Pincushion time!

I've had a busy week.... with a wool project!  Chookyblue visited a little while ago and brought me a gorgeous kit designed by Anni Downs .... 

... first requiring a bit of applique.....

.. then some little legs....

... which needed stuffing....

... finally there was a mini porker in the house....

.... the pattern says this..... hmmmm.... Anni clearly doesn't know me! haha...

... and just to get a better idea of the scale of this little pin pig...

Thanks Chooky - I love him to bits and he was such fun to make... even if I wasn't that quick!

... not sure I can stab any pins into him.... could you????

Righto, Gotta Go... for some reason I have a craving for a good piece of bacon....

Flimsy done.......

I made the blocks for this quilt some months ago.... I did a bunch of them wrong so it went into the sulking box..... Now they are together the mistakes don't really show and over the last few days I sewed the borders on ....

I love the fresh colours of this 30's Playtime range.... The pattern is by Kate Henderson from Two Little Banshees  and was found in the December 2014 Homespun.

It's going to sit in the 'waiting to be quilted' place - but at least it has moved from the 'sulking' place!

Some lovely mail this week.  A postcard all the way from Maryland, USA from Sunny where it is summery and a lovely flower is exactly what I needed now there is not much in our garden.  

Sheila hosts these postcard swaps and they are a great way to meet new friends and make a piece of art without a huge committment....

This is one of the Splendid Sampler blocks I recently finished... and then discovered I left out the circle in the middle!  Never mind it is pretty as it is.  A long way around all those edges which I did in single thread blanket stitch......

I've got quite a few to catch up on with these blocks.... need some machine piecing time - anybody got some available? 

I continue whenever I can with my Dutch Treat Quilt blocks.... this one is rather pretty with it's curves and frame....

You can start to see the shading of the different background fabrics now I have done a few....

I finished another block yesterday ... those tiny pieces of light colour in the middle nearly drove me over the edge!

18 blocks done.... only 178 to go......

Righto, Gotto Go.... I have a desire to sew a piglet.....

A day out and about.....

A friend and I went off down the road to Warwick for the Jumpers and Jazz festival... it's becoming an annual event to visit...

Firstly sustenance so we could handle the day....

it seemed everything that was static was yarn bombed... I loved this fence...

.. the entrance to a fantastic beanie event (no pictures allowed but they were just so clever) but they were from this amazing exhibition Colours of the Country  and you can see some pictures of the exhibits on their web page...

this tree had its woolies on for the fresh weather....

a curtain made from bottle tops and cable ties... too clever and what a lot of work...

This was another fabulous piece made from pieces from all over the world.... celebrating 50 years of flower power.....  it has it's own special blog HERE

.. there was a special table for us visitors to make something ourselves.... as you know it's very hard to resist something crafty so we decorated our own trees....

... now for some of the trees that were decorated....

... I'm sure you can't imagine why I wanted a close look at this trees jacket....

.. for you hexagon crazies ....

There was a Bohemian theme for the trees on the street....

.. something for the camping crazies....

.. the detail on these little pieces (the dolls were hand sized) was amazing...

... of course it was all rather exhausting and coffee was required before the journey home....

What a fun day... righto, gotto go.....  yay, a weekend coming up... enjoy ...xx

A dutiful wife....

It's not that often that Hubz has to be away for work over a weekend.... anyway this time he did so I decided to be dutiful and leave the comfort of my home and accompany him....

Of course a dutiful wife keeps her hands busy so whilst sitting in the car for the road trip I carried on with knitting washcloths.  One got finished and the other one started on the trip home....

 I'm sure you feel sympathy for me having to go to a place where the blue goes on and on forever.....

beautiful weather - warm enough for a paddle.  

It's very hard to be put out where I am not in control of everything - I couldn't even do my own cooking!  We had a delicious Thai meal out the first night... and Chinese the next....

On Saturday when Hubz went of to work, I amused myself by a lovely long walk.... I was enjoying it so much I lost track of time then realised I had to get back again!  

Now in case you think Hubz is just too hard on me I have to let you know there is a tender side to him... we had access to Fox Sports so I was allowed to watch him flicker through footy, rugby, cricket, back to rugby, some car racing, more footy..... 

Such fun and I squeezed in some stitching whilst I could but it was hard as it was all so rivetting....

I also had a lovely time with friends too and visited a couple of Patchwork shops in the area... silly me forgot to take photo's... but the muffin with coffee was particularly delicious.....

I had a couple of hours quiet in the mornings too and finished off this Dutch Treat Block....

... this Splendid Sampler block......

... and also this Splendid Sampler block....

It was lovely having a variety of small portable projects to take and do....

Righto, I'm so excited to be back home, with all that pile of washing and ironing to do... 

Project Bag

When one starts a new project one needs a bag to put the project stuff in.....

That's how it works isn't it???

This bag is made from Marilyn's pattern, however I used a different stitchery as this was one that was just the right size and I had it already ....

The case is a good size to fit in blocks, threads, the pattern book and everything I need to take on my sew days...

There are pockets inside the lid but you can't see them well with this fabric...

I was finding it hard to trace and read when the book opens like this... so often the pages just close on me....

I went off to Officeworks and they slice off the edge and add on this kind of binding....

... now it lies perfectly flat and much easier...

... only a little bit is sliced off....

I got 2 books done for $8.60 so I will be doing more.... Just thought you might like to know in case you have some to do....

This is where I am up to with the Dutch Treat blocks..... so far I am loving it and finding it hard to put down and do other things...

Righto, Gotto Go..... heaps to do