a finish for January 2011

My first finish for 2011 and it's still January,

Yes I know it is something small but it is still on my UFO and now I can cross it off.... Yeah!!

The Start of Something Big...

This is the beautiful cross-stitch that my friend Sharon gave me for Christmas, I have an applique quilt with the same design which is gorgeous as well......

the above corner is what I stitched New Year's Day...

the pattern instructions had you start in the top left hand corner which is different for me I usually start in the centre so it will be interesting to see how it progress'......

this is what I have done so far, it seems to be growing quite quickly, the fact that I try and stitch a thread a day is helping, although I have missed a few days here and there.....

this is the applique block that I am trying to finish before the end of January.....it is block one in the Floral Hopscotch BOM from the Fragrant Cottage from 2010...... 

I have been way-laid stitching a couple of needle-cases, 

which I am really enjoying making...... so I might have to finish this block by the end of February......

and I have joined up with the OPAM girls again for 2011... so I better go and write my to do list........

Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all had a great Christmas and a happy healthy start to 2011.... 
I am so happy with myself... Day 1 of the new year I started a beautiful cross-stitch that I received from my dear friend Sharon (no blog) and yes it will be another loong term project but that's okay I will just keep working on it bit by bit.
Also I finally at last appliqued the two very tricky gnarly trees on my Phebe's quilt...so very pleased about that....
We are still out on our boat since new years eve and I forgot my camera to post some photos.... I need to figure out using my phone for photos anyway I hope everyone has also had a great stitching start to 2011, happy stitching, Sheryl

Here I am back again, I have had a few glitches like misplacing my camera battery charger lead so no pics for a while....:(   I've sorted that now.....:)
I have been working on a Christmas gift that I couldn't show you anyway ...big surprise for a member of my sewing group which they have received now and loved......:)  but I have no pics because of the first glitch...:(

hopefully I will have some photos soon.... I will leave you with a picture of some flowers  from my garden from last Summer and a Christmas pic from last year......

Sewing in Merimbula - Part 2.

Just a few more pics from my wonderful week away......

these are the star blocks for my "Back Home Again" quilt which Chris (SIL) and I bought together at the Quilt Convention in Melbourne last year.... we couldn't resist the sweet little suitcase it came in and the fabric and the design are gorgeous as well......

this was a little sewing bag I finished while I was away..... nice to finish something that had been on my list for a while.......

I keep my Dresden Plate project in it, it's a nice cart-around size bag.....

And I finally finished my block roll, another project that has been on my list for a while....

Chris spent most of the week working on this beautiful applique block that will be in  her "Life is a Celebration" quilt, which I had a peek at the rest of the blocks she has finished and it will be a gorgeous quilt...

 here is Melissa (light top) and Chris (dark top) contemplating what they are going to sew next......

and this was the view from our apartments.....

not that we spent much time looking out the windows of course......

Happy stitching everyone......

Sewing in Merimbula - Part 1.

 Back in July my three stitching friends and I stayed in Merimbula for a week of sewing,

 it was heaven a whole week of just sewing, we all achieved quite a bit.....

Sharon finished this beautiful wool covered box .... Melissa and I started ours.......

Her work is so perfect...

 

this was a raw edge applique block Sharon started......

Sharon also started cutting out the hundreds of pieces for her latest project.....

from the most gorgeous fabrics....

to make this design..... which will be stunning....

UPDATE..... she has cut all the pieces of fabric and is started to tack them onto the papers......

she is such a show-off........lol....

Melissa finished this sweet little Christmas basket.... 

again perfect stitching....

 

Melissa did a few hours on her current cross-stitch... The Marriage Of the Minds.....which is beautiful...

a wool glasses case and a cute cross-stitch needle-case she whipped up......

she is a quiet achiever....

part 2 soon......

Another catch-up

Yes it's been a while, life really does get faster as you get older, there just doesn't seem to be as many hours in the day as last year of course it could just be me....

 Now I can show you a glimse of the quilt I FINISHED back in May on my UFO weekend away....sorry about the dodgy picture...

This was a big surprise for Kate..... she didn't think I'd ever get it finished especially when she wasn't home to remind me about it... she moved to the sunshine coast back in April and loved it but found it hard to find work up there so in July I flew up and stayed a couple of days and then we drove back home to Victoria together which was fun.....

I had planned to show you some more photos of Hobart but I can't find them on my computer...I'm thinking I need a new one this one has been giving me quite a bit of grief lately ....another reason for my blog absence...

Happy stitching , Sheryl