"Cosy" Freebie.

I thought that you lovely folks may enjoy a free little friend to warm your heart in this chilly weather we have been having....

His name is "COSY" and he is snug and warm in his little winter mitten.

If you would like to download him, he is on my sidebar under my Sketchpad. I hope you have fun stitching my little cute friend.
Another cute little friend is "Pudding Ted" and he has had his little revamp now and is heading down to my LQS Quirky Quilts at Springwood.

He does look very cute stitched in Mistletoe by Country Garden Threads even though I love him in DMC 816.
My 1 inch papers have arrived so I am trying to decide whether I want to work on them or do a bit of drawing.....gee I love having these problems...so blessed!
Have a lovely weekend wherever you may be.
Namaste and Blessings,
Michelle xxx

Busy!

I seem to have been very busy of late attending to chores very sewing unrelated.
We have long wanted several nuisance Cocos palms removed from our back fence area as they are extremely messy, huge and not healthy for wild life......so!
Down they came!

You know I am a huge fan of people who do their job well, with honesty and integrity!  These chaps knew their stuff.

These trees were huge and there is very little room between the back fence and our pool....nothing suffered in anyway! Thanks Murray!
My other job has been decluttering what I had carried halfway around Australia in our old van and repacking our new one....more efficiently I hope!

Took me awhile with more sore knee. Talk about Hop a long Cassidy!
Sewing wise I have been doing a bit on Blessings, so I won't bore you with that.
Thanks so much everyone for your advice and input re gluing hexies.
I have bitten the bullet and glued and stitched the second medallion in Brinton Hall.

All has stalled until more 1 inch hexies arrive. Watching impatiently for the postie!
A very chilly breeze has come upon us so I am off to get the fire alight and cook up some warming pasta for dinner.
Something to ponder. Stay cosy all.

Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

FNWF

July has arrived and it was time for

A little rest was in order from hand quilting. I have been wanting to begin Brinton Hall and last night gave in! So I  hung up my old dinosaur suit behind the door and actually "glued"......yes people you heard correctly I actually glue basted the hexies!

Certainly is quicker and easier on the fingers.....but I am not sure whether I liked it or not. I was also not sure whether I put to little or too much on....yikes!
Anyway I stitched my first crown together and got it appliqued on.

Needs a good press but there again I was unsure if you can press when you have glued? Anybody? Help???
Not to be a whimp I have glued the 2nd set and begun stitching.....love this set.

And wouldn't you know it. I only have 50 x 1 inch hexies and need a lot more so only a little more progress possible while I wait for the new hexies to arrive.
I am so excited to have started this quilt. I have loved it from afar for so long.
Meanwhile I shall do a little work on block 6 of Blessings.

You can pop over to Cheryll's HERE to see what everyone was up to.
Have a relaxing weekend.

Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

Quilty Progress

I finally feel as if I am progressing with my hand quilting. I have been pondering why this quilt was left unfinished as I have quietly quilted away. As I  lay it down to take these photos I realised why. I had run out of material and had to make do on the large border and wasn't at all pleased after all my work. So I just put it aside in annoyance. Perhaps I shouldn't have finished it as I did but this quilting journey is full of lessons. Especially don't rush just to be done! However now I have decided that I shall just have to live with the rushed decision way back when and appreciate the work I did do. Much better completed than not! And it's warmth is not diminished as a quilt. I am now up to quilting the "horrid" border with the centre medallion and corners quilted.

There is something about cream fabric and little quilting stitches that makes me very happy indeed.

Another little Splendid Sampler block is finished....sweet basket.

Block 39 was another foundation pieced block so I opted out and just did a little applique instead.

Another block came out today. I never thought I would EVER say....thank goodness it is just piecing lol! Must be learning something!
Personally, yesterday was a very good day. Our sons Petscan came back clear. Despite the setback of the unrelated thyroid cancer before Christmas this result means 12 months free of the Melanoma. We pray these good results continue.

It has been a fraught 12 months for us all especially our Son and DIL. Their courage and humour has helped us all......so we are enjoying the happy this week!

Choose kindness and love whenever and wherever you can.                                     

Namaste and Blesssings Michelle xxx                                                                              

Excited!

Very excited around here today....you see we picked up our new "baby" and bought her home...

Looking forward to setting off and having some adventures around our beautiful country. A few test runs first....yay!
Stitching wise... I am a bit of a 'boring bunny' ....Block 37 of Splendid Sampler is finished. Dashing Chocolate! No wonder I enjoyed it...

I have a tiny bit to go on Block 38.
That's it from me today. ....short and sweet!
Now to work out the muddle that came out of our old van....yikes! What stays? What goes? Wish me luck!
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

Out of Sorts and Show & Tell

I seem to have reinjured an old injury on my knee.....this has resulted in a lot of lying around.....

Resting it. I'm not a very good patient lol! It did allow for extra hand stitching though.  I won't bore you with photos of  all the hand quilting I have been doing but it has been very nice settling down with it. I also finished the  little hexie block for Splendid Sampler and really enjoyed stitching it.

Loved using up those little scraps of favourite fabrics.
Recently I recieved a photo from a lovely lady called Fay who bought my Calendar Bears pattern. Fay beautifully stitched "June" bear as a special gift for her Mother in law and mounted it over canvas. I love Fays idea....it looks so lovely.

Thank you so much for sharing what you have been stitching Fay.
Well that's it from me today. I hope you are managing to stay warm here in Oz with winter finally arriving.
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx

Teeny, Tiny!

Teeny! Tiny! Is how I  would describe Splendid Sampler block 36.....very cute little hexies....

They make a little hexie wreath.

I just need to choose a background fabric, remove the papers and get it appliqued on.
They took a wee while but I  found them enjoyable....I am even going to buy myself some precut 3/8th  papers for another day. I fancy a little mini hexie quilt.
Remember I was working on a very sleepy koala...

"Snoozing" is now finished and I love him! I was advised to try a beautiful watercolour paper Arches 300gsm with my Polychromos coloured pencils and I was impressed with how it worked.

Thank you Sue (kiwikid ) for this gorgeous photo reference.
Now to choose a new subject. I enjoyed this one so much it ....hard to pick a new one.
Bye for now!
Namaste and Blessings Michelle xxx