TWINS IN NEW DRESSES

School holidays are the best time for visiting Nan and Pa, they have time to make things with you like kites and also make you a new dress, take you on a bus ride to the shopping centre and just play. All of this was enjoyed firstly by Emma, Charlie and Henry except the two boys didnt get a dress and Emma made a peg fairy instead of a kite. Forgot to take a photo of Emma in her new dress but the picture is in my previous post. I had enough fabric left over to make Chloe`s dress  but this one is not double sided, I just added a facing . Then to make Hayley her dress from the yellow fabric she had picked out at Spotlight on Thursday along with some others, dont know how I am going to do all this sewing before our next visit. Up at 5.50 this morning after being awoken by these two little monkeys " cos Nan you have to finish Hayley`s dress so we can go shopping." Would have had to gone naked unless it was done. Had a great time with them all and I get to sleep in tomorrow before starting the next lot of dresses. Bye for now Jude

LAZY SATURDAY

After a stressful week I have spent Saturday trying out the new dress pattern I bought to make up for my GD`s. Monday I spent in Modbury hospital with my DH after he suffered an AF attack, this is where the heart beats so fast you can hardly count it. when he was stabalised and back to a normal rythm in his heart i took him home. Thursday It was my turn at the doctors and mine was all good news, so now back to normality for me. Friday and this time take DH to the heart specialist to be followed next week with a heart stress test. The dr assured  my hubby all will be well but he needs to slow down a bit. .Here is side one of the dress and I really like the pockets as they have a gathered top that will keep those little treasures safe.The shoulder straps have two rows of elastic in them and this will keep the dress sitting nice.

The reverse of the dress. I have changed it a little bit and added a pocket and I am very pleased with the results. I bought the pattern from Heart `n` soul at Port Vincent last week and I can see it will become a very popular dress with the three little girls.

Bye for now Jude.

A DAYS FISHING

We are visiting Port Vincent in our caravan for a few days. Arrived Tuesday at lunchtime and the weather was perfect, a warm 22 degrees. Went for a walk along the beach and looked in the local shops. Went to visit the marina, lots of boats and even more shags were in residence. The closer you got to the shags the more putrid the air became and we didnt stay very long. Went fishing from the wharf this morning and caught 10 nice mullet, would have caught more but it is a dodge tide here at the moment. Sorry forgot to take a photo of the fish but here are the fish scaled, gutted and filleted ready to cook for our dinner tonight.

 Pelicans quietly waiting for the fish offal.

 Beak wide open and waiting for me to throw him his tea.

This is a view across the bay on Tuesday. Very blue and clean water and the temperature was a lovely warm 22 degrees. Cup of tea time now so will be back later. Jude

A LOVELY XMAS WALL HANGING

 This is so cute, easy to make and looks wonderful. It is a mini quilt from the temecularquiltco.blogspot in Calafornia and its titled the 12  DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. You get all the patterns to make it at no cost as well as they explain how the 12 DAYS OF XMAS song came in to being and the religious meaning behind it, I never knew there was a story behind the song, so check it out and I am sure you also will be making 1 or 2 or maybe even more as I will  be in the coming weeks.

I have finally finished the top of my SOME KIND OF  WONDERFUL QUILT stitch-a long and I am very happy with the results. Now just to decide on my backing and get it quilted and bound.
Dear Veronica I will try to blog more often so that you can see all of the wonderful things I get up to, well nearly all that I get up to. Cheers for now Jude

A COUPLE OF QUILTS AND CURTAINS FOR THE CUBBY

Hi all. I have been very busy sewing quilts and here are 2 that I have finished, the others you can see later. Also the curtains for my twin GD`s cubby that their dad built for their 4 th  birthdays.

 This lap quilt was a gift for Dr Tony my chiropractor who has left SA to return to his family in Victoria. It is a quick and easy quilt to make and can be done in any fabrics and still looks stunning.

 This is the same pattern but a row longer and was a gift for a friend who has moved to queensland. She was very happy to receive it as she didn`t have a quilt. I made it in pretty fabrics as she has a DH and 2 sons and deserved something special for herself.

This is one of 3 pair of curtains that I made for my twin granddaughters cubby house that they got for their 4th birthdays.

A SNEAK PEEK, THE BIRTHDAY BOY AND MY NEW CUSHION

 Here is a sneak peak at one of the blocks of the quilts I am making for my twin Granddaughters.I am using the Birdie fabric from moda and it is looking great.

 This is Henry my youngest grandson with his mum Leonie ready to blow out his 1st birthday candle. We went to the farm to help him celebrate and also had a great Mothers day bush BBQ with 2 of my DD`s their families and lots of friendly country folk.

 We went for a walk and the girls climbed the sheep loading chute. They are left to right Hayley and Chloe my twin nearly 4yo granddaughters and Emma, Henry`s 3yo sister.

 This is the back of my cushion. I  know it should have been the second of the cushion photos but I always forget which one to upload first.

This is my cushion and it really suits my lounge room sofa. It is made using the fantasy flower die that I bought to use with my GO! cutter from accuquilt . It is a great way to cut applique shapes and get them perfect. Dawn from As Sweet As Cinnamon is an agent to sell both the dies and the GO! cutters.

A WALL HANGING AND MY NEW BABY

In March I attended a quilt sew-in in Hobart, Tasmania with several great designers and we stitched and sewed several items. We also did a lot of sight seeing, shopping and chatter amongst ourselves. It was a really fun time and in 2013 it will be held in Adelaide.

 This wall hanging was taught to us by Designs from Fee and Is one I had to finish aws soon as I could. It now lives on the wall in my lounge room. It is called Plant A Pot of Friendship and Fee taught how to paper piece the border around the pot. I found it a bit challenging but was glad I persisted and finished it.

My new baby is a Janome Horizon and I have had my Ruby for 5 daysnow and she is a dream to use and purs along very quietly.I have started a cushion and small wall hanging and will show you when they are finished. Got to go now as I am going to a quilt show before going to sew more of my Gds quilts at Dawns home, more on that later.
Cheers Jude