~OPAM...(One Project A Month) - August

Phew, not only is August flying by this whole year is flying by with Spring here tomorrow!!!

5 Book Bags this month along with 3 Mug Rugs

This Book Bag has been gifted

Along with this one

This one I have kept and put into it a book I read for a Book Challenge

The Challenge was to read a book with an Author the same name as mine and I found

 Dzintra Sullivan

Another bag and this time I put some Harry Potter ribbon on

Perfect for this book!!!

And from this bundle of Fat 1/4's (Notting Hill by Robyn Randolph) I made some Mug Rugs

I've taken to lately Make 1 Make 2 when I can and this totally works

It worked so well I made 3

Front

This one was a special one and was gifted to my friend Asta for her birthday

Asta is currently exploring her homeland Estonia in Europe

Thank You Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM again this year!!!

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We've been away for the last few weeks up in Queensland hence no blogging and no comments made but will get back into it soon!!!

Happy Stitching......Dzintra xo

OPAM (One Project A Month)

Slowly starting to get back into sewing here now

First finished item for this month is a Needlecase

Pattern by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched for Tilda

Front

Inside

The loops are to hold goodies like tape measure etc

And the back complete with Tilda Homemade label

Thank you so much Sweet Peg and her Partner in Crime Kris for hosting OPAM yet again for another year!!!

OPAM (One Project A Month) May

5 items for OPAM this month

and they all are Heat Bags

all with a little label attached.

Also a little headband for me out of a Fat 1/4

And one for JoJo for her old bush hat

Here they are both together!!!

Thank You Sweet Peg and her Partner in Crime Kris for hosting OPAM again....

Love being in this at it inspired me to get something together!!!

Now I better get cracking and get back to my Quilt Top as part of The Chooksheds Birthday celebrations!!!

~Diamonds at Large Delivered......A Family Affair~

Here is the label for my Diamonds at Large Quilt finally delivered to my Brother

What a surprise he received and showed it off as soon as he opened it

We then headed outside and did some posing with it

I hope this quilt will give him some warmth when needed

I put a whole lot of love in it so hopefully it will come out!!!

I had one of those quilts from Homespun magazine and thought I would give it to my Sister Brigita

she was tickled pink!!!

Caught up with my Niece Hailey

Who said our hair can't be the same colour LOL!!!

 My Nephew/Godson Brendan was at home this weekend (mostly)

And I got some cuddles from my cute little Great Nephew Connor as well!!!

A great family weekend!!!

Hope we can all catch up again!!!

~ Vale - Inesa ~

It is with great sadness that I write this post...

My Friend from Orange, Inesa, has passed away...

Even though I haven't seen her for a few years I did think of her often

I first met her at The Owl's House.......a lovely little Sewing Shop in Bathurst back in the 1990's when I heard her say her name to the shopowner and of course it caught my ear as it was a Latvian name......

We started chatting there and then and I regularly saw her while we lived in Bathurst at that time...

Inesa was a very talented Craftslady and I remember when she bought her knitting machine and made me some woolen track pants......

Above is a pic of one of the trackies with her Nifty Label on it....

and here are both pairs......

For my 40th birthday she bought me these pottery items above

How treasured all these things are to me now as I don't have a photo of Inesa handy

I think I have one in a box somewhere

If I ever do come across one I will post it up

May the road rise up to meet you

May the wind always be at your back

May the sun shine warm upon your face

And rains fall soft upon your fields

And until we meet again

May God hold you in the palm of His hand

Inesa leaves behind her Husband Paddy, Amanda, Kevin and Aimee

Rest In Peace dear Inesa......I will miss you

Love Ingrid  xoxoxoxoxoxox

 (as she knew me before I started to use my Latvian name)

~OPAM (One Project A Month)~August ~Bars of Gold~ And Pirates Costume

Woo hooo doing a Happy Dance here with this month's OPAM

What started out as some fabric and a Jelly Roll (I didn't even know what that was when we moved here 5 years ago)

When I first saw this Jelly Roll at Steph's it just sung to me of pretty blues and mauves and sunshine just perfect for our Sea Change so I went back and bought if for myself for my birthday

and a blog win of this book by Pan and Nicky Lintott from Micki

I can now proudly present 'Bars of Gold'

Front of quilt on Father's Day morning

and the back

all waiting for the addition of this little label

by Hatched and Patched

I even made a little 'frame' for the label

binding

All quilted very simply with 'In The Ditch'

all neatly folded up

Thank you to Sweet Peg and her Partner in Crime Kris for hosting OPAM!!!

And to celebrate I made some Choc-Chip Vanilla Muffins for Morning Coffee

I didn't realize this till one time I went out of my sewing room and saw my little doggie Paris 'guarding' the staircase whilst I was upstairs

I thought I would show this off too

Even though JoJo is not part of OPAM she did stick these felt flowers onto a book for a friend's birthday

And onto the Pirates of Penzance which is playing at Bay Theatre Players next month 

Here is my Policeman's jacket with braid/ribbon on which had to be taken off

gold buttons had to be replaced with black ones

and all set ready to be taken to the Theatre for duty!!!