Sarah's Choice Runner

My latest project was 'Sarah's Choice Table Runner'.

Turned out well I think!

Made for a dear friend's Birthday on Sunday - Happy Birthday for Sunday Kristy! (though I didn't actually finish it until Monday night, 2 mins before I left to visit her!)

This was one of the projects I worked on while at Camp. Love the colours, I think I will make myself one too!

That brings my OPAM October tally to 6!

x Sarah

Postcards

Seems like SO long ago, but I made my lovely friend Leanne a postcard block for her Postcard quilt. I wrote a little message on it for her:

In the crazy quilt of life, I'm glad you're in my blocks of friends.

Quite fitting!! While at Camp, Leanne took it with her so we could all see it:

Here she is smiling proudly (in her pj's!):

Leanne, you did a wonderful job on the quilt! And, I am so pleased that I was a part of it!

x Sarah

PS: Tomorrow, I am up bright and early (3am) ready for our work holiday to Cairns.... We are really looking forward to it, 4 nights of warm weather!! Oh, life's tough!! LOL

I will schedule a post for tomorrow, of a gift for a dear friend!

More camp

In our Goody Bags, we all received these GORGEOUS little packages, donated by the lovely Fee! Everyone loved these little bundles.... they are SO cute! Each one was different, and all looked wonderful all packaged up this way - in a cup cake case!! Thanks Fee xx

Also, we had some lucky door prizes, one being a couple of patterns donated by Marg Low and a gorgeous button donated by Barb from Theodora Cleave. Congrats Giselle!!

Also, we were given a big bag full of great gifts from Esme's, so we all ended up with something special!! Here is what I received, a Charm Pack and some cute fabric:

Here we have Pauline and Roseanne, getting some tea ready for us all......

Here is a pic of our lounge room, on Saturday afternoon:

And, check out this mess by Sat night..... Pauline went out of the room and went to come back in and commented how messy we were, so I had to take a pic!

I could not help taking this pic..... ! Check out those legs! I wonder who they belong to......... What happens at Camp, stays at Camp LOL!

I did manage to get a bit of sewing done, but no finishes.... actually finished one project off tonight before I gave it away for a birthday gift (Happy Birthday Kristy for yesterday xx)!

Just want to say ladies, thanks SO much for a wonderful weekend! I truly had a ball! Looking forward to next year........ And, thanks to Cathy for suggesting we do it, great idea for the venue, and thankyou for making me a part of it! xx

x Sarah

I'm Back!

What a weekend! I am pooped! Talk about F.U.N!! Looks like it might be a regular thing YAY!

As I said before, alot of us did a Sewing Accessory Swap, and this is what I received..... A Nancy Halverson Scissor Keeper - and scissors!! How CUTE!! Thanks Vicki SO much, totally gorgeous! All the gifts swapped were just awesome.... you are bound to see some about on blogland!

And, food.... We had LOTS!! Really, LOTS!! Dont think we will need to eat for another month lol! Here are some of our tea:

I think we ended up with about 17 or 18 people. A nice little number!

Here is Vicki and Lib (Lib has a blog, but not sure what it is):

And Miss Jo:

So, what was in our Goody Bags that I put together...... A little kit to make these Marg Low Ornies using a Theodore Cleave button:

And, they were a hit! I think everyone ended up making theirs on the weekend..... Some were in the middle of making theirs when the pic was taken! There was also some chockie's and another little surprise which I will show you tomorrow!

I still have lots more to share..... See you then!

x Sarah

Another swap

This is what I made for myself to swap:

A scissor keeper and bee fob! Pretty cute huh?! The scissors are mine, just used them for the pic.

Will share some pics of the weekend soon.

x Sarah

Pin cushion

I am currently sewing up a storm at Camp, so I have decided to schedule this post while I am away.......

Here at Camp, some of us ladies decided to do a little swap with the theme of a 'Sewing Accessory Item'. So, anything like a pin cushion, scissor keeper, thread tidy, etc. I have actually made 2 things, as a lady new to craft came with us, and I made her a little something to swap. This is what I made for her to swap..... a Heart Pincushion, made with some Nancy Halverson fabrics:


This is such a cool pin cushion as there is also a needlecase at the front, tied at the front with some matching ribbon.......

I even did some hand quilting around the side:

I have made this pattern before and it is quite easy to make, and looks great! I must make myself one!

I wonder who will receive it?

Tomorrow, I will share what I made to swap.........

x Sarah

Look whats arrived:

Breakfast at Tiffany's! And, I must say it is GORGEOUS! I have bundled up all the first project kits for 'Twinkle', and I might get started on mine on the weekend!


For all those ladies waiting for their kit, there on their way....... I still have a couple of spots left if you are interested?



Speaking of the weekend, I am off to Hagley Farm for 'Craft Camp' on weekend with a heap of lovely ladies!! I have not even packed as yet..... Better get a wriggle on!
If I am not back tomorrow, have a wonderful weekend!
x Sarah

Advice anyone?

I would love some advice! I still have not got much on our walls as yet - cant seem to find the quilt I usually hang in our dining room, and still cant decided on where to put things yet! So, I have decided to ask you all about this quilt...... Journey of a Quilter!

Ok, so here is a pic of our entrance hallway. Now, shall I hang this on this wall just before you get to the living area, next to the treadle (which is closed up at the moment):

Close up of the wall...... and Dennis's legs lol

Or on the wall closer to the front door:

Next to my favourite treadle:

If I hung it on the wall closer to the living area, I would hang something else on the other wall, later on. I would really, really love some suggestions here!

x Sarah

Phone pouch and another secret!

A project I whipped up last weekend was this mobile phone pouch! Made with a pic of my friends 'baby boy' (as she calls him lol) 'Jack' the Jack Russell! She had been eyeing my phone pouch my Mum gave me a couple of years ago with a Miniature Schnauzer on it, and had been looking for one with a Jack Russell on it, but could never find one...... So I made her one, personalised with a pic of HER boy!

I slipped her phone in this morning when she wasn't looking! Talk about excited! She loved it!

On other sewing news..... I have LOTS of stuff going on, but I cant really show just yet..... not for a week, sorry! But, I will show you this little sneak peep of one thing:

Actually, you can probably tell what it is...... oh well!

I hope you enjoy your week!

x Sarah

My gift.....

I received my Paper Bag swap gift from Sue. Wrapped in beautiful paper, waiting to open during chat night:

And, here is what she made me, a note book cover! Isn't it gorgeous?! I totally love these fabrics and I had forgotten what I actually sent her lol!

I love what she did with the ric rac..... little blue french knots:

She also put in a 'My To Do's' book. This is pretty cool too, haven't seen one of these before!

I am sure I will fill it up!

Thanks so much Sue! I really love it all! xx

Funny weather here today, quite windy, and looked like rain on and off! Just had a little rain shower so I had to make a mad dash to the clothes line!

x Sarah

Paper Bag Swap gifts

Tonight was 'opening night' for our Paper Bag Swap with our Online Group. Helen had to send me 2 FQ's, button, trim and a stitchery (which she sent me the doily instead) and I had to make something for her with those bits. I thought for quite a while as to what to make for her, and after seeing some pics on her blog of herself and her dear Mum, I knew I wanted to incorporate one of the pics into some sort of keepsake for her!


I decided to make her a cushion! I am pretty pleased with how it turned out....... And, notice the doily? I appliqued a heart from one of the fabrics to it and put the heart button in the centre:



I still had a little bit of fabric left, and instead of sending it back, I decided to whip up one of these Thread Bins we were taught to make at the Kerry Swain workshop last year:

Glad you liked it Helen! I was such a joy making you this special pressie xx

x Sarah

Quilting and Re-Purposed Thursday

So, what am I quilting at the moment...... This funky 'Heather Bailey' quilt designed by the lovely Clare from Clare's Place!

This panel of raw edged applique circles looks great! And, I quilted it with my higgledy piggledy swirls......

Looks quite funky don't you think?!

Clare has just released another new pattern today, 'Wheels'.... a GREAT boy's quilt! Congrats Clare! I have just ordered some of her patterns and will be receiving them Sat...... See you then :+)

On another note, I read on Fee's blog about her Re-Purposed Thursday's and have decided to join in today! One of my most favourite things I have is this old Brandy Crate (much to Dennis's disgust!).

I have it sitting next to our dresser in the dining, we put all our old newspapers, catalogues, paper etc in it, ready for recycle day........

Hmmmmm..... which is still a few days away!! Drop over to Fee's to see what she has to share.......

x Sarah

Blonde moments......

About a week or two ago, I traced off the 4th My Garden Block. A lovely little Birdbath:

With a cute Bluebird button.... I actually only started stitching this on Saturday morning, while Nan was here for her weekly cuppa...... I thought to myself, hmmmmm....... this seems a little small!! But, I kept of stitching away......

Saturday night, while watching a DVD, I got back into it a little..... thinking again that it was quite small......... Then last night, I picked it up again, started stitching away, and you guessed it, thought it was a little small compared with the others.... It was only then, that I decided to check it with the others:

Ummm...... YEP!! I had actually traced off the stitchery guide instead of the actual pattern!!

Far out!! Now I am going to have to trace it all off again!! GRRRR

Dennis thought it was a hoot!

x Sarah

PS: The Pinwheel offer is now closed! Thankyou to all the ladies who purchased a set, I am sure you will love this technique!

Sarah's Choice

This afternoon, I decided to have some 'me' sewing time, so, I whipped up these blocks:

'Sarah's Choice' block.... fitting don't you think?!

I have been wanting to make myself a new table runner for our new dining suite for a little while now with these gorgeous modern fabrics! Think I will add some sashing and border stones....... We'll see! For the free block pattern, click here.

I hope you all are enjoying your Sunday!

x Sarah

Oh and, I still have a couple of sets left of the 'Bliss' Pinwheel deal from here if you want to try it out........

Bliss-full weekend! And secret special!

I can't believe it has been a week since my last post!! Things have been a little hectic here, but I am managing quite well! I suppose it helps that I am a routine freak! I have managed to finish and post off Helen's Paper Bag Swap Gift..... I hope she likes it! Opening day is next Friday, so I cant show until then. I have also finished our Camp Swap gift of a 'Sewing Accessory' too! Pretty pleased with how that turned out! My hand sewing of a night is the next 'My Garden' block 4...... number 5 should not be too far away!

Anyway, I really had to show you this quilt....... Isn't is just Bliss-full?!

It is not mine (wish it was, as Bliss in one of my FAVOURITE'S at the moment!! I have more Jelly Rolls in Bliss arriving soon!), but it is one I have just finished quilting......

The colours in this range is SO pretty!!

It looks great Jayne!

Remember those quick piecing Pinwheel blocks using those charm squares HERE...... Well, I now have the White Bella Solid charms in stock! So, for all my blog readers (weather you have a blog or not), purchase 1 pack of White Bella Solids and 1 pack of Bliss Charms and email me the word 'pinwheel' to get them both for the great price of AU$22 + post (which is a saving of $5!). This is for a limited time only.......... Once I receive your order and the code word **EDIT (via email... it wont work if you try to put it in the promo code)***, I will adjust your invoice to suit.

I hope you all enjoy your weekend!

x Sarah