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back to school … back to stitching :-)

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

the school summer holidays are over - so fast, and it’s still summer - and we’ve headed back to school. 

I think the summer holidays should last until the first leaf falls and we have to pull out the quilts.  Hmmm … in Queensland we’d be waiting until May!  Hee! Hee! Hee! Six months of summer [...]

the birthday pillowcase is done

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

… and it’s on the bed!  

The trims combine a little bit of Japanese whimsy for the birthday girl (the bouncing rabbits), and a little bit of French country for lily.

Even the panda likes it.
Huzzah!
 

a bit of procrastination

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

There’s so much on my to do list - finish Abigail’s birthday present, finish Christmas presents for her teachers, finish gifts for the Christmas swaps I’m participating in (I keep forgetting to tell you about them!) and of course finish off my quilts and decorations for Christmas.  
So what do I do with a long [...]

a christmas needlepoint

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Despite all my efforts to be a “go-with-the-flow” kind of person, I love to make rules and conditions for myself that I invariably break and then feel disappointed. Hopeless, I know!
So one of this year’s rules is to make at least one needlepoint, one cross stitch and one embroidered felt decoration for both Christmas [...]

cosy boots

Monday, June 9th, 2008

It’s the Queen’s Birthday public holiday today - yes, the Queen’s birthday was several weeks ago but things take a while to trickle down to the colonies. So we’re at home, it’s rainy and grey and no one feels like going out. What to do …
Take an unfinished penny rug …

(I love these colours on [...]

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