A Xmas Project Sneak Peek

Hope fully to be finished this weekend :)

A Christmas Story

In 2012 Deb ( Frog Cottage Designs)and I have decided to work on Anni Downs " A Christmas Story" and "An Angels Story".
We try and sew together on Mondays and hopefully keep each other motivated for the duration :)

This is the beautiful kit of fabric that Margaret from The Home Patch made up for us, such gorgeous colours for the Christmas Quilt.

I cant wait to start it , just have to finish a few other things first :)

Gardeners Journal Progress!!!!

Here is Block H ... nearly finished stitching Yay !!!!!
Will piece the block together on the weekend.
Am enjoying getting back into this :)

Potting Up

John has been sowing and growing a lot of his own seeds this year .... if even a quarter of them produce veges we will have plenty.
Noah and Lil love to help dad in the garden especially because they love to play in the dirt :)

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

I love the fabric, i love the name, i love the song ..... i just love everything Ruby :)
Miss Lily is almost 6 and i think its time she has a proper big girl quilt. I made her a Shaggy Quilt here . It was the first thing i made when i started my patchwork journey... its still used and loved and the flannel has only got softer :)
I have found a great pattern in my Layer Cake and Jelly Roll book and will start it when i finish a couple of other WIP's

Punchneedle !!!!

On Saturday Deb and I went to The Home Patch for a class with Anni.
What great fun punchneedling is..... so quick and simple and it looks so nice.

During class i made a little star and heart too be made into Christmas decorations.
When i got home i made the Punchneedle tool holder. I wasn't completely happy with all the colours i used in it but i still love it.

On the day i also got a box of "Valdani" Threads , they are so beautiful and a lot easier than using DMC.

Punchneedle Class & Blog Girls Lunch

I have had a great day today first of all i went to The Home Patch for a Punchneedle class with Anni Downs. I am so glad i went , its something i have always wanted to learn but put off because i thought it was to hard.
But it wasnt , it is so simple, quick and effective :)

After that I had Lunch with Deb, Allison, Donna, Kate, Sandy and Anita at Crepes Royale. It was so nice to meet some other bloggy girls in real life.

I will back with some pictures of my punchneedle when we get out new modem. Yesterday ours decided to die and Bigpond assure me it will take 3-5 days... until then i am "borrowing" my sisters Internet :)

Vege Garden 2011

So this years garden is off to a start... this year i have been inside with the baby so John has done all the hardwork:)
We so far have planted Tomatoes, Corn, Spinach, Beans, Zucchini, Squashs, Watermelon and Pumpkin. Still planning on a few more veges .
I cant wait to harvest all this yumminess!!!!

Camping Pictures

Here are some pictures of the kids on our camping trip.
They had a great time running around on the rocks , collecting firewood and generally just being free.
They were disapointed that it wasnt warm enough to swim but all managed to get wet anyway "accidently"

Flat Rock

We spent 2 nights camping this week at A great little spot nearby
called Flat Rock.
The days were lovely and warm actually they were pretty perfect :)
The nights on the other hand were so so so COLD ..... sleeping in a tent at -1 or so temperatures isn't my idea of fun .
I think if we go this early into spring again we need -30 sleeping bags for sure and definitely some thermals :)
The river had a lot more water than usual and was flowing fast which is good to see.

JIgsaw Mania

Today was wet and rainy so i spent a lot of the day coming back and forth from the cute jigsaw.
Bailey kindly brought it for me from the school fete for 5cents from the White Elephant store....Bargain!!!!!
My favourite part of the puzzle of course "Antique Handmade Quilts For Sale "

Cutting Away.....

Tonight i sat down and finished cutting out all of my flannel
for my newest shaggy quilt.
Im so happy to use all the batting offcuts from around other quilts....i have ended up with a lot :) Im glad to have a way to use them all up and still end up with a nice warm quilt at the end of it.
Its a long weekend here so i hope to get stuck in and sew a lot of the 135 blocks i need :)

Rainy Sunday

I was woken by a lots of loud thunder at about 5 am this morning....
Sounded lovely !!!!
Since then we have had about 53mm of rain which is much needed here..... so everything is squishy and drenched .
Thats the view from my sewing corner and the little dam thats in the paddock behind us which is now super full.

So a rain day calls for some sewing i think... i have sewn the binding on Pennsylvania Dutch and have some Pies prepared to sew together.

I love lazy sewing days :)!!!!!!

Tis the Season Quilt

Here is my completed Tis the Season quilt!!!!
It is so pretty and i cant wait for Christmas to hang it :)

Mums Cushions

These cushions are English Paper Pieced Dresdens Plates using Butterfly Garden Charm packs and yardage .
My mum has waited ever so patiently for these cushions and im happy to cross another thing off from my list.....
Up to handsewing the binding on my Tis The season quilt and it looks great even if i do say so myself :)

Blogger is being a real pain having so much trouble posting ...grrrr and lots of problems commenting on other blogs too.

Mr B's Quilt

Much to Mr B's delight i finished his quilt.....

It was made using a Pure Jelly roll and a white jelly roll.
Its the second time i have made this pattern and this time i decided to be a bit more adventurous with the quilting and did a crosshatch pattern.
Its great i love how it looks and how the quilting makes it feel.

Family Shaggy

Just Because i don't have near enough projects on the go ..haha i decided to start another one .
Every one in our family fight over using Lily's Shaggy quilt seen here
It was my first attempt at quilting and was completely self taught. The pattern in the magazine was for children to make so i thought i couldn't go wrong :)
So my is to make a super sized version with Bliss Flannels... i love flannel its just so soft and warm .
Another reason to make a shaggy quilt is too use some of the batting offcuts i have accumulated .. So win win !!!!!

Fat Quarter Shop Mystery BOM 2011

I love FQS Block of the months- they come with nearly double the amount of fabric that you need.
So 2011 is going to be a flower theme :) The fabric range is Strawberry Fields and is just so pretty .

Productive day !!!

Today has been a Super Sewing Saturday here with me !!!!
Finished off Tis the Season June blocks,
2 of 4 Dresden Plates to become cushions for mum ,
B's Quilt Basted and ready to quilt.... the picture is from before i started to pin.
Am off to start on the quilting very shortly, should get an hour or so in before we are off to the movies to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 a final holiday treat before the kids all go back to school/preschool on Monday.

Miss B's Quilt

We had a little girl come stay with us for a few months this year and she desperately wanted a quilt of her own as most little girls do.

So i pulled out my blocks from The EB Newbie Quilters swap from a couple of years ago sewed them together with some white sashing and after a quick trip to spotlight for some pink spotty backing fabric i was good to go :)

I love how it turned out the block that all the Eb Newbie quilters made are just lovely!!!!!

I cant wait to get it to her I'm sure she will think its Amazing :)