Belated Sunday Show and Tell

On Sunday I got together with some workmates to wish our friend Ange all the best for the birth of her 3rd little bubba, due in a few more weeks yet. It was also an excuse to hold a crafternoon. Sue (no blog) made Ange a gorgeous quilt, Sue does a fabulous job at putting colours together!

 Ange showed us a quilt she is making for someone special

Fabulous colours!

Sue gave me a gorgeous felted bag, Thank-you Sue!!

 and Greitje, who is one talented artist showed us a wool felt creation she has been working on for "Art on Legs - Wearable Art Awards".

There's also a dress to match. If you happen to read The Mercury (Hobart Newspaper) there was an article and photo in last Friday's paper. Good Luck Greitje!!

I also took a photo of Ally who was busily hand quilting but it didn't save to my disk. Ally was working on a lovely quilt, it was very girly and pretty!

On the sewing table the last few days I've completed Vikki's sweet little angel stitchery 

(If you want to join in on this free BOM there's a link on my sidebar)

and Helen's Stitched Sunday project for Stem Stitch 

I like to keep busy at nights stitching while I watch TV, it's so relaxing.

Just a reminder too that Fee and I will be at the Stitches and Craft Show on Friday,

we hope to see you there!

Stitching

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Xmas in July

Our Friends in Stitching group held a Xmas in July swap and we had to make a stocking for our partner. I received the most gorgeous package from Peg, this beautifully stitched stocking with wee rusty bells...

and inside was full of lovely goodies, 2 pretty fat quarters, notebook, key fob and a bookmark (it's hiding in the photo somewhere) and a tube of chockie balls with a wobbly head santa on the top!

Thank-you so much Peg, I feel very spoilt and lucky to have had you for a partner.

Now the stocking I made went to Lynda, here's what I made but you'll have to visit Lynda's blog soon to see what else was inside!

This was my own design with yo-yo's and little gold bells, such fun to make!

Great swap ladies!!

Lots to see here!

You might have been thinking I haven't been stitching much lately but you'd be wrong, as well as secret squirrelling and making a swap pressie or two I've done a little iphone pouch...

(one day I might actually own a smart phone!)

...and I stitched the borders on my Tis the Season quilt

It's my evening embroidery mojo that has gone on a wee holiday, it'll be back soon but it came back briefly this week to do Helen's Stitched Sunday project (forget to take a photo). Even though I know these stitches, I thought I might join in and see if there's something I don't know.

I also caught a cooking bug yesterday (very unlike me) after reading Kerryanne's post about Sticky Date Pudding, guess what I made for desert last night...

...it was easy and so delicious too!

I took part in Trashy's "Where I Live Swap" and a parcel was at my door last night from Jennyflower and look at the beautiful contents....

a gorgeous bag made by her Mum, using recycled fabrics and embellished beautifully....

...and just look what was inside the bag, all these wonderful goodies, except for the chockies, they were gobbled up by my family before I could go snap!

Jenny's theme was based on England and all things british like old cottage gardens, tea and cakes!

It smelt beautiful when I opened the package!!

Thank-you Jenny I love all the gifts, you've put so much thought into them.

My swap package for Clara must still be flying across the ocean but I'll let you know when it's reached it's destination.

Blogger Meet Up

Are you going to be here on Friday 29th July?

If so, how about a blogger meet up at 12ish in the Foodie area? I'll tie some red balloons to the table so you can find us

Here's who will be there so far

Me

Fee - Designs by Fee

Kerri - Willowgrove Quilts

Lizzie - A House in The Country

Christine - Once Upon a Quilt

Tammy - Tammy Woods Designs

Christine M - MacDonald's Patch

Elyte - Tea, Fabric and Other Things

Kathy - Quilted Notions

Vicki - The Pickledish Patch

Let me know and I'll add you to the list!