Lets play catch up – Part 1

Oh well it is safe to say that I have definitely blown my plan to blog at least once a week, let see we are at week 18 and I have done 8 blog post this year. I can safely say that you have not been missing out of much, I do however plan to catch you all up on what I have done since I blogged last.

I recently partook in a pincushion swap with the Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild and was lucky enough to receive this amazing pincushion from Alice. Alice does not own a sewing machine and does all her sewing by hand.

I made a pincushion for Rachel and in the rush to get my pin cushion finished I forgot to take a photo, however you can see a picture of it  here

The main lot of sewing I have been doing is the block for MMQG Oh Beehave quilt bee, these are a few that I have done recently

For Marg

 

Two star blocks for Rachel

 

I have also made some for Alissa, Anna & Gina but I don’t seem to have taken photos of those ones before sending them off.

Advent Blog-along–Day 11

Today however I do have a wonderful present to share with you all.

I was lucky enough to receive a Secret Santa gift from Ruth for the EB Newbies Secret Santa

Inside all those packages were these items

Some candles, coasters, material (three from Love Birds and one from All Star, I think) a pot holder made into a cone which held some hand cream and chocolates, a some soap (home made?), a babushka key ring and a notepad. Very spoilt wasn’t I

I actually sent to Ruth as well as received from her, however in my rush to get the present in the post, I forgot to take a photo, therefore I will have to wait until she opens and blogs for you to see what I sent her

EB Doll Quilt Swap Opening Day - What I received

Today was the day I had been looking forward to all week, I have had a parcel sitting next to me on the computer desk all week, taunting me saying, Open me, Open me and today I was finally able to open it. It was from the lovely Nic and it contained this wonderful wall hanging

Nic truly spoilt me and the boys, as not only did it contain the wall hanging, which will look amazing hanging up next to the one I received last year from Car, but she also sent me a book for Bastian, some socks for Lachie (that matched his outfit he had on today so went straight onto his feet) and some goats milk soap and some pretty heart topped pins

as well as all of that the wall hanging was rapt in this frog material that is just to cute

Now hopefully my recipient has gone down to there post office to pick up there parcel so I can blog what I made and sent tomorrow.

Swaps, Shopping and Stuff

With the August MMQG sewing day happening tomorrow (7 Aug) I thought I should blog the name tag that I made and received at last months sewing day. My sneak peek here included some paper in the left hand corner, did anyone spy that. As everyone seems to be in love with hexagons at the moment I decided to use hexagons for my name tag and made this one for Cathy

This is the one I received from Bec

I have also been making a few purchases lately. Firstly I went to Melbourne Craft & Quilt Show a couple of weekends ago and was very restrained in my spending. I got was Janelle Wind’s first book Pieces of Me, and a this kit to make Melly & Me’s Fat Quarter bag 

I have to admit that I am quite proud of myself as I have already made one project out of the book, started and finished it all in one day. One of the reasons why I purchased this book was for this specific project.

Isn’t it cute, it is a cover for my Iphone and has a small pocket on the front which is the perfect size to hold my ATM/credit card and some loose change. I have also order some fabric from this lovely store to make two bags out of this book.
Actually I have purchased quite a lot from that store recently as well as the fabric I have three Christmas related kits on there way to me, a advent calendar, reindeer stocking and Christmas wreath. There were all part of QFD Christmas in July online event so I am unable to post photos of the patterns but if you have a look over here you can see some pictures of some of the projects I got kits for. Another purchase I made from QFD was this lovely soft flannel

I am going to team it with the FQ pack of Ginger Blossom that my lovely EB friends gave me as a thankyou for running the Round Robin Swap last year. I plan to make a half sq triangle quilt like Esther’s using the flannel as one half of the sq and the cotton as the other half, hoping it will look as I imagine.
I have also been working on the Freckled Whimsey Charm Pack Quilt along and am now up to date.

150 1/2 square triangles

75 four patch blocks

Finally if you like the look of my IPhone cover, don’t forget that I have a PIF open at the moment and you never now I might make one for you :)

Birthday FQ Swap

This is a very very belated post seeing that my birthday was back in February.

Here is the FQ and other goodies that I received from (L to R) Esther, Dani, Car (x2 I was spoilt) , Nic & Kayscha (there is one missing that I will have to find and update the post at a later stage)

I am planning on using them to make bunting for Bastian new room which has a red, white and blue theme.

Opening Day

Today was the day that we were able to open our Doll Quilts received in the 3rd EB Doll Quilt swap, I had requested a doll quilt for my little boy or wall hanging for his new room, which will have a transport theme in nautical/primary colors. This is the lovely quilt that was made for my beautiful boy by Dani



And the back of the block



And most importantly a photo of Sebastian who was very excited about his new quilt



My quilt has arrived at its destination but is still waiting to be picked up from the post box. I will blog a photo once it has been received. I hope they are as happy with it as I am with this one.

Wallhanging Swap

Some of my lovely friends at EB Newbie Quilter recently partook in a wall hanging swap.

There was

Esther
Car
Kayscha
Dani
and of course me.

I made the following for Esther



and received the following package from Car



Which contained the absolutely amazing wall hanging. Aren't I a very very lucky girl

SS Swap received

I received a parcel in the mail yesterday that I was not allowed to open, so I have had this lovely parcel sitting next to me, tempting me, saying open me, open me.



Today I was finally allowed to open it. It being my Secret Santa swap that I received from the lovely Esther. And I love, love, love it.



I received a gratitude wrap, some chocolate, and best of all a nappy for Bastian. I have been
thinking about having a go at making some nappies for him for a while now, but with everything else going on, hasn't happened. This might be the encouragement I need to get me started




Also inside the gratitude wrap was a copy of hand made note cards that she had made to match the wrap. I feel really bad for my swappee now that I wasn't able to make something. I hope they like the goodies that I chose for them.

Table Runner Swap

I took part in a Xmas Table Runner Swap with my friends in EB Newbie Quilters forum. I was in such a rush to get the table runner in the mail that I forgot to take a photo of it so you will have to wait until Dani posts a pic to see it.

Here is the one I received, which I love.



I am starting to change my Christmas taste over to the more fresh and funky look and this will fit right in. I normally put the Xmas Wall Quilt that I made years ago on our coffee table but I think that this year this will take pride of place. Humm, might be an excuse to buy some new decorations. Not that I ever need an excuse

The lovely Kayscha also include two quilting mags and this really cute book of short story's written by a quilter. It is perfect as I have always read at night before I go to sleep but since starting work I tend to read only a couple of pages before nodding off. This way I actually get at lease one whole store read each night, rather than it taking me months to finish a book.