A few finishes……

Here it is…..all finished!!

My Vintage Dishes Quilt.

Pattern by Lori Holt of Bee In My Bonnet and fabrics are Sew Cherry by Lori Holt of Bee In My Bonnet for Riley Blake. I fell in love with the pattern when I saw it on Lori’s blog and I was able to get the pattern and fabrics and then I thoroughly enjoyed sewing up all the plates and cups and saucers. I love the zigzag border and also how the corners are cut off.

Sooo special!!

My dear friend Dawn quilted it for me and she did an all over flower and leaf design.

Love it Dawn!! Thank you for doing such a superb quilting job. If you would like Dawn to quilt a quilt of yours just pop on over to her blog and send her an email. Dawn wanted to see me wrapped in the quilt…..well this is me hehehehe

 

I can’t remember if I showed you my very big quilt that I finished a few months ago. This one is huge and too big to fit on the fence to take a proper photo of it. The fence is just over 6 foot high and so you can see how big it is.

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I loved sewing the blocks for this one and it is a Thimbleberries design. My friend Natalie of The Quilting Bug machine quilted it for me and it is awesome. I said to Nat…just go for it and do what ever takes your fancy. She loved that and had a ball creating the patterns. I love it too. Thanks Nat!  

I tried holding it up to get a picture of it but its just too big. I am behind it lol….. When its a nice day I will take it somewhere and have a photo shoot with it.

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The other day I was looking around in my local thrift shop.

Sitting there with my name on it was this darling basket.

I just had to have it and I thought….painted white will make it even more special. So I have been waiting for a warm day to spray paint it. First up I am going to have to take out the inner linings as I don’t want paint on them.

There was even a little heart pin cushion, a Thimble holder and scissor holder inside. It was a bargain for $5.00.

I love searching around thrift shops and you just never know what you will find.

hope you are all having a fabulous weekend….

Hugs to all……

 

Wow.....blown away again!

No not by the storm or bad winds but by

some very special people in my life.

I am a very lucky girl and feel very blessed by such lovely friends.

I was thrilled to receive some lovely birthday gifts from my special friends.

Thank you very much everyone for making me feel special on my birthday.

Special hugs to you all.....

I have been very spoilt and I also got some money from the birthday club I am in on Khris’ craft forum and I had a ball spending it.

I have loved this quilt pattern when it first came out and when I ordered it they was offering reduced freight if your order was over $40…..so I had to get more didnt I? The FQ bundle was half price….Bargain!!!

Then I visited another favourite fabric place and got myself some gorgeous fabrics that I have had my eye on for some time too….They came yesterday so I am a happy little vegimite :)

Vintage Modern….yumm!

and I got these just because I like them.

I am going to be busy sewing now.

Hugs to all…..