Mini cat valentine quilt

Hi everyone, my mini cat series has now been extended into a mug rug!

We will remember them................

Today is a special day to remember all of the fallen in the world wars and recent conflicts too.

A stitchery, some buttons and a new cross stitch.

Hello everyone, here is my latest stitchery that I have just completed, it is a Jenny of Elephantz design and I love it!

Mini Quilt Exchange

Hi everyone, this is  my last mini quilt that I made for Cheryll's Quilt Exchange for 2014.

Mini Quilt Swap and Shrink Plastic Gift Tags

 Hi Everyone, I am currently signed up for a mini quilt swap from Cherylls Blog over at Gone Stitching here this is the mini quilt I sent to my partner Sue over at The Jersey Scrapper Blog here

Easter Mini Quilt and swap on Ravelry.

Hi everyone, I signed up on Cherylls Blog  to make three mini quilts  this year and the first one was an Easter Swap for my partner Kerry, I made this mini quilt using this Easter sampler pattern from Red Brolly.

Quilted wall hanging, Santas Village progress and Valentine Cat finished.

I finally managed to stitch another house on Santa's Village, only two more to go!

Santa's Village progress and another Father Christmas mug rug finished

Hi everyone, here is my latest progress on Santa's Village, I have started stitching the next house and then I only have two houses after that to finish. I am quite pleased with it, I showed it to my sister the other day and she loved it!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hi everyone, I am back from my blogging break!

Apologies for the delay in posting, I did say I would be back on my blog at the beginning of December 

My first hand made quilt is now finished.

Here is the picture of my first hand stitched quilt that I promised to show, I started it in 2005 and I have only just got around to finishing it. I usually like quilts made in pastel shades and floral designs but on this occasion I decided to stitch something very bright.
I made this to see if I would like making quilts before I decided to embark on a much larger project, I hope you like it!

Edited : A few of you asked me if this is Mary Engelbreit quilt fabric - yes it is.

Click on the picture for a closer look

Thankyou for taking part in my poll, the results are displayed at the top, it has helped me decide what to stitch for my blog anniversary in July.

Happy stitching and thankyou for your visit!

Prairie Schooler exchange received and quilting news!

My partner Patti in the Prairie Schooler exchange has received the hand made card and pillow I made for her. I am so glad you liked it Patti, I was getting worried as I posted it on Tuesday and it should have arrived for the next day. I wrapped it in lovely pink cellophane and a soft pink ribbon, I thought it looked quite yummy! You know how it can be difficult to part with stitched pieces sometime, (well all of the time for me!) I did not feel too bad about parting with this one because I had just received the same design from Mylene, she made it into a mattress pincushion for our recent personal exchange! Here

This is a no gift exchange group so I decided to make a nice card, I made it using the quilling method, it is amazing how therapeutic it is rolling up bits of paper!LOL.

The inspiration to make the label in this way came from the lovely pinkeep that Andrea made for me in a recent pay it forward gift that you can see here.

My first polymer clay roses

I decided to attempt to make some polymer clay roses using Fimo clay

after inspiration from numerous blogs, I must admit it is quite relaxing.I absolutely loved making models out of clay when I was in primary school, it certainly took me back a few years!

Stitching News

I have also been sorting out my craft boxes and I found a few unfinished work in progress pieces that I started a number of years ago, one of which is my first ever hand made quilt. I am just putting the binding on and then I will post pictures later.

My sister lived in North Carolina for a number of years until 2005, she started quilting whilst she was there and inspired me to start my own project. I have also got another quilt that is a work in progress but I am not yet looking to finish that anytime soon!

Here is a picture of the first quilt my sister ever made, I am astounded that a beginner in quilting could make such a beautiful piece. I observed while she stitched each little triangle together and I knew exactly how much work she put in this, but the best part -

she gifted it to me!

Thankyou Ann-Marie, I shall treasure it always!

Thankyou for stopping by, happy stitching everyone!