Our Gift

I decided to make the newly married couple, Simon & Katie a quilt as their gift from us. I cant quite remember the pattern name, but I will be getting some in my store soon (when I come back from holidays), and if you would like to order one please email me and I will keep one aside. I must say, that it was a lovely easy to follow pattern!

Such pretty fabrics - Northern Solitude, one of MY favourites LOL!!

I did think this range would be perfect as Kate loves Butterflies and this range has them in some of the fabrics. I decided to applique some scattered about the quilt. I only did 5 as I didn't want to take they eye of the GORGEOUS fabrics! The Butterfly designs came from Leanne's House BOM Butterfly Garden.

Here is the label:

And, a close up of my quilting! That turned out a treat! Only the second time I have done freehand hearts!

Today was spent shopping, such a nice relaxing day!

x Sarah

wedding pics and exploring a patchwork store

Ok, here is another pic of the happy couple:

Today, I thought I would show some pics where the wedding took place, Spinnaker Park:

The table settings:

The wedding party table:

And the cake:

No more wedding pics..... but, tomorrow I will show pics of our gift to them!

Anyway, today Dad took us to Rockhampton to drop off the flowers, table center pieces etc. Of course I went through the phone book before hand to find where the quilt shops were LOL. I only came across one - Patchwork Paradise! A love BIG shop filled with lovely delicious fabrics! I purchased a leather bag handle, a couple of Hugs & Kisses notepads & Cards, and a 7" Charm Pack!

On the way back, you could still see the dust storm in the distance and when we arrived home, there was the red dust on the car! Not a great pic, I took it while we were driving!

Not sure what we will be up to tomorrow, probably shopping...... that's what a holiday is all about isn't it?!!

x Sarah

Some pics of the Day

The wedding was beautiful! Here is a pic of my handsome brother, Simon:

I thought I would post a pic of my Mum and Myself too:

Here is my family: Dad, Mum, Simon, Kate, Dennis, Me and my Nan.... I was quite sunny where the wedding was in the park:

Here are the newly married couple sitting at their table:

And cutting their cake - Mud cake:

It was a lovely beautiful wedding and the food was yummy too! I have tons more pics, I will post them tomorrow, along with pics of their gift.

This morning, we all went out for breakfast and to the Calliope Markets. Just a nice relaxing day! Tomorrow, we are off to Rockhampton.

x Sarah

The BIG Day!

Today is my little Brother's Wedding Day! The last couple of nights I helped my lovely Sister-In-Law to be, Kate, with making her Wedding Bouquet's. They turned out just GORGEOUS!! Here is hers - The Bride's:

Doesn't the beads looking stunning in amongst the roses?!

Here is one of the Bridesmaid's bouquets, a lovely dusty pink:

And, all together with the Button Holes:

Our gift is wrapped and ready to take:

We wish you both a long and wonderful life together!

x Sarah & Dennis

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We are here and doll swap

Yes, we are here, Boyne Island - finally! We ended up being 1 1/2hrs late due to the big dust storm in Sydney..... not so bad when we heard that other people were waiting for hours and hours or their flights being cancelled all together! Here is a pic from inside Sydney Airport Dennis took, thought it had cleared alot I am told:

For more pics, click here. After getting off the lovely air conditioned Aeroplane yesterday, we were 'hit' with a scorching 32-34deg! Something us Tassie Devils are just not used to LOL! Today is a nice 29deg, there is a little breeze which is just *nice*!

Also, recently I was involved in a Dolly Swap, and Tereasa made for me Mum's Moment doll named 'Pocket Angel' (I haven't had much of a chance to post about it before - sorry!!)! I have the pattern for this dolly and had always planned to make it, so it was a lovely surprise to open my package and find this gorgeous doll! Thankyou SO much Tereasa, I LOVE her!

Best be off, going to make our 'hosts' tea tonight!

x Sarah

Big News for everyone

Ok, here is my BIG announcement:

It was nice to know that ALOT of people had wanted to know what I was up to and was very interested!

I am part of an online Group and every so often we have a 'chat night'. We all jump online and enter out private chat room (alot of the time we all open our swap gifts together while chatting), sometimes it gets SO busy in there, but it is always SO much fun! This got me thinking..... wouldn't it be SO great to have a chat room for all crafters from all over the world..... no need to be a part of a forum/group or even blog for that matter! So here it is!! Spread the word, the more the merrier!

Now, this room is open to anyone..... it is open 24 hours 7 days a week, and you do not need to be a 'member'. I do suggest that you use your blog name as your chat name (if you have one that is) so that everyone can identify you easier. You could even 'announce' on your blog that you will be available for chat on a certain day and see who pops in or use it for swap opening nights!

I have the 'room' set up on my left hand sidebar right up the top (where the countdown was), all you need to go is click on it and type in your name and wait for it to load. Oh, you also must have JAVA to access it (which is a free download).

To make it easier for you to pop over here to 'chat' you may take my little button and link it to my blog.

I must say, that this chat room does not have any moderation, so if there are too many complaints and people abusing this, I will delete it! So please don't ruin it for everyone!

Happy chatting

x Sarah

PS: Just wanted to say a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the lovely Bec, I hope you have a fantastic day xx

Doll Swap

2 posts in one day....... that's pretty amazing for me LOL!
Anyway, I have just participated in a Doll Swap and this is what I made for Helen. She is called 'Yuletide Faerie' by Country Keepsakes:

Here is a close up of her face:

I have actually made 2 of her, one is going to be on display at the local show in October. She is only slightly different and I shall post a pic of her shortly as well as the GORGEOUS dolly I received!

x Sarah

Done and dusted ;+)

Like my new mug? I bought it just before we started to move! It says 'Good Morning... Let the stress begin':


'Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today'

LOL! Today is 'settlement day', and the keys are already handed over for the new owner! This next few days will be spent moving our stuff into place at our 'temp' place (until our new home is built), then back to work Monday & Tuesday then HOLIDAY time! Cant wait for some R&R!!

x Sarah

PS: Don't forget to my BIG surprise tomorrow..... keep an eye on my counter and be HERE when it goes off to see what is going on....... See you then :+)

Surprise

Hey! I finally have the net connected again! Things are going great here, nearly all done! I will have the weekend to sort things at our 'temp' home before we head off on holidays for 3 weeks! We SO need it!

Remember when I asked this question? Well, keep an eye out on my top, left hand sidebar - at my new counter - as I have something VERY exciting happening SOON!! Make sure you pop on over at that time it 'goes off' to be FIRST to find out - or you could even sign up to 'follow' me so you dont miss out..... You will sure to LOVE it!

x Sarah

I am still here..... just

Just popped on to say 'I am still here'! Just busy packing, moving and cleaning! So far, the move has run smoothly.........

On shop news, we have LOTS of Moda Charm Packs on sale in packs of 2 - great for bags, table runners, quilts etc. The new Amy Butler pattern CD has arrived too - with 22 projects and another bonus 9 - quilts, bags, pillows and more! Also, I would like to congratulate Dawnie as she has won my online stores August Giveaway of a Moda Charm Pack of her choice - which she chose Nancy Halvorsen's Cider Mill Road!

I have actually managed to fit a little stitching in at night time, and will show you some progress once I get myself sorted.......

I hope you all have a great weekend

x Sarah