Creating...

There has been a little Christmas creating happening here. Some of it is for gifts so I will show those later on. My class ladies have been busy too making beautiful things. Jayne is such a good needle turner who loves using the Lynette Anderson tools. These little appliques on this wonderful ipad case, designed by Anni Downs, look fantastic. I have this kit too and will enjoy making it....after Christmas perhaps.

 Marlene has been busy too and has finished her lovely Anni Downs' pencil case.

 Margaret has had fun making this lovely hanging from a Nancy Halverson book. I have this one and it is one of my favourite decorations.

 I have been stitching too. Here is block 10 of Dancing Chickens and Flying Pigs.

 I also enjoyed making up this little zippered pouch for a gift. It is also an Anni Downs pattern.

I had some fun and a little difficulty knitting this little bauble using 4 double pointed needles instead of 5. I have bought a new set so will have another go soon. It is from an amazing book by Arne and Carlos, called 55 Christmas Balls to knit.

A Christmas finish...

I managed to finish my bellpull this week. The buttons really dress it up and the special hanger looks great too. This is from a Nancy Halverson book called Jingle all the way.

Gorgeous gift and some stitching

Lynne came to class last week and showed me these amazing Japanese creations. Her lovely sister-in -law goes to Japan each year and bought her this zippered stitching pouch and this little purse. They are both so gorgeous.

 Lynne also made this useful bag with large hexagons!

I hve a finish too. I have been slowly stitching these houses over the last months and it was lovely to finish this great mat for Christmas. It is a Helen Stubbings pattern.

I have also finished all the blocks now for United Stitches. I will have to prepare some stitching now as these were very handy to just pick up and work on in between other projects. They come printed on too which made it easy. Not sure when I will get round to making them into a quilt.

It was very exciting to get Part 10 of Dancing Chickens and Flying Pigs this week. I just had to start!

 Another project on the go is this lovely Nancy Halverson bellpull. The hanger has been in my stash ready for a long while!

Show and Tell and some stitching progress

Colleen has been busy stitching again this week and has finished her stocking from the Stitching on the Lake day a few weeks ago. Looks very good.

 Sue has also been busy and has created this lovely hanging using the stitcheries and appliques from the Stitching in the Hills retreat. She chose to use the 5" blocks in the charm pack and the quilt has turned out very well.

 I have been slowly stitching my Scandinavian rose redwork blocks but had become a little tired of all the red stitching so got out this kit I had bought a while ago. I had all the gorgeous buttons and this hanging was one I really wanted to make ONE DAY. It actually didn't take that long to stitch once the appliques were done. It is from the Nancy Halverson book, Tidings.

 I have also finished the stitchery and applique on this project from the Christmas day in Melbourne last weekend.

 This gorgeous little angel was a special gift from Rose, who we caught up with for dinner, last weekend. She surprised us with this little angel and a lovely little kit to make a little elephant pin cushion. Thanks Rose. They are both very special.

Inspiration

Lots of photos today as there was so much inspiration at Wednesday night's class. The ladies have been so busy. Just have to stop my ongoing projects and make some lovely Christmas things like these! Margaret had used some delightful fabric to make some gorgeous hand towels.

 Margaret also used some buttons and fabrics to decorate some easier little bags using Anni's pattern.

 Audrey has finished so many things! Well done. They look so wonderful. I just love this hanging from Nancy Halverson. Maybe I might have it done for next year.

 Check out Audrey's beautiful stitching!

 Audrey has also finished her canvas work.

 She also completed this beautiful cross stitched bag. Sorry the picture is blurry!

 And this lovely hanging too!

 Danielle was working on finishing this bell pull from Nancy Halverson's newest book. The buttons on this projects are so lovely and Danni has done a beautiful job.

 Isn't the hanger special? Think I might need one of those.

Last week's show and tell

It is Wednesday again and with all the excitement of going away last weekend, I haven't posted all the lovely show and tell from last week. Gwen has made a beautiful hardanger outfit for this lovely painted porcelain doll.

Paddy came to class with her pencil case all finished. Looks great, Paddy.

In the evening, Sally had her lovely candlewicked bag to show us. 

Judy is looking forward to meeting her new grandchild soon and has made a fabric change mat, nappy bag,

a gorgeous little "dummy" bag,

and a lovely bag to hold all the baby essentials. What a lovely gift, Judy. These patterns are in the Winsome Baby book by Nancy Halverson.

It's Wednesday again!

This last week has flown by with all the normal activities as well as the stitching day and Wednesday has come around again. I am off to stitching and classes again so best share some more of last week's show and tell. Barbara has stitched the little Stamped Sampler (Linda had shared her stamp with us) from the stitching day in variegated red. Doesn't it look great?  It is so easy to work in one colour so that's a thought for those coming on Saturday. The colour is one of the old DMC variegated threads....115, perhaps?

Barbara had also finished her little Christmas cushion from the day at Hobbysew.

Judy brought her stitching is this lovely bag.

Sally is now overseas and was making this great card holder from one of Nancy Halverson's books as a gift. Looks great, Sally. I am sure they will love it.