Craftsy BOM

I found a great BOM online course at Craftsy . Not only one but two 12.5'' blocks are shown per month and best of all it's free! I am a little behind making them, but after viewing the tutorials for Jan and Feb , I definitely going to join in.   Have a look yourself !    http://www.craftsy.com/

Happy Australia Day

As an immigrant to Australia I fee very blessed to live here. We just missed the cut-off date to have our citizenship ceremony on this special day , but were told we are on the March list.

Our day wasn't very eventful , as we had a rainy kind of day, with very little going on at the beach as per normal. Everybody flocked to the shops instead! Pretty busy! The kids theri annual volleyball competition moved from the park to the church's parking lot, but still had fun!

Talk soon!

Wishing all my blogland friends and blessed New Year !

Thanks to all my blogland friends for all your lovely blogs! I love following them all, getting inspired every time. I hope to be a better blogger myself this year.

Happy Sewing  Everyone!

Something for Me

Today was a lovely day, sewing with my Friday friends ! At last I finished the 10  French inspired placemats (reversable) !  For ME !

Also bought a gorgeous bit of French linen, cut to size, a quick hem, and there it is, lovely runner! ( I just adore how my new little Christmas tree goes with it ).

PS, very excited as my Mum is on her way to the airport in Johannesburg, to come and visit us here in Australia !

My Baby all Grown Up !

I do apologise for my absents in blogland for so long. since ma dad and grandma's deaths only weeks apart, I just lost my mojo. I have been following everyone else's blogs, but just didn't have a desire to blog myself.

I have been quilting though and will take some piccies and put them on. I finished the tumbler baby quilt as soon as the baby was born and the mummy was very happy.   I also finished another baby quilt top and as soon as the baby is born December I will finish that one off too.

I am busy making some placemats FOR MYSELF as a class projects on Fridays at my sewing group. Hopefully they will be ready for Christmas! I also finished the top for my daughter's batik Jelly Roll quilt.

My mum is arriving in 2 weeks from South Africa and when I was over there for my dad's funeral I brought back a suitcase full of his old shirts! I am busy cutting them up to make Mum a lapquilt to take back home in February. It is a bit upsetting at times when I cut up his shirts! Hope I can make something nice with them. If anyone has ideas for a pattern please share! They are pretty bland and plain colours.

Oh and I almost forgot, I am still keeping up with my block swaps each month!

Would love to share with  you that my oldest daughter (4 in the picture below) has just finished school and had her Formal last Wednesday! How time flies! It was a lovely night and she was smiling ALL the time! So blessed to have her as a daughter! She is currently at Schoolies !

Chat soon!

Another Goodbye

My dear Granny passed away at the unbelievably blessed age of 98 years old!  I took this picture only 8 weeks ago when I was in South Africa for my Dad's funeral.   She had a rich and full live, always smiling, never complaining and was loved by all.

My heart goes out to my Mum the most, losing both her husband (53 years of marriage) and almost on the day 2 months later, her mum.   Not easy.  But God is gracious and gives us strength !

Inspired Wardrobe...... The Help

I saw The Help last night. What a wonderful movie! And the outfits! I was transformed into another era. So nice to see many of those back in the shops.

To see some of those outfits ffrom the movie you can hop over to this post!

Inspired Wardrobe: Skeeter from The Help

Birthdays and Babies

Happy Birthday to me !!!  That was the 8th September...

Lunch with my friends and daughters at Terrigal Beach

Dinner with my precious family !  

TODAY.....

So today I finished my first baby tumbler top for a little girl! There are about 4 more babies on their way and this was so much fun and easy (thanks to the Accuquilt Cutter) to cut and piece this top. 

I decided to cut the sides to make it square, think it looks ok that way?

Now if only I knew if I should make more boy or girl ones????  

Miss You Dad

It's Fathers Day in Australia today. I feel so lost today as my Daddy passed away 6 weeks ago and this is the first time I don't have a dad to call up and have a chat with. But the memories remain and I give tribute today to a fine God-fearing man who meant so much to me!  Love you Pappa, we will meet again one day!

GOing good

It's school holidays in Australia and I am determined to do some sewing. I have been working on some block swaps.... some good, some I am going to redo as I don't like the results.  Most of all I have been playing with my new GO! dies. I have partnered up with my friend Helen to do a tumbler quilt and we are both enjoying the tumbler die. Mine has a bit of snag, but useable for now. The friendly lady from the Sewing Box will replace it soon.   I have also played with the 5'' square die. I have cut around 100 charms from 2 different French General ranges (scraps) and will combine that with the 2 FG charms packs I bought a while ago. So, 3 ranges of French General in one quilt ! The first batch were slightly off by 1/8 '' and I was NOT happy. Then I made sure to follow the grain of the fabric and put a piece of paper between the fabric and the mat and then it came out perfect.  Note to self..... use your tools as directed....   quilters don't cut corners!    Love my Go!