Naughty Puss

I don't think Simba could believe his luck a inside tree.Yippee. This is his second Christmas with us and he must have forgotten that cats are NOT ALLOWED in Christmas trees. So now I have to remember to keep the lounge room door closed.Its just like having small children in the house again and trying to keep them out of  certain rooms. Its a beautiful morning here in Melbourne thought you might like to see the glorious blue sky.

Also the Gardiners and Hydrangea are in full bloom.

So now off  to finish my Christmas shopping. I hope it does not  take to long to find a car park.Fingers crossed.

Sue

Gifts

Last week Karen and I where very lucky to receive these.  Glenda one of our customers made these pin cushions using felt and golf tees,so that they sit in these specially covered thread reels.

So Cute

Glenda has also made one for Meredithe at Pomegranate and Chintz. Thank you Glenda these will be put to good use, no more pins  down the back of the couch.

Happy Sewing

Sue

Ring of Roses

A new quilt for summer school almost finished.Hexagon flowers and stars in soft reds ,pink and a little brown. This is one of four circlets of hexagons now appliqued onto the corners.

The borders are also on. I cut strips of the panel from the fabric range Chintz Medallion.

Now backing and quilting.

This is Karen's clam shell quilt also for summer school. Notice the way we are both enjoying the same colour palette. Here is a link to Karen's blog so you can check out some of the other samples for summer school being run at Somerset Patchwork in January

Happy Sewing
Sue

Still Sewing

Still making stars and hexagons.

I have also started to play with this group of fabrics with a special centre panel.

Simba and I have been catching up with the English magazine Country Living.

Until next time keep sewing.

Sue

A New Project

Surprise Surprise I have started another new quilt. For those of you that know me well, this will not be a surprise.  Lots of the Friday sewing girls at Somerset Patchwork are sewing a star a day these are mine, with just a little twist.The colour combination of  red and brown has caught my eye.

The hexagon template has made the cutting much easier.

I have managed to get lots of little hexagon stars made in the last few days.

Thought you might also like a look at my sewing room. Everything is now in place,wardrobe full of fabric, new bookshelves almost full and sewing table up and put to good use.

Happy Sewing
Sue

Briar Hill Take Two

Finally some photos of my Brair Hill. Now I have to decide hand quilting or machine. Any suggestion's gratefully accepted.

Happy Sewing

Sue

Short Break

 Neil and I are just back from a short break. A lovely couple of days relaxing doing lots of sewing, reading and just doing nothing much at all.

 We spent the first night at The Royal Mail Hotel at Dunkeld in country Victoria. The accommodation was wonderful and the food was fantastic.

 This was the view from our room.

 We then drove on to Port Fairy.

 And this is the view of the Southern Ocean from Hearns beach villas where we stayed. I did manage to get a lot of sewing done on Brair Hill, I will show some photos next time. I am very pleased with the amount I got done, it's almost finished.

We drove home along the Great Ocean road . Always lovely no matter what the weather is like and as you can see we had the lot of overcast days, but by the afternoon it was generally sunny.

Sue