More, more and more!

Yesterday and today I got lots of work done in the sewing room in preparation for the British Club Quilt Challenge:

More fabric postcards, more Christmas tree tags and more rusted fabrics:

Remember that old rusty bicycle part?

This is how it turned out on the fabric.  I still need to do the other half of the fat quarter of fabric but am really pleased how it turned out.

I think I will need to visit a couple of bike repair shops here and see if I can scrounge up some more rusty parts - Only having one of these gems is just too time consuming

Tomorrow is ANZA Quilt Group day and Wednesday is dyeing day with my friend Jesse.

This week is looking good!

Happy Quilting!

Bad mood blues

It's Official!

Yes, I was officially in a bad mood yesterday afternoon!

My day started off ok and then I decided to get a haircut (not my favourite thing) and then do some clothes shopping (definitely NOT my favourite thing!)

Needless to say I came home with very little (except frustration)  and forgot to buy some more ribbon which I needed.....

Solution:  Dive into the sewing room and make some more fabric postcards and Christmas Tags:

Ahh that's much better!

The Birds are back!

Today was a busy day in the sewing room , and all I could think of was "angry birds".

Yes they are back!

this time smaller and ready to hang on the christmas tree:

I also made some more ornament ones and started on some more fabric postcards:

Completed cards

work in progress

These were printed directly onto the fabric using freezer paper ironed to the back of the fabric and fed through my printer.

Happy Quilting!

Too busy sewing to blog!

I realise that it's been a couple of days since my last blog and that is because I have been so busy sewing and there just hasn't been enough time to blog about it.  On Monday I decided to tidy up the sewing room before starting sewing as it was just so messy that I couldn't find the things I needed.

I will be having a sales table at the upcoming Quilt Challenge held at the British Club on 25 October and I will be selling my postcards, christmas tree decorations and my hand dyed fabrics.

To date I have made 50 fabric postcards, 27 christmas tree ornaments and I still need to dye some more fabrics as I have sold most of the last batch I did.

These are the  christmas tree ornaments I made today:

There is also the rugby world cup on in New Zealand at the moment and so that has been busy with us having guests over to watch the games( funny how us being the only ones with the right cable channel suddenly makes you popular!)  We will be having more guests this weekend to watch the NZ vs Australia game.  Go New Zealand!!!!!

Yesterday was a break from the sewing machine and meet up with our ANZA quilting group.  My friend Ada from Canada was also there and she lent me the book she has written called "Crazy about Quilting - confessions of an average quilter" by Ada Moyle.

I really enjoying reading this book (so much so that we had to order pizza for dinner!)

This is a great book and sure to put a smile on any quilters face!

Today is also our 20th wedding anniversary and my husband and I are celebrating by going out for dinner.  I hope it stops raining before then.

Anyway thats all for now

Happy quilting!

Christmas Tree tags

Today I only had a short time in the sewing room as there were other things (such as groceries) that needed my attention.

Christmas Tree Tags

These double sided Christmas tree tags measure approx 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches and would look great on any christmas tree or as a gift tag.

They are 100% cotton fabric front and back and have peltex in between.  Each one has been satin stitched around the edges.

Well that's all from me today.

Happy Quilting!