A spring visitor

Hello my friends.

 We had a spring visitor come today. Isn`t he beautiful!

A Tui in our Kowhai tree that`s outside our bedroom window. He was busy having a meal of necter.

A start to my machine quilting of `Take Time to Smell the Flowers` charity quilt. I stitched in the ditch round the flower stitcheries. Tried free motion quilting,then had to reverse stitch that part. Thinking what to do next! Hope to complete it this week as want to quilt my SKofW quilt too. 

I`ve been getting `Homespun` magazine since the first one came out. Over the years have made some of the projects and ear marked a few for the to do list. Recently I  have started their SAL 2012 `Long Time Ago In Bethlehem` by Natashia Curtin designed. The first pattern is in `Homespun #110 (Vol 13.7) is called `Hello` with the animals and hens looking on. A little chick is tapping its mother as she looks like she`s sleeping. The other blocks are on www.completecraft.com.au  They started 18th July 2012,then every fortnight till 5th December2012. the other blocks that I have downloaded but not traced or even stitched yet are `Kitchen Sink Camel`,`Megaphone Angel` and `The Singing Praise Angel Band`. The fabric for my stitcheries is `Paint Box 2004/2005` by Thimbleberries. Looking forward to this Wednesday to see what one comes next.

Hope you are all having a lovely day like we have here.

Thankyou for visiting,come again soon.

Happy Stitching,

Clare.

It`s Spring

Hello my friends. So happy you could come for a visit. Spring is here for us. The birds are making their nests ready for their little ones. The blossoms are on the trees but we are not seeing many bees this year. Hubbys seen a few bees out the back and when I go to the letter box I see one lone bumble bee.

This is apple blossom. Every year I`m tempted to cut a piece to have inside but Hubby says no as it could be part of the crop that comes later.

How far my stitchings come on our grand-daughters `church doll sampler roll`. As I didn`t find the time to stitch a birth sampler, I decided to make this needle roll for her. She`s two at the moment so will put it on display till I feel she old enough to cherish it. It is one of Beth Twist designs of Heartstring Samplery.

Well have a busy day today so thankyou for the lovely comments I`ve been getting about my blog and welcome to my new followers. I cherish each one form the first to the latest.

Happy Stitching,

Clare  

Thimbleberries Time

Last Wednesday of the month is Thimbleberries Time.

I looked in the cupboard for my `Lakeland Pines` 2008 Thimbleberries Club quilt and thought this was the way to carry on with it.

First one of four to make the block.

Another block finished. Progress. Yay. I`ve the thimbleberries backing as well for this quilt.

I was wanting to start last month but was busy helping two of my Uncles get their groceries and the day went so fast. No sewing at all that day!

Have marked on the calender for next month for this so can keep going.

Thankyou for your lovely comments and nice you came to visit.

Happy Stitching,

Clare.

Quilt tops

Hello everyone. I hope you enjoy your visit with me today.

Since last time I`ve completed two quilt tops. The first is my `Trade my Talent` charity quilt for a fund raiser to help our youth group at our Church.

I used Stella Whittinghams pattern `Take Time out to Smell the Flowers` from Australian Country Threads Vol 8 #11. Instead of a 1" strip for the first border I folded it to make it a`peek a boo` border and I`ll use the same fabric for my binding

The second is my Some Kind of Wonderful quilt top. I`ve really enjoyed making this quilt. Part of the enjoyment has been part of the SKofW SAL. I changed a few blocks and have used fabrics from my stash to make it. It`s nice to see  them bring this quilt together and I can enjoy the fabric rather than in the draw. Now I`ve only to find my backing fabric as have wadding for both quilts in the cupboard. When I`ve finished quilting I`ll show them.

I`m off back to my sewing machine to finish a few gifts that have been put on the back burner.

Thanks for the lovely comments on my last post and hope you will visit again soon.

Happy Stitching,

Clare.

Friendship

Good morning everyone.

I recently gave these to a friend of mine for her birthday. A stitching holding pocket and the friendship pincushion which was a free pattern from years ago. The photo was taken at night just before wrapping it up for her.

 Kerry has no blog and with family happenings,a wedding and later an accident we haven`t had our usual stitching get togethers. Pray that this will begin again in the near future.  

I`ve had a few busy days in the last couple of weeks helping two of my Uncles with transport to get their groceries.

Then I`ve also been working on a charity quilt so must go and try to complete this. I have only two bocks to go to finish my `Some Kind of Wonderful` quilt top. Love the way this quilt is coming together. Hope to show photos in next post.

Thankyou for visiting,please come again.

Happy Stiching,

Clare.

Adding to stash

Today I remembered I hadn`t shown what I brought at `Heirlooms`(Barberry Row&With Love) when Sherelyn had her display of stitching. There was juice,coffee and tea with nibbles as well that evening. A lovely time for my friends and myself. There was a door prize and amazing for me I won it. This surprise will come to me on the 20th of August. Looking forward to that.

With My Needle `Blue House Needle Primer` which encluded a wooden hornbook and mounting board. The cotton reel goes with `An Icelandic Christmas Sewing Set`. I didn`t get the hornbook for this,maybe at a later date. The wooden thread holder has `Stitchery soothed the soul and inspires the mind` written on it. `My Tuscany:a Shaker box in Italy` with accessories is the third one. 

I had another spend for a few things from Needle Arts but as thay are for stitchery gifts that will be shown at a later date.

This post will be short as keep getting message,hope there`s no hick-ups.

Please come again as I love you visiting.

Happy Stitching,

Clare.

Sitching and family

Hello everyone. Hope you have had a lovely week like I have. Time spent with family and friends.

I  found this in the back of nearly finished,so did the last back stitching and few leaves now have finished ready to frame.Yay



My Mum celebrated her 80th last month and begining of this month our eldest daughter had her 29th. 

So time to move on so till next time thankyou for visiting

Happy Stitching,

Clare.