More of Campania

I took so many photos at Campanina on Saturday I thought I would share them a few at a time, as saturday was also Halloween the hall was decorated beautifully with quilts and halloween decorations, here are some of them...

This quilt is a design of Deidre's, it was in a Homespun magazine last year, it was great to see it close up.

And the day wouldn't have been complete without a few real life decorations, don't they look great. Tomorrow I'll show you Rosalie's projects, they are gorgeous.

Christmas gathering at Campania

What a wonderful weekend I have had. Yesterday I went to Campanina with my lovely friends Cathy, Meredith and Christine, The day was hosted by the Quilted Crow girls Leonie And Deidre. The guest designers were Leanne Beasley and Rosalie Quinlan. I was very excited to meet them, Rosie sat at our table for a chat and she was lovely,

These are Leanne's projects that she brought with her for her display, they are so sweet. I think I'll have to make a pincushion or three.

This was the project leanne designed for the day, I chose to do this one, its very pretty. I'll show you my version in a day or two, yes Cathy I have nearly finished. (And you thought I wouldn't, didn't you) Cathy is always teasing me about not finishing things.

I have many more photos to show you but I'll save them for tomorrow and I'll show you projects from Rosalie's new book, they are goegeous. Happy sewing to you all.

A couple of finishes

Its been another busy week, I have been working on my christams swaps and my stitches angel gifts, I have managed to finish a few things for me which is good. This is part of Rosalie Quinlan's pattern Little Patchwork Village, It is a sample for the shop, I only stithced 3. Only one more week until I meet Rosalie in person at Campanina, I can't wait.

This is a table runner I nade for a friend, I just need to quilt it now, I thought it turned out really nice.

I also finished another Lauras legacy mini quilt, this one is called Scrappy 4 patch, I just love reproduction fabrics.

Until next time, happy sewing to you all.

Lucky me

My lovely friend Jan who lives in the USA sent me these beautiful gifts for my birthday, the Halloween fabric is so sweet, and the Thimbleberries book is simply beautuful, Jan always sends me things she knows I will love. She also sent me a cute little scarecrow which I just realized wasn't in the photos, I'll have to take one to show you , he is so adorable.
I have been busy working on all my christmas swap gifts, I had 4 to make, 3 down one to go, On the weekend I plan on doing some sewing for me.

A lovely day off

It seems to strange having a day off from work on a Thursday, its show day here in Launceston and most of the shops and school close for the day. We took the boys to McDonalds for lunch which they thoroughly enjoyed then I spent the afternoon with my sewing machine. I made a table runner for my penfriend in the USA, I'll show a picture of that later on, I made 4 autumn themed postcards for my swap and then I sat for awhile and worked on my Sewing circle block which is the 1950's kitchen. This block was fun to do,

I thought I would show you a few more photos from the friendship sewing day I went to last Saturday, herer is everyone at their tables chatting and sewing.

I loved looking at the Dear jane quilt on display, those triangles sure do look hard but I'll be brave and try my best to make them properly.

I loved this idea of a Dear Jane friendship block quilt, each person made many blocks, signed the4m and sent them to each person in the group, I would love to do this but I don't know how to go about it, If anyone has some ideas please tell me.

Well my day of sewing is about to come to an end, I had better think about dinner for my hungry family, Happy sewing to you all.

Friendship day

Today I went to the Tasmanian Quilt guild friendship day, I had a lovely day of stitching, shopping and chatting to other likeminded quilters . The theme of the day was Spring and Dear Jane. I was very excited to see other Dear jane quilts as it has helped me to keep going with mine.

The lady who owns this quilt did a talk all about Jane Stickle and the history of her life and THE original quilt. It was very interesting.

Pauline was there from calicocrossroads with her shop, I bought a few pieces of fabric for my DJ Quilt. I had never met Pauline before so it was nice having a chat with her.

I took lots more photos so I'll share them tomorrow

Tadpoles and postcards

Yesterday I took the boys to find some tadpoles, I walk past this creek everyday going to work and I could hear the frogs so I thought surely there might be some tadpoles but alas... we couldn't find any, I think the water was too deep, maybe we'll try again next weekend. It wasn't a total waste of a day though I did get some good stitching done,

I am slowly getting my postcard quit together, I have 2 more to stitch then when I get my machine back from being serviced I'll be right to get sewing, I'm so happy with it so far, after having somany lovely friends stitch a card for me and write a messgae it has turned into a treasured friendship quilt. It reminds of how lucky I am to have such talented lovely friends.

While on the subject of post cards I wondered if anyone was interested in a fabric postcard swap with me, please leave a comment and we can work it out from there. I love to make postcards, they are fun and simple to make. Have a good week everyone.

Meet my new friend

Here is a beautiful doll I received from Helen in my Friends in Stitching swap, I think she is so sweet.

I have been busy doing some stitcheries for a project for work, the top two are from Sally Giblin designs and the bottom ones are Rosalie Quinlan, Stay tuned for what will become of them. My sewing machine is in the shop for its service and I thought it was a good opportunity to catch up on some hand work. I hope you are having a good weekend.

Quilt Exhibition

On Thursday my quilt group The launceston Patchwork and Quilters started a 3 day quilt exhibition, I think most members had at least one quilt on display, I put 2 quilts in but have no photos as you have already seen them. There were so many quilts and here are a few of my favourites,I loved the Dear Jane quilt, it has inspired me to keep going with mine. I'll get it done one day.

This lovely bear quilt was stitched by my friend marina.

I love stitchery quilts, this one was made by my friend Erica. We work together at the quilt shop.

I liked this Japanese quilt with circles appliqued in the back ground, its very unique and looks so effective.

Its my birthday

We all loved to be spoilt don't we and as yesterday was my birthday I was definately spoilt, I had a wonderful day full of phone calls from family and friends and a lovely dinner with my husband and children. Paul and the boys gave me a new ipod and my Little House on tbe prairie DVD.s, yes I do love this series

Lillian who I work with gave me a beautiful bunch of flowers when I got to work, she made my birthday very special and she also gave me these beautiful bunch of fabrics, I have a project in mind already. Thankyou so much Lillian,

Its not a very good photo but my in laws gave me a beautiful bracelet and some quilting charms, they are so sweet,

My friend Dorothy sent me this book, The Elm Creek series are my favourite, I look foreward to starting that. So as you can see it was a great day, I don't mind getting older when you have such great birthdays.

Lots of fun

This morning the boys and I took advantage of some short lived sunshine and went for a bike ride, they rode and I walked. We went to the reserve just at the corner of our street, after so much rain yesterday there was lots to see. The boys climbed up the big rocks and headed to the lovely waterfalls.

This is the view from the top, it was such a pretty site, the water was so loud gushing down the stream. We spend alot of time here in summer having bbqs. I forget how lucky we are living in such a beautiful part of Tasmania. It wasn't long before the clouds got dark so we headed home for a much needed rest and drink and of course some sewing time for me.

Rain, Rain go away

It has been raining all day today. What is a girl to do when she's stuck inside, sew of course. Today I got my Quilt aid blocks out and started doing them. The fabrics are beautiful. I really enjoy working on a quilt when I just love the fabrics. This is my progress so far, I'm stitching Natalie Lymer's block and its very cute, little birdies sitting in their nest. Well time to start dinner so needles down for a short time.

A gift from mum

I wanted to share with you some beautiful cards my mum made for me, I think mum done a great job of these, I especially love the flower pot card. Mum please send me one of these for my birthday. Keep up the good work.

Crazy hair day

Last week the boys had crazy hair day at school, it took me ages to get their hair all spikey then I sprayed orange hair spray in it. Not having any daughters made me realize just how busy some mum may be in the morning getting them ready for school, having to do their hair each day. I'm glad I've got boys,

Ta Da...

Well the journey is now over, my quilt is finished, I am so happy with it, I plan to enter it in our quilt exhibition in September. I quilted it all over with a flower design and it turned out so well.
I have finally talked Lillian into doing a blog for the shop, check it out so you can see our new things, she is doing a great job so far. We have lots of new fabrics coming in so I can't wait for those. I'm thinking of new projects to make all the time. Happy sewing to you all.

Reproduction beauty

Here is my cute little reproduction mini quilt I made, I love the pink and navy together. On the weekend I quilted my Journey of a Quilter so I'll post a pic of that one soon. It turned out beautiful if i do say so myself.