Sal July Project finished, OPAM.

Finished this little bag off last night just  24 hours before the deadline.  My first try at hexagons and I must say I sort of fell in love with them. Why have I always though they would be a nightmare to make I wonder? Anyway I can see a quilt made of hexagons in my future, just not sure when.
The bag is from Natalie Bird's Tis the Season book. I changed the stitchery from the penguin one as I liked the wording on this one and used more of my Nancy Halvorsen stash fabric to make the bag.

Isn't this one cute little bag even if I do say so myself. I love how these fabrics look together. So happy to have another finish to add to my OPAM list.
Happy Stitching, see you next time...........

SKOW Bag finished.

Tonight I put the finishing touches to my Stitch-a-long project for May.  It has been completed for a couple of days but felt it was a bit plain so added a Suffolk puff and 2 buttons on the front.  Think it looks better now.  I decided not to do the stitchery as it was optional  but added a pocket inside for phone and keys.

So that's all from me tonight, still working on my wall hanging for 13 UFOs in 2013. Have the top completed but need to sandwich it and do a bit of quilting, then bind so am cutting it fine.
Happy Stitching till next time.................

1 Xmas Item a Month, Red Home Bag

I now have the hanger for my Gail Pan wall hanging so here is my finished Xmas item for February.  Posting the finish a little earlier than the 25th deadline.  Think I might put this one in my gift box.

I am on a roll here at the moment so here is my Red Home Tote which I think I need to change to my Green Home Tote. Fabrics are from a Moda range called Gatherings.  So pleased with how it looks. This is definitely going to be for me.

A house is made of wood and stone but only love can make a home. I used variegated green for the stitchery.

Inside pocket, top stitched the same as the outside pockets.  Hopefully I will be able to find my phone in this one.

My Sal 2013  project for February is finished.

Don't forget everyone, if you have not left a comment on my previous post, do so by next Wednesday when I will draw a winner for my give-away. Check out the previous post.

Well must go........  Happy Stitching until next time..........

 

Family Time, Sal 2013, 1 Xmas Item A Month.

The last few days have been no sew days as I have had my eldest grandson over to stay.  He is 15 and goes into grade 11 this year so the time I get to spend with him is fast disappearing.  I love that he still wants to spend time here with me. He wanted  me to help him paint a picture for his room so we spent half a day looking through Folk Art books and with several designs set aside, he decided to go with a dolphin. I have plenty of cut-outs left over from my Folk Art days so we picked one and got started.   He has recently had a room update  and has a bit of a nautical theme happening so this was an ideal choice.   It's a while since we have painted together so I was hoping that the design would not be too difficult for him. A bit of instruction on the techniques he needed to use and below is the result.  I am very proud of the wonderful job he has done. The dolphin should look great on his wall.

He also gave his grandma a lesson in creating a photo collage so we both learnt something.

I have added the Sal 2013 logo to my side-bar.  This year we are doing projects from the three books shown. Some Kind of Wonderful (Anni Downs), Red Home and Tis the Season ( Natalie Bird).

I have also joined 1 Xmas Item a Month over at Narelle's blog pinsandwhiskers.blogspot.com.au .  If you would like to get a head start on Christmas for this year, head on over and check out what Narelle has to say.
Well must go, I am having a bit of trouble with posting.  Hope it works this time.  Till next time....Happy Stitching......

Friday Night With Friends

Last night I joined several other quilters in the monthly FNWF.  Had a lovely time listening to music, singing along with some of my favourite songs as I  stitched away. Hubby was off on a hot rod boys meet so I had the house to myself.  Should have got lots done but  only managed to get two of the three thread catchers for the SAL 2013 that I had cut out earlier and a few seams of the backpack I am working on as part of  13  in 2013 UFO Challenge but still it's a good start.

Thread Bags for January, SAL 2013 

Pieced front and back of Backpack.  Love this vintage look fabric.

 

Hope everyone had a successful sewing night.  I will be back tomorrow to show you my PIF (Pay It Forward) gift I received from Terry of Terry's Treasures so till then......   Have a great weekend.