Weighted Pincushion Organiser

While I was surfing the www last night

I came across this pattern for a

Weighted Pincushion Organiser

printed it and after soccer presentation

this morning and lunch I started

sewing

it has a detachable thread/scrap bucket

pockets for scissors and unpickers

I have been saving this fabric, it's designed by

Lynette Anderson and has been in my

stash for about 18 months.

the pincushion is HUGE and has a felted wool bit for needles

and speaking of soccer presentation

Emma cleaned up today

She received a trophy for playing (all the kids got one)

she then received a trophy for Most Improved

and then

she was named the Players Player Under 11's 2012

voted by her team mates.

Love the grin on her face it says it all.

(terrible iPhone photo though)

I was a very proud Mama

Have you met my Stalker?

No matter where I go in the house, I have a stalker watching
my every move..... as everyone has gone to bed early
tonight I thought I would have a little surf of the www

and look what is behind me

my stalker.......

Henrycat

fast asleep on my unpicker and pin cushion. As soon as I

go to bed he will saunter up the hallway and launch

himself to my side of the bed and eventually lie down

beside me and go to sleep, with his head in my hand....

and I have another OPAM finish ( I am on a roll)

but this one I can't share as its for a Christmas swap :(

but I can give you a sneaky peek

and that's all I can share with you :)

there will be quite a bit of secret sewing going on

in the next few weeks as I get my

Mrs Martin's Christmas Angel Swap gifts

made 

and then there is

Chookyblue's Secret Santa Christmas Swap

gift and ornament to be made, I have my thinking cap

on for that one......

lots of sneaky peeks coming up :)

I made another 5 Irish Chain blocks today,

that means I only have 4 more to make yippee

Irish Chain Love

I made a start today on the quilt my friends

and I are all making. 

I love the Irish chain block I can see a queen size

Irish chain quilt in my future

and the fabrics I am using

a mix of Minnick & Simpson,

3 Sisters and the blue I got yesterday

the red is out of my stash its an older

Jinny Beyer that was discontinued a 

couple of years ago :(

the pattern is called Chains and Stars.

and I might add its one of those quilts with not so good

instructions, I shall have to warn the girls before they

start on theirs.

It's been a bit windy

What a wild 24 hours we have had,

gale force winds,

severe weather warnings,

total fire ban statewide

we fared ok though, although Imogen and I have a 

job to do this afternoon thanks to the wind

we have to de-pine tree branch the front yard

and collect the dogs stainless steel bowl

which was blown from the front to the 

back fence

hubby is organising someone to come and repair the VHF

radio antenna, which has snapped in the wind

and I got some happy mail this morning

a fat quarter bundle of

'La Petite école by French General'

and a fat quarter bundle of 'Hope'

Marcus Brothers, collection for a cause

yesterday I got started on some secret sewing 

look at the mess I made there was fabric and bits

of stuff EVERYWHERE

even the floor had fabric on it

and today my sewing room looks like this

back to normal :)

hubby and I went to Bega earlier, he bought golf

balls and tee's and he added to my Mario

addiction with a new game, I just need to find the 3DS

and I will be good to play :) and I bought some fabric 

which is why we actually went to Bega

2 friends and I are making the same quilt, all using

different fabrics. I am using 

Claremont Farms by Minnick & Simpson

Jenni is using French General or Sweetwater

and I am not sure what Marlene is using.

Not that any of us have started yet :)

We had a very yummy lunch then came home, where he has

gone back to work and I have cleaned up my sewing room and

tidied the house, just need to make our bed and I will be

happy to sit and have a play of Super Mario Bros 2

My twinnies come home from camp today

it has been sooooooo very quiet, and I think

Imogen has enjoyed being 'an only child'

my workload has decreased significantly but will

be full again tomorrow with all their washing and

tonight will be crazy as they fight over who tells

us what happened while they were away.

A Finish

Hold on to your chairs,

4 days into September and I have

a FINISH

'Leanne's Shopping Bag'

designed by Rosalie Quinlan

and the inside

thank you for all your thoughts on how to stitch my 

hexagon flowers together,

and my progress with my 1400 hexagons

the next batch of flowers being stitched 

into the above shape

I have no idea just how many flowers I am going to 

have to stitch to get something big enough

to fit my bed, I am thinking it will just be a 

topper not a full size quilt.

My twinnies went on camp this morning, they have gone all

the way to Canberra and won't return until 6:30pm Thursday

night, thats 84 hours of no arguing  from pre teen girlies

absolute BLISS, not that I am counting :)

we had a great fathers day, took dh to the Candelo markets

they are about 45 minutes from us, we wandered and looked

bought some plants, a basket for me, some flowers for the 

house, lilliums and dutch irises which look gorgeous,

then home to go fishing for the afternoon.

Very relaxing and a great day.

Happy stitching :)

Hexagon Help

As I have finished ALL my current night time stitching projects

I pulled out my hexagons last night, now I have an issue

looming with them.

Setting them out

do I just stitch them together like this

or like this

or like this

Issues I tell you please help me decide which way

today I have a HUGE pile of plain hexagons to baste

so I can start stitching the flowers together over the weekend

and I have 2 OPAM finishes this month

'The Quilting Gathering'

I love the backing fabric

and 'Scrap Squares Doll Quilt'

made completely from my stash :)

Friends for Christmas

All bar 3 hoof's and a bird (tonights job)

and the buttons and bells

its finished

now how to quilt it..........

oh and tomorrow I will have 2 small quilts to share :)

they just need the binding stitched down :)