`OPAM.....and the Chookshed (One Project A Month) May 2017 and The Chookshed Sewing Party~

One small item for OPAM this month

A little Mug Rug

I did a little Getting To Know Your Machine Workshop at Rosemont The Patchwork Shop and came home with a little free-motion quilting and a Mug Rug

Not bad for a morning's work!!!

Thank You to Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM this month!!!

Now I better be off and continue with The Chookshed's Celebration of 5 Happy Years of Sewing!!!

Happy Birthday to the Chookshed!!!

Thanks Donna for hosting this weekend for the past 5 years

Extra Special here as we have a night off from Caring!!!!

Happy Sewing

Dzintra 

~OPAM~ One Project A Month, December 2016

My final OPAM for 2016 is one I really enjoyed as it was using quite different colours for me

I enjoyed it so much so I made 3 little Mug Rugs

Gorgeous little snowmen on the back

at least it makes me think its a little cooler!!!

Thank You to Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM again for another year

So many gorgeous finished projects out there due to this!!!

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And on my final post for the year I'd like to thank all my Readers out there for popping in throughout the year and leaving your lovely comments........they are all so much appreciated so 

Thank You All 

So while we here get used to the National Disability Insurance Scheme and make sense of it all and its' impact on our lives I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Healthy and Prosperous 2017.  

May it be one of Peace and Joy around the World

love Dzintra xo

~Bah Humbug Swap~

I recently joined in The No Fuss Swappers 'Bah Humbug' Swap

This entailed sending a Mug Rug, a Mug to match,  and a treat all wrapped in a Christmasey Fat 1/4

The Mug Rug

I had recently ordered and received cloth labels with my name on it and thought Susan's Mug Rug would be the first item to receive one!!!

Mug chosen by JoJo at Rick Rutherford's country shoppe in the Blue Mountains

A treat was added

 and it's all ready to go!!!

Opening day was 13 December......

Meanwhile my Swap Gift was from Helen all safely arrived above

The little card

Fat 1/4 off

and all is revealed!!!

Thank You Helen.......lovely gifts and my Mug certainly has been given a work out over the last few days!!!

And Thank You Girls over at No Fuss Swappers for running these delightful Swaps!!!

~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

~Fat 1/4 Birthday Club Gifts~

Phew, I finally been able to get around to blogging my received Fat 1/4's in the Fat Quarter Birthday Swap hosted by the lovely Chez

It's easy to play......once having joined up just specify what brand of fabric you would like to receive on your Birthday

Also one person is allocated another to make a special gift for!!!

This year I specified 'French General' fabric or Cream Tone-on-Tone

Here they all are after having come in

My Special Gift was from Chookyblue

This lovely Table Mat made from the French General range

How lovely is this!!!

The back

My Fat 1/4 along with a few extra goodies

Thank you so much dear Donna......just love it all!!!

Here are the Fats from dear Chez

these ones are 'Panier de Fleurs'

Thank you so much Chez aka Dory........they are perfect!!!

This one is Rouenneries Deux from my good friend Asta along with a very pretty strip of linen type fabric with fringing either side.....isn't it just lovely!!!

Thank you so much dear Asta

Next one is from Tarnyia along with a selection of Red DMC Threads

Thanks so much Tarnyia

This lovely one from Illene along with some DMC thread and Christmas Buttons

Thank you so much Illene!!!

 This one  'Rounneries' from Simone together with some cute little pegs

Thank you so much Simone......those pegs will surely come in handy!!!

This little bundle from Sweet Michelle 

The pink fabric is La Belle Fleur together with a surprise Eiffel Tower fabric, ribbon and pink DMC

Oh you know me too well lol

Thank you Michelle so much!!!

And last but not least this one from Julie who also included a hand-knitted face washer in a little embroidered bag and a hand-made card
Thank you Julie!!!

I love being in this Birthday Swap........thank you everyone for your gorgeous gifts
and a BIG Thank You Chez for hosting this fabulous Swap!!!

Just for fun here it is all together along with a few extras

At the back is a Christmas Stitchery Kit by Hatched and Patched entitled 'Father Christmas' from my dear Friend Geo (No blog) 

Thank you Dear Geo!!!!

JoJo loves to receive and give music/DVD's and I had put in a request for 

'A Place to Call Home' which used to be on regular TV but now on pay TVwhich we don't have

I really enjoyed this Series so now I can catch up on it

Thank You so much Darling JoJo 

And from my lovely Friend Marianela a little Concertina of France together with a Doodle Paris book

How cool is this.....

Thank you so much Marianela.....lots of fun ahead!!!

Couldn't resist showing off this lovely gift bag from Mr Armchair!!!

Thank you!!!!

And I had to make my own Gluten Free Birthday Cake

This one is a Hazelnut Flourless Cake........and very delicious too!!!

Blowing it all out

My Dear Travelling Companion Son took me out for Dinner last week and this was my Dessert complete with a Birthday Candle

What an awesome Dinner this was.......Thank you so much Darling One!!!!!!

And my Birthday is still going

Asta and I went out yesterday afternoon and had a little Happy Hour and I received this gorgeous Mug Rug with a Gossip in the Garden Stitchery on it (Hatched and Patched) and a beautiful mug

My very first Mug Rug.........and I'm going to make one for Asta for her Birthday as she doesn't have one either!!!

Thank You so much Asta........I always enjoy our Catch Ups

Tomorrow is Mother's Day

So here's to all the Mums out there

Thinking of my Mum as she has been in Hospital for about a Month now getting over some leg problems

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

love Dzintra

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~Surprise Gift From JoJo, a Blogger and the Smash Repairer~

I've had a couple of unexpected gifts lately

First of all the above fat 1/4.....little white bird and Pirate Pen from JoJo

The Pirate Pen she would of bought as I was in Bay Theatre's production of Pirates of Penzance last year and she still tells everyone I was a Policeman

She bought these last weekend when we had a little respite

so very, very thoughtful of her

Thank you so much Beautiful Girl xoxox

A surprise package a little while ago from Bev

2 little owl mugrugs......one for me and one for JoJo

No surprises as to which one JoJo chose

of course, the Christmas themed one

Thank you so much dear Bev

Mine gets used every single day

You certainly surprised us with these!!!

After Mr Armchair's unfortunate mishap with a kangaroo leaving the car like this

it came back from the Smash Repairer looking like this

I saw Mr Armchair come up the stairs with a bunch of flowers and I was thinking oh how lovely they must be for me

He said look what the Smash Repairer gave me!!!

How cool are they.......and what a surprise

Thank You so much!!!