Blown Away..... Opening Day

 Yesterday was opening day in Cheryll's Santa Sack Swap
My partner was Pat and to say she has totally spoilt me would be an understatement.
I have decided to show you one gift at a time over the next few days
Day 1
Just look what I received
The most gorgeous bag and it was full of goodies
A lovely cup, some shortbread, a key ring and the prettiest fold up shopping bag
Thank you so much Pat

I Got Some too

 I received a little Christmas parcel from Cheryll our dear swap mum
I was going to leave them under the tree till Christmas day, but seeing everyone else opened their parcels... well whats a girl to do?
I feel very priveleged that Cheryll sent me these
Thank you

Christmas

 Not much sewing happening here
I did manage to finish this one Have been working on it for ages Don't know why it took me so long to get around to finishing it , but happy that I have
A few Christmas lunches have been happening
Still unsettled weather so not much gardening
And that's about it
I think I am just being lazy!

Santa Sack gifts are here and a couple of Finishes

 My Santa Sack gifts have arrived from Pat. 

 If the packaging is anything to go by Iam in for a real treat. Almost to nice to unwrap Almost!!

 I made a pattern folder for a Khris Kringle gift

 Another smaller quilt from Lorraine's clothes
This one is for my daughter Lynda for Christmas

 And recycled some cards that were to nice to throw away

12" Flower Mini is hanging in My lounge room

 My lovely Flower mini has arrived this morning all the way from Sweden
Made by the lovely Carin of             http://ullhrvan.blospot.com
Love the colours she has used Bright and cheerful
Thank you Carin and thank you Cheryll for another fun swap

 Strawberries and icecream for tea
Strawberries from our very productive strawberry patch
YUM

Flower Mini

 Seems a while since my last post Where does the time go?
This is the 12" flower mini that I made for????
Can't say who as yet as she has not received it
Iam starting to worry a little as I sent it some time ago
Maybe it is just the Christmas mail being slow
Last week we were flooded in
Yesterday was quite hot
Getting a bit done in the garden while the weather is being kind We are supposed to get more showers today

Garage Sale bargain and what I did while sewing with my friends

 I'am a little late in showing what I sewed on Friday night when once again I joined with Cheryll and the girls for some special sewing time
Yesterday dawned a beautiful sunny day (Shame it did not last Blowing a gale and raining this morning) so we did the rounds of some garage sales
I got all this for $5.00 A huge piece of backing fabric was in the bag
The other fabric is a decent size too

 I have had these stitcheries done for a while so on Friday night I put them together and so another Christmas gift done

 

Stitching in the bad weather

 

 We have just returned from two very relaxing weeks holiday
We used our caravan which we have owned for about six years for the second time
The weather was lousy while we were away I think the only thing we did not get was snow
The wind blew a gale ,rain, hail and one day in the 30s
Any way while relaxing in the van I managed a good bit of stitching
My grand daughter has requested a horse quilt so I have made a start

Just finished

 I have just finished this framed stitchery which will be a gift for a special friend for Christmas
I found the pattern in an old edition of Handmade and it is a Clare Bower design
Next week we are heading off in the caravan for a couple of weeks of R and R
Looking forward to it
Spent a lovely day in the garden today
The weather is much improved

Binding

 Bit late in showing what I got up to on Friday night when I joined Cheryll and the girls for a lovely night of sewing
I stitched the binding down on this Charity quilt
Thanks again Cheryll for the motivation
Thank goodness the weather is starting to improve
The winds have been horrific and we have lots of trees down so a big clean up to follow

Finished

 I have finished my Aussie table runner
One for the present box
A wild old day here today
Damaging winds was the forecast
Hubby says we already have one tree down over a fence and two large branches.
Me? Iam not going out to look
Staying inside by the nice warm fire doing some stitching

FNWF

 Last night I joined Wendy and the girls for a fun night of stitching
I started work on this table runner
The pattern is in the latest edition of Handmade.
Another lovely pattern by Anorina Morris
Off to see what others got up to last night
See Ya

Quilt Retreat

 I had the loveliest time at my quilt retreat last weekend The weather was beautiful ( shame it didnt last) the food was great and the company was fantastic
Most of the girls attending I did not know, but now have a new group of friends
I made a lap quilt top while I was there
Now have to set to work to quilt it

 One of the girls was giving away some books so I scored these two beauties Yippee
Look forward to the next retreat
Fantastic

A little finish

 I wish this rain would go some where that it is needed!
Good weather for sewing though
Finished this little stack 'n' slash runner
I found the tutorial at Samalia's Mums Blog
Quick and easy

FNWF

 MY Friday night was mainly taken up with preparation stuff. Next weekend Iam going with a couple of friends to a sewing weekend We are joining up with another local quilting group Should be fun.
Firstly I cut a silk scarf in half and made longer handles for a bag I got for my birthday I like longer handles
Hopefully this will work 

 Then I got some applique ready for a quilt I have planned

 Made a birthday card for a friends birthday this week

 Earlier in the afternoon I  pinned this quilt ready for quilting
So no finishes but I was happy with what I got done
How about you?

And The Winner Is.......................

 My birthday has come and gone for another year
I had a lovely day
Afternoon tea with my friends then my darling daughter cooked us a delicious  evening meal

 Yesterday My Mum cooked lunch and my sister and her family came as well
I was very spoilt

Got my grand daughter to draw out the winner of my birthday giveaway
No random generator here
Just a hat
And the winner is my dear friend Cheryll from Gone Stitchin
Fiona and Cheryll your gifts will be in the mail this week
Hope you will like them

Kittie themed gifts for a FRIEND

 Sue from purrfur to craft blog was my partner in the Friends swap hosted by the lovely Khris

 Now that she has received her gifts I can show what I sent her She is a cat lover
F.... folder

 R...,, runner

 I.....Inspirational word 

 E... Edible
N....needle case
D..... decorations
S..... scissor fob
I had fun making the kittie themed gifts and I think Sue was happy