MY GRANDDAUGHTERS QUILTS

This is Brooke showing off her first quilt. She has made it for her dollies and was very happy when it was finished. Brookis 7 years old.

Here is Jade with her first big quilt, last year she made her first dollies quilt. Jade is 8 1/2 years old. Jades quilt is a row by row, quilt as you go quilt as I thought she would find it easy to sew. The binding is sewed on the machine as Jade still finds hand sewing hard to do. She added a little blue applique bird to give it a bit of character and has called her quilt Birdie Rails as the fabric used was called Birdie by MODA.
Bye for now and I will try to blog more often this year, Jude

CHRISTMAS SEWING

 Hayley and Chloe sewing their angels. Chloe was a bit concerned when the thread almost came out of the needle.

 Chloe, Brooke and Hayley showing off their angels.

 A close up of the angels.

Hayley and Chloe hard at work sewing the hearts to the angels dress.

I haven`t been blogging much lately and plan to do more often in the new year.

Three of my grand daughters were visiting at the same time and we decided to do some sewing.

we looked through some books and decided to make some angels, it was a lot of fun and many rethreading of needles when the little arms pulled it to far but worth it in the end when they all went home with a new angel for the Christmas tree.

Bye for now Jude

CUTE LITTLE BAGS AND BALLET DANCERS

I just loved making these little bags and have plans to make more. The two together were gifts for Chloe and Hayley,{my twin granddaughters} as a gift after we watched them dance at their ballet concert. The little kids were precious, they were just watching each other and all out of step but we loved it anyway. The other bag is my newest sewing hold all for when I go to craft. I have another to make using teddy bear fabric for my next door neighbours daughters birthday and as the pattern is so good I will probably be making more.

 My bag and it is also fully lined and has a needle case to go with it and I will show you that later.

The twins bags.

Here they are all dressed for the ballet concert.

Bye for now jude.

THE TWINS BIRTHDAY GIFTS

 Here I am with my beautiful granddaughters Hayley on the left and Chloe on the right(I think). They are now 5 years old and due to start school next term. DH and I are going to Victor harbor for their ballet concert and I will be staying on for the kindy graduation.

 This is one of the dolly carry cots I have made for  their birthday gift and a Barbie doll as well. They have little dolls and toy bunnies and bears just waiting to sleep in these cots and they were quite easy to make.

 This is the second dolly bed and I know the girls are going to love them. I am sure they will also be used to carry baby bunny and guinea pig around in if we let them. Lucky they are washable.

These cute bags are for the girls after we have been to their concert. I saw the ballet fabric and had to buy it and now it has come in very useful. I have put a hair brush, lip gloss and nail polish in the bags and the girls are going to be excited when they get them. Bye for now as I have to put the tea on the table as DH is complaining he is hungry, poor dear. Jude

JUNE STITCH-A-LONG FINISHED EARLY

Dont you just love this cute pincushion. It was easy to do even with all those little hexies and it came together very quickly. It is out of the RED HOME book by Natalie Bird and is full of great projects to do. Looking forward to completing even more projects from this book.
cheers for now Jude.

A LITTLE GIRLS QUILT

Love this quilt pattern, its quick and easy to do and the little girls seem to love it.

 It is called Butterflies & Daisies 2 by Kids Quilts and I daresay it will be made again.

The little pillow is from the Worry Dolls pattern from Dont Look Now.

I have made it slightly bigger than the pattern and prefer this size and will continue to make them this big.

The backing and binding is the same as the quilt and it ties them together and makes a lovely gift.

Hi everyone, I have been very busy making quilts and other little stitching and sewing projects. The quilt and pillow pictured here are a gift for my next door neighbours 1st grandchild. DH and I attended the parents wedding last year and I said I would make their daughter, Isla a quilt. The colours that were chosen were blue and purple and I was a bit worried that it was not going to look very nice. But I shopped around for fabrics and used others from my stash and was pleased with how the quilt has turned out. With the leftovers I have made a little pillow to go with it and I am sure they are going to like it.
 I cant show the other quilt as yet as I was doing a test run on a pattern for my  friend Dawn and as it is to published in a magazine later this year the design is a secret, but I will show you after the publication comes out. Hope the waiting wont be too bad and it will be worth the wait.
Just have to put the finishing touches to a couple of smaller projects and will be posting them.
Bye for now Jude

MY NEW BAG AND A SHORT BREAK

 This is my latest bag it is from the SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL book from Anni Downs. I am doing a project a month on a Stitch-a-long organised by Chookyblue and I am really enjoying it.

DH and I have just spent a few days at Port Willunga on the Fleurieu Peninsular in good old South Australia. We took the dog Andy, who is having a snooze here and our van and enjoyed some rest and relaxation. Long walks on the beach and exploring the local towns. Here I am putting the final stitches of the embroidery onto the bag in the photo above and I finished it this afternoon at home. The weather was unseasonably warm for this time of the year so it was lovely to spend time at the seaside. I was even propositioned by a lovely local lady to go skinny dipping (or should that be chunky dunkin as I am not a slim Jane at all), because I did not have my swimming suit, I kindly declined as it was too cold and windy. Had a lovely drive to Victor Harbor on Friday to pick Chloe and Hayley my 4 year old Grandaughters up from kindy and spend the afternoon with them, after dinner back to the beach, then back home on Saturday as we had other commitments to tend to.
Bye for now Jude