Progress

I fused on another block for my I Believe wallhanging. It's ready to machine blanket-stitch. I need to work out the borders after that. And, I assembled the centre of the Baubles quilt. I am still playing with ideas for the side and top borders.

How did I manage to do this? I've been eating my veggies!! Brain power, yeah!!

Cross-stitching my way to Christmas

If Santa is not coming soon, he is definitely coming along in this cross-stitch stocking.

I have been so very busy and this makes me very tired. Cross-stitch requires no planning, organising or designing... this is why I am working on it at the moment.

I plan to work on the "I Believe" wallhanging next, and the 12 Days of Christmas quilt.

I'll get there right? Besides that, I am listening to audio books - I am up to the 3rd book in the "Tomorrow" series by John Marsden.

Curling up by the fire...

Just like Santa here... I am looking forward to curling up on the couch with my boots off and slippers off... Who knows how much more of this cross-stitch I will have finished by then???It's cold here, and I am feeling really Christmassy. I don't suppose you can tell?? Hee hee.

Christmas Baubles

I'd been drooling over these Holiday Flourish III Christmas prints for a while, and I have started to make a quilt with them. I cut out circles to look like baubles - I really want to make the most of these gorgeous fabrics.

This is all I've done so far... I just love the freshness of this blue and green with the Christmas prints!!

I can't help myself, I love Christmas.

Lazy Days Brunch...

This is a plunger cosy. It is supposed to be my project for the Gisborne Quilters afternoon tea challenge, but mine is more of a brunch item.

The fabric reads "If we were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters."

I used kitsch fabrics in retro colours..with zig-zag with the walking foot to quilt-as-I-appliqued... and I just love the result!!

I will give this cosy to my sister at some point (she is a coffee addict), and I will make myself another one with a different focus on the fabric.

Too cute!! And just perfect for a lazy brunch when we don't have to drink our coffee in a hurry.

Christmas is coming...

This cross-stitch was in its packet (unopened) for about 12 years... I cracked it open last December for some hand-stitching that doesn't require preparation.

However, counted cross-stitch does require concentration or it gets mucked up!

I've picked it up from time to time over the last few months, but I am listening to audio books from the library at the moment, and I am much more able to focus on a chart and listen to books than "watch" something on the telly and cross-stitch.

Why am I working on the cross-stitch so much? I must confess, I bought a new cross-stitch (it's the Arnott's label including parrot on a black background), and I don't want to start it until I finish this one.

Oh, and also Christmas is coming.

A quick project

I have named this bag "waterlily bag" because it is made from Kaffe Fasset laminated fabric - the lamination makes it water resistant.

It didn't need lining, and the handles are made from the same fabric.

I was careful not to pin through the laminated fabric (I think the holes would stay there), and I used the walking foot.

I'm quite pleased with a nice quick finish!!