Presents from my angel

Well here they are, all my wondeful gifts from peggy in Canada, Peggy was my secret angel in Helen Stubbings "An Angels Stitcher swap", it was good fun, we all had to make at least 3 handmade gifts to send to our partner, Peggy spoilt me and sent a few extra goodies, I'm one lucky girl thats for sure.

Such a sweet bag, its all quilted as well and feels so nice.

Don't you just love my scissor holder, Peggy even sent the scissors.

Some reading material when I need inspiration.

Gorgeous autumn fabric, these colours are my favourite.

The big box the postie delivered.

Some christmas stitching

This week I have been busily working on my Rosalie Quinlan christmas decorations, they are fun to do, I will make mine into little cushions and put them in a cane basket in the centre of the table.
This week I also received a very special parcel from my secret angel stitcher, well its not a secret anymore. I got some beautiful gifts all the way from Quebec Canada, Peggy the Canadian made me lots of pretty things, I will take photos and get them on here as soon as I can. Thankyou so much Peggy my gifts you made are very special.
I sent my angel gifts to Denmark so when I know they have arrived safely I'll show you what I made.

Daniel's quilt

Here is a photo of Daniel's quilt I made for him, made from Civil war fabrics. I had it quilted at Esme's and it turned out lovely, Some of the fabrics are from my penfriends stash so its kind of extra special.

More postcards from across the sea

These are the postcards I made and sent to America to the same ladies who sent mine. They are fun to make. The ones I Have received have actually come through the mail with a stamp on the back of the card which makes them a real treasure, I asked at the post office if I could send mine without an envelope but they said the cards would probably not get through customs so I send mine in an envelope.

I'm sure by now for all of you who read my blog you know how much I enjoy making and swapping fabric postcards, I wanted to show you some I received this week, they are all from America but different people. I just loved the beetle card, its so cute.

My new toy

Here is my beautiful singer sewing machine my husband bought me for my birthday, isn't she a beauty, its around 1930 and still works. I just need to find some time to have a play and test it out.

New patterns

Goodness me, where does the time go, I can't belive its been so long since my last post. I have been busy sewing though so I have a good excuse, I'm working on a few things as we do, I have started making a few christmas things which are coming along nicely, I'll post piccys soon. I have finished my gift for Chookyblue's secret santa swap and I have finished my gifts for the Stitchers Angel group ran by Helen Stubbings so I'm well on the way to being very organised.
These new patterns arrived the other day, they are postcard quilts and for those who know me well you know how much I love my postcards so I thought these would be a bit of fun.
Until next time... Happy sewing

Out with the old and in with the new... kitchen that is

After living with this crappy kitchen for 2 years we finally had enough time and money to get a new one, My husband Paul and our neighbour ripped out the old one and put in the new cabinets in just one day.

The end result is wondeful, I have lots of bench space, I had none before and it makes the kitchen look so much nicer, we just need to tile under the window sill now. Thats when we can agree on the same tile, lol. I enjoy spending time in the kitchen now.

Christmas Gathering

Yesterday my dear friends Cathy, Merdith, Fiona, Alex Sue and I headed off to Campaigna for a fun day of sewing hosted by The Quilted Crow. Natalie Bird of The Birdhouse and Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched were there. Anni sat at our table and showed us her project she is currently working on, I was lucky enough to get a photo with Anni, (thankyou Cathy for taking it)

We caught up with our blogging friends and I even met some new ones.

I started working on the christmas wall hanging, its so cute and quick to do. The photo is the original made by Natalie.

More of my bear quilt

Here is a piccy of the little boy applique I made last night, isn't he sweet. This quilt is going to be so cute when its finished.

I've received an award.

Thankyou to.highlandquilter for nominating me for a blog award, I am very excited about this,

I need to nominate 5 others for this award so here goes...

Rules
1 Winner can put the logo on their blog

2 Put link from person you got the award from

3 Nominate 5 blogs

4 Put links to blogs

5 Leave message for nominees


Ok, here are my nominees http://natefeefamily.blogspot.com/, http://anne-sewlittletime.blogspot.com/, http://countrylogcabin.blogspot.com/, http://syverkstan-helena.blogspot.com/.
Can someone please tell me how i just put names for links instead of the whole address.

My new project

As most of you who read my blog know i work at Esme's quilt shop, her eis my latest project I'm making for the shop, its a Libby Richardson design called Rainbow bears, its fun to do and I enjoy applique. I also wanted to share with you 2 pictures from 2 Australian magazines, Lillian who owns Esme's had one of her quilts publised in Down Under quilts, its very exciting and the shop was featured in Homespun magazine. Its such a nice shop to work in.

I've joined the 40s club

Last week was my 40th Birthday, I had a wonderful day, made special by my family and my dear friends Cathy and Anna

Paul and my boys gave me a 1930's singer treadle sewing machine, I must take a photo to show you all. I did take a photo of some lovely flowers I got from my friends back in Perth and my presents from Cathy, Yes I am a Little house on the prairie fan, its my most favourite show, sad I know but I love it.

Another finish..

One of Life's pleasures is finishing a quilt, here is my version of Kerry Gillespie's quilt called Life's pleasures and treasures, I made this quilt for Esme's, the quilt shop where I work, it will go on display and eventually I will get it back, this was such a fun project,

Grand Final Day

My son Jacob had his junior football grand final yesterday at Aurora stadium, all the team played so well, here he is getting his medallion, he was very proud and of course so was I. All kids were also given a McDonalds voucher so guess where we went on the way home..

Halloween Tabe runner

I have had this halloween charm pack for ages and I didn't know what to you use it for so I thought I'd have a go at a pieced table runner, it turned out rather well and I now I just need to add some borders.

A frosty start to the day

It was absolutely freezing this morning, the frost was so thick the grass was crunching under my feet. It turned into a nice day. Daniel and Nicky are both still sick so they stayed inside by the fire while I took Jacob to school, he tried to talk me into letting him have the day off but I never give in. I'm a tough mum. lol . When I went outside to take this photo the fish pond was frozen over, the fish didn't seem to care. I must say I am looking foreward to Spring.

Pay it foreward gift

Now Marit has received her gift I can show you what I made her, its a little sewing bag and matching needle case, they turned out lovely, I was really pleased with them. Now I need to be getting on with the other gifts I need to make.

Ornament swap

Isn't this the most gorgeous angel you have ever seen, I received this from Kerry for the ornament swap we were in together, Thankyou so much Kerry she will be a much loved angel.

I also received this cute little pudding and very yummy chocolates.

School quilt

Do you remember me showing you the wall hanging quilt I made for my son's class with all the kids paintings on it, well at school assembly last week the class presented it to the principal so she can display it somewhere around the school, it was a great assembly, Nicky's class showed their work to everyone and did a little play.

Ornament swap

Now Tereasa has got her ornament I made her I can show you all, I enjoy cross stitch but quilting kind of took over so I don't do as much as I used to. I enjoyed making this snowman into a mini cushion,

I've been nominated for an award.

What a lovely surprise to be nominated by marit, I was so excited, thankyou.


I have to nominate people for an award now so I choose highlandquilter, sarah and auntiesquaintquilts All of these people make beauiful things and I love looking at their blogs.

Flower bed quilt

I have shown this quilt before but the photo wasn't very good and I wanted one for my quilt journal so here is my Bronwyn Hayes flower bed quilt, I did make a few changes from the opriginal pattern and I added the patchwork blocks, I'm so happy with this quilt. I just love the fabrics, they are Robert Kaufmann.

Civil war bocks

My favourite fabrics are reproduction and I Have been going through my stash and looking at all the beautiful civil war fabrics I have collected, I thought I would start doing something with them so yesterday I made these little blocks, if I make enough I will make them into a quilt of some kind.

More of Life's pleasures

I have been very busy working on my blocks of Kerry Gillespie's quilt called Life's pleasures and treasures, I'm onto the 6th block, only one more to go and I can start sewing them onto the quilt top, its such a fun quilt to work on.