new things...

made some of these cute hair tie things...
gotta hide them, cos my girls will steal them!
Julz

who stole the weekend?

it's gone again!
Nothing on the sewing front to show as I worked on Saturday...
so that day was gone.....

Sunday was asbolutely beautiful...sunny, warm (yes warm)....
(even managed to take my jumper off)

I spent quite a bit of the day in the garden,
pruned all of my roses,
chopped back a few other bushes that needed it,
took Diva for a driving lesson,
picked YD up from a sleepover,
cooked breakfast for ED who had to work....

there are plenty of these out in the garden for colour...

and a few of these are starting to pop up around the place....

I think Spring is trying to come....

lovely!!!!!

Julz

my weekend...

take one denim skirt that no longer fits teenager....

trim a little here and there....

sew pinned seam and box corners....

turn skirt...errr bag....out the right way....

add lining....several times until it fits!
minus the bloody zip!

add some handles and

ta da!!!!!

one new handbag for said teenager...
who said I'll make it mum, just tell me what to do!!!
Yeah right.....

and the weekend....

where has it gone???
Julz

update

finally finished this UFO that's been hanging around for a long time...

simple line quilting has come up a treat on it...
will be on the website when I manage to get time to list it...along with a couple of other things...
speaking of which I now have some Sewline Glue Pens in stock (not listed, but if you're interested, email me)

won this lovely fabric on ebay the other day...just enough to make 5 of these, now all I need is some white homespun, and it will be a small table centre.

and this crazy patchwork is going to become my cheque books cover, to keep in my handbag..
still working out the finer details of how to get it together...I know what I what to do...but we'll see?????

Julz

I think I'm addicted....

to Hexagons!

I purchased the first 3 copies of Vignette and looked and looked and thought yes, no, yes, no and finally thought why not????
So I started getting my fabrics together...I'm going to use only from the stash...even if I have to use EVERY single fabric in it....that's it!

I've done 6 of the embroidered flower fillers and last night I traced out another 10 and managed to finish 3 with the 4th one almost completed!

and this lovely quick and easy table runner was finally finished last weekend, just didn't have time for a photo session....

The curly girls are on 2 weeks holidays here in Victoria...poor ED has to go to Tafe all of this week...they are having a full week to make sure they get all of their course requirements done for the year...
me I'm off to work....only this afternoon and Friday afternoon off to spend with them, and of course the weekend....oh well, that Tattslotto man still can't find my place to tell me I've won!

have a great time doing whatever you are doing....
Julz

I'm still here....

I've been here...looking at blogs but not blogging..very slack I know

these are a few journal covers I have made for upcoming markets in the warmer months
(boy it's been cold!)

and some nice bright ones...

and a sneaky peek at something else I'm working on.....

I used the beautiful Cottage Garden Threads on this one...the colour combinations are wonderful! Gives a really lovely finish and it was exactly what this design needed.

(now that blogger and my computer are finally co operating this post is done!)

Julz

finished this too

forgot to show you this ...
finished on the weekend too...
my version of Leanne Beasleys Remember noticeboard from Vignette 1

my frame was a little bigger so the pattern was used as a guide and I popped my own touches to it...hand quilted in perle 8 cotton...
very happy with it!
Julz

long weekend gone!

well the weekend is gone again...time sure is flying!
most of my plans for the weekend went west....
but all was not lost totally...
managed to spend a bit of time doing what I like...
I made 2 of these journal covers, the pink one and the green/black one...

helped my girls do the other two for their school diaries....

I think they turned out quite well!

also managed to do a bit more on my next new pattern...
most of the instructions are written,
the hand quilted is almost done...
binding next.
photograhy and then printing....

have a wonderful week..
Julz

sale for short time

50% off selected epatterns for a short time only...
get your stitching fingers going!

Selected stitchery epatterns are on sale....here

Winners are grinners!

sorry I'm a bit late with the winners of the patterns...you know how it is!

OK...the names drawn by Diva are...

Pauline....summer garden,

and

BubzRugz...christmas blessings

congrats girls, and thanks to everyone who entered, I really appreciate your lovely comments and support!
Julz