Look what came back with me.....

 While visiting my parents over the Australia day holiday this very dusty but beautiful singer tredle sewing machine came home with me and my sister in the back of the car.......

 There was no chance of me saying no to my mum when she offered it to me......

My mum is a very big  Bower bird and for her to give this,her mum's sewing machine to me was extra special.....now to find someone who can restore it to its former glory.

Birdie BOM......

                                            Block 10......

                                           Block 11......

                                           Block 12......

All 12 blocks,I'm thinking white sashing would look just right to finish this quilt off....what do you think?

January,what a month!

 Baby Seth's quilt now has a label.....

 This is the top of Sethh's quilt,just a quick stacked coin cot quilt....

 I also made some more crocheted stars in red and white to hang for next Christmas in my sewing room....

 I also added four more rows to this quilt top.....

Now all it needs is a 5 or 6 inch border and it's off to the quilters......I'm thinking a pink or white check or plain homespun in these colours,what do you think?

FNSI Results.....

 DH went back to work Thursday so this Friday I had no one home and no interuptions so decided to start my FNSI early.....I started of by making this Babushka stitchery (finally) into a draw-string bag,one christmas gift ticked off my list for 2012.I'm planning on filling this bag full of yummy smelling soaps,hand lotions etc... over the year for the recipient.

 This quilt has been needing to be made up for a few years now,I found it while going through my boxes in my sewing room tidy up,the fabric is "Verna" and I still love the colours in it.This quilt didn't take long to make up as it was a simple 9 patch block using the charm squares,I had to change the pattern a bit as I realised I wouldn't have enough of the peachy/pink to do it the way the pattern said,I love how it turned out......

 This is one of the things I worked on Friday night while watching a movie,I hand traced and hand cut out the pieces now to put it together,maybe this Sunday? When it's finished it will be a very pretty pincushion with the stitchery in the middle.

This is another project I worked on after cutting out my red and white fabrics,it's still a WIP as I find it easier to stitch embroideries requiring lots of colours changes during daylight rather than under my lamp at night.I think this will be a pick-up/put-down one and will be worked on here and then when I have a spare moment during the day....might take it to work and work on it during my lunch breaks?
Sooo this is what I've been doing on my Friday ,must go and have a look at what the other participants have been working on now......

Glimpses of my sewing room....

 This little corner of my sewing room is near one of the windows looking onto our back yard,the tall thin bookcase was made for me by my Father-in-law for my sewing room and because the shelves are so narrow  I've used it to display some of my pieces I've either collected over the years,been gifted with,received in swaps or won in giveaways,I love this little corner of my room.

 This is the view you get as you walk into the room from our carport,I have a sliding door into my sewing room from there.I still need to tidy up a lot more but it's a start.I have lables/tags needing to be done to replace the post-it notes on boxes and baskets....I still have to finish making up the new curtains for around each of the tables as well.The little green stool is another of my Father-in-laws handiwork and I plan on using it to display my stuff on as well.

This cabinet was a garage sale find a few years ago,I'm thinking of putting some pretty material in the doors and getting my DH to put the shelf up for me that's leaning beside it on the right.
I couldn't resist making a little table top display on this cabinet,all my Annie dolls,red and white journals etc....make a pretty display when I come into the room,makes me smile each time I see it.
I'll try and post more pictures as I finish things in my sewing room,I still have lots to do but with small steps I'll get there eventually :)

Red & White is ohhhh so nice.....

I couldn't resist making up another of Hanne's hearts and them making it into a draw-string bag.I just love the combination of red and white together :)
If you would like to make your own heart go to my previous post and click on Hanne's link and download your own copy of this lovely heart pattern,the bag pattern is one I  made up as I went along :)

What I've been working on....

This is another crocheted blanket I started working on over my Christmas break,I'll work on it over my lunch breaks at work till it becomes to big to be a portable project.I love the lacey effect this stitch creates.....I'll post more photo's as it becomes bigger,my aim is to try and have it finished ready to use this winter.

and yes you are seeing double,the green edged blanket is the one I worked on last year during the frantic time when both my parents were sick and in hospitals at the same time.....but 2 hours apart from each other,I called mine my worry blanket.
I made the second blanket with the pink edging for my sister Anne who was worrying right alongside me.I thought it would be nice for her to have her own blanket so in secret I stitched this blanket up for her for one of her Christmas gifts last year.I think she can guess now why I said for her to call me before she dropped in so I could put the kettle on was a ruse so I could quickly hide it away when she was visiting LOL.....she had noooo idea!

New free BOM starting....

Click on the link button on my left side bar to take you to a new FREE BOM being offered by the lovely Jenny of Elefantz fame :)

More finishes for january.....

No you're not seeing double check the date on the stocking,I found this second Rudolph stocking in the same condition as the other one a little later after gifting the first one to my sister Anne so out came the stuffing and VOILA..... another Rudolph has come out of the cupboard or in this case out from inside the magazine that was inside the drawer in my sewing room!

 I traced and stitched up this heart today while trying to avoid the heat outside,if you'd like to make up one of your own click on this web addy http://hannequilt.blogspot.com/ as she's offering it free for you to make just make sure you abide by Hanne's rules of giving.....I think it's appropriate that the word "SIMPLIFY" is  part of this embroidery as that's the word I've chosen to try and live by for 2012.This heart now hangs up in my sewing room to remnd me,thanks Hanne for your generosity!

Another thing I've been working on are these crocheted stars,I'm making them into a banner for my sewing room and have now started on a red and white one for this Christmas,I'm planning on being more organised this year.....I'll see how that pans out when work and uni are added to the mix LOL.

New Year,new finish....1st for 2012

This was another applique project I had started and not finished,also found with my christmas stash so today I added some leftover prarie points on the ends,added a back and then spent a bit of time this morning stuffing it.
Another finish for Christmas 2012 and my first for this New Year........