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

Cake and Candles

I was the lucky winner of Antheas birthday Cake and candles giveaway

Not the best photo but I did love my little sewing kit with some lovely extras in the pockets

Thankyou so much Anthea

I have been along time reader of Antheas Blog

Bloggy friendships really are the best

My friend Mary (no blog) has just finished Michelles Tea cup teddies 

This is a better photo of my goodies

And Now It's April FNWF

Where on earth does the time go?
For FNSI I asked for advice on my Australiana quilt
I have decided to go with an appliqued border of native birds and flowers

Last night I got some applique ready and did a little blanket stitch on one

Thanks everyone for your thoughts

Then I made another snowflake for a friend who gifted me a the green fabric It is sparkly which does not show up in the photo

Today we are going to get some wood

Keeping warm is hard work

I will be back over the weekend to see what every one else got up to

FNSI March And I need your Opinion

Last night when I joined Wendy and world wide friends for a stitching night I worked on my Australiana Quilt

This quilt was a row by row block of the month from Sue of Quilted Hugs by Sue

She faithfully gave the rows every month But then she decided to let us do our own Borders

I have a few ideas floating around in my head

I had these blocks left over from another project and thought they might work

Layng them out on my design floor Iam not so sure

I would really value your opinions please

What are your thoughts I wont be offended

I made an Easter basket for little Samuels first Easter and a birthday card for a dear friend Not all last night either LOL

March (already) FNWF, Mums 90th and Five Generations

Finished this Shamrock table runner last night when I stitched along with worldwide friends

The best thing about these sewing nights is that it makes me Blog

There are now 5 Generations in our family

My Mum turned 90 last week and we had a family celebration lunch

My first Great Grandchild

Samuel Brendan 

He is so cute and such a good baby

Sleeping for up to six hours at a time

I need Help PLEASE

My grandchildren and my daughter decided I needed to get with the times so they gave me an iPhone 6 for Christmas
Iam loving it BUT there are some things I cannot figure out
I wanted to put my Blog on there so I typed in the Blog name but that is all I get Just my posts Cannot see anything else No other posts and cant do anything on it Just look
Is there some body who can tell me how Please
Trouble is This Smart phone is smarter than me

On January 29th I became a great Grandmother to this gorgeous little Bloke

Samuel Brendan Tiziani

He is a good baby and his Mum says he sleeps all the time

I have not as yet seen him properly awake

I had a couple of little finishes

Terrible photo 

I didn't realise and have given the bag away

Another of Michelles fabulous designs

Jan FNSI

I had no Internet yesterday so could not show what I did for our Friday night sew in
I always have a tablecloth or placemats on my table
I only have one set of placemats which were made for me some years ago by our lovely hostess Wendy
I needed a spare set for when they are in the wash so when my sister gave me this Elvis fabric for my birthday I thought they would make great placemats
Finished one
We are in the middle of a little heat wave Hoping today will bring some relief
My first great grandchild was due yesterday but it seems he is in no hurry to make his presence known