She’s been busy moving house and has taken a break from blogging due to a serious health issue rearing its ugly head. Kaaren’s always been so generous with her FFF (First Friday Freebie) and her BOM and many other ‘gives’ that my lovely blogging friend Allie is asking us to make a block and send it to her (Allie!) so she (along with Paulette and Leslie) can make her a quilt to show how much we care and love her! Visit Kaaren here and let her know our thoughts and prayers are with her and drop in to see Allie and nominate to make a block so that lots of lovin’ quilty hugs and prayers can be given! sugary hugs Wendy :O)
Thursday, 23 June 2011
A quilt for Kaaren….please help!
I’ve posted here before about my work on Raggedy Friends and how I looooooove Kaaren’s design. 
She’s been busy moving house and has taken a break from blogging due to a serious health issue rearing its ugly head. Kaaren’s always been so generous with her FFF (First Friday Freebie) and her BOM and many other ‘gives’ that my lovely blogging friend Allie is asking us to make a block and send it to her (Allie!) so she (along with Paulette and Leslie) can make her a quilt to show how much we care and love her! Visit Kaaren here and let her know our thoughts and prayers are with her and drop in to see Allie and nominate to make a block so that lots of lovin’ quilty hugs and prayers can be given! sugary hugs Wendy :O)
She’s been busy moving house and has taken a break from blogging due to a serious health issue rearing its ugly head. Kaaren’s always been so generous with her FFF (First Friday Freebie) and her BOM and many other ‘gives’ that my lovely blogging friend Allie is asking us to make a block and send it to her (Allie!) so she (along with Paulette and Leslie) can make her a quilt to show how much we care and love her! Visit Kaaren here and let her know our thoughts and prayers are with her and drop in to see Allie and nominate to make a block so that lots of lovin’ quilty hugs and prayers can be given! sugary hugs Wendy :O)
A quilt for Kaaren….please help!
I’ve posted here before about my work on Raggedy Friends and how I looooooove Kaaren’s design.
She’s been busy moving house and has taken a break from blogging due to a serious health issue rearing its ugly head.
Kaaren’s always been so generous with her FFF (First Friday Freebie) and her BOM and many other ‘gives’ that my lovely blogging friend Allie is asking us to make a block and send it to her (Allie!) so she (along with Paulette and Leslie) can make her a quilt to show how much we care and love her!
Visit Kaaren here and let her know our thoughts and prayers are with her and drop in to see Allie and nominate to make a block so that lots of lovin’ quilty hugs and prayers can be given!
sugary hugs
Wendy :O)
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Stitched up Sundays
Stitching is something I think I’m pretty ok at….well, not ALL stitches, but most I’m ok at……I DO need some practice and would like to learn some tricks to getting them right….(instead of ending up wound up in knots!!) Soooooooooo……… when Helen from Hugs ‘n Kisses decided to offer up her Sundays to teach me, I jumped at the chance. Wouldn’t you?????………..(well……maybe not just me…..!!!) 
Would you like to join me too?? I’m willing to share my personal tuition time…..well, I guess I have to be COMPLETELY honest here……Helen’s offering her time to ALL of us….I didn’t really get a special, solitary invitation……(but it sounded good didn’t it??)……but she IS offering a personal lesson program for us all. Starting this Sunday, starting simple and getting progressively more challenging, Helen will post a new stitch or tip or tutorial on stitching and embroidery….woohoooo……. I think it will be wonderful to learn together, don’t you?? 
So, what do you reckon…..you in???? See you on Sunday! Sugary hugs Wendy :0)
Would you like to join me too?? I’m willing to share my personal tuition time…..well, I guess I have to be COMPLETELY honest here……Helen’s offering her time to ALL of us….I didn’t really get a special, solitary invitation……(but it sounded good didn’t it??)……but she IS offering a personal lesson program for us all. Starting this Sunday, starting simple and getting progressively more challenging, Helen will post a new stitch or tip or tutorial on stitching and embroidery….woohoooo……. I think it will be wonderful to learn together, don’t you?? So, what do you reckon…..you in???? See you on Sunday! Sugary hugs Wendy :0)
Stitched up Sundays
Stitching is something I think I’m pretty ok at….well, not ALL stitches, but most I’m ok at……I DO need some practice and would like to learn some tricks to getting them right….(instead of ending up wound up in knots!!)
Soooooooooo………
when Helen from Hugs ‘n Kisses decided to offer up her Sundays to teach me, I jumped at the chance. Wouldn’t you?????………..(well……maybe not just me…..!!!)
Would you like to join me too?? I’m willing to share my personal tuition time…..well, I guess I have to be COMPLETELY honest here……Helen’s offering her time to ALL of us….I didn’t really get a special, solitary invitation……(but it sounded good didn’t it??)……but she IS offering a personal lesson program for us all.
Starting this Sunday, starting simple and getting progressively more challenging, Helen will post a new stitch or tip or tutorial on stitching and embroidery….woohoooo……. I think it will be wonderful to learn together, don’t you??
So, what do you reckon…..you in????
See you on Sunday!
Sugary hugs
Wendy :0)
Monday, 20 June 2011
Vintage Turnovers….a finish!
Ta Dah!!!! What do you think? I’m very happy with my take on the Vintage Turnover pattern I found here. I managed to finish it at our Guild’s UFO weekend to attack our stashes of UFO’s in preparation for our biennial Quilt Show at the end of July. My gorgeous friend Dawn helped me by stippling this beauty and I finished it by quilting the flowers and binding…..I’m sooooo happy with how it turned out! 
I don’t know if you can see the spiral quilting in the flower centre but if you squint and hold your tongue the right way, you just might!!! A nice, bright yellow for the binding…. 
….and my very own touch for the border 
A pieced backing which is lovely and crinkly AND very snuggable! A real girly-girl ‘pretty’ that will hold its own in a very male – oriented home! *hee hee hee*……Girls unite! I’ve also been working on my ‘Raggedy Friends’ quilt which is nearing the flimsy stage…..just one block to go and some sashing and borders, which should be done by the weekend…..and no, I haven’t taken any photos yet!!!…..sorry! I do have one other finish but because it’s winging its way south, I can’t divulge too much but I can give you a little sneaky….. 
I told you it was sneaky…this could be A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G!!!!! You’ll just have to wait and see! Hope your weekend was full of crafty finishes too *wink*! sugary hugs Wendy :0)
Vintage Turnovers….a finish!
Ta Dah!!!! What do you think? I’m very happy with my take on the Vintage Turnover pattern I found here. I managed to finish it at our Guild’s UFO weekend to attack our stashes of UFO’s in preparation for our biennial Quilt Show at the end of July.
My gorgeous friend Dawn helped me by stippling this beauty and I finished it by quilting the flowers and binding…..I’m sooooo happy with how it turned out!
I don’t know if you can see the spiral quilting in the flower centre but if you squint and hold your tongue the right way, you just might!!!
A nice, bright yellow for the binding….
….and my very own touch for the border
A pieced backing which is lovely and crinkly AND very snuggable! A real girly-girl ‘pretty’ that will hold its own in a very male – oriented home! *hee hee hee*……Girls unite!
I’ve also been working on my ‘Raggedy Friends’ quilt which is nearing the flimsy stage…..just one block to go and some sashing and borders, which should be done by the weekend…..and no, I haven’t taken any photos yet!!!…..sorry!
I do have one other finish but because it’s winging its way south, I can’t divulge too much but I can give you a little sneaky…..
I told you it was sneaky…this could be
A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G!!!!!
You’ll just have to wait and see!
Hope your weekend was full of crafty finishes too *wink*!
sugary hugs
Wendy :0)
Friday, 17 June 2011
When the going gets tough….
A visit to the specialist yesterday revealed that healing is only about halfway there……I need another 6-12 weeks before I can go back to work……good in some respects but……. So today I was feeling a bit ‘blah’…sad and sorry for myself…no inspiration….. …and then I checked my emails…..and a good friend sent me this video…. 
Watch it……it’s sure to inspire and maybe even bring a tear to your eye but, I certainly don’t feel sorry for myself any more! And I’m well and truly counting my blessings to have what I have. Now……I’m inspired to go off to pack my quilting gear up for a weekend of UFO busting ready for our biennial Quilt Show in July! Hope it inspires you to achieve all that you wish for too! Sugary Hugs Wendy :0)
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