Sue's give away no.2

Another give away from sue This one is 'Field of Flowers' and is just as lovely as the last. Take a look at her site.

Jules

Sue Daley 'Port Roses'

Sue has a give-away. Pop over to her site and have a look around. The pattern to win is called 'Port Roses'. Sue has a pic of the quilt made on her site. Just beautiful.

Jules

Good afternoon all. I was just reading some blogs and found that Helen from Hugs n kisses is having a give away of five of her new patterns. Check them out on her site. They are lovely. Here a couple of pics to entice you,

Jules

Gardening

Our back yard looks so fresh and homely after all the hard work DH and I did last week. Hub did most of it with all the digging, lifting and tree trimming. I planted and directed.

Quilters Blessings

I thought I would take a close up picture of each of the 'Quilters Blessings" Stitchery blocks. I have only done 6 so far. I still have 4 more to catch up. Please go to Capricorn quilts to see other blocks stitched by the other participants. Amazing how differnt each block looks when done in different colours.

A Jules

What I have been up to

Lynette Anderson is running a competition on her blog well actually Hugo and Felix are running it. Pop over and take a look. It's a lot of fun. If you have completed any of her designs apart from the 'Noah's Ark' and 'Here kitty' head on over and join in. I did this stitchery years ago. It was my first attempt at Stitchery and it kept me going on with others all these years later.

I have been stitching these lovely blocks so generously supplied by capricorn quilts . They are so cute and I can do them at night resting in the armchair. Pop over and take a look at her blog.I did this stitchery ages ago and only found it again when cleaning out my UFO's. I forgot where I had got the pattern from so decided to throw some material around it and make a bag. I love bags. Low and behold I found the pattern yesterday and it is supposed to be on a bag anyway........lol It is different to mine though but that's ok. I am very pleased with my first attempt of making a bag of my own.

These thread catchers are everywhere and just another item I am hooked on. I found a pattern in a magazine but it had pockets on it so I just made mine with out them. I made the bag a bit smaller too as I don't need it too big. My straps don't come off either. I was happy to sew them in.
Fabric baskets are all the rage too. Love them. You can find the tutorial for it here

Be careful though.....they are addictive.

So I have been doing some sewing. I would like to do more of course. DH and I have been working flat out in the garden this week. We are going to be making a pond as we found tadpoles in the old pool. The kids can't wait for the tadpoles' new home so they can watch for frogs. I can't do any of the lifting or digging so DH has been quite exhausted at the end of the day. He is doing a great job though. More on gardening next time.

A Jules

Where does the time go?

OH My Gosh!!!! It has been three months since I last blogged. I didn't think I wanted to blog anymore but here I am. I just had to share. My DH took me to Eumundi in QLD for my 40th birthday. We stayed at 'Kindred Spirits' B&B owned by none other than Sue Daley the designer of Patchwork with Busy Fingers. Long story but Sue invited Lynette Anderson to have breakfast with us. I felt like I was meeting my favourite rock stars. Two beautiful, talented ladies.

They both gave me signed patterns for a birthday gift. I won't forget my 40th thats for sure.

While we were there Sue directed us to 'The Patchwork Angel'. It is in an old church. Just beautiful. Of course I had to buy some goodies there.

I also purchased two patterns from Sue. I quite like the idea of paper piecing.

DH: Thank you Darling for the best and most memorable birthday. I love you with all my heart. Just when I think I couldn't love you anymore, I fall in love with you again.

A Jules