New Fabric...Patterns and Book!!!

I'm loving the repro fabrics at the moment...

I ordered a small bundle of fat 1/4s from Fee...they came tied up with a little ribbon...

along with this gorgeous teal colour fabric...

and this Layer Cake which I had ordered another time...

I just love the darker colours at the moment...

maybe it's something to do with the weather not warming up quick enough!!!

I'm just hanging in here for a 'salty blue day'...

Fee also sent me this pattern as a surprise...'Home is Where my Heart Is'

Such a lovely package all together...

Thank you so much dear Fee...I love it!!!

Fee has some great stuff for sale at the moment and all at reasonable prices so hop on over here and have a look!!!

I've also had a little Anni Downs shopping spree as well!!!

The new book 'Some Kind of Wonderful'...from Sarah...

Some new patterns...

And this wonderful Doorstop Kit from Jukejema Quilting Barn that as soon as I saw I had to have...

 

and it's all lighter colours but oh so lovely and homey and comforting...

just like this apron I saw...

as I sit here with a swollen knee..perhaps a good excuse to just keep creating!!!

Thank goodness Mr Armchair is here to help out with JoJo as I hobble around...

Happy Creating...Dzintra

Quilt in Stitches continued...and it's Christmas In July!!!

I have been to another workshop hosted by Steph's doing the Bernina Quilt in Stitches...

A variety of stitches are done along with ribbons, braids added...whatever you fancy...

In this workshop we actually cut up 2 of our stitched blocks and added the to our main fabric and this is what my one looked like...

More stitches...

and look at these ones by some of the other ladies...at first look they appear to be braids but they are indeed stitches that look like braids...pretty clever!!!

Some of the braids...chords and ribbon I bought...

haven't had any chance to do any of this in the last week due to having Ryan here...

he is keeping us busy...

and here he is with his little sister and cousins...

Big cooking day tomorrow...

It's Christmas in July so these little decorations that I made from Homespun magazine last year might just have to come out...the pattern is by Lenna Green...

These little cuties actually made it into Homespun magazine...go over here for the article...how exciting is that!!!

Happy Stitching...Happy Christmas in July...and Bon Appetit...Dzintra

Quilt of Stitches...FUN FUN FUN

A couple of weeks ago I attended a workshop at Steph's on doing a Quilt of Stitches (Bernina)...

a perfect way to learn more about my (nearly new) Nina and create a quilt at the same time...

The Quilt of Stitches lets you experiment with various decorative stitch options and interesting thread colours...no expertise required, just some curiosity and a spirit of adventure...

Why not I thought!!!

I chose prints from the Civil War range...

Collections for a Cause - Hope by Howard Marcus for Moda...

At present we are doing stitches on square solid fabric to cut up later to look like this...

This one was a completed one...

some of the girls are using darker solid fabrics...

Some of my stitches are a bit wonky...

Using some ribbon here (and getting better ha ha)

And these are some of the ribbons I may use...

This workshop is such FUN FUN FUN!!!

Thanks so much Steph for organizing this and also Jan for teaching us...

next time we have a lady from Bernina to come and chat!!!

And arm update...still CAN'T do apron up...

Physio said yesterday I should notice a lot of difference by Christmas...

so all sounds good, right???

The Captain's Cottage at Long Beach...

A couple of weeks ago my very good friends Geo and her DH came to spend a week down the coast in a beach house at Mollymook...on her agenda (must do!!!) was to look at a beach house at Long Beach further down south in Batemans Bay!!!

Quilts have been featured in this gorgeous beachside house in Homespun magazine...

This cottage faces the beach...

has a little boat in front of it...

it also faces the street 'round the corner...

after having a walk along the beach side I asked if we could go back to the street side and take a pic...and blow me down, as I was about to do that the owner Lynne came out...

after chatting she graciously asked if we would like a tour...

WOULD WE EVER!!!

Entering here on the street side...

very nautical quilt on one of the beds...

Up the steps and a ship's wheel...

A little bedroom...

In this bedroom in the ceiling is a door and a fold out ladder...

up the ladder (not me) and Geo took a photo of the light up there...

from here you can look out to sea...

And check this out...one is the sink...the other is the loo...

How cute!!!  These were featured on the cover of Homespun magazine N o 91 Vol 11 No 12!!!

Complete with pirate flag (what fun)...

Add on lighthouse...

Staircase...we have a staircase and often wonder if we should do this treatment to it!!!

And downstairs complete with buckets for children and boogey boards...

And here's Geo looking wistfully at the house...

and wondering if she should gather the family together and spend a special birthday there in a few years!!! 

 Of course you should Geo...and we will visit (a lot)!!!

Thank you so much Lynne and Brian...we thoroughly enjoyed this tour and feel very privileged...

To check out the Captain's Cottage further go over here

I'm doing a workshop at Steph's and have chosen these Civil War fabrics to play with...

learning to use the stitches on my machine...all fun, fun, fun!!!

Till next time...

The sea, once it casts its spell,

holds one in its net of wonder forever...

~Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 1910-1997~http://www.universalmagazines.com.au/_webapp_118012/Homespun