Bibs

One last finish for October. I bought a bib panel a while back & my Mum donated terry towelling for the backs. I couldn't find it anywhere to buy. Luckily Mum still had some stashed away.

The Noah's ark panel is so cute. Later today i hope to be sewing a padded book about a dinosaur & a nappy bag.

Happy Stitching,

Fabled Fusions

 Fabled Fusions is Michele's gorgeous new book using her unique way of combining felt & fabrics.

  The book is beautifully presented with 10 easy to follow Folk Art projects. Some of them are:

Peppermint Tea

Lord and Lady Bugs,

The Scarborough Hares.

When my book arrived last week it came along with 2 kits. I've made O'Ryan the Stargazer

& now i'm working on Wild Hare Pillow

Michele will be at the Valdani stand at the Houston Quilt Show & will sign books for you. Books & kits can be purchased from Michele's online shop.

Happy Stitching,

Fun at the craft show

Yesterday i spent a wonderful day at the craft show with my friend Cindy(no blog). First up we wandered all the lovely stalls & bent our cards a little then it was time for a fortifying cup of coffee & carrot cake & back to browsing & spending.

My haul of goodies. Lovely Natalie Bird was on her stall & signed her new pattern book for me. :)

I also picked up this show special(photo taken from Horn web site), the sewing table. It also comes with a free insert.

 After lunch Cindy & i wandered around the fabulous quilt display. Oh some very stunning quilts there including a hexagon quilt. King sized made up of 1/2" hexagons. The tag said "thousands" of the hexagons. Last time i saw this particular quilt the maker had finished the centre which is a beautiful rose & was working her way out from it. I'm so glad i got to see the finished quilt. Now it was time to head home with our goodies, sore feet & dented bank accounts but before we left i picked up 1 last show special.

I've been wanting one of these for a while & at the show price i wasn't leaving it behind.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI

I'm surprised i got anything done. The day started well. I finished making 6 burp cloths.

Then i cut out a project to start working on after i finished working on a secret project

But before i finished the last leaf on this i spent an hour or so on the phone last night to my internet provider trying to get the internet back up & running. Talk about useless. 2nd time in 2 days. No help at all so i think i'll be seeking a new provider. Oh the internet did finally start working again but it wasn't due to the guy i was talking to. Finally at nearly bed time i could make a start on the project i'd cut out earlier.

I guess i did get a fair bit done but not as much as i would have liked.

Thanks Wendy for running FNSI again. Pop over here to see the blogs of others who participated

Happy Stitching,

Mittens

I bought 2 mitten patterns at the same time & have now finished the mittens from the 2nd pattern. They are so cute.

I had fun making these felt mittens too.

Happy Stitching,

Santa was saved.....

........My thanks to everyone for suggestions on how to save Santa when my thread ran it's dye. I decided to stick Santa into a soaker & see what would come of it & it worked. Last night i turned Santa & his friends into these ornies.

I lightly stuffed the ornies to give them a puffy look. As you can see Santa is now stain free.

Happy Stitching,

Christmas Ornies

The last few days i have been working on Christmas ornies & finished the last one last night.

Love making these cute felt ornies.

Happy Stitching,

Friday Night With Friends.

Last night i joined in Friday Night With Friends hosted by the lovely Cheryll.

I started this little Christmas decoration stitchery Thursday night & finished it last night & discovered this morning the threads dye had run. Grrr. Looks like i'll be re-stitching this one.

I almost finished this one before bedtime. Just hope it doesn't run when i wash my tracing pen out. Pop on over to Cheryll's & see who else joined in last night what they worked on.

Happy Stitching,