OPAM...(One Project A Month)...Mary Agnes Sewing Set

OPAM for February now finished...PHEW!!!

This project I first mentioned back in December 2008...

I finally started it last year...

Scissor holder sitting on top of fabric which is to hold a pincushion...

From Country Threads magazine Volume 9 No 3...Mary Agnes Sewing Set by Kate Hampson at That Raggedy One...

Kates's version from the magazine...

My pincushion and scissor holder...

The pin cushions sits on a fabric covered board with felt underneath...

And I love this set!!!

Thanks so much Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM...

I don't think know I wouldn't be completing an item a month if it wasn't for this!!!

Forecast for this weekend is rain...rain...and more rain...

75% of New South Wales is predicting floods...

Warragamba Dam in Sydney is about to spill over

We are safe here at the moment this coming weekend so thinking perhaps a Cook Up and a bit of sewing will happen...

Happy Weekend and stay safe...Dzintra

Christmas Stitching, a Reproduction Project, Baking, a Party in the Library and a Giveaway!!!

Getting ready to...fill the stockings (from a couple of posts ago)...have just finished a little project for Jo-Jo!!! I make her a little something each Christmas, and give it to her on Christmas Eve...she really loves receiving her own little special stitched gift... ...this little one is from Anni


...yesterday I received the latest Australian Country Threads with the most gorgeous project in it from Kate...and like the article says...Take a trip back in time with this delightful pincushion and scissor holder from Kate Hampson. Based on a floral motif from an 1852 Pennsylvanian quilt, Kate has given the set the evocative title of Mary Agnes. It's made of a raspberry reproduction print ...I so adore reproduction prints and beautiful warm colours!!!

...and then I did some baking which I haven't done for a while, some mixed berry friands and vanilla cupcakes...all gluten free and just so moist and delicious...with a coffee, and reading everyone's blogs!!! Standing behind are the first of the hydrangeas...



...Amidst all this, an invitation from Catherine to a Party in the Library, how excited did this make me feel...straightaway I had to grab the camera, take the photo of the book I would take with me to share with the other guests...From The Miniature Library of Prose Authors...OLIVER TWIST... by Charles Dickens. There is no publishing date, but a previous owner has dated it...July 28th, 1895!!!

...splendid gilt edged pages!!!

...Frontspiece by Dower Wilson. Perfect discussion of this and other books... and like the invite says...feasting, reading aloud to each other, revelry...with a roaring fire and ...of course... with some wine!!!

...and last but not least...a giveaway by Robyn who is celebrating her First Year of Blogging!!! Congratulations Robyn...a wonderful achievement!!! Drawn New Years Eve.
Now...it's back to filling those stockings and my Library Party. Have a lovely weekend everyone...this the last before Christmas...and thank you for popping in!!!