A LIBRARY BAG AND SOME QUILTS

The library bag.

A busy week sewing to finish some quilts and a library bag for my GS who is starting kindy next term. Leonie my DD rang to ask where she would buy a library bag for Charlie as she had not seen them in the shops, Dah dont I sew, oh she forgot or this was a backway sneaky idea for me to offer to make one. I did and was happy to do so.

This morning at 8AM Charlie rang to thank me for his bag and said he really liked the cars and he also had to tell me he was going to the sheep yards to help dad and hoped I had had a good nights sleep as Papas snores and he might keep me awake.

Here is one of the 3 quilts I have finished and will be xmas gifts for my 3 DDs. They are flannel and a very simple 4 patch square next to a solid square and they have turned out very nice in my opinion.

This is the back and I had some left over squares and wanted to use them up and make the backs a little bit more interesting. I hope they like them to snuggle into when they watch TV next winter.

I wanted to show you this quilt as well. I initially made it for my GD but after I put it on the spare bed I couldnt take it off, so now all the Gkids get to sleep under it when they visit. It is Teddies garden By Libby Richardson and I really like doing stitcheries.

Bye for now and happy stitching.

BUSY BUSY BUSY

Hi all, sorry for not blogging sooner but I have ben very busy doing Xmas sewing. I had several gifts to make for my Tuesday sewing groups secret santa and I am glad they are finished and wrapped ready for opening at our Xmas party. In all we had 12 gifts to either buy or make following the 12 days of Xmas song. We could interpret each number how we wanted, wether we chose the theme of the song or used the number and added that amount of small gifts to the pressie. i made most and hope the recipients are going to like them. I also have been sewing flannel quilts for my 3 DDs for Xmas that have been in my ufo box for a coupkle of years. last but not least I have been making my second oldest GD a quilt for her 4th birthday coming up in October. I hope they dont check out my blog and get a peek of their gifts.


This is a little peek of Brookes Birthday quilt and it is very bright for a bubbly little girl.

Here are 2 of the flannel quilts finished and the last one is pinned and ready to quilt after finishing the birthday quilt.

I also have been enjoying doing Dawn`s free Frosty Flakes wall hanger and now only 2 more to go before assembling. well thats all for now as the GGs will be here shortly and I have to pack away the birthday quilt, i will try to get back soon with some more updates. Cheers Judy.

HEXIES AND A SEWING LESSON

I`m in a swap on HANDMADE magazine and I have recieved my blue and yellow hexie from Dawn and finished my hexie for miss nance and I must remember to mail it tomorrow.This will be an ongoing swap and I1m hoping to get enough to make a lap quilt.The hexie below is the third in Dawns free block of the week and I am really liking doing this as I can finish my hexie in a couple of hours, so thanks Dawn.

I am teaching my 5 yo GD to sew and today we made a bookmark for her to give mum for Xmas.

Here she is sewing around the edges on one end of her bookmark and as she is left handed it is a bit difficult for me to show her how to hold it as I am right handed.

Here Jade proudly shows off her finished bookmark and I hope her Mum doesn`t take a peek at my blog and spoil the surprise. Next week we will make one for her Dad.

A XMAS GIFT AND THE FIRST 2 FROSTY FLAKES BOM

I have made this for my DD for xmas and will lay it over a red or green cloth to make it stand out. It is from a free pattern from dawn hay designsand I just extended it for the size of my DDs table and having made it for Xmas I added holly leaves/ berries instead of the flowers and I hope she will like it.

This is block 1 and 2 from dawnhayfree BOM Xmas snowflakes and I love them. I went for all blue as I wanted it to remind me of cold winter Xmases in Europe unloke our hot sweaty ones here. Thanks to Dawn for such a lovely project to be completed in just 9 weeks, plenty of time before Xmas so no pressure.

THE SHEARERS AND A BABY QUILT.

A quick trip to the farm for a rest for me (lol as two of my Gchildren live there) and for DH to help our SIL around the farm tidying up the chemicals shed.

This picture is out of order it should be the last one as it shows the men grading the wool and pulling of the daggy bits.

This is the shearers working hard to get the job done. I don`t think I could bend over all day doing this job. It must be hard on your back.

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The shearer in the middle is wearing a special back sling and it helps to take the pressure off your back when you have to be bent over all day. This is not a job I would like to be doing.

And this is a quilt for a new baby Lucy Rose who is a welcome addition to friends of my DD.I hope to visit tomorrow if I can finish the binding tonight. The pattern is from Dawn Hay Designs and is apattern she sells and donates the monies to charity for the children of Baseco.

OUR TWINS TURN 2 YO

Our adorable twin have recently turned 2YO and came for a sleepover at nannies and we had a special lunch together.This is mum with Chloe ( I think) and she has really enjoyed her lunch.

I hope this is Hayley, but I may be wrong as they are very much alike. They are lovely little girls but get into a lot of mischief and I think this is because they lead each other astray.

This is Papa reading a book and tthey love to read and are always bringing books or puzzles for you to help them with. We had a great couple of days together and then off they went back home to see daddy.

FINISHED AT LAST

I finally have delved into my UFO box and finished 2 projects and I still have about 6 more to go.


This one is from Xmas 2009. It was a sew along from Gail Pan and I had finished the stitcheries but couldn`t decide on how to finish. I decided to add an extra border and add some more words explaining that it was what I wanted at Xmas time and then I just sewed on and it was finished.

This is a doily that I started at a workshop nearly 2 years ago. It is Butterflies and Blossoms by Leanne Beasley and was easy to do except for adding the ricrac, I didn`t have the right size ricrac and it was hard to get it on where you could see it on the border. Much reverse sewing to get it right and it still is not even all the way around. But I guess a bloind man would be happy to see it.