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Traditional nine patch swap update

These exciting parcels arrived on friday Parcels from Peg, Sandy and Jan All the parcels together only four more to arrive And my last blocks All finished and ready to add to the swap piles This is going to be a colourful quilt "Hope your hands are working on a project that you love" Ciao Googy girl  - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Scrappy chook quilt

So I have been keeping this one under wraps, not on purpose mainly just because I have been a very lazy blogger. A few months ago, as most of you know I had a visit to chookyblue's place, whilst there I had the pleasure to sleep under some of her gorgeous quilts. But one in particular took my fancy I just loved the scrappiness of this quilt, the lovely colours but mainly just the simple design. So when I headed up to Nundle for my retreat, I sent the lovely Kerry a photo and she assured me she could pull together some lovely fabrics and guide me, to put this lovely quilt together. When I arrived at Nundle This lovely bundle of fabrics awaited me The girls and I used the black and white feature on the iPad to determine light medium and dark fabrics I spent 3/4 of the first day creating these squares, I think I frustrated Miss Joolz because I just could not be random, I had to be organised I didn't want to get end and end up wit

Merrimack block one complete

I am thrilled to finally do this post . . . Merrimack block one is complete and boy was it a bit of learning curve, but I loved it . . . . A lot So last time I was up to this bit, where I was sewing these corner bit s in, they all went in perfectly, with no problems . . . . So next I had to do these sections, not to difficult really . . . Then came this section, a little more tricky But on the upside I am now really good at set in seams and Y seams Then I reached this point and I was soo excited, but wait can you see the problem? Yep I had stitched the little triangles in the wrong way, so 1 episode of Downton Abbey, and alot of reverse sewing later and my block was back in pieces The next night though . . . . . It looked like this . . . Then I just had to stitch my little stars Each little star had five of these little diamond shapes, they were pretty small My first star finished And then all eight of t

Busy in the nest

With the taste of summer in the air, there is always a lifting of spirits . . . And after the cold months and the constant zooming around that always seems to occur in our household we are looking forward to the changes that summer may bring.  hopefully lot of long lazy evenings enjoyed beside our pool. Many changes are occurring in the egg household This lounge which graced our lounge room for over 10 years has been given away to a family in need and we are excitedly looking forwards to the arrival of our new lounge this week These curtains which I made for our lounge room almost 14 years ago  are also going and will soon be replaced with blinds Lots of gardening (well weeding really) has been happening, and I am loving the warmth of the sun on my skin. I haven t been lax in the nest (sewing room) either  I have been slowly working away at  Merrimack Almost but not quite perfect And this is the easy seam .

It s on ......

The seventh annual Secret Santa Christmas Swap Every year for the past six years my lovely friend chookyblue (head SSCS elf) has hosted this great swap She tirelessly emailed us all, worked out who was swapping with who and then sent us little reminder emails. . . . . And on Christmas morning we all open a special from our secret friend. This year I get to help . . . . . Woo hoo. . . . . (I get to be an Elf too) it's going to be so much fun. . . . . . . So if you want to be part of this great swap Just send Chooky or I an email at chookybluesscs @gmail.com And we will send you the link so you can sign up. . . . . looking forward to hearing from you soon Ciao - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad