tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14049054334253791012024-03-12T21:15:48.918-07:00Polly, put the kettle onSharinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666606886827272787noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404905433425379101.post-76883505475586401382012-08-15T23:59:00.001-07:002012-08-15T23:59:28.329-07:00It's here, It's here!!<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This year I joined up to participate in <a href="http://sewprimkhris.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Khris's</a> FRIEND'S swap and I had a blast! I was partnered up with <a href="http://suesplaceinthesun.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Sue Stubbings</a> and boy oh boy was I spoilt!!</span><br />
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F<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Four fat quarters</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I- Indulgence, aromatherapy bath crystals</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">E- Eight DMC threads, rainbow colours</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">N- Notions, quilting pins,Embroidery needles,seam ripper, thimble,tape measure and a pair of embroidery scissors</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">D- Delicious Treats,Whitmans chocolate and some chocolate coated frogs</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">S- Sewing Stuff, A teapot pin cushion and a sewing caddy</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now for a close up of the teapot and sewing caddy</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now to tell you all about the goodies that I received from Sue...where oh where do I start??</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">F- Fabric,by Denyse Schmidt</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">E- Elephant Bookmark (all the way from Thailand) and linen embroidery thread</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I told you I was spoilt!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thanks ever sew much Sue I love all of it!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thank you Khris for hosting this fun swap.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This was a delight to wake up to :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Do you want to know what is inside it???.......</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Okay I will show you, cos I am so nice and all!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Not only did Jasmine make me a mug rug she made me a very delightful zippered pouch, which I must say is gorgeous. Did you know that the butterfly is a symbol of happiness...may there be many butterflies flying around us all.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well that's me for now cos I have another swap to get finalised and that is the friend's swap that is being hosted by Khristina over at </span><a href="http://sewprimkhris.blogspot.com.au/">http://sewprimkhris.blogspot.com.au/</a>.<br />
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<img border="0" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRLj1t7tlNxY9jf1jhhKSxPYGPmXDvQZMu2qj_bDVweD3uFKhnwcLMbf008ulzMbMnTvNvzeGdSgsZ4An7Ka7jQIVhb3ebJbHcU62Kbzl65oVJFbAeWzDAo6uYKDG-vPb7lfafOVrJYjh/s320/polly+sig+2.png" width="298" />Sharinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666606886827272787noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404905433425379101.post-9510131191433875552012-07-03T05:41:00.000-07:002012-07-03T05:41:14.995-07:00Another swap completed and my sister's 40th<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I participated in a Handmade Swap that was held through a facebook group called Quilt Club Australia. The object behind this one was to make your secret swap partner something that she/he would like. You were given their colour choices and their blog if they had one so you could secretly stalk them to try and work out what "something" you could make them that they could really use.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My allocated secret swap partner was <a href="http://www.prettybobbins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gemma Jackson </a>and the only clues that I was given werethe colours blue and red and that she would like a pin cushion or sewing caddy. I for one was not sure what sort of sewing caddy she would like, so I then had to scour her blog at </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prettybobbins.blogspot.com%2F&h=sAQFdeL_k" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" target="_blank">www.prettybobbins.blogspot.com</a> <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">to do some research. I dithered between a hand sewing caddy and a sewing machine caddy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was not sure if this is what she wanted and I wasn't sure if it was good enough either??</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So then I made this</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I decided after much thought to send her the <a href="http://www.howjoyful.com/2010/09/sewing-caddy-and-detachable-pincushion-tutorial/" target="_blank">Sewing Machine Caddy</a> and a <a href="http://icanfindthetime.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/sewing-machine-pin-cushion.html" target="_blank">Sewing Machine Pin Cushion</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Moving onto the wonderful goodies I received from my secret swap partner who was not the same person I sent to</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Beverly Roberts...I felt so spoilt :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Beverly made me this awesome tote bag and she threw in a couple of pot holders (that she purchased) and a tea towel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have to tell you about my sister's 40th that I have been secretly organising for the last few month's. I really love my big sis, she means the world to me!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I wanted to make her something that she could use as a memento of her big day and <a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes</a> suggested I make her siggy block quilt/wall hanging, I immediately thought that was the idea that I was looking for. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I knew that my sister's favourite colour was blue so for the next couple of month's I collected some more blue fabric (cos I am rather fond it also), in total I ended up with 27 different blue fabrics.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The quilt was made up of 30, 7 inch siggy blocks, the 4 corner ones my mum embroidered a beautiful tiger on them</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The end result </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My sis had no knowledge that there was a party of people waiting for her to show up. When I saw her face I knew that all the blood, sweat and tears that went into organising her surprise party was well worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After everyone had signed the quilt I had a couple of blanks squares left over so I have a couple small details left to do on it and one is to put a hand print of my sister's god daughter on it and get creative with the other one. I am so proud of me...pats myself on the back :)</span><br />
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<img border="0" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRLj1t7tlNxY9jf1jhhKSxPYGPmXDvQZMu2qj_bDVweD3uFKhnwcLMbf008ulzMbMnTvNvzeGdSgsZ4An7Ka7jQIVhb3ebJbHcU62Kbzl65oVJFbAeWzDAo6uYKDG-vPb7lfafOVrJYjh/s320/polly+sig+2.png" width="298" />Sharinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666606886827272787noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404905433425379101.post-34940565717421795972012-06-15T21:40:00.000-07:002012-06-15T21:40:15.186-07:00The Rescue Begins...<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have decided that I will be saving my quilt!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have been working very hard on it over the last few days quilting the border so I can bind it and wash it, then I will be able to finish the rest of it with the knowledge that it won't fall apart.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Please be kind with your comments about how the bad the quilting is, I am a bit rusty and this quilt is so big it is making my machine look like a toy.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Here are some pics of what the quilting looks like so far...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the first border complete</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the small hearts in the sashing are hand quilted</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Now I need to concentrate on the last two borders, I am so excited to see it come together after seeing it lay around for so long.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I will update again when it has been bound.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I started this about 10 odd years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It was supposed to be finished for our first wedding anniversary back in 2004. This quilt has moved house three times. While we were in Whyalla I didn't have a lot of storage space so I stored it under the bed wrapped in an old doona cover. Well my puppy thought it would be a good place for her own personal toilet...grrr!! So it is in very desperate need of TLC (tender loving care)it has gotten very bedraggled around the outside where the excess batting is,as you can see at the bottom of the picture above.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">While my mum and I were sandwiching it we noticed a problem with the border. For some reason, the borders don't want to sit flat... kind of reminds me of ruffle. At this point we had already pinned and basted the baulk of it. An executive decision made that we continue and that I would quilt it as far the borders and then work out what the problem is and how best to fix it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So far I have stitched </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">in the</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> ditch both horizontally and vertically. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have hand quilted around half of the hearts, with a little less than half to go.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So I ask do I save it or do I bin it????</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Any and all advice will be appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Desperate quilter needing advice</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I made my mum some handy pieces for her use,good job she has a crafty soul like most of us here in cyber space.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Below are a couple of pics of the carry all tote bag, needle keeper and Note book...which she loves very much, it didn't take her long to transfer her projects from her go green shopping bag to her new carry all.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If memory serves mum's bag has about eight pockets on the outside and about six pockets on the inside...she should never (with any luck) lose anything again!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was spoilt by my lovely children...they got together and made me a very unique card...it is a bird cage with a card hanging inside of it from a stick</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They made it out of Ty wire,solder,cardboard and a random stick from the backyard then they decorated it with paper flowers using brads as the centres of the flowers. The front of the card has a stamped bird on it and the inside reads "Mum, wishing you a lovely relaxing Mother's Day. Lot's of love K, S and D"</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I also had a very delicious dinner cooked for me and my parents, the menu was Chicken Schnitzel Parmigiana and Chocolate Bavarian Cheesecake for dessert...if that wasn't enough my lovely daughter also cleaned up the kitchen for me. I ask you how lucky am I? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I hope all you Mum's here in cyber space had a very enjoyable day and got spoilt like I did.<br /><br />Hugs</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yes... scarier things have been known to happen. In the last hour or so this evening I have been very busy taking photos of all the projects that I have finished over the last couple of months...I'm not even sure if I got them all?? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Let's start on the up date shall we...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First cab off the ranks is the felt crochet hook book that I made which I found at michele made me, the link for it is <a href="http://www.michelemademe.com/2010/08/tutorial-revisit-teddy-bear-swim-needle.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I changed mine slightly...the design that I have on the front of mine is different, as you will see;</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thanks <a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes</a>, watching you play with yours this morning I have now got this post to do as it is told...lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Next coming down the cat walk is a very bright and vibrant Hexagon Pincushion Caddie, which can be found <a href="http://pennyshands.blogspot.com.au/2010/08/hexie-caddy-tutorial.html" target="_blank">here</a>. This</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I think that these are too cute to use as pin cushions so I have decided to make a little family of them but at this stage I have only made the two, I must give a big thank you to Raelene for helping me out with the weight for the big one. I am undecided as to whether I should make another two or three different sized ones. What do you think, please leave a comment letting me know how many you think I should make!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Below is the <a href="http://duringquiettime.blogspot.com.au/2009/10/scrappy-armrest-pincushion-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Arm Chair Pin Cushion Caddy</a> that I decided that I was making for my swap partner and now I have changed my mind, so I guess it is back to the drawing board for me...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That being said she pointed me in the direction of <a href="http://blog.chriswdesigns.com/" target="_blank">ChrisWDesigns</a> and the bags that she makes and sells. Well as it happens the one time I look at her blog </span><a href="http://blog.chriswdesigns.com/">http://blog.chriswdesigns.com/</a><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> she was giving away a free pattern and it was for her Coco bag. I thought well that one was worth having a go at and below is the result of said attempt...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sorry about the picture quality...I have had my point and shoot camera for a while now but only now ( don't know why???) is it getting a lot of use, so I am still trying to get my head around what setting's are best for which shot...so please be patient with me as I learn how to use my camera to the best of my ability.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The swap has been and gone but I had so much fun making my first mug rug...I didn't even know mug rugs existed until I met <a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes</a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well I think that I got the most wonderful person to swap with </span><a href="http://bitsandpiecesplusone.blogspot.com.au/" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;" target="_blank">Betty Ann Maki</a><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, not only is she lovely she is also I very talented person.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I say again thank you Betty Ann Maki for making my induction into the world of swaps a pleasurable one :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I had hubby holed up at home after being bitten by a white tip spider hogging the computer (grrr) it made awfully hard to get to.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In my absence from here I have sewed my back side off, in the brief moments that I have had access to the computer I have signed up for a couple more swaps (they should put a warning label on them...highly addictive)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have also volunteered my services to help our Aussie Heroes by making blocks which will then be made into quilts by Jan Maree and her quilting angels at <a href="http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Aussie Hero Quilts</a> which </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">are doing an awesome job too. Jan Maree was delighted to receive them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She gives me this little square and says now you have to play cos I gave you the first square. At first I ignored this tiny square telling myself that I didn't have enough different fabrics in my stash to do it; I was doing well at ignoring that tiny square until it got the better of me...I just had to know 'Do I?'. So the hunt was on and to my very big surprise I had more than enough as you can see from the picture below.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes</a> assures me that I will have fun,so I'm going to give it a shot. Now if anyone else is interested in playing you need to have your cards done and be signed up by April 22nd.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Let's all join in the fun and win some great <a href="http://hillbillyhandiworks.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/prizes-for-bingo.html" target="_blank">prizes</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well I fell in love with the thought and I proceeded to make one...unbeknownst to me did I realise that it was going to be a pure labour of love. I followed the pattern but it was not looking very pretty, so at this point I was going to give up; <a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes</a> was not going to let me drop it. So with her help and guidance,with a pinch from my loving mum I revised the pattern to make it work for me. As you can see it was worth the frustration cos he looks so cute. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I could not give this one away as it will be constant reminder to me that Perseverance Pays Off... SO I made another two.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">While I was looking through some blogs and some very lovely projects I found this 'How To' by <a href="http://conniekresin.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Connie</a> on how to add a signature to your blog. This link will get you to where you need to be to do this </span><a href="http://conniekresin.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/how-to-add-signature-to-your-blog-posts.html">http://conniekresin.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/how-to-add-signature-to-your-blog-posts.html</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As I am not completely computer literate I found this to be very helpful... Thank you very much <a href="http://conniekresin.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Connie</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Over the last couple of weeks <a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes</a> has helped me to sign up for my FIRST ever swap. I am now in a Mug Rug swap and I am excited and nervous all at the same time. I hope I don't stress to much about it. I do have a photo to share of the colours I chose...I do hope you like!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">In my absence I have also been busy making a Peg Bag which I found at </span></span><a href="http://madewithlovebyhannah.com/WordPress/?p=136">http://madewithlovebyhannah.com/WordPress/?p=136</a> <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">she calls it a drindl clothespin bag. The end result is rather cute, well I think so!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">This is my latest creation <a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes</a> and I refer to it as a 'Thread Catcher'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Above is my pumpkin pin cushion </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I turned the giraffe square that </span><a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes </a><span style="color: blue;"> gave me into coaster</span>
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<span style="color: blue;">The above pic is another coaster I made with the centre pieced block donated by my Aunty May</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I had fun putting this coaster together I just love crazy patch</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">These Quilt-as-you-go boxes by Judy Campbell (Handmade Vol. 18 No.7) were a real challenge for me, I had to ask both my mum and Nomes for help in interpreting the instructions; the end result was worth the headache I got.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">As you can see I do not tell a lie when I said that <a href="http://beeshebags.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Nomes</a> is a hard task master, for all her clever evilness she has opened my eyes back up to the fun that I used to have when I was quilting...for that I thank her.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>Sharinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666606886827272787noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404905433425379101.post-24544012425593859352012-02-29T18:20:00.000-08:002012-02-29T18:59:59.987-08:00It's Done Now!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You are looking at my first ever mug bag that I put together under Nomes excellent tutor-ledge it turned out rather well, I must admit that I needed some help from both of my wonderful neighbours. Nome's helped me interpret the pattern and Miss Raelene helped me by drilling out the holes in the beads so as I could thread them. </span><br />
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In the meantime, here's a couple of things I've made when visiting with her (which happens to be the house next door!)<br />
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Naomi is a hard task mistress, and quite often when I pop next door, she puts me to work....these three pics are just a small sampling of some of the things I've made at her place. <br />
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I did a zip...yay me! All up, this zippered pouch has 50, 25 a side, of those flap things, or owl feathers as I ended up referring to them as!<br />
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I have a gorgeous little pooch that looks just like the puppy on my old coffee mug....sadly it was chipped and not wanting it to give up the ghost altogether, I have preserved my Lucy look-a-like mug by turning it into a pincushion.<br />
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Until next time, when Naomi will have handed the reigns over to me, sew up big.<br />
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P.S. This post was actually written by Naomi, but she'll get me to do future posts.Sharinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01666606886827272787noreply@blogger.com1