I love this button, and have been wanting to use it in a project for so long...not sure if you can see the detail...but you can click on the image for a closer look!
We are having perfect sewing weather at the moment, as its been quite cold and windy outside. I hope that you are all getting a chance to do some sewing too!
My ribbon purchases.......
This morning I have started on my Life is Beautiful Journal... I painted the cover and back in blue, and have tea dyed some of my crochet motifs...its so much fun playing around with lace and trims to see what works!
Enjoy the rest of your week!
I also wanted to send a little something to Chookyblue, for all her help when I first started my blog. So I sent chookyblue a Journal pouch too, and a little purse.
I have also been asked to do another stitchery for our local Heritage quilt, as one of the organisers didn't have time to complete it. This one is of our local school. The school house was already traced, so I just had to do the rest and then stitch it. Yes that is a large shoe on the left... when I was going to school there, it had a large slide coming off it, but they had to remove it for safety reasons. I am so pleased to finally have this stitchery finished!
Bye for Now
Hope you all have a great week!
Also the postie delivered my Life Is Beautiful pattern yesterday, and I am so keen to start that also...but have to wait for a trip to the Quilted Crow to buy some fabrics. All the stitcheries and sayings are just beautiful. 
The plan each month is to firstly complete my Gardeners Journal block then I will do work on the others. At present, I am doing another Heritage stitchery block of our local school, which was given to me partitially traced...but there is sooo much work in it!
I always use my sons camera (master 10) when taking pics of food as he has a cuisine setting on his camera...and found this picture of the sunset that he had taken...sometime he does surprise me...mind you I also found about 50 photos of his new fishing reel!lol!
Lisa
from the back....
This is miss 8's drawing from last week...she will happily sit down for hours and just draw...I just love the unicorns face!
Hope you are all having a great week!
And this picture of the bumble bee...am I right in saying that he looks so much like the bee that we see so much in our stitcheries???lol!
Hope you have all had an enjoyable weekend!
I love Natalies Birds Sweet Sentiments book. Its ideal for a beginner, or if you just want to make a easy achievable projects, maybe for a gift!
So hopefully, this weekend I might I get these stitcheries made into something if all goes well!
I knew as soon as I flicked through my new Homespun edition (No.83 Vol 11.4) that I had to make these little purses. Just the right size for an Ipod or mobile phone with a bit extra room even for a lippy! Loved making them, and have to say Thankyou to Sue-.Anne for her advice on raw edge applique, as I hadn't done it before! You can attach them to your bag, or even your belt loop.
This is my big Husky...she does the majority of work...even all of my stippling! What I love most about this machine, is at just a touch of a button, I can adjust the setting to 1/4 inch sewing, so no need to change the foot.
Plenty of room for quilting too! I do have a little Husky also, which I don't have the room to have out (Bring on that new bigger sewing room)lol! I use my little Husky mainly for taking to classes, as she is only lightweight., but she will eventually become my daughters (miss 8) machine when she's more interested in sewing! I did show a picture of the little husky back when I made Clares sewing machine mat.
I also have a Brother Sewing and embroidery machine (also put away due to lack of space) Before I started patchwork and quilting I used to do alot of machine embroidery. But now, I prefer to do hand embroidery, so it doesn't get much of a workout!
Am loving red and white at the moment!
Just to show how easily distracted I can get...Go outside for a couple of pics, and discover I have about twenty, but of bees and bugs!lol!
This is my first block completed for the stitch-a-long. (Quilt from Anni Downs book Gardeners Journal) I am enjoying it so much. I have no other BOM's at the moment, and have been so tempted to start Angel Story as well, have had the fabric for a couple of years. Yes....very tempting!!! 
Hope you are all having a great weekend
What do you do on a wet, rainy day? Make bags of course!!! I found the link for these bags via Jo's blog...thankyou Jo...they are a bit addictive! You could adapt the pattern to make what ever size you like. These were made using all my scraps!
Another challenge I also had, was given to us by Helen at the gathering...to make something out of a fat 1/16th piece of fabric. I was lucky with the fabric I was given, as it was a really pretty! I wanted to make something that I didn't already have, so went with a bookmark for myself and one for my daughter (miss 8) who loves to read.(Marg Low Bookmark patterns from gathering goody bag) Thankyou so much Helen for the fabric and the challenge! Pop over here and here to see some other projects from Helens challenge.
I also made a Leanne Beasley pincushion...pattern purchased from the gathering last weekend...and yes it is also rose scented!
And I wanted to make a needlecase and pincushion to match the bag I made last week, so I made up Gail Pans needlecase (which was in our goody bag last weekend) I think her designs are so sweet and just love her little birdie!
I hope you all had a lovely easter and managed to get some sewing done!
