Berry Red Stitches

A few bits and pieces

These are the books I bought while I was in Toowoomba. It’s always good when you get some money for Christmas! I was hoping to join the Some Kind of Wonderful stitch-a-long but at the moment they are full – maybe I’ll just follow along myself for now. I always seem to find these groups too late!

I also caught up with some of the green ric rack that I was looking for to finish off my Patchwork Posies quilt and the bells and buttons for my stitcheries.

Precious Time was having their annual birthday sale and the top three fabrics are for backings and the bottom three, just because….

So now that I have a few things organized again – I have full time work for the next three weeks.

Good thing it’s summer and I can get up earlier!

 Liane

A few days away

I’ve just returned from a few days away in Toowoomba. With all the rain and local flooding we have been having here in South East Queensland, I almost wasn’t sure whether to go or not. Luckily we had a respite from the torrential rain here and it was not raining when I arrived in Toowoomba. I'm so glad I went for a walk through the parks the first day, as the rain and fog closed in after that.

I saw these huge sunflowers in the park. Some of them were standing over 2 metres tall and the leaves were the size of dinner plates.

Even though the weather meant I couldn’t visit a few of my favourite “outdoor” spots, I could still pay a couple of visits to Lisa at Precious Time. I meant to take some photos of the shop this time but I forgot. Luckily they have just rearranged and Lisa has posted some photos here on her blog.

I had taken a shopping list with me and as soon as I take some photos, I will show you my purchases.

Liane

My Posies are coming together!

I had a whole morning of sewing on Saturday, so I thought I'd put my patchwork posies together before I sewed on the outside applique. I need some more of the olive green ric rack and I'll have to go on a mission to find it as I haven't seen any locally. I must say it looks good now it's all together.

It's always amazing what you can get done when you get an uninterrupted block of time. I need a few more of those regularly this year so that I can power on with these UFOs!

Liane

Wandering around blogland

When I have some spare time, I love to check out some of the links on other blogs. I have noticed that a lot of people seem to take a break from blogging at this time of year. I can fully understand the need to get your thoughts organised for the year ahead - but I really do appreciate the bloggers with regular posts and lots of interesting things going on.

One such blogger is Fiona who is currently having a give away. If you haven't already visited her blog, I urge you to have a look.

Liane

A good start!

I hope your New Year has started on a good note.

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks trying to relax a bit and get my head around the big lifestyle changes occurring in our family this year. While youngest son is trying to decide how to spend his gap year and where to travel to, I am wrestling with some big decisions regarding work, travel and a possible relocation myself.

While the big decisions are taking a while to formulate, I’ve been organising my sewing space and “to do” list. I am hoping to finish off most of my UFOs and WIPS this year – so that I can get started on my current wish list (which grows longer by the minute!)

I wanted to show you a couple of late finishes for 2011. These were stitched early last year but took until just after Christmas to be finished off. Oh well, at least they’ll be ready for next Christmas – once I find some nice buttons and bells to embellish them! Why is the small thing you need to finish off a project always hard to find when you need it?

I’ve also sewn together a top, am sewing together and finishing off the appliqué on Patchwork Posies, am basting another ready for quilting, and have the next WIP hanging on my design wall. I also have plans to finish another WIP top before I go away at the end of the month. At least I’ve made a good start to the year – let’s hope I can keep it up!

In Stitches

Liane