Lovely show and tell

Some of the ladies at class on Wednesday have been so busy. Paddy and Karin have both finished their punch needle Santas.

Karin has been unbelievably busy and has finished so many projects. Her show and tell was very inspiring. Here is her Christmas canvas work,

and her felt needle case.

She has also finished her Christmas hearts and

the little felt Santa.

But that's not all. Karin had also finished this lovely canvas work from the recent stitching days. Well done, Karin.

Ronnie has been busy too and has finished her Christmas canvas work.

Ronnie is hooked on punch needle now and has completed this wonderful design from Anni Downs' book, The world as it should be. This isn't the little punch needle design that is in the book but she has used the  larger one that was to be appliqued.  Great work, Ronnie.

Last week, Barbara had finished one of these gorgeous little bags by Anni Downs.

Can't wait for tomorrow as Sue and I are heading to Nowra to catch up with Fiona and some other lovely friends at the Jekejema stitching retreat. I haven't been to this weekend before so am looking forward to a lovely restful weekend of stitching, eating and chatting!  It will be great to see Anni Downs again and also to meet Janelle Wind and Natalie Ross.
If only all the things that need doing....were already done!

More quilts from the quilt show

Here are some more of the lovely quilts on show last week. I loved this one using French General fabrics.

This great Dr Seus quilt was made by our own Linda. Looks great, Linda. When you get close you can see that her quilter quilted Dr Seus characters!

This one was a favourite. Great houses!

The winning quilt was this wonderful one by Helen Godden. She is so amazing.

Check out the quilting.

This was another special quilt.

Helen Godden had made this quilt with 2 other clever designers and it is very special.

The detail in the quilting is wonderful.

This was an interesting quilt too. There are so many ways to create an amazing quilt. We do have some clever quilters here in Canberra.

Canberra Craft and Quilt Show

The Canberra craft and quilt show was on last week and on the weekend and there were lots of stalls and quilts to view. I put two of my favourite quilts in the show this year and won a second place in the Professionally quilted quilt category. How exciting is that! This is my "Journey of a quilter" quilt which is a design by Leanne Beasley and was beautifully quilted by Robyn of Plain and Fancy.

Here I am with my first ever ribbon. I am so lacking in sporting ability that I didn't even get any ribbons in Primary school!

I also put in my other favourite, Your home or mine, which is a design by Lynette Anderson.

There were lots of inspiring quilts. I loved this penny rug one.

Check out the lovely old buttons and the great fabrics.

This was another gorgeous quilt. Beautiful applique and quilting.

A farewell party and some stitching

I completely forgot these photos from our farewell at the shop for Cathy from a few weeks ago. We will miss her very much at Hobbysew but are glad that she has a great new job. Najelle did such a lovely job organising this little party. We had yummy pizza and Najelle's delicious cupcakes and slice.

Speech time was a bit interesting!

Here are some of the Hobbysew girls who came to the party.

I have been stitching over the last few weeks and finally put the borders on July's Tis the Season blocks.

My "In My Garden" house has some lovely, though fiddly, trees!

Di brought in her finished runner to show me yesterday at the shop and it looks so good. She has used lovely batik fabrics for her patchwork and stitched her flowers to match.

Stitching slowly

I have been slowly working on my BOMs and although quite behind, I have a little progress to share. I stitched the little squares on block 4 of Christmas Fun the other day. The next block arrived and it is just stitching so that will be a pleasure.

Block 5 of In My Garden now has a house. I might try and start the trees this afternoon.

My Town has been slow going too as there are so many kids at this school. I have decided to change the hair a bit and to stitch the legs and arms with chain stitch instead of using string.

My vignette progress is very slow too though I love stitching all the flowers. I have stitched block 4 but need to do the patchwork. Blocks 5 and 9 make up another of the very long sides of the quilt so it is taking a while to stitch.

There is still quite a way to go!

Stitching Days update

Just letting you know that the 22 October is now full for Stitching on the Lake. There are still places available on the 15 October.

Stitching last week

With all the sadness of last week, it was actually really good to keep busy with my classes and other activities. Thanks to all my dear friends who rallied around me and kept me busy! I am also pleased that I always have some stitching on hand to busy my mind. Thanks especially to the Christmas class ladies on Monday as that was a very tough day. They were so kind and considerate. It was lovely to see my Wednesday girls too both social and in the classes. They had lots of lovely show and tell too. Can't remember who had made these canvas goodies but they look great.

 Karen had her store to share. She has added her own special touches and the block looks lovely.

 In the evening, Sue has fused her church. I am so motivated now to start this block. Must get my little children stitched first on the school block.

 Margaret and Danni had these great quilts made for Danni's little fellow. What a very lucky boy. He will have a quilt at Grandma's and at home. Margaret made this Spot quilt. Those Spot books are wonderful and were my girls' favourites too.

 Here is the lovely animal quilt that Danni has stitched. This is such a lovely pattern by Natalie Bird.

 Sue showed us this lovely pin cushion that a friend had made for her. Love the pins!