Thread Catcher

Well today I decided to take a break from the long long task of quilting the Carolina Crossroads quilt,and make myself this dandy little thread catcher that I located a FREE Pattern for on the Internet last night.

Jst sat it a top a sewing machine too show a fuller view.

I just used some scraps to make it and ONLY altered it a tad-like hey you have too add your own touches.

So here is the little beauty in situ...gawd why I have not made one of these sooner I will never know and t'was soo quick and easy too do-and bonus I made it with bits and bobs I had laying around the house....

Cheers All Vickie

Quilt give away

well we all like to receive a freebie eh? so why not pop on over too -Dana 's blog

-Old Red Barn Co..and leave a comment re the 200th post giveaway....

how generous hey

Carolina Crossroads contiued

So I am still travelling with the Carolina Crossroads quilt..have unpicked it all into rows and am quilting appox 1/4" inside all the blocks of my accent colour...here is some progress pics


three rows done and sitting together



circle/square showing stitching



star showing stitching,
ok back to the machine I go..

Kindness of others

Here is a pic of the charm pack won from Vickie's Blog-

ain't they just soo cute..

Someone I know up here went back home for cple weeks and thought of me..and bought some Batik from Jakata..she is going back in 6 months and said she will bring me back some batik from a diff area which will be brighter...will jst look at it for wile not sure what I'll make with it..the colours are lovely..

This is a wee panel that I was given with a b-day fat 1/4 from C-R-A-F-T B-Day Swapper..soo cute,so I finally made a cover for my overlocker/serger..even practiced some random quilting(I suk at that)..but overall am happy with the end result....

wow --- here is some pics...

Finally have taken some pices of some oppy shoppe bargains I've got this past couple of weeks..

These 2 lots of fabric all now washed and ironed cost me $6 for the lot..lady in the oppe shoppe said I looked like someone that would put it too good use..hehehe

all these cottons was 2 little bags for $2..great for them I just want a wee bit of that colour..

this is the $4.75 pain reliever..oh my goodness I can't believe how much easier this has been on my shoulders/neck and back-I truly have suffered no pain since purchasing and using this stool..the pic is axactly as I bought it-I just placed it in situ and away I went...

Well can you see the price tag on this cutie?$3.75 yep and I just looked at her and thought my I love that fabric and them stars-think I'll pull it apart and re-do it some how..oh and she has beautiful wings as well..

still got broken main puter arghh

oh well my puter is still one dead machine..I am soo not happy, ( am gratefl that I have this ancient lappie thou)I am going to try and find all you in blog land whom I visit and add too my blog..grr like it better thru IE 7 but have no choice for the moment...hopeflly will be able to post some pics of some recent grabs at the oppy shop..sooon..oh and the darn u key on this only works sometimes....still battling away with my carolina crossroads-have pulled all the rows apart and started to qilt the green pieces-don't look too bad..will be fun trying to sew it back together..no neck or back pain for me anymore when sewing woohoo I'm so darn ahppy abot that and the cure cost $4.75 from the local oppy shop..will trly try and post pics this week sometime..cheers for now...

Missing my daily fix of reading blogs

Hello to anyone who actually reads my blog-my computer has died waaaaaaaaahhh..have all my fav blogs listed on it(DH can retrieve the data-when he gets time grrr)...so I am sadly using a very old laptop it does not give me the power to travel blog land..took nearly 1/2 hour just too get my blog open..ahh alas am praying DH will have time real soon to get that data...I have not been doing much sewing 'cause it's lonely in there without my puter going...and today I started pulling apart my Carolina Crossroads quilt top so I can kinda piece quilt it-or whateva yah call it..back is killing me from leaning over the top....tried doing it by hand(yes it woulda taken ages but hey lotta work in sewing all themm bits tog) bt alas my darn arm wouldna allow it...so then I tried doing it on the machine but dang way too much bulk and tghe arm went err e'scuse me no way lady--su yah see to pull it apart was the only solution-otherwise it woulda ended up on it's way too the thrift bin.....hope all fellow bloggers are doing well...
cheers for now Vickie

I"ve been tagged

I've been TAGGED!
Thanks Khristina
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.

2. Post THE RULES on your blog.

3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.

4. Tag 7 people and link to them.

5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

Ok so 7 things about me..

1.I need to think about this.

2.Dang can't think at the moment.

3.Will have too get back too this.

4.Did you know I'd give you the shirt of my back if that'd make you smile.

5.Umm I think,I'm thinkin too much about this.

6.I grew up on several different farms in Hamilton,Victoria.

7.I've got too follow the rules and tag 7 people arghhh.... I dislike rules so I'm tagging 4 people...

Ok so the poor unexpecting victims are..Vickie , Brooke ,Rose ,Angela

Bloomin Heck

Where has the days gone..geez I've been lost out in bloggin land reading other peeps blogs-and neglected my own..wahh sob sob..I'm sure it will get over it..
I 've been working on a swap item-can't show pic's incase the recipient happens to drop into blog land.....woohoo I won a some fabric on Vickie (another one yes her name is spelt the same as mine)..so that really was a buzz into my week....
Have been reorganizing my sewing/computer room and am happy with the way it's turning out-hubby just needs to make one more bench for a cutting table higher than what I have so I can hopefully use it without to much stress on the body parts....
Saw the Dr again this week and he says I may be back at work fulltime in 4 weeks-but will prolly be on restricted duties still....
Did an oppy-shop-hop today and picked up some cool sewing stuff--heaps fabric like a grocery bag full for $6...and 3 small sandwich bag size, of machine cotton for $2 each -so that was kewl I like to have a varitey of cottons and a lot of them had not even been opened....
Aw well I best go start on dinner,miserable wether we been having here rain-rain and more rain..
Vickie

where did the day go

Well darn it's 7.00pm and I have been on this dang computer all day..mucking around here and there changing blog stuff and ending up totally po'd..so I guess I'll be spending most of the evening here till I'm happy with it...grrrr

Carolina Crossroads -Top Done

I have been at my sewing machine all day-ouch my back is sore ....my arm is canning me..BUT ...I've got my CarolinaCrossroads Mystery Quilt quilt top done...

now these colours are so not me but that was my intention to go totally out of my comfort zone.I don't usually make anything out of pretty florals ...I am happy with the way the green has stood out and I will put a border of green around the edge.....and I'm not thinking about the quilting part for a least another week....

woohoo step 7

woohoo step 7-final step is here....still not liking my blocks they are so not me...anyways here is a pic of the block for Step 7

...now comes the assembling part that will happen over the weekend ...

I am

I am - I don't know what I am ,well what I am feeeling actually..have had another follow up appointment with the specialist.I told him that since physio on friday my arm has been canning me......I also explained to him that the pain that is starting too come back in my arm in the bottom elbow joint,his reply was "hmm rest it-don't use it"-well I told him well get the knife and chop it off,for crying out loud I'm right handed and it's my right arm...He them says if the physio is hurting too much don't go-like balh-bleep-booop...ain't the physio suppossed to help...grrrr...then he says if I am still feeling these pains in 2 weeks then I'm too go back and have another cortisone inj(I want that like a hole in the head)..so here I have been in blog land trying not too think about it all....

Handy Tutorials/Tips

 I will be posting some link to sites that I have found helpful during my quilting/stitching journey here.
Cheers Vickie
Thanks for dropping in.

mystery quilt so far

Ok I have been sewing on and off(bloomin arm somedays I wanna chop it off) anyways I have managed to complete step 6...I guess looking at my made up blocks so far I can definately see what Bonnie meant when she said about choosing your colours..mine tends too have gone muddy looking ,however I happy that I have actualy come thus far so will continue(since this is the second attempt).

.resting from the machine now until next week....weather here has been crappy all weekend and we had a huge house rockin' thunderstorm last night ewww...so i am draggin me feet today

Oh too be a dog...

Well if you are going to take a nap I guess one may as well get as comfortable as possible eh?Well that's what one of my dogs little Delta does....

Cyclone Over & Step 5 done

Well we had a cyclone here on Friday night-lucky for us it was only a Catergory 2 so wind gusts up too 130km/ph and surprisingly not much rain..was a damn horror of a night but we survived and no damage done to us(well sleep deprivation makes me AKA Super Bitchy-but DH said nope I was fine too him hmmm ) or our property, quite a few branches spread around the paddock and a damn pool that looks like a mirky/filthy river..although I have been out working in the pool all morning and it's nearly clear again...so now I reckon I've done my stint of outside work and the computer was calling me hehehe...

and last night I managed to finish my step 5 -Of Carolina Crossroads Mystery wooo hooo

Aye PAY IT FORWARD

Ok I've decided to take the plunge a do the Pay it forward..
Look over there on the left down the page a tad..
from here you will have till end of 2008 to send your gifts..
....lets see if anyone joins from here?????

SWAP likes/dislikes

 Sometimes it can be difficult to work out what to send to a swap partner you don't really know so that is why I have made this page I sure hope it assists you.

Items that make me smile 

-chooks /chickens ,fabrics, ornaments

-anything chooky

-bright fabric's

-country colour fabrics

-1930's fabric prints

-civil war fabric prints

-trims,buttons,ric rak
-I loooove the colour pink

-embroidery cotton/floss

-needles for sewing machine

-embroidery needles

Items I am not really into are.

-anything blue

-cross stitch(l used to love doing but it is getting too hard to do)

-Scrapbooking of any nature 

-Batik fabrics 

 

Carpenters Wheel

Well here is a pic of the quilt top I have been working on...Kerri-A made a carpenter wheel quilt for her daughters b-day (18th i think)..anyway I really liked it and thought yep I want to give it a go.Ka said it really was'nt hard hmmmm....SO on the spur of a moment I went yep I'm going to do it...and this is what I achieved..and hey it really was'nt that hard-hardest bit was working out the colour placement for centre.....next time I will make sure I have enough fabric LOL ...t'was a struggle finding 4th colour to blend in as I ran out of the other fabric...well it fits on our king size bed and covers the pillows(think that's called a sham?)..

Hope to finish it before too long.....

Happy New Year

Well another year is just about to close and what a year it's been,I give thanks to all my wonderful internet friends who make life easier by being around when there is no 3 dimensional people near by....I have had a very productive day today have made a RAK(Random Act of Kindness) gift for someone out of scrap fabrics and it turned out quite good-was nearly one of them "Oh I better keep it for me things"but no I was good..I also made a healing heart(had to stitch the heart on by machine(used a decorative stitch)'cause I still can't sew by hand...and I made a block to be sent away for a gift quilt that is being made..I pray that in 2008 at some point of time I will be able to have proper use of my arm back(gawd it's so annoying) ....

I have decided that I will do at least 1 RAK a month for 2008-so you just never know one day you may receive something from me-for no reason at all and nothing is expected in return..Happy New Year to all cheers Vickie

steps 1 -> 4 done

Woohoo I have all 4 steps done on the mystery quilt..thanks too the never ending rain and storms last night I could'nt sleep so I just sewed LOL well c'mon what person in the sewing mind would'nt....then I could hear drip drip,arghhh alas water coming in my sewing room - out came some towels(bandaid fix till hubby gets home)..LOL hubby comes home looks yep rain coming in , and he says he will get up in ceiling in the morning(well like it's morning now but alas he has been calledout to work)....but it gets betterah.... when I went too go too bed at 1.15am... drip drip on me grrr arghhh heck no water coming in through the fluro tube right over my side of the bed..so hubby just hauls the bed over too the other side of the room....well dang more towels ....and yep you guessed it he still aint home golly hope he returns soon the rain has held off for a few hours......then I guess I'll be washing a big load of towels.... any wonder I am actually looking forward too step 5 this is soo much fun-and when the darn camera decides to work I will be able to post some pics..ahh life is blisss

Ok so here is a pic of the finished blocks so far--umm yep it's lookin a bit murky too me so hoping next step has more accent colour??? But hey it's all a mystery ain't it LOL

Changed my mystery Quilt colours

note the brights I used in mystery MK1 LOL yep I'm totally going out of the square with this one...

ladybug mystery as I was calling it is still a mystery but will be sitting as a wip for awhile as there was a fabric shortage problem due too an big booboo...LOL...So now I have stared all over again using florals(once again not me) and a tone on tone pale green for accent..so far no mistakes(not doing a happy dance yet)...I think it may look a tad muddy when done but that's the mystery of it all eh?

Christmas Swaps

How lucky am I too receive this haul in an

advent swap so many goodies and the table runner

and placemats with matching coasters .

Oh just so clever is the giver thankyou .Maree

These items were received from a Secret Santa Swap...

..they are all soo great and so me colours I felt very lucky to recieve these..

I survived Christmas

Yes I have survived Christmas...however I must say it has been the most blandest(if that's a word) christmas I've ever had..apart from a couple of ferrals calling in on chrissy day for the odd ale or three...that was our christmas day just me and hubby(just as well we enjoy each others company)Hubby was on call for work and got called out early christmas day,and then was home until next call out at 11pm grrrrr...So I kept myself entertained in and out of the pool and with my mystery quilt-hmm well yes after all my froggin the other day I have now started all over again with different fabrics this darn thing ain't going to beat me...

The Mystery Of the Mystery Quilt

Well I spent most of yesterday froggin it(yep ripping apart lots of blocks)..I think now I will survive the mystery just a couple more days before the next clue so I will be patient(grr) and see what Bonnie posts.

Some Pics

I made this table runner for a friend in QLD.

This was made from a no-sew swap.

These were made for a placemat swap-

unfortunately for me the reciever never sent any too me

Xmas table runner I made for a swap.

back again

Welll I've finally made it back here -am not happy with my mystery blocks so far as I've made a big booboo and looks like I now won't have enough fabric-so I am sitting back till Bonnie post's the next clue..

Finally

Have not been on the computer much or sewed much these past few days as I've been suffering from a nasty reaction to a bug/wasp that bit me on the butt(grrr hurt like heck) ...anyways now I am on antibiotics to kill the infection that has spread thru me and I my stomach feels like a washing machine agitator.....and my butt is still painful..hence can't sit still for ttoo long..But I have progressed with doing the mystery quilt ....
Well finally I have made up my mind that yes I will do the mystery quilt and have even purchased my fabric (woohooo big sale at spotlight and fabric only cost me $3 a metre) and am only using 3 diff fabrics and am using 2" as too Bonnies 1½ " (cause 1½' wa sjust that bit too small for me) I have even given my mystery quilt a name "Ladybugs in my garden" ...

Still not clear

Ok so here I am a couple of days later and I'm still not clear on what fabrics to use for the mystery quilt..hmm maybe this is my subconcious telling me not too start??? I have been looking at all the colour variations of others in the Bonnie's quiltville group -but alas I just seem to get more confuzzled..LOL let's see what the next couple of days brings me...

What am I MAD

ok have been caught up with the mystery quilt bug...on quiltville..now how the dickens with my gammy arm am I going to cut out 1½ " squares ..umm never thought of that did I...ok so now I have thought maybe I'll just make the bits 3" instead???..
Trying to work out how much fabric i'll need and think it will just have too be 3 different fabrics instead of scrappy...will ponder this for a few days and see what I come up with..

Wwow I made it back.

Ok here I am have actually managed to make it back to my blog and did'nt get too lost along the way-now the question is will I leave the scissors and fabric alone long enough to post on here???

Ahh my Hope Tree

Very happy with the end result of this little project,

designed by Kate Hampson and originally had

peoples names on the gifts -however I chose to make mine

a tad different.

OPAM Projects

 July has zipped by already


Whilst my sewing mojo was zapped for most of the month I did manage to up and finish 2 projects yeah.

Cushion for a swap

 Christmas wall stitchery 

June-oh what do I see me making
                                                                   Denim tote bag Holder

                                                                    Denim Threadcatcher

May is upon us and I have been in goooo slow mode oh dear, however 3 items is better than none.

Doris Bag

Arm Chair Caddy-must write up the tutorial

Stash Buster Quilt

                                              

                                                             Oopsie daisy Door Stop

Wow April already
yeah 7 finishes for April..Oh what a feeling.

Arm chair caddy 

                                                                    Ironing board cover

                                                               KING BLUE finally done

Lovely bright quilt

Cover mat for my printer.

Hexagon Xmas runner

Golly wall hanging

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Ahh March is looking better yeah.....

Items for ugly swap

 Ului Table runner.

 Ului Table runner.
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hmm February seemed to slip by with no finishes for me arghhhh..
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 Well I am happy to show my OPAM (one project a Month) finishes for January,
how wonderful to look back and see what I have accomplished...Yeah I completed 4 projects and have some others part way there...

 

Yummy Pie appliqued onto a tea towel cover for microwave .

Too the left I have a cover for my kitchen bench scales and to the right is a new cover for the deep fryer,and just in case you are thinking I am now liking the colour blue nope your wrong it's just this fabric has chooks on it...

And this handy bag-well it's not for me it's for  friends husband who has short trips to hospital and I think this bag will look better than the plastic shopping bags that are used to take his clothes in with..

So that's 4 for me ...see you on this page in Feb... 

Cheers Vickie
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Swaps I have been in

Cheers Vickie
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