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Originally I was making it to include in a birthday gift as my twinnies were both invited to the birthday sleepover, unfortunately only 1 is now going, long story there, but as a result I don't think the intended recipient is worthy of this little wall hanging, instead it will be given to 1 of my girlies with another 2 in the pipe line! Really when did 11&12 year olds become so nasty?

Sheesh, it's no wonder I am going grey

Mum's Legacy & Reg Mombasa

for my girlies.

Emma's quilt is 100% finished

Mind you we had to go visiting friends to get the photo,

luckily our friends were more than willing to let us

use their deck :)

Sophie had a drawing in the SCLC art exhibition on the weekend

its in the style of

Reg Mombasa

and today is the great quilt box opening

my dearest friend Jenni has been away for 2 months

and I told her when she returned we would open the

remaining quilts together, Jen arrived home on 

Saturday, so today is the day.

I am very excited to see them. They are

the  last quilts mum ever made.

Sneak Peeks & a Secret Revealed

Can you have to much furniture??

My husband thinks so, BUT, he needs to remember that

we own a much larger house interstate and ALL our furniture

fits in that house perfectly.

This is the reason why he thinks we have to much furniture

I found this divine little cupboard on a 

buy, sell and sway page for our area.

for the HUGE sum of $20. Its old, its very me

and even if it was purchased to be used in my sewing room

(it didn't fit), I still say it was $20 well spent!

I called into Mitre 10 to buy some casters to level the little

cupboard and found these stools for the kitchen bench

I did ask his opinion before I handed over money, in fact

he took me to get them lol. I love that the blend in with my kitchen 

accessories perfectly and the girlies love them

Sewing wise I have been quite productive

this stitchery will become a Project Caddy

and this is the main gift in Chookyblues SSCS

by next week my gifts for the SSCS will be complete

I have signed up for a new BOM, I haven't participated in one

for a while. So while wandering around Facebook, I discovered

Sue Daley has a new BOM design

so I signed up.

Its called Wagon Wheels 

I plan on pulling Lancaster out of its hiding spot and

finishing the vine border, add another diamond border then I think 

it will be done.

All those clamshells are stopping me from

finishing it as the pattern says.

Remember my big secret stitching project

I spent 17 frantic days making. Well I can give you some sneak peaks

of the finished project

The quilt is Love Letters, and I stitched it

for 

Lynette Anderson of 'Lynette Anderson Designs'

Its currently in Houston at Quilt market,

I can't wait to see photos of Lynette's booth

with 'my' quilt hanging in it

I was blessed to have been given the task and 

its made with her GORGEOUS new fabric range

'Quilters Garden' which will be available in stores

March 2014.

I am still pinching myself.

It's Been a While

Since my last post, but I have been uber uber busy

we have had school holidays

tall ships visiting

lots of whales distracting me out the window

and birthday girl who turned 10

and 

a big big

secret squirrel stitching project!

School Holidays were a bit quiet, the girls had lots

of sleepovers here and at their friends houses,

trips to the beach, late nights and sleep ins, 

we worked in the garden planting out vegies for

summer, filling baskets with flower

seedlings.  

We had Tall Ships call into port on their way to Sydney 

for the International Fleet Review

the Soren Larsen

Lord and Lady Nelson leaving for Sydney

we also had visit

The Young Endeavour

Windward Bound

Whale Season, 2013 has been far to distracting for me,

most of these photos have been taken from our deck

the girls were trying so hard to get photos of the whales

breaching.....they didn't get any lol

this is taken from our deck, it was so close

Mother and calf breaching, taken on Imogens birthday

this one was taken from where the girls were standing

when they were trying to get photos.

Mums Quilts, 2 are still in their boxes, I just can't open them

I did open the quilt I made on her behalf for Emma and its gorgeous, the 

quilting is amazing, and it looks pretty good on my bed.

Em doesn't like it, but we did find a quilt top mum made in

amongst  her quilting stash that dad gave to me which

Emma loves, so I will quilt that for her and she will

have that quilt.

'Emma's Quilt'

the backing

the quilting pattern. I think its called

'Featheration'

I will start sewing the binding onto this next week at sewing day.

My secret squirrel project, lets just say getting a quilt top that is

needle-turn appliquéd and embroidered in 17 days is a 

MAMMOTH task.

I haven't been so sleep deprived since I had newborn twins.

It was posted to the quilter on Monday, she received it

Tuesday and I am just waiting to hear that the designer

has received it for binding and then its off to Quilt Market

in Houston next week.

As soon as I see photos of it finished I will share.