Blogger's Choice Fat Quarter Bundle

Happy New Year everyone....  online Shananigans have started already in the crafting community.  So I'm playing along and challenging myself with technology....

Quokka Quilts have set a challenge. Visit the Fat Quarter Shop and choose fabrics to make up what you would choose to be your “Blogger’s Choice Fat Quarter Bundle”.   As if you were some famous quilter from hell that the Fat Quarter Shop has personally invited to grace their pages......... of your personal selection.

Your selection is to have 12 (prints) + 3 (Solids) out of the huge range of fabrics available from the Fat Quarter Shoppe.....

So, many to choose from. With such little time.

This is the most difficult thing I have done week. (LOL it actually took me a couple of days to figure it out the technology side of things.....) Picking the fabric was easyish.
Here is my selection. I'm having a thing on grey at the moment and loving Terrain by Kate Spain & Ruby by Bonnie & Camille.

So all you crafty types out there.  Jump on board and have a crack.

Not only is it fun selecting all the fabrics you would pick it is handy to know how to create a mosiac online. 

Have fun all.

Kath

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone

Merry Christmas all. 


Kath
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Is there such a thing as being too young to start a bucket list?

I found some wonderful hints over here:  The ultimate bucket list
I think some things, you heart just wants at anytime.  ;)









Dream the biggest and wildest, and see where I end up.

K x

Who said you needed to go to NY to try beautiful bagels??

I have wanted to have a go making bagels for ages.  So I did a little research as you do, the Internet is an amazing place.

Easy as.  NY Bagel Recipe  that I used.  I had most of the ingredients in the cupboard which was great.

They taste amazing.  I'm looking forward to popping them in the freezer and having one whenever I feel like it and maybe trying some different flavours..

Shares, I love this picture.  The wings get me.......  :)

Have a great weekend all.
Good sewing weather.
Kath x

What are you grateful for?

The Gratitude Project, is on facebook.  Whats it all about..??  Go and check it out...   As extracted from FB.....  "Personalised cards created to cultivate the habit of saying thank you."  And you know it is as simple as that. 

Thank You.......................

For as much as we text and type, do we really ever take that personal touch anymore?  Well you can with these cards which are available from the Gratitude Project.

I've had a wonderful day today.  I was out and about for the day pottering around the Southern Highlands, NSW.  We went to a craft market in Bowral, the Highlands Design Collective, "A Christmas Fair".  Ran by these 2 lovely ladies highlands handmade blog.  It was a sensational market, with truly inspiring crafter's and makers from body lotions & creams with essential oils, cupcakes to die for, softies, bunting, beautiful rustic bread, Pate', clothes, canvasses, olives and soy candles and on the list goes.  It was good not too big, not too small a wonderful collection of bibs and bobs in an intimate environment..  Nice.  Not to mention the lovely devonshire tea.
 
We then hit the shopping strip in Bowral.  We found the cheese shop, oh yum, with locally produced cheeses, olive oils and vinegars to lust after for all those summer salads.  Not to mention all of the other shops on the strip in Bowral.

What has been happening in all of our strip shopping areas?  closures left right and centre.  It was noticeable in Bowral, as it has been in my own local shopping area.  Our shopping patterns are changing, as is the way we collectively meet, share and shop for life's essentials. I must say a day out shopping and touching and feeling fabrics, patterns and being surrounded by inspiration and inspirational people, talking and laughing over their passion.  The Internet just cant replace some personal preferences..  But it is too late, the machine has taken over and changed the way we live, communicate or live in our own little worlds. 

There is heaps happening over the next couple of weeks in the Highlands on the South Coast. 
The Southern Highlands Arts Studio Trail is on at the moment, we just happened to pop in here on the way home.  Celeste Coucke @ Cloud Farm Studio.  It was fogged in when we were there, but Celeste assures us the view is spectacular.  So when I get a chance, I'm going to pop back up there and check out the view, as it looks clean out over the Illawarra.

Well that's all folks, there hasn't been much crafting from me this weekend.  But it was wonderful to see what others are creating and inspiring.

Till next time.
Kath x.

PS:  I stole the picture from the Gratitude Project on Facebook.  Cause Goosie Lucy here forgot to take any photos of the day....  Oh and cause I love it.  :)

Latest knits off the needles

One of Mum's knits that she has finished recently.  Wendy on the right is modelling a long line cardigan 100% wool.  It would look lovely with boots and a long black skirt.

Kath x

Finishing some bits off.......

Thought I would just have a day of trying to finish off some things that I have started and they are half done or you know they are nearly there.  Just to get them done before I start something else.

Finally, LOL finally finished this bag. I'm hearing a cheer from up north.  My sister helped me with this one ages ago.  I love the panel on this.  Very cute and easy to stitch around.  My sister just made a cushion out of a remaining panel which was lovely.

 

Meet "Grace", I thought the other little softie one might like a friend.

You know so they can pop off with their little suitcases under their arms for some adventures together.

I might have to find a home for them. 

These little softies are great because you can just use scraps and little lengths of lace and doilies a bit of hand stitching and tonnes of different effects.  Its on a small scale so it is a quick and effective win.

 

I had been looking for a triangle template for the past couple of months well I don't know why but I ended up looking in my craft room.  & guess what...  I had one tucked away.  I don't know if I bought it or if someone gave it to me.   But I had one.  I made some "bunting" ....  Fun, effective and easy peasy. 

New motto, before I go rushing off to buy something, check the cupboard out first just in case.

K x

Oops! Who put that there?

Truly I don't know how on earth that fabric got into my handbag.  Well that's my story & I'm sticking to it. 

Seriously thou, how could I resist. Spotlight is having a 40% off all quilting fabric this weekend.  So I thought I would go for a little wander.   You know, just to see if I could find any of Denise Schmidt's last line that she did with Spotlight.......   After a big dig this is what I unearthed in my local store.

 

So anyways I thought I would get a little bit.  You know just to add to the stash, cause you know there isn't enough in my craft room already..... 

Oh and the ladies at the counter know me as the "crazy quilter lady"....  ha ha ha ha ha ha.  Could always be worse... Nothing like dragging up 12 bolts of fabric for some of each...... 

Happy sewing all...  And may the weekend fairies be with you all to help finish of some crafty stuff..

Best I go and get busy with it...

K x

Ever thought you had lost something?

Well I didn't think I would ever see this quilt again.  I must say I was extremely surprised to see it on my doorstep.   Without any warning, I arrived home today to a package.....  & this is what was in it. 

Of course the end result is spectacular.  It has taken a long time to get to this stage and find its way home to me.  It all feels a little bittersweet in the end.  Just the binding needs to be added now.

I started this medallion quilt probably close to 10 years ago now.  It was one of the first things I had ever sewn.  From memory it was off square, and pulled together as a beginner does.  I didn't follow any pattern or guide.  I just went with the flow, adding extra rounds as I went and making it up as I went along.

It sat unfinished for a couple of years I was very hit and miss with it all.  Till I finally pulled my finger out and finished it with lots of prodding from a favorite and kind Aunt, who continually inspired me to get it done.  Well she took it home with her to get it quilted for me.  It had been with her for a couple of years, misplaced in her craft room as so many things do in her little treasure trove of a room.  I figured it would turn up when it was ready as these things do.  

Bizarrely she must have found it.   It must have been annoying her in her craft room.. Staring at her as she tidied up.   :)

The colours of the quilt are muted and countryish, as much as I love it I hate it.  The style is totally different to where I am now. 
But I love the whimsy of it, and the fact that I know I did it with little to no practice or understanding of how to put a quilt together.  And that my kind Aunt helped me with it along the way, encouraging me to get it done and try different techniques.

A big thank you Auntie for re finding it, get it quilted and sending it home to me.  Not to mention your encouragement to get it done in the first place.  x

K x

Softie Sundays

I've been getting creative in the sewing room with some softies.  Little hand & machine stitch soft toys.   This one is all about wonder and dreaming on a Sunday...  LOL I think I might keep adding some bits to it.    

I need to do some hand stitching on them..

If you pop over here to Grrl+dog you can see where I'm getting my inspiration from.

Have a great week all.
K x x