FNWF and some secret sewing

I always love Friday night…..getting to stitch with lots of my favourite people….and  Friday was no exception.   This sums it up perfectly…..

Well….maybe a good stitchery……and a good glass of wine!!!

I got to finish the last of my stitcheries on this beauty….

the cornerstones are hard to see from a distance (and I really should have pressed it…but I was too excited to share!!!)….so I’ve done some close ups…

aren’t they sweet??  An early Cinderberry Stitches design called “Friends Welcome”.  I just love Nat’s designs!!!   Now, just to back it and quilt it….that’s next on the agenda……but not before some secret stitching happens using these gorgeous batiks (something different for me, but something I’ve wanted to try for so long!!) …

It’s a commission for an upcoming edition of Patchwork and Stitching……so that’s my agenda for this afternoon….and seeing the sky is grey and overcast, I think it’s going to be just perfect sewing weather!

Pop on over to Chez's blog to see what everyone else got up to on Friday night….you might even get some inspiration……it pops up everywhere!!!!!

xox Sugary hugs :o)

FNWF

Never a better night than one spent with like-minded friends….so I’ll definitely be here….. with Chez and all the girls. I’ll probably be working on finishing some stitching on this…. and perhaps I’ll even get to the machine to do some ‘secret’ sewing!!! Join us if you can….don’t forget to go and visit Chez to sign up and then visit all the girls over the weekend to see what we all get up to! xox sugary hugs :o)

FNWF

Never a better night than one spent with like-minded friends….so I’ll definitely be here…..

with Chez and all the girls.

I’ll probably be working on finishing some stitching on this….

and perhaps I’ll even get to the machine to do some ‘secret’ sewing!!!

Join us if you can….don’t forget to go and visit Chez to sign up and then visit all the girls over the weekend to see what we all get up to!

xox sugary hugs :o)

More fun, a Birthday-Love Stash Winner and February Sign-ups

Today was sewing day with the girls again……I absolutely love, love, LOVE these days, but I missed my good buddy Jen who couldn’t make it as she had a whopper of a headache that she’d had all week and it just wouldn’t budge!  Poor thing!!!  I missed her terribly, but we had a good day……

Miss Heather kept the photographs up (so we could show her so she didn't feel left out) as we enjoyed morning tea…..

 

 

Yummy pear and ginger crumble slice….

 

 

and then lunch.....

 

Caramelised onion, pancetta, fetta and rosemary tarts with a side salad and lemon, lime and ginger iced tea......mm mmmmmm.....was delish!

 

We did manage to get some sewing done too.....  Michelle worked on her baby quilt and stitched this whole block!

 

Heather worked on a free design she'd traced out....isn't it gorgeous....I didn't catch where she got it from so you might need to pop over and visit her to see whether she tells you in her post

..and I continued on this block which you've seen progressing over the past few weeks...nearly there now...only a couple of blocks to go......

Next fortnight it's at Jen's place....can't wait!!!!!

 

Last week I managed to finish something...only something small, but it's important...our placemat for Let's Get Stitched which is happening really soon in Melbourne...talk about excited!!!!!

 

 

The back of it is calico, so we can all sign it and remember our wonderful long weekend together!  Not my normal fabric choice, but I'd had this sewing themed fabric hanging around for 'ever' and wanted to use it, so I used one of my hand dyed fabrics for the stitchery and it matched perfectly.  And there's my first, no second OPAM for the year!  Now only the name badge to go!

 

Now I can't believe it's the 3rd February already!!!  I'm sure I just turned around and four days disappeared before my eyes!!!!  So it's time to draw the Birthday-Love Stash for January.......

Mr RNG has drawn......

Number 7 which is.......

EDITH

 

Congratulations Edi....you are now the proud winner of this gorgeous charm pack...

 

Hope you enjoy it!  Just know you will!!!!

 

Now, so you don't miss out this month.... the sign up for the February Birthday-Love Stash is right here....

I'm off to start a new design....I'm on a deadline! *wink*

 

xox Sugary hugs :o)

 



 





More fun, a Birthday-Love Stash Winner and February Sign-ups

Today was sewing day with the girls again……I absolutely love, love, LOVE these days, but I missed my good buddy Jen who couldn’t make it as she had a whopper of a headache that she’d had all week and it just wouldn’t budge!  Poor thing!!!  I missed her terribly, but we had a good day……

Miss Heather kept the photographs up (so we could show her so she didn't feel left out) as we enjoyed morning tea…..

 

 

Yummy pear and ginger crumble slice….

 

 

and then lunch.....

 

Caramelised onion, pancetta, fetta and rosemary tarts with a side salad and lemon, lime and ginger iced tea......mm mmmmmm.....was delish!

 

We did manage to get some sewing done too.....  Michelle worked on her baby quilt and stitched this whole block!

 

Heather worked on a free design she'd traced out....isn't it gorgeous....I didn't catch where she got it from so you might need to pop over and visit her to see whether she tells you in her post

..and I continued on this block which you've seen progressing over the past few weeks...nearly there now...only a couple of blocks to go......

Next fortnight it's at Jen's place....can't wait!!!!!

 

Last week I managed to finish something...only something small, but it's important...our placemat for Let's Get Stitched which is happening really soon in Melbourne...talk about excited!!!!!

 

 

The back of it is calico, so we can all sign it and remember our wonderful long weekend together!  Not my normal fabric choice, but I'd had this sewing themed fabric hanging around for 'ever' and wanted to use it, so I used one of my hand dyed fabrics for the stitchery and it matched perfectly.  And there's my first, no second OPAM for the year!  Now only the name badge to go!

 

Now I can't believe it's the 3rd February already!!!  I'm sure I just turned around and four days disappeared before my eyes!!!!  So it's time to draw the Birthday-Love Stash for January.......

Mr RNG has drawn......

Number 7 which is.......

EDITH

 

Congratulations Edi....you are now the proud winner of this gorgeous charm pack...

 

Hope you enjoy it!  Just know you will!!!!

 

Now, so you don't miss out this month.... the sign up for the February Birthday-Love Stash is right here....

I'm off to start a new design....I'm on a deadline! *wink*

 

xox Sugary hugs :o)

 



 





FNSI and a busy little ant…..

Today is draw day but before I do, here’s what I got up to on Friday night…… Well, to be honest, I didn’t get a lot (of stitching)  done on Friday Night …..just a little bit to finish off the front of my placemat for our Let’s Get Stitched retreat in March, but other than that, I haven’t really done any stitching as I’ve been determined to get into my sewing room and make it respectable again!!!!   I did cook that gorgeous slow cooker meatloaf I wrote about in my last post…….HIGHLY recommend it….it was delish….and gone before I could take a photo!!!!! *gulp* Nevertheless, here’s a progress report…..I started my mission last week and little by little….(I was in tune with the ant)…… I’ve gone from my personal shame I revealed to you HERE, to this wonderful space…… not NEAR as cluttered as before, well maybe a little, but a lot more organised (although I can’t find my bobbin donut now??!! go figure!) I now have my design wall actually on the wall!!!  and a cutting table I can actually cut on because it’s not full of ‘stuff’! …and my new sewing table fits in perfectly…..everything at hand….cutting station, sewing station, ironing station……and can you see what’s hanging under the design wall???   It’s the gorgeous Jen’s wall hanging she made for me with my new logo (which I have yet to create for the blog) .. Isn’t she just perfect?????  Sometimes I think she knows me better than I know myself!  Just love friendships like that…..rare, but wonderful! Harriette is sitting waiting patiently for me to start sewing too…… I really do need to slot in some sewing dates in my diary!!!! I must confess though, the big stuff got hidden under the table behind the fat quarter drawers (all organised though)…..You can see a sewing machine (or two), my light pad, and some four quilts yet to be quilted, plus my stash of wadding….I lumped them all in a clothes hamper that fits nicely underneath….I never realised I had so much!!!!!  (I’ll have to make some more quilts now!!!!! hee hee) My stash of magazines got relocated from the bookshelves in the craft room, to the ones in the garage……not as many as I thought I had……but still a lot!!!!  So yes, my room is expanding, despite hubby’s reluctance……. I’ll whittle away at this now I’ve got things under control! Which left room to organise all my UFOs and craft ‘stuff……(still a bit to do here but the ant’s getting there!!) I have my squares all sorted….. and a shelf for pretties to inspire me……. Like I said….still a ways to go……..but little by little I’m getting there…. ……(at least now I have floor!!!!!!!…and Ralphy’s pretty impressed too!) The scraps are organised too, but like I said, still some more to go, but I’m happy in my space now….. my large pieces of fabric are sorted by colour and my craft books are stashed neatly in the garage where I can get them when I need them, just opposite the doorway from the sewing room…… and the white cupboard tardis that hid a multitude of sins is now in the garage, next to the doorway to the sewing room, housing my scrapbooking gear and a bit of the bulky sewing stuff….still useful and still loved and still handy but organised! So I guess, despite not doing much in the way of stitching, I did do lots of stitching related stuff which has boosted my mojo no end!….and if I can do it……..you can too! (that’s if you’re a hoarder like me….which according to the emails I got, I’m not alone!!!!!!) On Friday I also sent Pat S her birthday gift in our Birthday Fat Quarter Swap…..I am a little late as her birthday was January 11, but I was searching for some flannel as she wanted, which was a bit difficult up here in the tropics!  Hopefully it will find it’s way to her house swiftly and she’ll love it! So if you’ve managed to stick with me until now, it’s time for the FNSI draw.  There were 61 of us stitching together on Friday night which was fabulous!!!  A new year, a new start and lots of enthusiasm!  The prize for this month is another of Jenny of Elefantz’s gorgeous patterns…..Rose House Sampler… Wouldn’t you just love to make that???? Drumroll please…………………. Congratulations to …. JEANETTE Jeanette got lots done on Friday night…she had LOADS of fun.  If you haven’t had a chance to go and visit the girls to see what they got up to, you can click on their links HERE Can’t wait till next month! Now I’ll leave you with our little visitor this morning….. Isn’t he cute??? xox Sugary hugs :o)