Breast of friends BOM

I've been a bit slack with these blocks as life has certainly been getting in the way.Of course it could also be all the other things I'm working on as well! Like the four other BOM's I'm working on as well as 29 library bags for the children in my room heading off to school next year and numerous Chrissy gifts for family and friends this year....Phewww I'm tired just typing this.Anyway without further ramblings here is a photo of block no.10.I'm still enjoying these blocks and I must get back and start working on the ones I have made up ready to stitch!

Apron swap....

On the craft forum I'm a member off we had an apron swap and due to a family illness (not me) I haven't had the time to upload the apron I made for Kim and the one Glenys made for me.
The purple apron is the one I made for Kim and as you can see by the photo's it's reversable.I had so much fun appliqueing the flowers and making it up for her.I made it in purples as I know she loves that colour.
The christmas apron is the one Glenys made for me and I absolutely LOVE IT! it's so girly and swishy and well....just me.I can't wait to show it off to my family and friends this Christmas.
Thank you to both Kim and Glenys for being my partners in such a fantastic swap.I hope you both loved the aprons you received and made as much as I did mine.

GIVE AWAY WINS.....

Aout two weeks ago I won two give aways from two diferent blogs but due to ill-health,work and just life getting in the way I haven't had a chance to take phtoto's of the giveaways let alone blog about them.I've emailed both Ryan and Nancy to personally thank them when they arrived but that's as far as I got so I decided today was the day I'd finally put photo's of my lovey winnings onto my blog and acknowledge two fantastic bloggers.You should try and take some time and explore their blogs as they are both lovely and very interesting blogs.I'll pop their blog sites for you below so you can go and check them out it will be well worth the efffort!

From Ryan's give away I won a charm pack called folklorique and I'm thinking a bag will be made with them....what do you think? Ryan also sent me a delightful smelling candle called sunflower and some specail threads.Thank you Ryan for hosting such a lovely give away.

From nancy's give away I received two appliqued placemats a Tilda stitchery (I just love Tilda)a tryly scrumptious jewlery pouch,a thimble and some some hand gel which will come in handy this summer as there already forcasting an even hotter summer than the last one YIKES!! Thank you Nancy for hosting such an beautiful give away.I can't wait to start on the stitchery.

Ryan: http://imjustaguywhoquilts.blogspot.com/

Nancy: http://nancysstingogting.blogspot.com/

Sorry,but I still haven't figured out how to add blogs so you can just click on their names and it will take you there.You'll just have to manually type them :(

GIVEAWAY PARCELS ARE ON THERE WAY........

Just letting JOCELYN,NAOMI and DOLORES know that there prizes are on the way to them as I type.
My apologies to Dolores I forgot to put in a note with her parcel as I was wanting to send them all at once and didn't realise I hadn't sent a letter with the parcel until I got home from the post office.
I hope you all like what I've sent you and enjoy them for many years to come :) Barb.

GIVEAWAY WINNERS.....YES I SAID WINNERS

I know you've all been waiting for this draw and I'm sorry I'm a bit late but I wanted to wait for my Hubby to return so I could get him to do the draw for me.He did a fantastic job.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE....and the winners are.....

1st Prize...."Happy cottage quilter".Congratulations on winning first prize.

But wait there's more I decided to do two more random draws and the winners for these suprise draws are....

2nd Prize...Is Naomi from "bee she bags" who will be having a handmade red and white journal winging its way to her.

3rd Prize...Is Dolores from "True blue Canadian".I'll be posting Delores a Christmas themed cornucopia to her.

Congratulations to all the winners.If you could please email me your snail mail addy's I'll send off your packages full of Christmas cheer your way as soon as possible.

I also wanted to thank everyone who participated in this giveaway and all the lovely comments you left.I have so enjoyed exploring all the new blogs and seeing all the lovely things being made all over the world.What an inspiration you all are!

on my heart BOM........my version

I love Vicki's BOM she is doing on her blog.I was finally able to take photo's of the first four blocks but decided to do them in a totally diferent colourway.For my blocks I used a white homespun for my background fabric and for the applique shapes I raided my red and white fabric stash.I wanted the applique to stand out so I used black thread to blanket stitch around and then a dark green for the leaves.I jazzed them up a bit by adding black and white buttons where needed.I think they turned out quite well.I can't wait to start on blocks number five and six I'm thinking of turning the blocks into a table runner,what do you think?

GIVEAWAY UPDATE:
Don't forget you can still enter my GIVEAWAY on the post below till July 25th.
Good luck to all who've entered so far.

Hexagon Swap....

Finally my camera's charged and I can put up a photo of the gorgeous hexie I received from Joma in the forum swap.Sorry it's taken so long but my camera's been playing up.I think I'll be buying a new rchargeable battery next weekend!
I also wanted to say thank you to Joma for being my swap partner in this very different swap.I absolutely love the angel and can't wait to start on the next one.

Christmas In July Giveaway....

Well I've finally done it!worked out how to put this lovely giveaway button onto my blog that my fantastic and ever helpful friend Vicki designed for me.I hope I haven't kept you waiting for too long for this....I have loads of goodies to giveaway and I might even throw in one or two extra suprises for the winner,you just never know....I'm also happy to send internationally.

In the giveaway I've included a redwork cushion,a handmade cloth doll,cornucopia, christmas tea towel,a journal and coasters.All in Christmas colours of red,green,white and a touch of gold.All the giveaway items were made by me especially for this giveaway.I hope you like the goodies.

To enter this giveaway is easy.....

1.Leave a comment on my blog on this post = 1 entry.

2.put the giveaway button on your blog = 1 entry.

3.become a follower = 1 entry.

4.blog about the giveaway on your blog = 1 entry.

5.Come back and comment on this post and let me know what you've done so I can add up your entries.

So that means a total four entries to my giveaway.Don't forget to leave me a way of contacting you,nothing worse than not being able to contact a winner and I really don't want to double dip if I don't have to.

The draw will be on Saturday the 25th July.

Hexagon Swap....

On the craft forum they're having a hexagon swap and I ummed and aard over whether to join as I'd never done one before ,sure I've done hexagons but not made up like this to make a runner when put all together.Finally I sat myself down and had a talking to and said it's fun and it's another skill I'll learn and get better at as I do more so I joined.So here is a picture of my first Hexie I made for Joma in the swap.
Boy I hope she likes it,I'm a bit nervous now about sending it.

Check out this giveaway....

Pop over to Lori's blog at "bee in my bonnet" and check out her gorgeous giveaway she's having.Follow her directions and you can enter up to three times for three times the chance to win.
Just click on her "bee in my bonnet" button I have on my side bar to get to her blog for a chance to win some lovely kitchen goodies,but be quick the draw date is July 4th and the winner to be announced July 5th.Good luck!