Friday Night In

Who am I kidding every Friday Night is a night spent in ... Just the way I like it :))
A little bit stitching and watching "Maid in Manhattan " It's one of my favourite girlie movies .... I love a good love story !!!

Thought for the weekend ....

Tillies Lane Block 1

I started a new Block of the Month this weekend ... Tillies Lane by Anni Downs .

I loved a little bit of hand stitching to make my dragonfly and a little bit of machine sewing to make my little pile of blocks .

Mystery BOM 2012

I think I starting receiving the blocks for this BOM last June !!!!
Since I only have the last couple of blocks to receive I thought I better shake a leg and start some sewing .
The fabric is "Vintage Modern " by Bonnie and Camille .

My favourite holiday destination

I forgot to blog about our family holiday from November 2012 - how lax of me .
We had a wonderful time at Surfers paradise !!!

2012 Books

Reading 2012

• 23. Story So Far - Shannon Noll
• 22. Cold Grave - Kathryn Fox
• 21. Hidden - Cathy Glass
• 20. Growing Great Families- Fiona Rossiter
• 19. Mixed Blessings - Deborah Lee
• 18. Another Place At The Table- Kathy Harrison
• 17. Fifty Shades Darker- E.L.James
• 16. One Small Boat- Kathy Harrison
• 15. Lola's Secret-Monica McInerney
• 14.Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L James
• 13. Angel Fire- Lisa Unger
• 12.The Light Between Oceans-M.L Stedman
• 11.Becoming Sister Wives - Brown Family
• 10.The Cross Country Quilters- Jennifer Chiaverini
• 9.Bloom-Kelle Hampton
• 8. Prime Cut-Alan Carter
• 7.The Wind in the Wires-Joy Dettman
• 6. C is for Corpse - Sue Grafton
• 5. How It Feels- Brendan Cowell
• 4. Silent Fear- Katherine Howell
• 3. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
• 2. B is for Burgalar- Sue Grafton
• 1.The Boy in Striped Pyjamas- John Boyne

A very late post of  2012s books i read last year :)

Boo !!!

Why hello there :)
Life has been is hectic around these parts the last few weeks and months.

I have gone back to study at Tafe a few days a week which has cut my sewing time dramatically .

Today marked my first sewing day with Deb and Elizabeth this year and it was lovely to sit and stitch and chat... i worked on my Down in the Garden which has been stashed away for a couple of years :)

I've got Mail

Yesterday brought me an awesome package on my doorstep .

I ordered this gorgeous fabric bundle from Green Fairy Quilts when they were having a black Friday sale .

This loveliness is Gypsy Girl by Lily Ashbury and is just divine and is earmarked for a quilt for my niece Charli Mia for a start.

Now to get through the last couple of school days and last of Christmas preparations and hopefully find some sewing time .... Fingers crossed!!!!

Bloggers day out in Bathurst

I have just came home from a lovely day out with some like minded sewing /blogging ladies and Little chicken and gorgeous baby chicken !!!

We started with a little shopping at The Home Patch and then a lovely lunch at Chai Wallah . We got to spend the afternoon stitching and chatting with coffee and desert .

It was a lovely day with some beautiful show and tell . I always leave these gatherings with so much inspiration to sew and blog more.... Thankyou ladies and thankyou Chooky for organising another great day!!!

I was also lucky enough to pick my own fat quarters for our birthday swap from Miss Chookyblue ... Thanks !!!
I chose some pretty fabrics from Marmalade range by Bonnie and Camille :)))

More birthday love !!!

Australia post decided to send the parcel Fiona - Peaceful threads sent me on a tour of the country and then back to her :)))
I received it today and it was worth the wait some beautiful Nancy Halvorsen fabric and a cute notepad .
Thanks again Fiona

Lucky lucky !!

Today we had a belated birthday sewing day for yours truly with Deb and Shelly
Deb brought the most scrumptious cake and I got my turn at blowing out the candles ... Yay
Also Miss Deb gave me some beautiful fat quarters so pretty !!!
I love the little birdy print which comes from the range Cherry Christmas ... Thanks again Deb x

Lovely birthday goodies

These are all the lovely fat quarters I received for my birthday from some other lovely bloggers :)))
My plan is to make some granny square blocks into a quilt and maybe a couple of cushions with the lovely bright fabric !!!

One quarter....

Of an Angel quilt complete !!!!
Finally up too sewing blocks together , have sewn zillions of 2.5 inch squares together ... Well it feels like zillions !!!

I am so happy with the colours they all just come together and look so pretty !!!!

Phew!!!!

Finally I have finished all my Angels and I am so glad :)
I have sewed some of the 2.5 inch squares together ready to be made into blocks and finally a quilt top.

Deb and I had our sewing day today our last one for the term ....
I am looking forward to school holidays and some home time before our family holiday to Gold Coast in only 6 weeks yay!!!!

Busy Busy Busy

So who would have thought that with 7 kids in the house my sewing time would become non existent .... Lucky I love kids :)
We welcomed a new little 6 month old baby 2 weeks ago and he is delightful !!!
So for the moment I am grabbing 5 minute snippets of sewing when I can and enjoying the baby snuggles before he grows up .

Oh my lord

If I had to live by this I would never sew :)

Come fly with me....

Had another lovely sewing day with Deb today and managed to finish off Frans flying school .

Not long to go on this one I'm hoping to start sewing some squares together and make all my angels into a quilt top over the weekend.... Fingers crosses :)

Giveaway & Afternoon Tea :)

Red Raspberry quilts is having a giveaway.... go check it out there are some lovely patterns available.



On Saturday I met up at a local cafe called "The Hub" with Deb, Janice and Chookyblue for a lovely afternoon of chatter and cake :)
It was a lovely afternoon and the only thing missing was our stitching ...will have to remember it for next time :)
Ps. Thanks Deb for the photo !!!!

I love ....

The beach !!! I just we were closer to one :)
The picture is Manly Beach in June when we were down at Royal Far West . Sienna and Lily love it just as much as there mummy does :)

Sewing Space Clean up

I did some reorganising and cleaning of my sewing space aka our bedroom today :)
The picture is of the Thread if the Month club I'm in over at Hugs N Kisses ... Each month I get a rainbow collection of these beautiful Presencia thread .....
It looks lovely doesn't it ? I haven't sewn with it yet it's too pretty to take out of the drawer :)
The picture is taken on my bed with the lovely afternoon sun shining in !!!!