A bit of Christmas Magic…….

This quilt is designed by Kim Diehl and its called Christmas Magic, and is in her book the ‘Simple Seasons’ – I love this book and I love this quilt….. I have finally finished it.

I had it professionally quilted by Nat from ‘The Quilting Bug’ a while ago and all that needed doing to it was sewing all the buttons onto it. Red buttons for the berries and black buttons on the snowmen.

Here’s some of Nat’s fantastic quilting.

Lovely swirly swishes all around the border….

Luscious leaves in the corners…….

Even fabulous Stars placed here and there…amazing!

More luscious swirls……….

So this is another quilt I can have out for the Christmas season. Tra la la la lahhhhh!

There are a few of Kim’s quilts in her book that I want to make so it looks like I am going to have a busy year next year.

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I have been busy with these

but I can’t show you what they are tho as they are Christmas presents.

Still a bit of Christmas sewing to do and its not far away ……eeeek!

Thanks so much to the lovely ladies who told me that my PayPal was behaving itself. I appreciate you doing that for me. The price of the postage for the Charm Squares is calculated into the price ……I couldn’t work it out any other way. One day I will be an expert at it all.

Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend.

hugs to all……..Vicki 

Finally ….. A Journal Cover made.

I have joined in on Judith’s 'EARLY BIRD CHRISTMAS CRAFTING'

and she suggested we organise ourselves and get a journal and put in names of who we plan to make Christmas gifts for. Well….I was rather busy sewing a Wedding quilt for my son and his fiance for their wedding and just didnt get around to making a nice journal cover.

Ummm…..I was going to use this lovely one that Barb sent to me…

I love it but felt it had to be made by me.

So I finally got myself organised and made this one for my Christmas gifts list.

I was given some Caring Heart squares from the Craft Forum and decided to use this one for the cover. I love it :)

So now I got to do some writing and put some names in there.

Judith suggested getting a big box or basket to store all the things that we make in and I have got a cardboard box from something ages ago and have actually got it for this purpose. You see I started doing things earlier and then come to a standstill due to other things having to be made etc.

So now I am doing some lovely stitchery's and these will be the centres for these lovely doily's

that Dawn made and had for free from the Among the Gum Trees blog with the Mother’s Day specials.

Sooooo I am getting there and its not even half way thru June :) It’s looking good for me to have some finishes for June :)

Hugs to all………Vicki

Christmas Quilt

I made this Christmas quilt as I didnt have anything Christmassy in sewing stuff. I have several things I have painted and I will post them at a later date for you to see but at the moment I just wanted my Christmas quilt up as I designed it myself and I am pleased how it turned out. I have really gotten into this patchwork and sewing again. I used to sew alot about 20 years ago but then got into painting when the kids got older and wouldnt really wear anything that I made for them. I went all out with my painting as I did folk art and decorative painting. I love the whimsical painting as it so different and unique.