One down…..???? to go???

Ok….one UFO off my list….. here she is…..my ‘Tickled Pink’ cushion I told you about in my last post. Very nice to have something ‘girly’ in a house full of males! Honestly, I’m tickled pink!  But why does it always take so long to get around to them??? (UFO’s I mean!) Hope you had a finish over the weekend! Sugary hugs xox :o)

One down…..???? to go???

Ok….one UFO off my list…..

here she is…..my ‘Tickled Pink’ cushion I told you about in my last post.

Very nice to have something ‘girly’ in a house full of males!

Honestly, I’m tickled pink!  But why does it always take so long to get around to them??? (UFO’s I mean!)

Hope you had a finish over the weekend!

Sugary hugs xox :o)

Tickled Pink

I decided to pull out this UFO yesterday and finish ‘something’ in my pile. rather than start new things….a plan I’ve been working on (very ineffectively) for ‘quite some time’! This one started in a Colourque workshop with Helen Stubbings back in 2008……..a cushion called “Tickled Pink”, that’s what it’s making me feel as I see it come together at last…. Yesterday I played with the buttonhole attachment on my machine…. ..and did a little bit of hand quilting embellishment…. …a bit more today ( I LOVE my Frixion pens)…. …then sew on the frilly pink Robyn Pandolph loveliness…. and I’ll be totally Tickled Pink by the end of the day! Sugary hugs xox :o)  

Tickled Pink

I decided to pull out this UFO yesterday and finish ‘something’ in my pile. rather than start new things….a plan I’ve been working on (very ineffectively) for ‘quite some time’!

This one started in a Colourque workshop with Helen Stubbings back in 2008……..a cushion called “Tickled Pink”, that’s what it’s making me feel as I see it come together at last….

Yesterday I played with the buttonhole attachment on my machine….

..and did a little bit of hand quilting embellishment….

…a bit more today ( I LOVE my Frixion pens)….

…then sew on the frilly pink Robyn Pandolph loveliness….

and I’ll be totally Tickled Pink by the end of the day!

Sugary hugs xox :o)

 

Jam with me?

  Each month, our Guild has a Block Lotto, where each of us make a 12 1/2” block (or two or three or…..more) under a theme and we put the names of the people who’ve contributed into a hat and draw one name out to win all the blocks.  If we have lots, we might share them out between 2 or 3 winners ….some months it’s a block with a colour theme, some months it’s a style, this month, the theme was ‘Spring’ in bright colours with a neutral background. I thought I’d do something different to the usual when I saw this free pattern and tutorial last week on Madame Samm’s site featuring our very own Aussie, Helen Stubbings.  So I did the usual tracing and ironing weaveline ( a lightweight, iron-on interfacing) onto the back and then took out these…(nothing flash….no specialty pencils here!)…. and got colouring using the Colourque technique Helen is famous for! And here is what I ended up with…… And believe me….I am NO artist…..stick figures are pretty much it for me, but I was soooo happy with how it turned out….I felt like a little kid again, and now, I don’t think I want to give it away….but….I guess I can always make another, can’t I ??!?!

         

Last week we went for a drive to the Strawberry Farm about an hour’s drive away and got the most delectable strawberries….the smell was just…. mm mmmmmmm…not to mention the taste!   We got 5 kilos of these beauties and after eating our fill, I hulled them and sliced them and put them in the pot…. cooked them for a while with some lemon juice and sugar and it magically turned into this…..   …the most delicious strawberry jam…..now tomorrow I must make some pikelets and scones and whip some cream to have with my jam!!! Want to join me for the perfect Sunday Devonshire Tea??? Sugary Hugs XOX  Wendy :O)

Jam with me?

 

Each month, our Guild has a Block Lotto, where each of us make a 12 1/2” block (or two or three or…..more) under a theme and we put the names of the people who’ve contributed into a hat and draw one name out to win all the blocks.  If we have lots, we might share them out between 2 or 3 winners ….some months it’s a block with a colour theme, some months it’s a style, this month, the theme was ‘Spring’ in bright colours with a neutral background.

I thought I’d do something different to the usual when I saw this free pattern and tutorial last week on Madame Samm’s site featuring our very own Aussie, Helen Stubbings. 

So I did the usual tracing and ironing weaveline ( a lightweight, iron-on interfacing) onto the back and then took out these…(nothing flash….no specialty pencils here!)….

and got colouring using the Colourque technique Helen is famous for!

And here is what I ended up with……

And believe me….I am NO artist…..stick figures are pretty much it for me, but I was soooo happy with how it turned out….I felt like a little kid again, and now, I don’t think I want to give it away….but….I guess I can always make another, can’t I ??!?!

         

Last week we went for a drive to the Strawberry Farm about an hour’s drive away and got the most delectable strawberries….the smell was just…. mm mmmmmmm…not to mention the taste!

 

We got 5 kilos of these beauties and after eating our fill, I hulled them and sliced them and put them in the pot….

cooked them for a while with some lemon juice and sugar and it magically turned into this…..

 

…the most delicious strawberry jam…..now tomorrow I must make some pikelets and scones and whip some cream to have with my jam!!!

Want to join me for the perfect Sunday Devonshire Tea???

Sugary Hugs

XOX  Wendy :O)