What am I doing?

 A bit of secret squirrelling for a friend...

A bit of secret squirrelling for myself....

and a bit of off the page fun...

This little dress form is what I created after I joined Karla Nathan's class, there's a link on my sidebar if you want to do the class too, it's a bit of fun!

Have you seen what Helen has coming up? Click on the link "Stitched Sunday" on my sidebar to take you to the details.

The Beautiful and the Ugly!

Well my secret project  baby has been shipped off to it's destination, won't be long until the big reveal

but here's a sneaky peak of one of my favourite blocks

Can you guess who the designer is of this block? Here's a clue, it's not an Australian.

It won't be long now and all will be revealled, you've waited so patiently.

  

At home we've been working on some sewer and stormwater problems, it has certainly snowballed into a very costly exercise but once it is complete we know we'll never have any problems again.
 

Since taking these photos we've ripped up all the concrete from our driveway and we'll replace the whole lot rather than just strips.

The worst part is that this work has impacted on my sewing budget and once the plumbing work is all finished and covered in concrete you can't see how much money we've spent! At least when I sew I always have a beautiful object to show for it!!

The good news is that I'm still going to the Tassie Retreat organised by my fellow blogging buddies Cathy and Sarah, I'm looking forward to some time out, only two weeks to go Yippee!

It's finished!

but I still can't show you the completed quilt so here's another sneaky peak

I had it custom quilted by Wendy at Lavender Blue Quilting and she's done a superb job, I'm really happy with it. So what now you ask, it's going to be shipped off to it's destination for 6 months and then I'll get it back. Stay tuned and soon I'll be able to reveal all!

P.S. Happy Anniversary to my Dear Hubby, 14 years of wedded bliss! I love you infinity, infinity!

Happy Dancing!

The secret squirrel project quilt top is finished, Yippee!!

I just have to get it to the quilter now to work her magic!

I'll take a break now until it's ready for binding and then I'll get back to Gardener's Journal as I see some ladies taking part in Chookyblue's Stitchalong have already finished their quilts.

There's a light....

...I'm near the end of the tunnel. I certainly have remained focussed on this project and have enjoyed the challenge, just a few more stitches to go and then I'm sending it off to be quilted.

I can't wait to show you all but I have to wait for permission.

I hope you'll all love it and want to do it too!

What's next for me, bags! I want to make some bags and I have two patterns perfect for the job and I'm sure I've got plenty of fabrics to choose from. No handwork, apart from closing off a seam or sewing on a button, my hand needs a rest!

Want another Sneaky Peak?

Squirrelling along nicely, I'm on the 11th block, only 1 left to do!! Here's a sneak peak...

Now here's a challenge, can you guess what's in the middle of the block?

I'll give you a clue, we all have one!

I'll give you until this time tomorrow to give me a winner, if more than one guesses correctly then it'll go to a draw. If there's no correct guesses then I'll post another clue each day until someone gets it.

Prize will be eight fat eights from this gorgeous range of fabrics.

Goodluck!!

Sneaky Peak 4

As you can see I'm still going strong on the secret squirrel project, here's another little peak for you.

I've got two more blocks to go and then the sashings and borders. There's alot of applique and enmbroidery to do, it's a little bit challenging at times but very satisfying when a block is complete. I'm looking forward to putting it altogether and seeing the final result.  I've got two weeks to have the top complete but you'll still have to wait awhile longer before I can show it to you. Thanks for being so patient!!

Sneaky Peak 3

I'm still plodding along on the secret squirrel project. I can say that this is not my design and I'm making it for someone else. So here's another sneak peak, I'm enjoying this block.

I'm loving the fabric range, it's from a Marcus Howard Collection for a Cause range called Hope

Not all the fabrics are used in this project but the ones used are so delicious!

Sneaky Peak 2

Here's another sneak peak of the project I'm working on, I still have a way to go before I finish this block!

Don't look too close at my stitching, I'm hoping it'll improve when my new light arrives!

It's a very wet day in Hobart, our garden is soaking up the rain, it's been so dry. Parts of Tassie are flooding though so I hope the rain doesn't last too much longer.

Sneaky Peak

This little Tassie Devil has been working every spare minute of her day on a secret project, all will be revealed in good time but for now here's a little sneak peak of the threads I'm using and some of the fabrics.

I'll keep showing little sneak peaks until I'm allowed to show alot more.

Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Stitching!