Merry Christmas to all.....

There was a sewing frenzy and everything made it on time....

some unenthusiastic family members....

but a little girl led the reindeer's down with special reindeer dust....

and Santa delivered!!

Merry Christmas from Little Miss, Murray, Ace and I.

Hope your day is filled with naps, food and presents, and general appreciation of

family and friends.

Thanks for a great year of blogging!

Do yourself a favour

If, like me, you have put up with this for a few years....

get into this!

You won't be disappointed. Neither will the kids!

Showing off

I was going to wait until after Xmas, but I figured no one probably reads this anyway, so stuff it, I'm showing off! I finally finished them last night, and have to say they are HOT STUFF!

I won't tell you whose is whose, but here is the one I've nabbed.....this is my favourite fabric EVER! You may remember it from here.... scroll right down the bottom and there is the purple version in Little Miss's quilt.

I am willing to pay for or swap for any of this fabric, I can't get enough!! I love both purple and orange shades, but hey, there may be others...please get in touch and we'll negotiate. I'm desperate for the fix, man....

As you can clearly see from the above statements, Xmas has sent me crazy already. Compulsory in service training 4 days before Xmas? Having to take child with me to this? Having child whingey and tired since school finished and not wanting to be cooperative right now, as is told constantly "Santa will find out", and "Santa may bring you that".

Oy, what a time to stop drinking!!


Oh, almost forgot- I'm featured over here, this lover-ly lady has remembered my little coin purse and included me on her blog. Sweet!

Let's talk about swaps, baby.......

I can finally reveal the bag! It was given to it's owner today at the market, and she liked it!! It's a great pattern, from my favourite pattern maker. It caught someone else's eye, she just needs to find the embroidery panel.....

If you have a pretty piece you've been hanging onto, or a given one, or find one in an op shop, I'll happily reuse it as a masterpiece for you. Just send me an email to discuss. Get in quick!

I've also won something, well, two things, the first is this pack. Some beautiful fabric pieces, magazine and patterns, I feel very lucky!

Here is the second thing I won, which I'll stick under the tree to open at Xmas. I need all the help with presents this year I can get!!

The vintage sheet swap arrived the other day, and the goodies are gorgeous! Haven't doubled up, and there are prints I've never seen. Thanks, Serena! I can't beleive how many were produced.....Now to find the perfect project for them!

Oh, a peak at the lounge room. My bunting looks pretty good I think, doesn't match the retro decor at all, but Little Miss and I like it. I want to do another length for the opposite wall, for a bit of balance.

Xmas snaps

I finally set the tree up, now the birthday is over. I put it on top of the table, and it's taller than me! I love the lights, first thing I put on when I get home from work.

The red chenille gave me a bunting idea....more to come, it's not as finished as I'd like.

I finally put this one together- a pattern from Handmade, Vliesofix and an hr, just have to sew around it now. And make the skirt. Not much.

I passed on the gingerbread man bug to my neighbour, Sarah. She took it a bit further and did this! Stick + spray paint + tin foil = cool tree! I'm glad my swap partner liked hers as well!

I am getting very lucky with the embroidery/tapestries lately too. I found all this handmade white bedlinen? that looks hand embroidered, and the small ones. Lots of ideas for reusing. I can't believe the quality of the items- the lace around the edges is hand sewn on, lots of pillowcases and bolster cushion covers (long tubes with embroidery either end). Maybe this was an unwanted gift?

Off to the market today, hmm, what will we come home with?