Civil War–block 2

Barbara had posted block 2 by the time we had got home last night…I was so tired but I selected my fabrics and then could not resist cutting them and then this morning after all housework done I sewed Block 2 –North Star.

This is awesome to read  the true stories Barbara posts each week and then I usually am thinking about what I have read as I sew my block…

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2011 Projects

Yes one must have new projects for the new year. This year I will still be working on my In Pops Garden blocks..but I will also be doing the Civil War Quilts block by Barbara ..and the Retro Nine Patch by Lyn…just jump on over and have a looky see the buttons are just over there to the right on my side bar…Oh yeah and there is one more stitch along I will be doing but that don’t start till around April 2011.

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Cut that fabric

These words have haunted me for a couple years, since I decided that I liked Civil War prints and wanted some..it has taken me quite awhile to collect several different pieces (not easy to get up here)..I was lucky Miss Fairy in Adelaide sent me a few awhile back and I scored some in an op shop –bonus bigtime…

Anyways when I stumbled upon Barbara Brackmans Blog, I just new the time was right to start cutting into them fabrics. Have you seen her Civil War Quilts blog –how awesome to have a block to make an a historical story to go with each block..don’t know how far my fabric will stretch but I’m going to go with the flow..

This is block 1 I am so happy with it..the darker fabric was a real score cost me a whole $1.50 for ½mt at one of the local Op shops..

I’m sure some of the fabric I use won’t be traditional Civil War Prints but if it blends in then it will be sewn.

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SSCS items

 

Once again I joined Chookyblue SSCS swap .

This is the gorgeous ornament Loulee made for me.

Then on Christmas day I opened the rest of the goodies.

Just look at this awesome ‘Baseco”  bag a Dawn Hay pattern.. Loulee used such me colours I was over the moon..inside the bag was some treasures

Have you seen the pear pincushions that  Loulee makes -aww I don’t think I could stab it with a pin way to cute.A lovely covered Diary with my initials on the front and a cute scissors pin keeper..anddddddddddddddddddd

A yummy block of chocolate…thanks again Loulee for the wonderful items you made for me..and thanks again Chookyblue for organizing the swap.

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1-2-3 Tote Swap

This is a way delayed post due to camera card reader issues.

I did show a sneak peek way back here- http://vickiescrafting.blogspot.com/2010/10/and-some-sneak-peeks.html

I joined the tote swap hosted by Paula and my partner was Teri

this is the bag that I made for Teri..we had a choice of winter or Christmas theme for our tote ..Teri asked for Christmas theme and also told me her favourite colour was purple-so I was on a mission to find Christmas fabric with purple in it,and I did.

This is the bag I made for Teri inside the bag was some sewing notions and some lip balm.

And this is the gorgeous bag Teri made for me, inside my bag was a fine cute wee calendar and some lovely Christmas  ¼’s..

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Secret Santa swap

These are my awesome gifts I received from my secret santa (Judirose) in online craft group..

The box was full to the brim..

The items had to start with the letters H-O-P-E

 

A gorgeous Christmas panel  and an Owl pin and scissor keeper.

Fat ¼ of Christmas fabric, a lovely painted egg,an egg timer,some quilting pins and some wee pegs (I so love them wee pegs)

And look at that awesome Christmas hanger, how clever to spell HOPE on the reverse. Also a Gorgeous little needle book.

This is truly gorgeous rigid fully embroidered on all sides button/cotton/wot not keeper..

And this cute red birdie and Christmas oven mitt(I always need oven mitts).

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Gifties from a Miss Fairy

Finally I can show some pics –yipee yahoo hooray..these are the gorgeous gifts that Michelle (no blog) gave to me for my b-day and Christmas when she came to visit in late Nov.

Not sure if they will be in the correct order ,and feel I have not taken pics of something- but will do my best.

Birthday goodies.

Absolutely stunning table runner..

Just beautiful colours and look at that hand painted as well…

Tried to get a good close up to show the painting detail it’s awesome.

OOps bad me have just now forgotten the name this slipper comes from , but filled with beaut ribbons.

And look there is more and now I get confuzzed think this was all Christmas..

Opened up this glorious singer tin…

Isn’t is so cute eh?

Look what was inside spoilt muchly  not 1 but 2 glorious jelly

rolls in lovely pastel shades.

Gorgeous pin cushion/decoration, and there was some pins and a teatowel too..

How wucky was I eh?

And then Michelle handed me this..Oh MY Goodness such a talented lady..

Her name is Ruby..and no she cannot come stay with you for awhile..

Thanks heaps again Michelle, you know I loved them all.

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Thank you

Merry merry Christmas to one and all of you special people that have been out there in the world wide web, that have visited me and sat to read awhile and if time permitted left comments you are all close to my heart and I hope to one day meet many more of you.

To those angels that send me are you ok emails when I have not posted here for a while..I love you dearly.

To all my wonderful swap partners over the past 12 months, I thank you dearly for participating, your time in making gorgeous item/s for me and making the swaps I join enjoyable.

Fantastic morning here opening up my swap presents…WOW awesomeness goodness I did receive, wonderful gifts made for me..I feel totally spoilt…

hehehe I bought hubby a camera for christmas so when it is charged I will snitch it nicely ask to borrow it so I can post some pics…

Wishing you all a safe Christmas and if you have to travel I pray that you reach your destinations and return again safely.

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christmas goodness

I would love to share some pics of my b-day goodies I have received and my christmas swap item so far..however the card reader and I are at loggaheads grrr..so just a wordy post will have to do
I am enjopying my Advent swap parcels from Pat, my 1-2-3- Tote swap also has arrived,a gorgeous bag from Teri. Hope to be back next post with pics.
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G'day there

Just popping in to say helllllllllllllllllo..I'm not ignoring your blogs I am reading them rather quickly..life has me spinning at the moment. Have had lovely visit from Michelle  in Adelaide, golly gosh you should see what she spoilt me with for my b-day & christmas-yep I had to open my girfties soon as she gave them to me.I will take some pics and post real soon..truly gobsmakking... Mrs D's husband passed away last week quite sudden and have the funeral on Monday, have truly had my fair share of funerals this year.
My health has been somewhat undesirable to say the least, but I am marching on.
Mailed out christmas swap and totally my partner is going to get a surprise when she recieves it, another christmas swap going in the mail Monday..Then one more to finalize and mail out then woohoo all swaps done and dusted for another year.
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Spoilt pets

Well this is what sight greeted me after I had been buzzing around cleaning for a few hours this morning..

there is 2 cats and 2 dogs in this pic..I cat is on the tv cabinet just in front of the the tv to the left…click on pic for larger view….one would think they are very relaxed in their surroundings eh?

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I’m back.

Yes I'm back from my week away and very tired after 2 days work..arrived back home some ungodly hour Wednesday morning feet and legs decided it might be fun to swell up on me -so not happy with that.

Oh where have I been ????????

 

Well I flew down to Mackay and surprised my daughter (Shantal) by turning up at her baby shower

Such a picture of perfect health..and see that awesome cake that was made by my sons partner Sandee-

Isn't that cake just a work of art eh?

Shantal was so blessed to

have wonderful people turn up and gift her some gorgeous items for bubs..

Time to open them all up..so many different expressions of awesomeness came across her face during this time..

And of courcerous I did the must do shopping whilst there..

Nice sturdy pram/stroller with a waterproof cover.

And a cuddly car seat-gosh not like back in the day when my kids were born…

and many more stuffs my mind has gone blank , all I know is yeah for next pay day..

hehehe getting in some early practice with gorgeous we bundle called Azazel he belongs to Shantals friend who held the baby shower for her-he is such a  cutie..

Oh I shall be back in a few days with sewing news-true I will

 

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Sewing

I’ve not had as much time as I would like to sew(you know where a zillion projects are in your mind that you wish to do), but have squeezed it in where I can and have managed .

I am able to show one of the sneak peeks as it has been received .It was a bag for a bag swap and as soon as I saw the pattern in a recent magazine designed by Jenny I just knew it would make the perfect swap bag.

I really enjoyed making this and Juwles (Julianne slack blogger) loved it.

I was fortunate to win one of the monthly OPAM draws from Peg and in that package was a lovely Florentine doily pattern designed by Fee.

I will admit this is not a pattern I would usually go out and purchase, but I fell in love with it when I saw it and just had to make it.

I do not have a yoyo maker but have a bag of yoyo’s I made many many years ago so I pulled them out and with some gorgeous variegated Cottage Garden threads I stitched.

Am very happy with how it turned out.

Another sneak peek of something made with Magic Fine charms by Eleanor Burns.

Oh and one more yummy yummy purchase that I made from Sarah at patchworkplus  came in the mail, oh I have to be patient and finish of some other items before I can play with these.

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Crafting away.

Oh yes I have been keeping myself distracted with plenty craftiness, but alas I can’t show pictures as it’s all secret sewing..So not being one who likes to post without a pic I just went for a walk around the garden and took a pic of a head of blooms from each of my frangipani trees..Oh such heavenly scent…

Vibrant yellow centres.

This one is has slightly different petals and leaves it’s called a bush or wild frangipani.

This one has the loveliest off whit colour flowers.

Splendid pale pink on the underside and pale yellow centre.

 

This one just opened today oh the inside is such a brilliant yellow it’s awesome.

Lovely and pure white with soft yellow centre…

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and some sneak peeks

Well they have to be sneak peeks cause I ma in several swaps and I wouldn't want to spoil a surprise now would I.

And now sneak peek 2.

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hello blogland

Hi there, yes I am doing ok thankyou for the kind emails & text ‘s. Have had a yukky couple of weeks-a friend passed away last Sunday from Leukaemia (was only diagnosed in Jan 2010).I was visiting with her on Friday evening and she was very coherent but oh my   in so much pain –so ‘tis a blessing she is no longer suffering..

And have had some erkk health issues..slowly dealing with them.

I have been sewing –several items actually…but arhhh they are secret gifts so I can’t show them here-oh ok I’ll take some sneak peek pics on the weekend..

I have been doing a bit of hand embroidery..and was wondering how do you do it-like do you just hold the fabric ? Do you hoop it? Do you frame it? Me it depends on the size if it’s above 12”x12” than I frame it first..under that it is hooped..

I cut the fabric a tad longer than needed and then I sew it with the machine onto the  webbing of the frame.

And tada here it is already for me to start stitching..

Cheers Vickie.

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