A Quilting first for Me!

I sandwiched my "Tis the Season" quilt and decided to stitch

 in the ditch around the 12 stitcheries first....

I was then going to hand quilt it like in the patttern.......

But instead I top stitched the inner border.....

I thought that looked good so then there was no stopping me.....

I just kept going round and round until I ran out of border......

I also top stitched the individual block borders.....

This is a shot of the back....

You will not get to see it all as it puckered in a few spots....

Oh well....Who sees the back...*Grin*....

This is where I am up to at the moment.....

Waiting on some binding, a label and hanging rod....

I am feeling quite pleased with myself and am glad

that I gave it a go.....I didn't realise what a big job it would be...

I could go a nice shoulder rub at the moment....

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Dusted off the Hexi Box

 I thought I had better dig out the hexi's this week as they have been tucked away since the retreat and I have been keeping myself busy with retreat projects and swap projects.....

I have now joined the last 18 blocks into blooms of four with a white

centre and sorted the ones that have a white corner hexagon.......

So no more individual blooms floating around the house....

I now have three and a half rows to join together......

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate



My Town "The Teahouse"

Block 7 of the "My Town" mystery quilt has arrived.....

The block is called "The Teahouse".....

It is another really cute block.....

I have started on a couple of the signs that will be

needle turned on after I do the other applique.....

The "Apple Pies" sign goes on the picket fence.....

'Miss Twinkle's Teas' goes on the roof......

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Another Retreat Finish!

This is another finished project from  Jukejema Retreat  last month...

"Noelle Table Topper" by Annie Downs....

 The rusty bells finish off the outer edge....

 Lots of cute detail.....

 Seems a shame to put it away for Christmas.......

I am now stitching the circles for the three "Christmas Cones."...

These are going to look great with my "Tis the Season Quilt"

I have used the same fabrics for the Topper centre.....

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

My Town "Florist" Progress

I have finished all of my applique and hand stitching.....

I now need to take a trip to Bathurst to "The Home Patch" to

 purchase some woven wool for the flowers, apples and bird....

I added a handle to my Flower Cart.....

I love the little tassles on the blinds....Too Cute.....

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Thankyou Peg

Look what was on my doorstep when

I arrived home from work yesterday.........

My "Once a Season Spring Swap" gift from Peg........

The swap was hosted by Cheryl....Thanks Cheryl ......

This is the second swap I have participated in since I started my blog....

The first one was a disappointment as I did not receive a gift back :(

But this one has most definitely made up for it......

WOW.... just look at all the wonderful things that were inside.....
Thankyou sooooo much Peg, I love them all......

1. Small pink pouch with a cute hat button..... 

2. A gorgeous fabric cover journal....Love it.....

3. Larger pouch with the most gorgeous stitchery on the front....

4. Simply Gorgeous Shoe Bag just for me.....
How Exciting.....

5. The sweetest table runner made from lovely florals....

Just perfect for Spring.....

Peg......You are so very generous and I feel very spoilt 

and cannot thank you enough for my lovely gifts....

You have definitely made my day.....MWAH!!!!!

I can't wait for Show and Tell at stitching group next week!

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

A bit of Unpicking and....A SOLUTION!!!!!

I absolutely loathe unpicking but once

 I got stuck into this it didn't seen to take so long.....

 My "Santas Boots" block now has new outer borders....

 I am now much happier with the finished result.....

Now for some backing.....
Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Perfect Circles

I wanted my appliqued circles on my "Noelle Table topper"

 to be perfectly round so I cheated and stitched

light weight iron on interfacing to them.....

You need to keep the right side of the fabric and the shiny side of

 the interfacing together and stitch around the drawn line......

Trim and turn right side out and finger press around the curved edge.... 

This gives you a perfect circle with all edges enclosed that

can then be ironed to the base of the table topper....

 I repeated the process with the pieced centre....

 I love the look of needle turn but get frustrated if I

can't get a nice line so I think this is a great solution.....

 I then ironed the 3 layers together.....

I now just need to finish stitching them down....

 Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

"Simply Gorgeous Shoes"

This is a fun little project that I am

working on at the moment.....

 Shoe Bag from "Some Kind of Wonderful"....

Might have to buy some new shoes to put in

 it when it is finished....*Grin*....

Or I might give it away as a present!!!!

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

Stitching Round in Circles....

Well one circle would be enough

 but I am not there just yet.....*Grin*

There is a huge amount of stitching in this project.....

I am glad that it is stitched in only one colour....

Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate

This is what I made for Peg.....

I can now reveal what I sent to Peg for the

 "Spring Once a Season Swap"....

 I made this pair of table toppers for Peg.....

They would be great on the table with a vase of flowers on them.....

Or the smaller of the two could be used as a placemat..... 

I used gingham binding to keep with the table cloth feel....

It was fun to participate in this swap and I hope

Peg likes her gift as much as I liked making it for her.....

I stitched this label to the back of the large topper......

 I just had a lovely email from Peg and
"Good News" Peg loves them.....
Until next time, Happy Stitching

Kate