Garden Party has arrived.. won't you join us?

Oh! What a gorgeous selection of prints!

These fabrics are so pretty.. with their olde worlde charm, they offer lots of possibilities for stitchery, applique and piecing.

These fabrics are from the range "Garden Party" by Blackbird Designs.

I'm going to use the cross-stitch prints as backgrounds for applique.

Also available in fat quarter packs and fat eighth packs

Purple sparkles

Jean used one of the purple fibre packs to make this cushion. The fibre pack was a Christmas present (we still have some in stock).

Jean used hand and machine embellishments to make this cushion - it's so sparkly.

I'm feeling inspired. Thanks for sharing with us Jean.

Some of us are finished...

Well, here are some of us with our embroidery and embellishment samplers. (Some people did not want to be in the photo)...

Thank you Judy (pictured holding her framed sample) - I think we will all be hot-footing it to the same framer for to finish our pieces too.

Mine isn't quite finished, so don't look at all these too closely. (I've only got to put on a few gold stems, sew on 2 stumpwork leaves and add the berries. Beautiful!!

This is most of the Wednesday group, the Thursday group are also mostly finished. What an achievement! I can't wait to see next year's class sample! We have to wait while Judy works it over Winter.

Stars and Coxcombs

Sometime it feels like Christmas when we are unpacking so much new, fun fabric all the time!!

We chose these 1800s reproduction fabrics from the Stars and Coxcombs range by Terry Clothier Thompson because they are such good blenders.

We also think that in these colours, they would make great Christmas quilts with a warm country feel.

What do you think?

Also available in fat eighth and fat quarter packs.

Introducing...

Introducing the new pattern by Make It Perfect - The Shearwater Kaftan!!

It's got just the right combination of floaty and fitted, and can be adjusted to 2 different lengths.

Cheryl couldn't wait to make this top for herself.. and here she is... buying the pattern one day, and wearing the finished top on the next day!

Cheryl used some of the fantastic Bali prints we've got on the bolt. (I will show you some of those later...).

Thanks for sharing with us Cheryl, I can't wait to make a few myself!

Leon, the king of beasts

The lion is the King of the jungle, and he is sure to win the heart of a little one.

This is Leon the Lion. He is just so huggable, and with his moveable limbs, he is sure to hug back!

He's the doll that's not a doll - perfect for a gift suitable for a little boy or a little girl. I know you will enjoy making him.

Leon is a pattern by Australian designers Melly and Me. Click on the link above to purchase this pattern.

Too busy to breathe!

Do you know what I mean when your brain and body are so busy you forget to breathe? Thank goodness for the subconscious in more ways than one.

I really enjoyed my 2 days of walking around the house with "itchy" fingers, looking at UFOs and perhaps a bit of dabbling with them as well...

Then I got back to work, and thought.. Hmmm... when is the QuiltAid quilt due. What? In only four days!!!

So, I got really busy. I had already designed the quilt to incorporate all 12 blocks... I just had to make it, testing out my pattern, then write up the instructions...

Phew! I've done it... in a marathon effort. My DH has photographed the quilt top flat, and photoshopped the binding on for me! (Don't tell will you?).

From tomorrow (Wednesday) you can enter a competition to win all 13 patterns needed to make the quilt above. Click here for details.

I also managed to squeeze in a whole day at the Australian Quilter's Convention (AQC). I saw so many friends, and came home very inspired.

In only one week I am on retreat for the weekend, so I am readying lots of little projects that I want to finish while I am away!!

Gotta run... byeeee...