Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my Blogging friends
Thankyou for the friendship these past years

Playful Penguins

I finished my penguin quilt

I had such fun designing this one and it seemed to just come together

My daughter chose fleecy for the backing I had never used it as a backing before, but it worked well

I think she will be very happy with it, when she receives it at Christmas

She had no idea what I was doing with the fabric

I was a little short so made a big label to cover the shortfall

Iam very happy with the way it turned out

I think I have once again fixed my comment notification so look forward to hearing from you so I can reply

November FNSI No 2

I was not well last night so not much sewing happened

I was baby sitting this little fellow who wasn't well and being a very sharing soul he kindly shared his bug with both Poppy and myself

So when I could keep myself out of the bathroom I did manage to make another penguin block

Vegemite

Meeting Pop's pet calf

Despite being unwell he was still a joy to have around He is such a happy boy

Thanks Wendy for once again hosting

NOVEMBER FNSI

When I joined Wendy and friends for another Friday night sewing I worked on some more coat hangers.
Then I made a block for the penguin quilt Iam working on for my daughter for Christmas.
I am making it up as I go along
Havent had a chance to visit to see what the rest of you got up to
Hopefully soon

Comments

Seems my comment notification has been turned off again
I do appreciate all your comments and do read them, so if I haven't replied Iam sorry
Trying to fix the problem but it has changed since I did it last time
Have a great day everyone and thanks for taking the time to comment

Friday night sewing

Friday night is when I joined with Cheryll and friends I worked on coat hanger number six
Loving the variegated thread
I am spending a few days with my daughter and today she is taking me to Spotlight, something I don't get to do very often

Some Little Finishes

my waratah is beautiful this year  

Cheryll made me the red hanger for my birthday. I really liked it, so with Cherylls permission I copied it. 

 A Kris kringle gift

 A snowflake for the present box

And some coat hangers, also for Christmas gifts
I am still learning how to use this tablet, hence my posts are short

October FNSI

Well here we are again. Another FNSI with the lovely Wendy and friends has come and gone.
Love these nights. Not only do I get to sew along with friends, but it is motivates me to Blog.

My niece was complaining about her clothes falling off her hangers, and so in a light bulb moment I solved her Christmas gift.

Embroidery done. Now to put it together. 

I  also whipped up a hand towel for a quick gift.

Drizzly rain today so a sewing day for me. 

Will be around for a visit to my fellow stitchers real soon

Where did September go

Time is flying by. It was time again last night for another FNWF.
I had visitors for a short time so didn't achieve as much as I hoped.

I made this little fellow for a friends baby's first birthday.

I think he is pretty cute. 

Not much of any great excitement happening around here. 

The weather is being kinder so will be able to get out in the garden. It is in dire need of some weeding

Last night when I joined Wendy and friends for another Friday night sewing I did some secret sewing so can't show up to much of what I Got up to

Any way I achieved a fair bit 

Iam feeling much better than but it has taken awhile to come good. Hubby is really crook with it

We are lucky in our part of Aus. We have . We have had plenty of rain. Wishing we could send it where it is needed. 

Hubby has been watching the footy. What pathetic performances by two club

He is happy. His team is in the Grand final. Go Pies

Friday night is sewing

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Last night I was Cheryl's guest for her monthly sewing night. Iam working on using up some of my fabric stash
Probably turn into a really nice unique quilt
I have come down with the dreaded head cold and a massive headache. Bed early for me I think

Birthday fat quarters

The past few years I have taken part in the birthday fat quarter swap, hosted by the lovely Cheryl.
It was my birthday last Wednesday and I was happy to open my gifts My special gift this year came from our swap Mama herself. I received this lovely wall hanging.
We are also to include a small gift starting with the first letter of our name.
Cheryl sent me a Biro.... Ink and some Impressions thread.

From Anthea. I I needed a few more of these clips 

From Asta

Icecube tray and Indigo thread

Julie sent me a shopping bag.... Ideal alternative to a plastic bag and beautiful hand made card

From Sue an Indian embroidered bag

And from Jeanette a fridge magnet n the shape of an I

Thank you to all you lovely girls. I Loved all my gifts

I am still trying to sort out the my message reply thing. 

Finally got a message from Gmail this morning so hopefully now I can reply to you again 

Op Shopping

A few weekends ago I went to stay with my sister and she took me Op Shopping

I came home with these fabrics and all for under $10.00

I love Op Shopping and had a great time with my sister

I have tried to fix my comment reply problem so hopefully I will get some comments so I can see if it works

Fingers crossed

A big frost here this morning so Iam looking forward to a nice afternoon in the garden

Cot quilt

My niece had a baby girl last week, so I have been making her a cot quilt. 

Just have to add

Some borders and it is done
I have had the pleasure of looking after Sam this week. His Mum is doing an online course and had placement this week.
I am more than happy to help out.
He has been a good boy  I just don't like the early start to my day.

Making Roads

Last night it was wet cold and windy. What better way to spend the evening than to sit by a warm cosy fire and join the FNSI girls for a night of stitching

I added a border to Sam's quilt

White lines on the road. Forty of them.  Iam about half way through. Back to it tonight.

Thanks Wendy for inviting us

Shirt for cushion back

Lynda loved her penguin cushion
Iam going down later and will get a photo of the back Did try to do it with the other post but couldn't get a decent photo with the Tablet.  As I said "still learning"
Also I have to work out how to reply to your messages since that was changed too
Too old for all this learning
Any way basically you cut the front off a shirt.... I was lucky to find two really good quality black cotton shirts at the Op Shop.... leaving it buttoned up you use it as the opening for your cushion cover
Very neat and easy as I cannot do a zip to save myself
Not very good at explaining but will put a photo up later today hopefully
It was the first time I have tried this and will be doing it again
You can also leave the pocket on if you wanted and use it to store the remote
Hope this helps

FNWF AUGUST

Last weekend when my daughter came to visit she had a picture of a cushion that she wanted me to make for her.

So last night I made this for her. She is coming for lunch today so I hope she likes it. She wants another one with the penguin facing the other way. I used the shirt method to make the back. I found two matching black shirts in the Op shop. I will use this idea again

I am still learning how to use this Tablet. Taking forever to do this post

Thanks Cheryll for another enjoyable night sewing with friends

Just heard Lynda is bringing Sam. Yay

Doing a happy dance

Finally after I reckon about two years it is finally finished and I am extremely happy with the results.

 Hard to get a good photo

July FNSI

It has been a while since I joined Wendy and friends for a stitching evening Life gets so busy sometimes
Don't know how I ever found time to work

I worked on quilting my Aussie quilt

This quilt has been a long time in the making with lots of reverse sewing because the pattern ended up so long and narrow, then the designer decided not to produce patterns for the borders

Pleased to say the end is near

No 2 grandson celebrated his 21st birthday two weekends back

And I got to babysit this little fellow while the young ones celebrated

He was such a good boy 

He is welcome back anytime

Off to do some more on my Quilt

Have a great weekend

July FNWF

Seems I only post when I join with friends for a night of stitching ask did last night. I worked on a quilt for Sam who I get to babysit tonight. This is my first post with my new tablet. See how it works 

FNWF for June

Friday night was our monthly get together with crafting friends
Once again thanks to Cheryll for inviting us

I did a little knitting

Long time since I have knitted but I enjoyed it

A jumper for this little fellow who is now 4 months old and growing madly

Such a good little man

Then I did some scrap booking

A very enjoyable evening

A small finish and a break away

A bit slack on the Blogging front

I finished a table runner for my nephews girlfriend 

Pleased to say she loved it

Pattern by Jenny Reynolds

Hubby and I managed a few days away

Went up the coast to Eden Perfect weather and had a lovely break and NO the graffiti was not my work

Not Ideal

This is not the ideal way to do applique

Last night I joined Wendy and friends world wide for a night of stitching

I decided my Australiana quilt needed state names , so I worked on them Not so easy when the quilt is sewn together, but I managed

Also did a little work on the new border

What do you think?

Today I got to look after this little bloke for the day

He is such a good little boy

Cannot believe he will be 3 months old on Moday