Stitching and classes

Finally had time to check my camera and I found some lovely stitching photos from recent weeks. Gwen had finished her needle roll last week and it looks lovely.

 The Tuesday stitching girls have been busy too. Barbara is having a lovely time punch needling these lovely pears. This is what you see underneath your work and is the right side. Isn't the shading great?

 Josie has been busy finishing off some older projects and here is her Christmas hanger.

 Helen has been colouring and stitching this lovely stitchery from our stitching day.

 It was great to catch up with the afternoon class girls too. Karen has been very busy embroidering this absolutely gorgeous pillow case.

 An order came in that day too and we have these wonderful Perfect Circles in stock. They are so useful for needleturn as they are thin and plastic but can be ironed! I find the small ones very useful for needleturned circles.

A bit of stitching

I have been trying to do a little stitching and piecing over the last week. I had stitched the little stitchery from Tis the Season for this lovely bag so spent a pleasant afternoon playing with hexagons and Lynette Anderson's gorgeous "Scandinavian Christmas fabric.

 Here is the front of the bag.

 I also couldn't resist continuing to stitch this lovely block from Some Kind of Wonderful.

 These little chooks were appliqued too ready for my last block of In My Garden. I would love to get this block done by the end of May and that quilt would be almost finished!!!!

 Lastly, I headed into the sewing room and finally, after much procrastination, put the patchwork border on this side of Vignette.

It is nice to see a few things getting done. Classes at Hobbysew start again this week. Looking forward to seeing everyone again.

Anzac Day and stitching progress

Yesterday was a holiday here in Australia for Anzac Day. It is a special day to remember the men and women who have fought in past wars and of course those who are still serving our country today. Many attend dawn services and march in parades. One of the traditions is to have Anzac biscuits and after reading Fiona's post, I could almost smell them. I haven't made any for a while and mine ended up as Anzac Slice instead. They still tasted good.

 Last week I had a bit of time and I finally finished the little pieced blocks for the last block of Scandinavian Christmas. I then proceeded to put the centre together. I didn't heed my usual advice to my class ladies of measuring twice before cutting and ended up cutting the Santa block too small!!!!!

 I wasn't going to stitch it again to added a little strip and will stitch a little heading there!

 I also managed to get April's blocks of SKOW together and made the strips too.

Then I became very motivated and started the sewing block for May. I am going away in June so hope to get May and June done before I go.

 In between I have been stitching away at the bottom border of the Vignette quilt. I know we are not up to it yet and I haven't started the centre blocks but I needed some hand stitching to do and this certainly has lots!

Autumn leaves

We had a quick trip to Sydney this weekend to see Ma and Pa. It is always special to spend time with them and sister-in-law, Janelle, as well. On Saturday night we were able to catch up with Paul and Jeni too. Family times are so precious. After we came home on Sunday, Hubby had a good time playing with his camera and capturing the autumn leaves. The trees are all turning so winter is coming!

 Last week, on Wednesday, I headed off to stitching as usual. Donna had this gorgeous tin full of delicious rocky road to share with us. I felt like getting the paints out to paint this scene.

 Gwen was very pleased to show us her finished needle roll. Hasn't she done a lovely job.

Stitching progress

I really have been stitching over the last few weeks! I have been slowly working on block 8 of In my Garden and here it is. Only one block to go! I really so love this block but it was very time consuming to stitch.

This week I have been focussing on my April, Some Kind of Wonderful blocks. Here is the tree. Thanks,  Anni,  for the very tricky needleturned flowers! 

 I am now working on the stitching on the rainbow block.

These are such lovely blocks and it will be a delightful quilt.

Gorgeous gift and another stitching day

I am so spoilt! Fiona gave me this gorgeous gift for my birthday. It is from Lynette Anderson's book "Country Cottage Quilting. What a special gift. Thanks so much, Fiona. I am so looking forward to using it for all my bits and pieces.

 Fiona was here in Canberra for our second Stitching on the lake day. We always enjoy these days and it so special to catch up with so many lovely stitching friends. Here is the hall all ready.

 The ladies enjoyed a great day of chatting, stitching and relaxing.

 Najelle came with a lovely array of goodies from Hobbysew.

 We were also spoilt with the food once again thanks to Lynne and Sammy. We were treated to yummy muffins, fruit, soup, juice and even delicious cheesecake.

 The ladies were very busy and one even finished one of the projects. Sharon worked on the needle roll and

 here it is finished!

 Sharon is a lovely embroiderer and had stitched this beautiful needlecase for her friend, Jenny.

 Jenny showed us her beautiful embroidery too.

 We had show and tell and there was quite a bit but I only managed to take one photo. This is Denise's Christmas cushion from last year's stitching day.

Stitching on the Lake

Can't believe how quickly the time has flown. The second Stitching on the Lake day is next Saturday, 14 April. Fiona and I are so looking forward to another special day of sharing, delicious food and stitching. We thought we had better show the projects again so the ladies who are coming this week can get organised for a wonderful day of stitching. Here is the little zippered purse.

 This little canvas work scissor fob will be handy to attach to your favourite scissors.

 Here is the Noah's ark cushion.

This needle roll is stitched on lugana linen, which is in your kit.

This coloured and embroidered sewing pocket will be very useful to keep all your stitching bits and pieces together.

Lastly, two lovely shoe bags for all the travellers amongst us.