Sore

fingertips and backside.

I found the easiest spot for stitching the bed runner together is at the dining table, and the result is a sore butt. I really should get a pillow to sit on lol timber chairs just don't have that much padding.

but top is 98% done.

Will share a picture tomorrow

Lack of Progress & a bit of Progress

The Progress

Yay I am finally up to the applique on mums bed runner. I spent yesterday cutting the background fabric, tricky as the size of bed runner is 240cm x 55cm, glue basting the appliques on then last night I spent hand sewing it on. The hexagon ring is almost completely stitched on outer side, about to tackle the inside of the ring. Sorry for the scrunched fabric

**note to self # 4365 Iron before the next photo***

Lack of Progress

Little Bluebirds is suffering. My *cough cough* reason is I am waiting to do a class specifically on needle turn applique and as chance would have it I am doing one with mum Dec 22 :), but that does not excuse the lack of the embroidery being done, but once I have the bed runner out of the way, look out little bluebirds :)

and the There should Be No Progress Project but oops there is

An Angel Story, these are the first 4 blocks, all need to be appliqued and the stitching done. The 'girls' are for Monday afternoons in the car while I wait for the dancing queens to finish at dancing.

Happy Stitching and have a fabulous weekend :)

When the going gets tough

The tough go shopping!

after yesterdays news and having 3 lil girlie's all saying 'Oh yippee we can go home to our house' (the family home in Tasmania) and the aftermath of disappointment because we aren't (even I wanted to cry because we're not) they are now not happy that we need to move, at least school will be back so it 'should' be a bit easier on the day without them. Oh well these things happen I guess.

I digress sorry

I collected the big girlie's from school as they had dancing, and decided to cheer myself up with a trip to the LPS, where I purchased (used my gift voucher) the fabric for Anni Downs, An Angel Story quilt. I have been wanting to do this quilt for a while and one of next years projects is to do Anni's A Christmas Story quilt and have it ready FOR CHRISTMAS 2009, fingers crossed.

Here are my fabrics, I am using homespun for the angels backgrounds and 15 assorted prints, and the brown (under the floss) is for their shoes and hair. SO today's job is to start stitching :)

My WIP pile is expanding quickly

I have in various stages of completion

1 bed runner for Mum (almost ready to applique the paper peicing onto the background)

2 queens sized quilt 'Stars Above' for master bedroom

3 Little Bluebirds BOM (2 months behind, bad I know)

4 Noah and friends

5 Dear Baby Jane (3 down, 262 to go lol)

6 Sampler quilt (being quilted)

and in the To Do Pile is (fabric and pattern)

1 Girlie # 2's blue quilt

2 Girlie # 3's 'Simply Shabby Chic' from The Quilted Crow, in Hobart.

4 Mariners Compass lap quilt for dh

5 another master bedroom quilt 'State of Grace'

and

I have 2 wall hangings for the girlie's which just need quilting, think I might do the quilting myself.....

ONE DAY

have a fabulous day whatever you are doing, I am going to sew it's an overcast drizzy day here

Stop.....I wanna get off

this ride.

Had a call from the real estate we rent our house through, the house is going on the market this week, so that means we need to move in mid February to another house. I hate moving house with a passion. I did suggest the girlies and I move home to Tasmania and dh rents a batchelor pad here, but that suggestion wasn't well received lol lol I had to try.

Sigh

all is good though as it means we get to move into town :) so fingers crossed for us that we find a house big enough for us and the furry ones :)

Winners :)

the officals,

(excuse the hair, it HAS now been brushed lol)

drumroll please

the winner of a giant pincushion, the pattern and the lil fabric basket is...............

and the winner of a giant pincushion is......

Congratulations ladies.

Can you please email me your addresses and I'll get them into the post :)

and today frustation for me is this

Yes its my sampler quilt, finally getting quilted.

Have a fabulous day :)

Rewind please

Can anyone tell me where Sunday has gone......

I seem to have missed it :)

and because I appear to have 'missed' Sunday its way to late to get the girlies to draw my giveaway winner tonight,

so,

I am about to put the names into a bowl/hat ready for the morning.

AND

because I am running late, I will giveaway a 2nd pincushion,

looks like a girlie will have to be chief bowl holderuperer and the other 2 will be the drawer's.

Makes sense to me

Make sure you check back tomorrow :)

oh and I am truely sneaky :)

I rang mum last week to ask her to go to spotlight for a dress up cape pattern, so she did, and she found a little red riding hood cape. Fast forward to yesterday, she rang me for the required length, it appears Gumdrops has made the cape..

Go gumdrops we do love you :)

YIPPEE lol

Ready to Post

Yippee

I picked up the last couple of things for my Secret Santa present.

After reading Chookyblues post on Swap ettiquette I read the comments and I have to say

Thanks for the ideas, I took them on board and went from there and I hope my recipient is happy.

There is a little bit of this and a little bit of that :)
my book order hasn't arrived and I haven't heard anything about the parcel I sent 2 weeks ago to my stitchers' angel partner......and she hasn't replied to my emails. its frustrating

girlie # 3 had dancing today, we went to the supermarket, had lunch with daddy. We have friends coming for dinner tonight we are having lasagne, salad and garlic bread :)

Have a great day :)