Merry Christmas

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

 

Last finish before Christmas

This is indeed the last finish before Christmas, but I'm a bit late to send it to Mum.

I think it's going to be a Mother's Day gift now!

It's country colours, perfect for her decor.

Santa stitchery from the Red Brolly (Bronwyn Hayes pattern) Santa Cups

 

The first real gingerbread house

The kiddo really enjoyed making his first ever gingerbread house.

I must buy a kit for him next year....

I need to make a gingerbread house quilt myself!

 

So busy

My own little artist has been going to free Christmas crafts at the local shopping centre every day since school finished. He's even started his own Christmas tree.

We've been so busy with Christmas activities and adventures all over!

I hope you're enjoying the leadup to Christmas too!

 

North Pole quilt is up!

The Christmas quilt is up! I've only had this quilt back from my sister for a few years. 

Would you believe it took me years and years to make, and not long after that I moved into a caravan? Lol.

Life changes all the time. But here is the Christmas quilt at its annual exhibition.

I am proud and grateful to have it up.

My adaptation of the quilt pattern Welcome To The North Pole by  Piece O Cake Designs.

 

Curiousity...

Oh Tula Pink! I am so happy I scored some of your Alice in Wonderland fabric at a deal - and here is a curious cat zoot suit for the kiddo, ready for his drum concert.

His first performance, he is playing Stevie Wonder's "Superstition", and I want him to feel bold and confident when he walks on the stage.

I feel like that's the power of new clothes.

He chose different coloured snap closures, because he likes to be able to button them up fast, and that requires matching colours on each side of the shirt!

He also has yellow shoes - crocs are his thing!

And we have a yellow car, so it's all happening this year!

 

Santa in hexies

Woohoo, I scored some fabric pieces from the opp shop for a bargain, and it's just the thing I needed to go with this Santa.

Santa embroidery from a Red Brolly (Bronwyn Hayes) pattern - it's actually from a pattern for Christmas buckets made from fabric, but I didn't want to use it that way.

The Santas are so lovely, I wanted to put them on show.

I think this will be a little quilt for my Mum. (Shhh).

 

Change of seasonal decor

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It's that time... Halloween has come down soon enough, and we have started to decorate with Christmas decor.

I think next year I need to put the Halloween decor up before the start of October. It truly deserves to have it's own time hanging up too!

Cheers to a delicious coffee....

 

The Raven Quilt

Last photos of this stunner while it's hanging in a place where I can get a good photo.

"The Raven" Quilt was designed by Blackbird Designs.

I chose my own fabrics, comprising mostly William Morris and reproduction fabrics, along with some grunge, and a Japanese spotted linen (purchased as a mega bargain years ago especially for applique backgrounds).

I love the purple in here too.

I hope you can see a few details in these photos.

Mum (Deep Creek Quilting) did a spectacular job custom quilting this piece.

And with it, I won the Best of Townsville Show.

It was a huge process, and a very special quilt, that will be displayed annually with love.

Thanks for checking it out today.

 

corvid altar cloth

Two altar cloths mailed out this week... 

The Corvid

The Phoenix

I love to create, so it gives me great joy to share my hand stitched gifts with others!

You can find more textile art for sale at

SewIntuitivebyRainey.etsy.com

 

Sneak peek at something Spookylicious

I'm so excited to share this sneak peek at a new project... I will be keeping this one under wraps, as I plan on releasing the pattern.

Yes, it's Halloween inspired, or perhaps spookylicious is the word, because it's not just black, orange, purple and green. I really like to expand and push the colour boundaries.

Okay, you probably won't see more of this for a while now. So enjoy this little teaser!

 

Disney Villians

It feels so good to have this table runner out on the table. I absolutely love the wickedness of the  Disney characters. 

I made this about 5 years ago, and finally it looks great where it is. I had no idea when I made it that I'd be so attracted to pink in the home.

I said it before, and I will say it again. Pink is the colour of love and the heart, so why not have it in the house.

Do you understand the meaning of the apples? I just love the colour with the red lips of these Disney villians.

Oh I wish I had more of that fabric!

 

Halloween decorating has started

Oh the joy of co-ordinating my Halloween makes with gorgeous decor!

The pumpkin runner is complete.

I just want to look at this from all the angles!

The pumpkin mat/trivet is complete.

These candles smell delicious. Martha Stewart white pumpkin is my favourite scent.

 

Pumpkin runner

Woohoo, ready to quilt this table runner. Some simple lines should do it...

Going around the applique, and leaving my feet out of the photo. Oops. I didn't edit the photo properly on my phone.

Here we are... stitched and ready to hand sew the binding.

Looking at the quilt on the wall and my table runner.. I am looking at what else I could make with my leftover pretty fabrics.

Maybe a pumpking placemat/trivet? Let's try it out.

 

Happy birthday kiddo

Today it's the other kind of craft day... yes, the baking day... 

This special cake is an old family recipe. Ginger fluff sponge.

The kiddo has turned 7, and this is his morning tea party. How I love to decorate the home. It gives me a lot of pleasure.

How this kid loves spooky stuff (he's watched all the Scooby Doo movies on Stan).

T

 

The kiddo makes his own crafts

It's only a couple of days before the kiddo's birthday, and we stumbled across this awesome Free School Holiday activity at the local shopping centre

Included free tshirt, assistance and all materials. (see the photos at the bottom of the post for instructions).

First he chose the design he wanted, so he knew how to tie up the string, then he chose the colours.

He worked on it, all on his own.

I am  fondly reminded of all the dyeing workshops we did around the year 2000 following instructions in a copy of Australian Patchwork and Quilting, on how to create the colour wheel in fat quarters.  We created 24 different colours, dying 24 fat quarters of washed cotton or calico. I really feel I have more to do in that field.

Proud kid holding his wet tshirt in a bag. It has to set overnight before being washed separately in the washing machine.

It's amazing that this was a free activity!