Quilt Show 2011

Last Sunday i was lucky enough to go to Sydney's Quilt Show and Craft Fair which was held at Darling Harbour Convention Centre.
It was a great day with lots of shopping and looking at some incredible quilts that others had made.
The top picture is a baby quilt with chenille from Margarets Fabrics, next is Sleepy sheep pattern by Monica Poole and Kit with some gorgeous fabrics .
Next is two "Bliss" Flannel Bundles which i intend to make a Shaggy Quilt for me from and last some patterns.
Cant wait for next year!!!!

May TTS and July To Do List!!!

Here is my very last May Tis The Season Blocks !!!

I am going back to writing a to do list to try and keep me on track
*June/July Tis The Season Blocks
*Baste, Quilt and Bind B's Quilt
*Mums Dresden Plate Cushions x 4
*Finish Month 3 Pies and Tarts
*Prep Month 4 Pies and Tarts

I am probably being very ambitious with that list but i will give my best shot.

April Tis the Season :)

These where actually finished in April i just have been slack in blogging :)

Pies Progress

Finally i feel like i am making headway's with my pie and tarts quilt.
The top picture is my first pie from Block 3 ,Pie number 21 :)Only 79 more to go....
I decided to start putting a few pie blocks together and appliqueing the tarts on, so hard to decide which blocks look good together, but i the end i love the look of them.

School Holiday Fun

Today the little kids did some crafty stash busting with a bag of fabric scraps,
They had a ball sticking it all on cardboard and there are some lovely creations :)
Sienna is still plodding along with her wool applique purse and its starting to look great!!!
Bailey had fun doing a new jigsaw puzzle we got ...
I love school holidays!!!!

Pies and Tarts Block 2

Finally finished all my little tarts for block 2 ... they are so cute and sewed up quickly once i sat down and got going on them!!
So now onto Block 3 which i hope wont take me as long as the first two have :)

Rainy Sunday

What else to do on a rainy Sunday but sit and sew :)
Miss Sienna has started making a wool purse and is the process of appliqueing the little pieces on... She started with a cat her favourite animal.

I am finishing the last few tarts in Block 2 ...
Since i have my new cabinet and everything is so organised i am feeling really inspired and really want to get things finished..... I love being crafty!!!!
Off to make a cuppa and finish the last one so i can come back and blog about it :)

Nellies Neddlecase :)

I finally finished this yesterday afternoon :)
I really really love working with wool and had a lot of fun stitching up this
little one.
Mostly if was stitched at our Monday Sewing group which i now go to with a lovely group of ladies :) Now I Love Mondays!!!!

Early Pressie!!!!

Today i got an early Mothers Day Present.... I am so excited its exactly what i needed to store my WIPS (Works in progress).
Needless to say it didn't take me long to fill all the gorgeous colourful drawers.
A big thankyou to John and my lovely kiddies !!!!!

New Digs

Ashes, Ebony , Georgia an Ally our Rabbits and guinea pigs have a new house :)
The rabbits are let out in the day to roam around so its only for sleeping for them :)

Blog Book

I have had this blog for a few years and finally decided to get it printed off into a book at Blog2Print
I am so glad that i did , have loved looking back through it!!!!

Baby Kandi's Quilt :)

I was informed By Lil that Kandi needed a quilt ..... of course she does she is a very important member of our family .Kandi came to live here on Lilys birthday in November 2010 and is very very loved and pampered over:)
I used some of my "Bliss" candy bar and white muslin for the top and some Bliss yardage for the backing and binding.

Tis The Season Blocks 2 & 3

March blocks complete and a whole week to spare ...Yay!!!!!

Noahs Quilt

Noahs quilt is finished and on his bed and he is now a very happy little boy .
This quilt is from Anni Downs book "A Boys Story" its such a simple design but i think its lovely.

The stars are wool and appliqued on using a wool thread.

The weather here is very Autumny and perfect for a lovely sleep under a new quilt.

The Future and The Past

This picture came today in an email titled "Who said Photography isn't art" and i had to share it.....
I hope that it is me a Nana in many years to come and it also reminds of great times spent with my nan watching her craft. She is a very accomplished crafter who has dabbles in many different crafts... All of which she excelled at :)

Block 1

So here is my first block for Tis The Season... These little guys just stitch up so quickly and are just so cute :)
Hopefully will have the next two in the next couple of days......

Tis The Season

So i have joined in the 2011 Tis The Season Stitch A Long.... in an effort not to fall behind today i traced March's Blocks.
The Fabric i am using is Lumiere De Noel by French General fabrics, so im already to go and cant wait to see everybody elses works in progress :)

A Gardeners Journal Blocks E and F

These 2 blocks have been a long time coming ... sort of lost my momentum there somewhere along the way.
I can safely say im sick of sewing 1.2 inch squares but besides that i really enjoy the piecing of these blocks :) I still have a little stitching on Block F but am going to get right on to that after this blog post .....
So that leaves me with Blocks B,D,H and I to go and 2 days left until the new Stitch-a-long starts , oh well i tried and am determined to get this finished soon .

Dear Jane Cross Stitch

I have seen this cross stitch on a few different blogs over the last few months and finally caved in and added it to my collection .
I found it HERE at The Village Patch.Check it out they have so many beautiful patterns .
I havent done any cross stitch for a long time and never one this big so it will be a challenge .

Rainbow Knitting :)

I have cast a new knitting project ..... the plan so far is for it to be a blanket . They may change depending on how bored i get with it or it may end up in the drawer and come out for a few more rows every month or so.
My inspiration came from a blanket that a friend brought over to show us and Sienna and I just fell in love with ..... it was so colourful and soft and made me want to lay on the lounge and watch movies under.