Here, There and Everywhere quilt is finished

 So exciting to share my latest finish with you. This one has been a labour of love as I have handquilted it. It has taken many hours to get this one quilted. I do love the result and so enjoyed working on it as a BOM originally. It is such a gorgeous pattern by Anni Downs. I have personalised it with extra maps of some of the lovely places we have visited (in the days when travel was possible). My colours are a bit differnt to Anni's original as I used my stash and just bought the woven wool for the applique each month.

Muddling along

 It has been freezing here over the last few days. We are definitely looking forward to Spring now! There was even a bit of snow that I didn't see yesterday. The boys and their dad did see it.

Here is a very strange activity by Jack. He is relaxing with cucumber slices on his eyes. I gather he saw this on a TV show!

I have been busy hand quilting my Here, There and Everywhere quilt finally. Very time consuming but the quilt has been keeping me warm!

I have stitched the last two Love and Hugs for Christmas blocks. Such a generous group of designers to give these patterns away for free.

Last week I received the first part of The Santa, the Tree, the Turkey and me. So exciting and I was very inspired to get stitching!

So special to catch up with stitching friends last week. Roni has wowed us all again with this amazing bunting and some more felt decorations. Seeing what everyone is doing is so inspiring.

Quilts etc

It was very exciting last week to pick up 4 quilts from the quilter! So good to be getting some of these older projects finished. I had Here, There and Everywhere basted for hand quilting. The other three were the Splendid Sampler, Teddies Garden Treasures and the baby quilt I stitched in 2005! The last, Golden slumbers, is a lovely pattern by the late Vivian Robinson.

 This one is Teddy's Garden Treasures designed by Libby Richardson. The stitching was done on time in 2006. This week I have bound it and made a label.

 Here is Golden Slumbers. I am working on the label now. I even pieced the back.

 Finally I am still slowly working on Fairy Kisses.

 We enjoyed a lovely stitching night at Maree's recently. She has been busy and has finished all of these great projects.

Progressing...

It is fun to stitch the Stitch Therapy blocks each day. Here are my latest blocks.

 I have also managed to complete the borders and put the Here, There and Everywhere quilt together. It just needs the small outer border. This quilt has been a real pleasure to stitch.

 I also added 2 extra maps. They take forever to stitch but are worth the effort.

Great work and some progress

Lovely to see some beautiful finishes at stitching on Wednesday. Roni has finished this amazing quilt!

 This gorgeous shawl was knitted beautifully by Barbara for a gift!

 Barbara also made this lovely picture from an Anni Downs book for another gift! What wonderful presents.

 I have continued plodding along happily with my Stitch Therapy blocks. This is quite achieveable with a bit of fun stitching each day.

 This is how the piece is looking now!

 Another map was needed for Here, There and Everywhere so I made one of the river cruise and some other great places we have visited. We have been so lucky to see so many wonderful places and this river cruise was a highlight.

Weekend away and stitching

We enjoyed a lovely weekend in Lake Tabourie. The weather was good and it was fun to spend some time at the beach.

I have been keeping up with my Stitch Therapy 365. It is very enjoyable to stitch.

 I am a little behind with Here, There and Everywhere. There are a few more pieced blocks to make (I am going slowly and aiming to do one each day) and I am stitching an extra map.

 I am adding some of my own maps of some of the wonderful places we have been lucky enough to visit. This one is a definite favourite!