it is on! its confirmed! you need to go to craftyvegasmom to sign up as handmadebyheidi is busy moving her family across the US! good excuse i reckon!
anyhoo, im in, its on the calendar, and im excited!
join in and lets get sewing!
pugs and kisses
xx
Monday, June 7, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
blush quilt top finished!!!
yay!!!
i am pretty happy with it - but it is not at all what i thought it would look like!
that always happens to me with fabric - the colours that are the prominent ones when the whole thing is pieced are not what i expect.
but that is ok! still happy!
so will iron it all and the backing (just doing plain brown homespun) tonight while hubby watches the footy - go crows!
hopefully not too long til ill be posting a finished blush quilt!
im sooooo loving the focus of quilting for 15 minutes a day (as per the sew daily challenge on the quilting forum, see earlier post). things really come together when you do a bit each day!
pugs and kisses
xx
p.s. i have joined the world of flickr. not sure really how i want to use it (i am a bit funny about sharing all and sundry with the world, hence the anonymity here!) but at the moment i am using it to keep track of my finished pieces. it is also a slideshow on my blog - cool!
i am pretty happy with it - but it is not at all what i thought it would look like!
that always happens to me with fabric - the colours that are the prominent ones when the whole thing is pieced are not what i expect.
but that is ok! still happy!
so will iron it all and the backing (just doing plain brown homespun) tonight while hubby watches the footy - go crows!
hopefully not too long til ill be posting a finished blush quilt!
im sooooo loving the focus of quilting for 15 minutes a day (as per the sew daily challenge on the quilting forum, see earlier post). things really come together when you do a bit each day!
pugs and kisses
xx
p.s. i have joined the world of flickr. not sure really how i want to use it (i am a bit funny about sharing all and sundry with the world, hence the anonymity here!) but at the moment i am using it to keep track of my finished pieces. it is also a slideshow on my blog - cool!
Friday, June 4, 2010
picture pattern maker
wow! just found the coolest thing online
it was linked in someone else blog while i was flicking around, and now i can't find the original link!
oh well
it is a website
that you can upload any photo to and it will make a quilting pattern out of it - you can choose how many colours and how complicated it is
all for free!
very cool
log on and check out the quilt version of the craftypug photo! a quilt i will definitely put on my to do list
pugs and kisses
xx
it was linked in someone else blog while i was flicking around, and now i can't find the original link!
oh well
it is a website
that you can upload any photo to and it will make a quilting pattern out of it - you can choose how many colours and how complicated it is
all for free!
very cool
log on and check out the quilt version of the craftypug photo! a quilt i will definitely put on my to do list
pugs and kisses
xx
Thursday, June 3, 2010
i've got that winning feeling, oh that winning feeling.......
i could go on!
but lucky, lucky me! i won a book pack from the Australian Homespun magazine!
this a photo of the books i received laid out on my sewing chair (appropriate seeing as that is where i will read them!)
there are some really great books in there that i know i will use, and some that i would never have bought myself, but i know will extend my craft knowledge
can't wait to read them and then make all the things that tickle my fancy!
thanks homespun!
pugs and kisses
xx
but lucky, lucky me! i won a book pack from the Australian Homespun magazine!
this a photo of the books i received laid out on my sewing chair (appropriate seeing as that is where i will read them!)
there are some really great books in there that i know i will use, and some that i would never have bought myself, but i know will extend my craft knowledge
can't wait to read them and then make all the things that tickle my fancy!
thanks homespun!
pugs and kisses
xx
quilting forum fun!
ive been having the best fun in the last couple of weeks on the quilting.about.com quilting forums.
the friendliest people participate and there are so many places to talk about different subjects.
ive taken up the "sew daily" challenge in the Challenge folder - a great way to try and just do 15 minutes a day, every day! hard to do, but manageable (i hope!)
this is what i managed to achieve in my 15 minutes today - i sewed the rest of the blush charm squares together!
then once the little human was asleep, i worked the lay-out out - i am happy with it! i think ill try and find 15 minutes tomorrow to start putting the strips together and iron the rest of the blocking rectangles for the parts in between the charm squares.
pugs and kisses
xx
the friendliest people participate and there are so many places to talk about different subjects.
ive taken up the "sew daily" challenge in the Challenge folder - a great way to try and just do 15 minutes a day, every day! hard to do, but manageable (i hope!)
this is what i managed to achieve in my 15 minutes today - i sewed the rest of the blush charm squares together!
then once the little human was asleep, i worked the lay-out out - i am happy with it! i think ill try and find 15 minutes tomorrow to start putting the strips together and iron the rest of the blocking rectangles for the parts in between the charm squares.
pugs and kisses
xx
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
FreeRice
non-crafty related blog entry alert! :)
i am passionate about many things as well as craft, and one of them is the poor and disadvantaged amongst us.
it can seem overwhelming at times as the problem is massive. but there are many ways to help with this, and i reckon it is important to do something - even if small.
the freerice button leads to a game where you can play a quiz. every question you get right donates rice to the UN World Food Programme - cool!
there are ads that run at the bottom of the quiz and this is how they pay for the rice they give.
anyhoo, have a go, help out a bit, and enjoy!
pugs and kisses
xx
i am passionate about many things as well as craft, and one of them is the poor and disadvantaged amongst us.
it can seem overwhelming at times as the problem is massive. but there are many ways to help with this, and i reckon it is important to do something - even if small.
the freerice button leads to a game where you can play a quiz. every question you get right donates rice to the UN World Food Programme - cool!
there are ads that run at the bottom of the quiz and this is how they pay for the rice they give.
anyhoo, have a go, help out a bit, and enjoy!
pugs and kisses
xx
Friday Night Sew In
just found out about the COOLEST thing! Friday Night Sew In! You can register at Handmade by Heidi's blog, or click on the button in my tool bar.
Friday 18 June is the next one, and she hasn't opened registrations yet - so you'll have to check back. Ill let you know when it is
will be great to sew knowing that everyone else is too! Join Up!
pugs and kisses
xx
Friday 18 June is the next one, and she hasn't opened registrations yet - so you'll have to check back. Ill let you know when it is
will be great to sew knowing that everyone else is too! Join Up!
pugs and kisses
xx
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