Block 3 of my BOM

I have had a bit of "me" time this week, so I got in and made block 3 of my BOM

 Then I joined it to blocks 1 and 2

Now I have to get onto block 4 before the 5th block arrives early next month.

Until next post..

Jewells

2015 SSCS..at long last received!

Again this year, I joined Chookyblue's SSCS.  We all posted our parcels on 23rd November and I have patiently been waiting on my parcel to arrive from ???

...29 days later by AIR MAIL (or should I say SLOW mail) this arrived..

 My Secret Santa is Sylvia from Germany.

 I opened the box and found all this inside.

 This is the "ornament" parcel I am allowed to open straight away.

and this is my BEAUTIFUL ornament.

Thank you Sylvia... now I have to wait until Friday to open the other parcels..

...they have all been squeezed and shook to "try" to work out what is inside.

Until next post...

Jewells

Santa Sack Revealed!

I participated in Cheryll's Santa Sack Swap again this year and my swap partner was Peg

We were allowed to open our gifts on Friday and look what I got!

I am blown away with all my goodies.

The Santa on a bed spring was just what I wanted, as I tried to purchase one, but I was too late!

I even received a diary, which was something else I tried to buy 2 weeks ago at our local store & they were all sold out, so I was waiting to go into a bigger shopping centre to buy one...now I don't need too!

I got table runners, a sewing organiser, chocolate, hand soap, Santa hat and lots lots more...

I was SO LUCKY.... starting to think my gift to Peg wasn't quite as good as what I received!

THANKS again Peg & thanks to Cheryll for organising the swap.

Until next post...

Jewells

Santa Sack Swap arrived

I am participating in Cheryll's Santa Sack Swap....

 

.....and look what just arrived this morning!

My swap partner was Peg Coen.

Aren't I a lucky ducky?  Just itching to open them!

Until next post...

Jewells

Block 1 & 2

This week while my quilting machine has been covered over due to the renovations to my sewing room, I was able to get onto Block 2 of the BOM I have been doing.

 Then I added it to Block 1

 I have Block 3 sitting here waiting to be done & Block 4 should be arriving sometime this week.

This is what it is going to look like when finished....one day.

Until next post....

Jewells

Dungog Show Wins

First time ever...

I won a Champion ribbon for something I made:

 This quilt was made up of 12 embroidered squares, then joined together to make one HUGE quilt.

I made the embroidered squares (a few years ago) in a workshop on learning how to master my Bernina Artista embroidery machine.

They sat in my cupboard for a while before I worked out how I wanted to join them together...as I embroidered them all "on point".

Now that it is finished, it is rolled up and again stowed away in a cupboard.

This is one quilt that I am keeping for "me".

I received 3 other "Firsts" at the show:

This is one of the table runners I will have at my sale next month, but the jam & the pickles are now in my fridge for us to eat.

I am one happy little Vegemite with my wins!

Until nest post...

Jewells

I learnt something new

On Wednesday, I was invited to spend a one on one lesson with a lovely lady in a town nearby.  She had perfected a crazy patchwork quilt using cut up denim jeans.

She uses all of the jeans...zippers, pockets, labels, and the legs are mainly used as the borders in between each rectangle.

Here is my first 15" x 17" rectangle:

 Then she got me to use an actual pocket:

I was half way thru making one with a fly, but the day got away from me and I had to come home.

It is a bit like quilt as you go, but you work on a piece of fabric instead of wadding.

Not enough hours in a day to keep doing it at the moment, but I will defineately get back to it as soon as possible.

Until next post...

Jewells