~OPAM December~ One Project A Month

My last 2 OPAM's for the year

Connor's Storybook Quilt......front

and back.

Some owl fabric with markings on for an apron that JoJo saw last year and loved

Nice'n easy........just cut out and follow instructions

I added some bias binding to top, bottom and sides and did a fancy stitch along the bib and the hem

And here's the model herself showing off her apron!!!

And loving it!!!

Thank you Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM for another year

It's been great and still motivates me!!!

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It's been a wonderful year for me with my unforgettable trip to Paris and Latvija

Thank you so much to my very generous Son for this

I have loved every minute of it!!!

I'm thinking I might start up another blog solely for the trip as there are so many fabulous photos.

I just didn't get to blogging this trip much at all.......only twice

And so to 2016

how quickly are the years flying by!!!

I wish you all a very Happy and Safe New Year

with Good Health, lots of laughter and Happy Times!!!

Thank you for all your visits and comments throughout the year

It's been such a joy receiving them and makes blogging a really lovely experience

To you all I say

HAPPY NEW YEAR

love Dzintra xo

OPAM (One Project A Month) November 2015

4 items for OPAM this time for me

Above is a book/pattern bag and Stitches I Sew Needle Case.

Needle case Pattern by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched for Tilda

Front of Needlecase

Inside.......this needle case was part of a gift for Sweet Peg in the Birthday Club I am in hosted by Chez

I filled this little case with some sewing goodies for Peg

All stitched up......the back view

I also made another 2 book bags......these are soooo handy!!!

Thank you once again Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM again this year!!!

OPAM (One Project A Month)

Slowly starting to get back into sewing here now

First finished item for this month is a Needlecase

Pattern by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched for Tilda

Front

Inside

The loops are to hold goodies like tape measure etc

And the back complete with Tilda Homemade label

Thank you so much Sweet Peg and her Partner in Crime Kris for hosting OPAM yet again for another year!!!

The Making of a Quilt...Forty Years of Light and OPAM (One Project A Month)

5 years on and off in the planning and how to execute this quilt

for my Son's birthday
I even thought perhaps I'll make a Log Cabin one 

Who else to ask for advice but my dear Friend Geo (no blog)

This required a few hours drive and a couple of overnight stays
We arrived and not too long afterwards Geo got into the drawing of The Triangle

I was assigned the ironing in preparation for The Rainbow

Sewing away with a smile lol

Step 1 Rainbow done!!!!!!

Precision work here

Meanwhile Mr Armchair entertains JoJo

As does Geo's DH Lloyd

And loookeeee it's coming together

And wow a Quilt Top in 2 days

We were all sooooooo happy and excited

Geo assigned JoJo the task of decorating the Christmas Tree

She was so happy to do this

I reckon she would do this for a living if she could lol

I'm pretty new to quilting and this was a precise job being very straight angles and lines

Everything had to be exact

Quilting away

Whoever thought I would love this

I need to learn more about it especially free motion and hand quilting

Another day and still quilting

All done and time for a photo shoot

For this one I thought I would choose a bush setting as DS loves the bush and practically 

grew up in it

So we headed off the the Gold Rush Colony home of our Melodramas

All rolled up

The back is black with gold musical notes

The day before we  handed it over

I thought we had to do a photo shoot here in our yard and on the beach our extended front yard

Mr Armchair quite liked the seaside daisies here

We came across this sweet little Love Heart

Then I thought I had to have a bag to put Forty Years of Light into

And it's all done!!!!!

So happy with it all

Thank you so much to Mr Armchair for helping out with the Mathematics of it all

Geo for The Triangle and lots of patchworky advice

Lloyd for entertaining JoJo and keeping the meals up to us all

JoJo for keeping us on our toes

And to both of you Geo and Lloyd for being such wonderful hosts

We had a fabulous weekend

Mmmmmm what will we make next???

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The quilt and the bag are my OPAM for this month

Thank you so much Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting again this year

~OPAM...One Project A Month, July 2015

Two small items for OPAM this month

One is a headband from Patons Jet Yarn

saw this yarn a year or so ago and just had to have it due to the lovely soft smoky colours

Two nights and it's all knitted up

Must be headband month

This one is a fat quarter from French General fabric

Gotta love my  headbands!!!

Thank you so much Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM this month

So love participating in this!!!

And a special Get Well to Sweet Peg!!!

Happy Sewing

Love Dzintra xo

~OPAM (One Project A Month) June 2015~

For this month's OPAM from this fabric by Robert Kaufman that I have had sitting around for a while 

I made up 3 handy little bags

One  I have given as part of a gift and now I think I will keep the other 2 for myself for my trip

Not long now......8 weeks and 5 days

Thank You Sweet Peg and her Partner in Crime Kris for hosting OPAM

I'm so pleased that I can get something done every month

Much Thanks to all my Fellow Bloggers out there for reading my little blog and commenting

I'll be a bit slow getting back as I'm getting over root canal therapy (ouch)

Happy Stitching.......Love Dzintra xo