Good Grief Geraldine.....

"I can't find it"

"I know I had it somewhere here"

"It's purple, with a bit of green"

"Oh, the embarrassment of it all"....

.

"Found it.... it was on all the time!"

..... "now I feel very small and foolish" ....

.... "I know Nimo will understand... he has lost his colour"....

"... think I will just stay indoors with the wild dogs..... much safer....."

"G is for Giraffe" ...  designed by Jodie Carleton of Ric Rac

adorable

(I stuffed up her neck line... so she needs a pretty ribbon)

Righto, Gotto Go... I think Geraldine wants a cuddle....

Topsy Turvy

"Precious" and I have been busy .....

Sewing borders.......

Pressing the blocks.....

Trimming to a square.....

Lots of little bits......

I hope you are having a fun week...

I am not so patiently wondering which one of these is going to go to a new home .....

G'day

Pink or Blue.....

When I saw Carol's cute softies HERE - I knew I just HAD to make some....

~ there's a little blue giraffe ~

~ and a little pink one ~

~ you see I don't know what colour I will need ~

~ but next month I will need one of these ~

it is a pattern from Melly and Me 

they have very cute Kokeshi Stuffie download on their site

~ I've got that printed out ~

there's a grandiegirl who will like that

Recently Cheryll had a give-away

and I won

just 'cos I follow her blog

how cool is that?

So look what arrived in my mailbox last week..... so pretty.......

with all these goodies inside

oh, oh, oh, lovely spotty fabric and ribbons and threads

a lovely magazine full of inspiration and patterns

the Quilt Aid pattern is a kit

with a lovely design by Lynette Anderson

and beautiful soft colours to work with

Thanks Cheryll.... I love them all

Cheryll is a great swap hostess and is presently hosting a couple of swaps - great fun

this little section of the garden is looking pretty at the moment

that is a stairway which is a bit overgrown

but I think it's prettily overgrown so I'll leave it a bit longer

I hear it is National Quilters Day

I wonder if it's for all nations?

so

I hope you have had some fun with quilts

or some stitching

or crafting

or maybe a great meal

or whatever blows your hair back

Hoot, hoot, Christmas is coming.......

I got the pattern for these cute owls from Robyn at Daisy Quilts.  They are quite easy
(I am a very much learner softie maker - and if I can make them anyone can!!)
......and very cute.... don't you think??? 
There is no ways I could only make one.... now there's two and I still want more! 
The pattern is available HERE - incase you get the owlish fancy too.....

I have joined with Kerryanne's Simply Christmas where she has so many ideas of home made things for Christmas...... well, she talked about cake here which reminded me to start mine....
the sultanas and raisins, mixed peel and dates and cherries and pineapple soak in honey and brandy for 2 days.......

This is my favourite Christmas Cake recipe - lots and lots of fruit and nuts and just enough flour and eggs to hold it together and keep it moist.  Usually I make the cake for Christmas day when we all eat too much!!  This year I will have it for visitors from the beginning of December.

I have never had name tags at our Christmas table but Karen from Sew Many Ways gave a lovely, easy idea HERE so I played with my glue gun today (I've never had one of those before so it was a novelty!!)

I can use them for pictures of those faraway darlings who won't be here for Christmas.....

And I have done another advent calender - this one featuring Santa and lots of Christmassy pictures hanging on his tree......

If you need some Christmas inspiration have a read from Kerryanne and Karen.  I'm sure there will be something you will want to make.......

Hope you have had a lovely relaxing weekend.