Wednesday 24 December 2014

Merry Christmas 2014

From my place to yours wishing everyone a very "Merry Christmas" .... hope you have all had a day that brings with it peace and joy - a time to spend with family and friends.


Our tree and a quick look around my house.......

 My ever growing collection of Santas - now up to 37 - includes a Santa candle snuffer and Santa salt / pepper shakers and one that is only 3cm tall with the tallest being 35cm.....
.... and my slow growing collection of angels - which seem harder to find than Santas

Wish you all a Happy New Year - may 2015 bring good health and happiness (and may it be productive!)

Happy Stitching
Asta

Sunday 7 December 2014

The end of another week and what have I been up to ..... besides nearly having my sewing and laundry area awash when rainwater came through the garage on Friday night during a storm - only a tile height saved the situation!!

Remember these from a couple of weeks ago - deciding on fabrics for a baby quilt?....



......well, we had a very wet Saturday here and the garage cleaning didn't take as long as I thought it was going to so decided to spend the day sewing.....  hour glass blocks sewn and cut to size .... 

......rows progressing....

..... one baby quilt finished! - decision still to be made about the quilting..... and pleased to say that all the fabrics, except the light which is white with pink spots came out of my stash - such a good feeling when you do actually use your stash! 






Also working on a Gail Pan stitchery.....
And am thinking of getting back into some sewing for myself..... used to sew a lot when my daughters were little but haven't made anything for a very long time! If you don't see this again you'll know it didn't work out.... it does look easy though!

Hope you have all had a productive week....

Happy Stitching
Asta