1 Xmas Item a Month

 I'm joining Narelle who hosts

on time this month. :) I finished off the snowmen i was working on in my previous post.

Another gorgeous pattern by Rosalie Quinlan. Pop over to visit Narelle to see what the other Elves have made this month.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI

I joined Heidi for this months

but the plans i had went awry. :( I did get to sew the beads on this

& some more stitching on this

& that is the sum total of my FNSI.

Happy Stitching,

Not much going on in the way of crafting....

 ...... so i'll leave you with flowers that are blooming in my garden.

Love the viola's. Such cute little faces.

We planted several types of bulbs but only 3 grew. Not impressed. This one flowered 1st. Beside it are some snapgradons.

Geraniums,

Princess De Monaco rose & geranium,

more geraniums,

I took all these geraniums as cutting from my Mum & fortunately for me the mostly all grew. :)

Bilbergia in flower -queens tears i think it's called.

Happy Stitching,

first finish for September

Pumpkin Kisses by Michelle.

Happy Stitching,

Gifts

My online swap group recently swapped again. This time our swap was for Spring. My parcel arrived today from Joy. So exciting to get a parcel from the mailman. It's usually bills. :( I opened the bag to find these:

This is what i found:

a beautiful table topper, cupcake potholder - so cute, wrap for my coffee mug, a fat 1/4, notepad with pencil, sachets of hot chocolate & yummy choccies. Thanks Joy for the lovely gifts. oooo can't wait to the next swap. It's for Christmas. :)

Happy Stitching,

I'm late.....

......for posting the 1 Xmas Item A Month which Narelle runs for us. I had the wallhanging ready to go last Wednesday. I'd cut out & sewn the 1 inch squares together but family & things got in the way & i didn't get back to the machine until yesterday.

Michelle's beautiful Christmas Tree pattern. I love the way Michelle's way of working with felt & fabrics.

Last week another yummy parcel arrived from Michelle for me.

I'd ordered the pumpkin kisses pattern, felt, Valdani thread & stand.

Included was those yummy candies & pink felt. Thanks Michelle.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI & things

I had planned to get lots of things done for FNSI but unfortunately things didn't pan out. All i did was trace this stitchery out & start it.

I don't normally use a hoop but a fellow blogger mentioned the one she uses & as my osteo is causing me some issues i thought i'd try this hoop out to see if it helps me any. Its just 4 pieces of rounded plastic clipped together & then 4 pieces of curved half pieces of plastic over these to hold your fabric.

Last Wednesday i finished this bag

It's made from Papillon charm squares. On Friday another parcel arrived from Michelle. Always so nicely wrapped.

Here's Bella inspecting the parcel in case it's anything for her

Silly cat it's nothing for you. It's all for me.

Felt, threads & hanger for Michelle's  Folk Art Christmas Tree, candy & extra felt. Thanks Michelle & the Fuzzies.

Bella sure has grown since we got her & is still not her full size yet. :)

Sleepy Kitty.

Happy Stitching,

Briarside Lane

Recently this yummy parcel arrived in the post for me.

My eagerly awaited copy of Michelle's fabulous new pattern book Briarside Lane, along with felt, fabric & threads to make a hanging from the book.

Briarside Lane is Michelle's first book & has 10 beautiful hangings for you to make. Michelle has devised a method called Folk Art Fusion. This method is quite different & interesting.

Some of the gorgeous designs.

& more,

Love these gorgeous bunnies. All the patterns are easy to follow.

Here is my finished hanging

Hop on over to Michelle's for not only her beautiful book but for her other gorgeous patterns, felts, kits & Valdani threads.

Happy Stitching,

Mothers Day Gift.

Finally the day came when i could use this:

I've only had it in my hot little hands since it was announced Jersey Boys was finally coming to Brisbane. So off i go to see

these fabulous boys. (I've only been waiting too since it was first in Melbourne. :)) The show was so great i want to go again before they leave Brisbane. I had a really great seat too. Well worth the money the ticket cost. Well done guys for a fantastic stage show. Whilst there i treated myself to a few souvenirs,

a programme,

cd,

t-shirt & this is the bag i was given to carry it all in

Happy Stitching,

finishes & things

During the week i worked on the robes i mentioned cutting out in the previous post. I got all 3 done in time to hand them to the people wanting them.

Not hard to make just time consuming. Saturday i went on a day trip out to to Toogoolawah. Our patchwork group was meeting up in the backyard of a member of the Toogoolawah patchwork group. A very lovely day out despite the freezing wind. One of the ladies had a trailor full of patchwork goodies to look at. I picked up a couple of gadgets & buttons.

After lunch we all then went to a patchwork shop in a shed on someone's property.  All i bought there were some boxes for my DMC threads. Sunday back to cooking. :)

Lumberjack cake,

fantail muffins,

Tim Tam balls. So yummy. Today i finally finished my runner which was supposed to be done for 1 Xmas item a month. Better late than never.

Pattern by Gail Pan.

Happy Stitching,

Busy Weekend

Saturday i made a double batch of chilli relish. As the first batch only made 2 bottles i wasn't expecting the 2nd batch to make 6 but that is what i got.

Whilst that was cooking i started cutting out the pieces to make cloaks. I have 3 to make this week. Sunday i cut out the 3rd cloak, made blood orange butter,

the blood oranges,

next up was jersey caramel muffins,

followed by a banana slice

These cute little owl cupcakes were made by my daughter for her sister.

Happy Stitching,