... it was Tereasa (left) 50th birthday.

Laurel made the cake so naturally she was in charge of candles too.

A little quiet time..... Leona ( left) Tereasa and Mary.

Here is our little Tuesday group and today was very special as Tereasa and Teresa were both celebrating their birthdays and as you can see in these piccies we were enjoying ourselves with a lovely homemade morning tea and lunch, as usual lots of laughter and chatter, not much stitching today though.

Finished a little while ago

I finished this project a while ago but didn't get a piccie of it at the time as it went on holidays to my local craft shop Homespun and Beautiful aka Raggedy Station as a sample but now its home, I made it for my new table and chairs. This is from Bronwyn Hayes book "Miss Millie's Flower Patch", the project is called Miss Millie's Picnic Throw but its a great size for a table topper, I didn't do the centre stitchery as the table decoration covers that part so it was a waste of a stitchery. I love these projects in this book , I have made a few of them already and nearly finished another.

What Quilts On Your Bed ?

Here is the last block of the Vintage Valentine quilt, I have the border fabric so now all I need is the time to finish it. I'm making this quilt especially to put on my bed so the old bedspread will have to go and other things in the room will also have to change, when its all done I will put more piccies here. Below is the quilt on the bed at the moment its "Angel Story " by Anni Downs so I'll have to find another spot for it, not sure where yet.

Lynette Anderson has put a thread on her blog asking "What Quilts On Your Bed ? so take a look and you are able to go to other blogs and see lovely quilts, its such a great idea thanks Lynette.

The Sparrow has landed !!!!!!

To begin this little story we must go back 12 months, my hubbie "Gavan" wanted to learn to fly ultralight planes so he began at a flying school at Boonah, so every week he would go saying " one day will you come with me after I get my licence ?" and of course I said " yes dear... one day" naturally thinking that it would take sooooo long I would give it more thought when the time was closer.... Well its now time , several weeks ago he got his licence so he asked " will you come for a fly next week dear? " so what could one say " oh yes dear I.... think .... I would love to" so today was the day ..... I thought I would need proof of my trip so here are a few piccies.

Here I am just before we went up, cute little plane don't you think?
Its called a "Tecnam Golf"

I looked at the control panel and hoped he knew what he was doing.

Taking off and going up to about 2000 feet.

Didn't like the look of the rain in the distance but we changed direction so all was good.

Below you can see our town of Jimboomba, can't show our house as I wasn't going to lean out and take a piccie, not that game. In the distance ... the large white buildings are Woolworths shopping centre and a school which is the centre of our suburb.

A view of the hills.

This photo was taken as we were coming in for our landing, the long green grassie area is the air strip.

And here I am ... headphones and all, I did enjoy the trip and Gavan made me feel very safe so I'm still here to tell the tale and yes I will go again, he has to do his navigation endorsement yet so then we could go a bit further away.

After all the excitement was over we went to lunch at a very nice old local pub then off home.

Here is Gavan waiting for our lunch to arrive.

" The sparrow" bit in the heading is a nickname given to me by my crafty friends, they reckon I eat like a sparrow as I don't eat very big meals. Funny little girls aren't they.

Impossible to imagine !!!!!

Its so hard to imagine how the people in Melbourne must be feeling, its terrible to lose their homes but to lose family and friends is just shocking, also the flood victims in Queensland, my thoughts are with them all. We really don't appreciate what we have until something like this happens and then it makes us think how lucky we are.

Helen

New project begins

This is a block from "Girls Day Out" quilt by Libby Richardson, I meet with friends every Tuesday at our local craft shop "Raggedy Station" and we are all making this quilt, we have begun with block 5 some using different colours/fabrics which makes it more interesting, it will take a while as we are only doing 1 block every 2 months so our other projects don't get behind. I know its strange to begin with block 5 but after much coffee and chatter that was the choice, its great to be doing this together as it helps with the motivation.