A doll for the little miss

I haven't had much to share lately as I have been busy making one of the AK Traditions dolls for little Miss Alice who turned 6 on Friday. It has been so much fun making her clothes!! Here she is....

I put her extra outfits in a cute suitcase that I bought at Hobbysew. Here are the gifts before they were wrapped for the birthday girl.

Last week....

It seems that Monday has become blogging day! Here are some lovely finishes from the social and class stitchers. It is always inspiring to see what people are making. Jan had been working on these lovely fairy stitcheries and has put together the quilt. Her granddaughter will love this.

 Jayne has recently finished this very useful pin cushion. Looks great stitched on this lovely mauve hanky linen.

 Lynda's little grandie is so spoilt too! Lynda has made this doll and these great skittles! Both are patterns by Rosalie Dekker.

 Lynne has been busy again and has made this lovely bag and 2 matching pouches.

 She also stitched this lovely embroidery and added it to another useful pouch.

 Lynne has had fun creating these funny fellows in cross stitch.

 I have been making too, slowly. I just HAD to find some knitting so started this scarf in lovely soft alpaca wool.

 I ran out of hand work so started this lovely quilt, The Simple Life, by Anni Downs. I have had the kit for a long time so thought it was time to start.

And...I just need to put together this little wool purse now that the applique and stitching is done.

Almost all Christmas show and tell

Hobbysew was buzzing with show and tell again this week. It was almost all Christmas related with the ladies getting very organised and getting things finished! Terrie has finished her beautiful Christmas angel by Annie Smith. We all wanted one!

 She had also finished her little Santa from the stitching day.

 Helen loves canvas work and had finished her lovely canvas work decoration. Gorgeous colours!

 Barbara is working on hers as well and it is looking lovely. She has chosen to use pearl threads which is a good idea.

 In the evening, it was so special to see Sue's beautiful table runner from one of Nancy Halverson's books! Looks so good and the great big red buttons look fantastic.

 Anita has also finished her lovely stitchery. This is one of Rosalie Quinlan's patterns and it looks great.

 Anita has also made this owl quilt. It is very clever as it is a panel!

I have been doing a little stitching but am in the middle of Christmas decorating and should be doing that right now instead of blogging. I love making the decorations but they do take a long time to arrange!

Knitting???

Here is the wool that I bought at the markets last weekend and I have been knitting! I have quite enjoyed it as the wool is 4 ply and the needles are normal size so it all seems to go smoothly. Mind you, I have been a bit lost with the patterns as the instructions have changed and I have forgotten things over all the non-knitting years. Thanks to the ladies on Tuesday who helped me out!

I had forgotten to share these lovely photos with you of some great stitching. Coralee has finished her little zippered purse and it looks so good. She has done a beautiful job.

 She has also finished her little Daisy doll.

 Barbara had beautiful show and tell too. Isn't this a lovely teatowel she has embroidered?

 Barbara had also put together her little Noah's ark stitchery into a little pillow. Looks great.

Summer day

Last week was busy as I HAD to get my Summer stitching class at Hobbysew,which is on in January, organised. I had put off making the samples as there were so many other things to stitch. Anyway, I worked hard and stitched and wrote notes and took pictures and here they are. I think the January class is almost full but we plan to do the day again in February.  Here is the appliqued cushion.

 I had a lovely time stitching this little carpet for the keyring.

 We did this little doll a while ago but the little garden on her dress is fun to stitch.

 This gorgeous canvas work is one of Fiona's beautiful designs.

I am busy at the shop now making up the kits for the class. Now to get back to some Christmas stitching and probably doing a bit more of my many UFOs.

Wednesday night's class

It was great to get together again on Wednesday night for our first class for 2010. There was so much chat and sharing. Some of the girls had show and tell and here is a little of it. Linda, who is our patchwork high achiever, has made 2 lovely kids' quilts, one for her son and one as a gift. The fabrics are so happy and cheerful and very retro too. They have been professionally quilted and look great. The top one has been quilted with numbers in the quilting.

Barbara has been busy too and has decorated a teatowel. I love the french knot berries on the top.

Carol pretended she had made this wonderful doll! It was a gift from her talented sister, Wendy. She is so lovely and we all wanted one! The fabric colours are so perfect. Might have to get the pattern, which we do have at the shop.

Afternoon class

Marianne brought in her lovely floral runner to show us and it is all finished.

Marianne has also finished her Santa hanging. Well done!

Anne added the hair and face to her delightful doll she has made using Laraine at "Up in Annies Room"'s lovely pattern, Dimity. We have the pattern at Hobbysew. My doll has one shoe painted and isn't even stuffed yet!

Isn't she so cute?