Christmas is my favourite time of year and I really look forward to creating all the little finishing touches that add to the magic of the season. Simple is the theme for all my Christmas projects this year as I seem to be short on … [Read more...]
Charming Ornaments – Part 2 – How To
I had a few requests for the instructions for making your own Charming Ornaments. You can make up a batch fairly quickly. Supplies for each ornament:small piece of quilters cotton (I used red, lime, and pink) fusible webbing such as vliesofix … [Read more...]
Charming Ornaments
Some scraps of Prints Charming fabric were put to good use on these felt ornaments. This year I am planning on wrapping gifts in shiny white paper, tied with red ribbons, and will attach a felt ornament for decoration. Simple but festive!Edit: You … [Read more...]
Beautiful Bloggers
(Image Credit: Tessa Edwards)We have "met" many amazing people through the wonderful world of blogs that inspire us on so many levels. One of these is the lovely Renee who shares her incredible journey on Circling My Head. Renee had a giveaway … [Read more...]
Christmas Gift Tags for Bridge Lovers
My In-Laws are great lovers of card games - Bridge, Canasta, 500 etc - so I have created some Christmas gift tags with a Card theme.Supplies and Equipment:Old deck of Playing Cardsred ribbonred and white card stockdouble sided tapehole punch, circle … [Read more...]
Freaky Friday with Blue Cricket Design
Today I am doing a guest post over at Blue Cricket Design - so if you would like to see a fun Advent Calendar tutorial, you will have to pop on over! In return, the lovely Becca from Blue Cricket is posting here with a fun tutorial of her own. So … [Read more...]
Quilt-A-Long
Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes for my Mum - she was delighted to read so many well wishes from all the corners of the world! I have finally found some time this week to make a start on the Joseph's Coat Quilt A Long that the ever so … [Read more...]
Moondance Rose
Thanks for all the wonderful Birthday wishes for my Mum! Anyone who knows my Mum, knows she loves everything to do with roses. At one stage she even had more than 50 varieties of roses growing in her garden. When I saw the Moondance fabric by Robyn … [Read more...]
Happy 70th Birthday Mum!!
My wonderful, amazing, talented, and beautiful Mother celebrated her 70th birthday last week. On the weekend we celebrated with a High Tea Party and I had a lot of fun putting it all together. We went with a pink and white colour scheme, with accents … [Read more...]
Warning: Seriously Cute Craft Supplies
Recently I helped out a fellow quilter who was desperately seeking some fabric to finish off a project, and made a new friend in the process! Not only did Tracey write the sweetest thank you - she also sent me a package of the most gorgeous felt … [Read more...]
Prize, Party, and Peanuts…
We were lucky enough to win a recent giveaway from Linda at Two Pink Possums as part of the Blogtober Festivities. Our lovely package arrived yesterday, all beautifully wrapped.I won the Tribeca Tunic pattern (I am thinking of a beach coverup out of … [Read more...]
Log Cabin Pillow
We are back from our trip to Brisbane! Thanks for all the good luck wishes - Sarah's team were fantastic and it was such a great experience for the kids. Thanks also for all the wonderful comments on my Midwest Modern Quilt - I was blown away by all … [Read more...]
