1 Christmas Item a Month

Boy the 25th of the month has come around fast again. Luckily for me the project i chose to make this month was a small one.

Cute little Santa Goody Bag by Gail Pan.

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FNSI

Last night was FNSI hosted by Heidi. I made plans for a few things but in the end only 1 project was worked on.

I appliqued the hexagon butterfly to background fabric & will turn it into a cushion.

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What i sent for quilter's day swap.

 My partner in Heidi's Quilter's Day swap was O'Faigh. This is what i sent her.

Love this gorgeous doily pattern by Fee. Enjoyed making it so much that i'll have to make one for myself. Included in the gifts were these also.

Notepad set & lavender soap. Recently Loz & i did an exchange of a Jim Shore Christmas ornament. I got the ornament & i sent Loz fabrics & this

Told you i loved making the doily. My daughter tried to take this one but she lucked out. :)

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Crazy Patch

Over the last 12 months my friends & i have been participating in a Crazy Patch round robin. My gorgeous blocks arrived back to me Wednesday.

My block is the top left hand corner, next is Martha's, Janet's, Lynda's, Sheila's & Dianne's. Not sure how i'll put them together yet.

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Quilter's Day Swap

Recently Heidi ran a Quilter's Day swap in which i participated. A parcel landed on my door step yesterday from Pat. At first i was puzzled as to why Pat was sending me something & when i realised it was from Heidi's swap i had a chuckle.Why you ask ?  Because it was funny that Pat ended up with me in another swap. You see Pat & i were partners in a Christmas swap last year. :)

Pat sent me this gorgeous bag,choccies, cat calender & another bag.

This is the other bag. So cute & handy. I was a bit excited when i got the parcel & forgot to take before shots so i took an after shot of the pretty paper Pat wrapped the goodies in. She knows me well. :)

Purple & polka dots.

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Cushion cover

I couldn't even say when i did the embroidery for the cover but i do know it sat there quite a while. Last June i took it to retreat to add the borders & again it sat. I then dragged it out quite a while back to add the applique & you guessed it - it sat again until last Friday. All i needed to do was add the backing fabric to finish it.

1 last finish for April. I have 2 others too but can't show those as they were for swaps.

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1 Xmas item

Well yesterday was 1 Xmas item day but i'm posting a day late because of Anzac Day. I actually have 3 items.

I decided against making them into heart hangers instead i appliqued them to a glittery background fabric & then stapled them to canvas. I also finished this

Again decide against a pincushion, appliqued it to a background fabric & put on a canvas. I forgot to take a photo yesterday & quickly took one this morning little realising i was shadowing the picture.

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Anzac Day 2012

Lest We Forget

a finish & china

I have finally finished the heart shaped stitchery i was working on. Lots of embroidery on this one. But i love it.

Yesterday afternoon my daughters & i stopped in an op shop & i found these gorgeous little plates.

Bargain price too for English china.

I just loved the little blooms on them.

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One Flower Wednesday

It's been a while since i've posted about my hexies. I have been working on & off on the hexies for the Vignette hexie quilt but this week i worked on something different.

I recently saw this as a quilt on a blog & really liked it. I used my 1" hexies for it. I'm still deciding whether to add more hexies in whit around it or just applique it to a background. To see more hexies on one flower Wednesday visit Karen .

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Happy Easter

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter 2012.

Happy Stitching,