Happy Christmas!

It is Christmas Eve here so I have hung by our fireplace {with care....} the QAYG Christmas stocking made using the fab Falling Flakes tutorial by Imagine Gnats . 

Hopefully in the morning this will have a little something special hiding in there:)

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

Linking to the 4th quarter FAL with Leanne @ She Can Quilt.

Kirsten.

A "Secret Santa" Pillow.

For the past few days, I have been following along with the Cushion for Christmas blog hop hosted by Ms Midge - if you haven't already checked out all of these fabulous pillows then you can do so here.

So when we decided last week that we would do a "Secret Santa" gift swap among my husbands family for Christmas I thought that I would make a pillow for the secret recipient whom I happen to know loves giraffes:)

I already had a panel of Cori Dantini's "Hello World" fabric here with the cute giraffe print, and I used a selection of fabrics which had either some orange or yellow in them to include in the scrappy border.

I just did some simple echo quilting around the panel then trimmed the top back to finish at 18" 

The backing is a neutral calico-like fabric which has giraffes subtly printed on it in white.

I might have to make another one of these soon as it is perfect for lazing about in the hammock with a good book on a hot summers' day.

Linking up with Ms Midge and Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory.
Kirsten.

We have a Winner!

Thanks to all those who entered the Sew Mama Sew giveaway!

After a quick consult with Mr Random.org, I am happy to announce the winner of the SMS giveaway.

Congratulations to Laurie who said:

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Laurie

I love black and white prints - trying to incorporate those more in my quilts.

DECEMBER 14, 2013 AT 1:36 AM 

I have emailed Laurie for her postal address and will be mailing the bundle off this week.
Kirsten.

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway! *CLOSED*

Note: Giveaway now closed at 195 comments - winner announced shortly.

As part of the Sew,Mama,Sew Giveaway Day/week, I have a bundle of 6 FQ  to giveaway!

 These fabrics include a variety of different text prints in black, white, cream and blue.

• I am more than happy to post internationally too, so please leave a comment below. If you like, let me know how you might use these text prints in a sewing project.
• This competition closes at 5pm on Friday December 13th PST which according to the time converter is 12pm Saturday 14th December 2013 here in eastern Australia. 
• The winner will be drawn randomly later on December 14th and contacted via email so if you think you may be a "no-reply" blogger then please leave an email address in your comment so that I can get in touch with you. (Note: there is a great tutorial here by Adrianne @ On The Windy Side about "How to Stop Being a No Reply Blogger" if you want to check it out!)

• And usually I try to reply to comments but it gets a bit crazy with the Giveaway Days so I may not get back to everyone, but please know that I read and appreciate all of your comments.

Good luck and thanks for stopping by - hope to see you again!

Kirsten.

WiP Wednesday/Thursday

I am a little late with this WiP post as we had thunderstorms rolling in all afternoon yesterday so it was too dark to take photos.

 This week I am trying to finish off the QAYG Christmas stocking as well as a birthday present.

I have used the Falling Flakes stocking tutorial by Imagine Gnats for the stocking and have all of the quilting done now.

And these pretty Millefiore fabrics have been sewn into strips to make a couple of scrappy trip along type blocks from.

Linking to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.
Kirsten.

Catching up...

I started making the red and white feathers blocks for Belinda last week but have run out of some of the white solid for now, so immediately got started on the (now rather late) September blocks for Jules.

Julie sent a wonderful variety of colourful fabrics and asked for blocks finishing at 16.5" using this quilt as inspiration.

And these four are all 8.5" each -  this is going to be such a vibrant and fun quilt!
Linking to Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory. Kirsten.

Christmas table runner

Late last week I received the Christmas runner from Leah (pugglelogic) for the DUDQS.

I love the trees at either end, and the stripey binding is perfect!

 Leahs dense quilting looks amazing - she added in a couple of these tiny quilted stars too.

I have our little Nativity tree on the runner for now...

And the other side is just right for my countdown tree. Thank you so much Leah for such a lovely runner.
Kirsten.

WiP Wednesday

I have fallen a bit behind on some bee blocks from September and November but luckily December is a "bee-free" month so I am hoping to catch on them all in the coming days.

For the AusMod Bee, Belinda has sent out some lovely red and white fabrics for us to make her some of the Anna Maria Horner feathers blocks...

After a few hours work this afternoon, I have the feathers cut out ready for the white background. For those of you that were interested, one of the bee members organised these fabulous acrylic templates to be made by Lisa at Sunset  Seams - they make the cutting so much easier!

And I also managed to post off a couple of swap packages for the DUDQS4 yesterday:)

Linking to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.
Kirsten.