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SewCalGal: Christmas Quilt Show (178)

Sew I was blog hopping as usual and came upon Aunt Polly’s Porch  blog and she was showing off her adorable Christmas quilt for the SewCalGal: Christmas Quilt Show 2010…

Well I want to enter a few delights of my own that I’ve created over Christamas’s Past :

 I made about 12+ of this cute little snowmen, I think everyone got one that year 🙂 

I did stockings one year for a bunch of people and exchanges filled them full of goodies. These were pre-printed patterns, super easy and fun!

Tree of Life: My Sister wanted one, it was paper pieced (my first project)

I loved it so much I made myself one..

I called them Family Trees 🙂

Tree Skirt was a class I taught a few years back…turned out really cute. One lady made over 20 of these.

Snowman door hanger, I made about 10 of these one year and they were all different but all a HUGE hit! Pattern was out of MaCalls I think?

We always do ornaments each year on each gift, one year I made them all…they were all different and super cute. This was when I fell in love with embroidery.

Twinkle tree covered in french knots, was a block exchange…

This isn’t something that I made but it is stitched, embroidered and is for Christmas to me from my Mum, thanks Mum I LOVE it!

 

Well I hope you enjoy stopping by, now what am I going to make this year,

thanks so much for checking this post out and leaving me a comment 🙂

Until next time, stay happy and creative!

 

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Me Mondays: A Kittens Tale (177)

Well ladies, I’ve done it, I’ve finally finished A Kittens Tale by Lynette Anderson…wonderful journey of learning to master half square triangles and pinwheels…applique needle turn & raw edge…playing with silks yet again…and completely being the guru of the smallest yo-yo’s available to make lol…let me see the border alone was 112 yo-yos – BLISS..

(well I did curse them a little towards the end lol)

But Look, what do you think? I’m in love, all over again…come here kitty, kitty, kitty 🙂

  

Until next time, stay happy and creative!

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Mexico Colours (176)

During the Summer my Mr. VQ decided to spoil his wife of 9 years and take her to Mexico for a week of lazing by the pool, reading a good book (or many), drinking my favourite fruity drinks and sew much more…but wait a fabric store, +40 degrees C (104 degrees F) could it be I must check it out…can you say BRIGHTS?

(I didn’t see her in the image before hand…well say “Cheese, Senorita”

I look over and the lady that works there take a yard stick, pulls the fabric off of the roll the length of the stick and rips it off the roll right there, no scissors, no rotary cutter, not even one cutting station, just a good ol’ fashion fabric (and a million other things) shoppe. LOVE it!!

As a side factoid, a common wage in Mexico (we were in Puerto Vallarta) is 6 Pesos per day. 1 CAD dollar is 12 Pesos…can we count our blessings 🙂

Until next time, stay happy, colourful and creative