Pincushion(on time too)

Hello again, this is a first for me in a while, to be finished before the end of the month!  I was lucky enough to attend a class last month which was to make this little pincushion, perfectly timed for the Stitch-A-Long timetable, so I did have a little headstart....... 

I really loved making this wee cutie...... thanks for looking,

Nicky x

Honolulu 11.56pm........

I just finished my bag...........I can't believe it..............I will take pics tomorrow..............oh and I forgot to tell I moved to Honolulu.................I thought about Vancouver and Anchourage but they were a bit ahead  time wise of Honolulu.............

It's been a glorious day..........cool and rainy.............I must be in heaven..........

Aloha

Chookyblue

It was finished in February.....

Very late last night, with about half an hour to spare I finished off my Red Home tote bag.  Just needed to wait for some time(and the light of day) to take some pics today.....

                                      

I've been loving all the beautiful fabric combos people have used for the tote bags, there will be no two bags alike.....  

I made a start today on my March pincushion.  The 9 patch ends are pieced and the stitchery is traced ready for me to make a start on tonight. 

Happy stitching girls......... Nicky x

Done - 10.50pm

Oodles of time left.

I cut most of the fabric this morning before work, finished off the stitchery during lunch at work and then did the applique hearts and made the bag tonight.  No fancy photo shoot.

 

 

I'm pleased to say that all the fabric came from my stash. Some of it has been around for ages.  The fabric on the base is scraps from a kit for a  Santa bag from when Anni first opened "The Home Patch" down in a tiny shop in Keppel Street.  I think it was about nine years ago.

 

I'm sure there will be lots of these bags at Nundle next month.

 

Now I have to look out some fabrics for next month's project.

 

Cheers

 

Janice

Just in Time...

Today was a big day in the sewing room finishing off my bag


I do feel a tad guilty for doing the blanket stitch on the machine, but it is so much quicker

 

I only finished after tea tonight, and so pleased I finished with a day to spare!
Its visits to this blog and seeing all the competed bags that kept me going...and of course the threat of that whip!lol!
Bye For Now
Lisa 

Stitchery done, now for the bag

There have been some wonderful bags appearing here recently.  This weekend is going to be full of lots of stitching and sewing and one of the things I want to accomplish is to finish my February Red Home bag.... there are only six more days till the deadline anyway, so it's time I got going!  Here is my stitchery completed, with a couple of changes in the trees and flowers.  This was a really fun stitch and came together a lot quicker than I thought it would.

Happy stitching everyone, I hope you have a lovely weekend stitching too.......

Nicky 

January Finishes

I shared my first thread catcher previously, but had to make a second. The light weight pelon is definitely better for the size shown on the pattern. When I saw these fabrics I thought they would work well together. I’m really happy with how it turned out.

I was happy that the shoe bag was on the project list. I made two of these as Christmas gifts in 2011 and shared here and here. At the time I stated that I should also make one for me, but it hadn’t happened. Now I have one of my own. On all of them I cheated by just putting a single fabric around the top, instead of the patchwork strip.

 

 

So, here is my little collection.

 

 

 

 

I’ve made a small start on February’s project. As you can see, I’ve decided to use blue for the colour. It will be fun making the bag from fabrics in my stash.

 

 

 

Cheers

Janice





One More...

Now makes two Little thread keepers, this one using favourite blue floral fabric

 

 

Such a great way to start the year off with these cute thread catchers!!
Bye For Now!
Lisa

2013 SAL .......here goes......

Hello fellow SAL'ers, I am happy to be joining in with you again, after sitting out the Some Kind of Wonderful quilt.  I have just finished my first Thread Catcher, and I think there will be a few more of these in my future, they really are so quick and easy......

After seeing Chookyblue's decorative stitches, I tried out this heart stitch, something I very rarely use, but I like the way it's turned out. 

Happy sewing to you all........... Nicky 

I have a problem.............

Look what I did in 5 mins this morning..............seriously......why had I not done it earlier..........clearing off the table I found the pages I had copied months ago out of Some Kind of Wonderful so then I thought I would put them into bag and I knew where I had some bits and opened another draw and found more so I feel Susan has been a good influence on me so far..........

See the reason why I did this SAL.........these NEED to be done...........not sitting in a basket getting old....... 

I have been working on another project this morning in the chook shed but was itching to make another thread catcher..........this is another 7x11in one and Fairy Girl I think will get this one...............

and a different fancy stitch around the top................

I am addicted to these cute thread catchers from the Red Home book............

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

You were right Chooky, it takes longer to decide of fabrics than it takes to whip one up! lol! They are just so cute and I think they would also make a perfect little gift bag to hold fabrics etc.
 

 

It did hurt to cut into my new Rosies Love Letters fabric...but it was definately worth it in the end!
Now I am off to choose some more fabric to make another one!!
Bye For Now
Lisa 

January Stitch A Long

I've taken a leaf out of Chooky's book and have made the thread catcher from the Red Home book .... I can see a few more of these coming together shortly !!!   This is a simple stitch to start the New Year !! 
Hope you all enjoy this Stitch A Long too!!   Fiona xx

starting off well...........

I'm quite sure this will be the only month I make 6 of the one thing............and I think I would make some more............lol........

Changed a few sizes........more details of what I did on my blog........

I've sent out blog invites to the girls on the sidebar.........

I need to go thru some more emails but been busy this morning.......should get to them this afternoon after a nanna nap...........

Keep Stitching............

Chookyblue...........