Not A Lot To Share

Well I may not have a lot of photographic evidence of progress but I  have been very consistent in doing lots of this.....

And also lots of this...

I have been on a mission to only pay attention to my Clamshells and it has pleased me no end! I now have a piece measuring 60 inches x 60 inches. I feel that I may just get there.  As I want it to be rectangular still more rows to go.
We have also had a little furry house guest......our Son's Staffy.....Diesel. Our family are great lovers of Staffies.....they are so loyal but crazy little dogs.....they take a while to get into your heart but once they do you are ruined forever! Lol!
Diesel fretted to be left by his family and looked so sad!

But he soon made our place his lol! Never got the concept of "get down"....

Soon every cuppa was under close scrutiny lol! Is that a bikkie?

Crumbs maybe?? Pleeease?
It has gotten a bit cool in old Brisbane town over the weekend and I  made good use of my favourite snuggle quilt....

That is after the house guest was evicted from my chair lol!

Still it was very nice to have some Staffy Love for a little while.
So that is about it from me........the Clamshell journey continues.
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

FNWF July

CHERYLL over at GONE STITCHIN gathered us together for our July Sew In.

I had a nice relaxing evening preparing more Clamshells for my quilt. Boring for you to see but nice for me to work on

So lots of chopping and basting kept me going until bedtime.

I still have several more rows to go......so close but not quite!
Ok back to my Clamshells!
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

Bears Almost There

The last pair of Bears are stitched.....meet Bearyl and Nutmeg.....

Bearyl looks a bit travel weary lol!
I have another little piece to stitch before I put it together.

I drew this postcard before I ever thought of doing the "other " Postcards! I think eventually I shall be postcards out!
The fabric I bought is quite busy but I loved it, which surprised me as I am definitely NOT a novelty fabric kind of girl! I am hoping to bring it altogether with a pretty cinnamon spot.

It just seemed to fit the travelling bears.....and was a little bit vintage looking.

I feel satisfied that progress is being made to get it crossed off the UFO CHALLENGE list.
I have a birthday coming up next month and will be away when it happens. My very nice hubby surprised me with an early birthday gift (he didn't expect to arrive this early lol!)
The gift.....a subscription to Australian Geographic a magazine that I love and 2 coffee mugs featuring the gorgeous artwork by Nathan FERLAZZO also an artist I really admire.....

Sooo  talented!

We are still damp and drizzly here today so I feel a cuppa and some quiet stitching is the order of the day. Perhaps some Clamshells stitching as I am a little "beared" out!
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

Rainy Days and Wednesdays

I fear that I cannot grumble about the rain when we need badly and despite such a grey and drizzly day it was brightened by some stitching with some friends at my friend Monica's house.

Chatting, laughs and a bit of silliness were the order of the day.

As you can see I took my Clamshells to work on!

Poor Theresa was teased about her Country Alphabet progress but she got her block "I" finished! Lol!
Such a nice cosy day....Thanks Monica and girls xx

My UFO is coming along.....Madge and Honey are finished!

They have joined their other furry friends....

One more block to go.
On the subject of Bears my friend Lorel made a beautiful version of my Calendar Bears design for a special new baby. It now resides far across the country.

Our clever quilting faerie FIONA did the quilting.....made my heart happy to see it.
I have also caved in prepping for another EPP project I have very much hankered after....6 Pointed Stars....oh dear!

So that's about it from me for now!
Be good to one another.
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

FNSI JUNE

WENDY * gathered us all together cyberly last night for our June Sew In.
I had an early start finishing off a little secret project whilst watching a favourite movie....Miss Potter, in the afternoon. I then dusted off my domestic goddess tiara and made a very delicious and warming roast lamb for dinner.

I then set to work on my No. 7 UFO CHALLENGE.....my Bear stitcheries....poor neglected little friends.....Madge with half a frock!

My aim was to get Madge and Honeys little faces stitched. Zombie Bears can be a bit off putting lol! I can happily report they have faces now.

I hope to get a little more done today....I fell out of love with these blocks for some unremembered reason quite a while ago.....I think perhaps because 'how' I was going to use them was not forthcoming. A few cogs are turning upstairs so there is hope that they will be finished! Nothing to fancy.....but 'finished' is more useful than not!
I hope you stitched along with us last evening also.
Thank you Wendy.
Have a lovely weekend folks.

Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

Back on the Air

Hello lovely people. I am back on deck. I am feeling a lot better and apart from a bit of a bark still things are looking up. As I was laid pretty low not a lot of sewing to show you.
When I got over the worst of it I did work on my Clamshells....very slowly! It was nice to lie under it and stitch at the same time.

I was able to join the girls for Sunday Stitchers this month and you guessed it worked on my Clamshells lol!

As it was my UFO CHALLENGE I had progress to show.....

It has definitely grown!
We had 2 birthday girls.....Maria

And Cheryl....

We were a bit short on numbers but the girls still managed some pretties to admire...Susan's Jelly roll race x 2, Marilyn had finished her pretty Funky Flowers and Cheryls wonderful kiddies quilt.

Maria wowed us with her beautiful throw, Marilyn has renewed her love of crochet with this lovely rug in  progress and Helen's very cute pin cushion trio.

Sandi phoned hers in.....cute...very cute!

Our UFO CHALLENGE NO this month is

Which for me is working on some Bear Stitcheries...

We had a lovely day despite being a small group. So that's about it from me. I am off to have a cuppa and enjoy some of this cute little fruit cake......it's a shame to cut it!

My Son gave it to me.....a gift from a fundraising event he spoke at for Smiling for Smiddy cancer research. Luckily for me he doesn't like fruitcake lol!
Take care,
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

FNWF

No Friday Night sewing for me this week....

The dreaded lurgy caught me unawares....

Be back when I feel better.
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx