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,

goodies that have come to live with me.

Since buying my 2 Jim Shore decorations i've been keeping my out for other ones i might like. I spotted this on eBay & thought it came with the decoration in the photo but alas it did not. I'll either have to find a Jim Shore hanging decoration or hang my cardinal on it.

The base is a music box & plays Deck The Halls.

My son rings me on Friday afternoon to ask me if i was still wanting a new laptop. Well yes i am but i wasn't any hurry. He was at a WoW shop & as they went into receivership everything was marked down. So guess who got a new laptop at a very good price. :) We both did actually.

 On the weekend this was delivered to me.

I've been wanting one of these converted singer tables for quite a while. Today my parcel from Shell arrived. Just as i walked back in the gate from an appointment. Talk about good timing. :)

Shell's latest pattern, the felts & threads to make them, threads for another of Shells' patterns & 3 bunny hangers. They are so cute. Also included was the cute little cutout bunnies & 3 yummy lollies. Thankyou Shell.

Happy Stitching,

My Easter Goodies.

Today a parcel arrived for me all the way from SA containing the gifties sent to me in our online group Easter Swap. My Angel was Marcia. I opened the post bag to discover this

 then when i opened the parcel i found these

& then discovered all these fabulous goodies

The first thing i opened was the bag & all i kept saying was "it's gorgeous, it's gorgeous". I just love bunnies. Would love a real one but alas we can't have them in Queensland. Good reason to move to another state. hehe. But i digress. I love all the wonderful goodies Marcia sent. Thankyou so much for spoiling me this Easter Marcia.

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Easter Swap

My online group had an Easter swap run by the very lovely Maree. Maree has received her gifts so i can show you what i sent.

A Tilda bunny, no photo

 & the candle mat set.

complete with candle.

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New Swap

I wasn't going to join any more swaps this year but this one sounded like fun

Pop over & visit Heidi if you are interested.

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FNSI

This month i decided to join FNSI run by Heidi. I worked on my embroideries. Didn't get a lot done though but i did finish the reindeer

Hopefully i'll finish the projects in time for this months 1 Christmas item a month. :). After i finished the reindeer i worked on this stitchery

A pre-print by Rosalie Quinlan. I decided not to use the pink Cosmo thread that came with it. I went with Geranium by Cottage Garden Threads.

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Simple Living

Soon after i started blogging, i think 3 years ago, i found Rhonda's blog. What Rhonda writes about sure struck a bell with me. Back then she also mentioned writing a book & i'm so happy to say it's finally in print. I've been a bit slack posting about the book as i've had it over a week now but have been engrossed in reading it. :)

Rhonda cover a lot of things in her book on how to change your lifestyle & live more simply.

Love this book. Rhonda mentions on her blog where the book is available.

Happy Stitching,