Well so much for 5 star when u can take your washing and stitching too


Writting patterns in the rainforest is a hard way to work but some one has to do it.
Don't ya love my new home away from home? Complete with washing line, airconditioning and it's own sewing room.
And Johhno thought it was his???????


Having a hoot
Nikki

Feeling like xmas

Joy patch and her daughter Jess
Baking up a storm of mini puddings. YUM


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Christmas Stocking

Australian Patchwork and Quilting have just been kind enough to run a new pattern for me in the October edition.


My friend subscribes and sent me a photo of the first 2 pages.
Am totally flattered by the huge 4 page spread.
Advent Number Button sets can be purchased at your local patchwork shop, online, or wherever my patterns or buttons are sold. They are $49.95 for a set of 25 buttons.
The top of the stocking has two pockets built into the dark strips so you can put your Christmas cards in them.
I was really happy with the stocking and am looking forward to adding it to my Christmas decoration collection.

A jumble of bits and pieces

The last week in Toowoomba has been very busy so just thought I would share some snaps on what I have been up to


My stand at the show


I feel like I took everything I owned LOL


Mums cute little cottage in Toowoomba that we signed a contract to sell this past week.


The quilt I made for my sister and her husband, on the bed with the cat using it the most LOL


Mike eating strawberries in 'orchid heaven'


One of the tiniest orchids in the place. I am totally obsessed with little things


The fabrics I am using to make myself a computer satchel- that's if I don't run out of strips and fabric first LOL


Mum at the park with her two dogs and the millions of fabulous flowers.

Baby button rings

Went to a market this morning and found this wonderful stand and the young lass allowed me to take some snaps


Here are her details and check out the gorgeous display of her wares


Tiny little rings sitting in tiny cup cake pans. Ooh they were so cute and the setting up of the display took as long as making the gorgeous little rings.
How sweet!!

Gregs first block completed

A couple of days ago I told you about Sue Daileys son in law making his first paper pieced block



With a donation from yours truely we moved him onto the needle turn step



Tongue was still in 'stitching position'



With such large 'man hands', how he got the stitches so small is still beyond me!!



Centre block down it is not hard to see how happy he was and we were all thrilled that he was even having a shot at it.



Hand quilting was the next step after he had made the lttle corner pieces and by now, Sue (who is teaching somewhere overseas) was trying to convince him to start working on samples, but there was to be no UFO's for this man!!!



Tongue again in place, after a very quick demo, Greg was into it...



The block was quilted in no time flat!



And all was finished....



(We then made him pose for this shot as he was too tall)
But with some help from our neighbours stand and a bit of rotary cutting help from me, the block became a finished project



A cushion for his Mum back in Canada we were told



Now you'd have to be impressed with that surely!!!!
Go Greg!
According to Sue and Shannon, Greg will now be their principle demonstrator at the shows LOL so watch out for our next 'Ricky Timms' of hand piecing!!!!
Thanks for all the laughs and well done Greg for being such a great sport and giving quilting a shot! I am sure your Mum will be very proud of your cushion if you can bare to part with it!!

Floral beauty

A picture tells a thousand words. And I was fortunate to leave the quilt show early enough to go and see some of the flower gardens yesterday.
I hope you enjoy the beauty as much as I did.....





All I wanted to do was stitch when I was looking at these beautiful wonders of nature..





The colors were inspirational.








Colorwash quilts and stitcheries kept buzzing through my brain.





The photos go on forever so I hope you have enjoyed this small collection of 'art and craft of a gardener'. Let's give thanks the floods are over and the people of Toowoomba are given this glorious gift from nature to balance things up a bit....