Santa sack swap update etc.....

 These two parcels are heading to Cheryl's home as of yesterday morning.....I'm hoping she likes what I've sent her! I was a bit late sending November's parcels as I was snowed under with uni assignments,I now have one back with a mark of  high distinction,one more waiting to come back marked and one to put in this Wednesday.....but wait there's more! My final two assignments are due my last week of uni which is in two weeks! Bring on the end of November I say.
So thank you Cheryl for being so understanding in my being a bit late in sending you of this months pressies......I have an extra yummy surprise included in your next parcel which will be winging it's way to you for the final post in the first week of December,plenty of time to get to you before Chrissy :)

 I'm also in a fat 1/4 swap and my partner for this swap was Arlene, I'd asked for red and white or red for my fat 1/4's and she didn't dissapoint! I haven't seen either of these fabrics and they'll go nicely with the others I've been collecting for my red and white redwork stitchery quilt.Thanks for being my partner for this months swap Arlene.I'll be off for our Mill Rose bloggy meet next Saturday and I'm sure I'll find just the right fabrics to send your way.......with a little extra for my being late again whoops! I couldn't find anything at my local spotlight for the colours Arlene had requested so decided to wait till our bloggy meet to find them.

I've been slowly and steadely stitching my way through this Rosalie Quinlan stitchery,a few minutes here and there does wonders,it's also nice to take some much needed time out from assignments and just stitch!

Friday night with friends....

 Cheryl at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com.au/  has started up a new stitching night and last night I got my trusty crochet hook out and started working on this ripple blanket,I've been so busy with study I haven't really been working on it or much else except for bits and pieces here and there. I love how quickly this works up,not long now and it will be a finish :)

 this is how it looks rolled up......yummy! I sooooo love red and white together.

 These were found on my doorstep yesterday by my sister when she dropped by for a visit,too late to take photo's and I was soooo good and din't touch the peppermint fudge till after this photo was taken this morning and I was really,really good and gave a sliver of it to my hubby before devouring the rest MMmmmm Thanks Cheryl it went down a treat and the two pressies are safely tucked away in my santa sack unmolested,squeeszed,sniffed,poked or prodded by me :)

 This is what Heather sent me in this months fat 1/4 swap, the chocolates are long gone LOL and the fabric washed and ironed and added to my stash. Thanks for being my partner Heather I love everything that you sent to me :) I forgot to take a photo of what I sent to Heather so why don't you pop over to her blog at http://seriouslycrazy4craft.blogspot.com.au/ and have a look around,she has a lovely blog full of yummy handmade things :)

This is another project that I've been trying to finish,I started swapping these hexagons with my craft forum and only now am I making them into a table topper.I still hav the final row to sew on and I'm thinking of adding a crocheted border but will decide after it's been put together. I'm hopeing to get back into this swap next year as I will have a bit mor time to participate in a few more swaps once I've finished up with my studies this year :)

FNSI.....early

 I've been working on my Rosalie Quinlan stitchery today in-between working on an assignment due next week for uni......I've added a bit more since the last photo and will keep working between both during the night to keep me sane :)

I also wanted to thank Sarah from  http://sarahsprimtreasures.blogspot.com/ for her lovely giveaway in which I won this Rosalie Quinaln pattern.....you can NEVER have enough Rosalie Quinlan patterns in my sewing room! So a big THANK YOU SARAH!! I can't wait to be able to start on this one as well as quite a few other projects after November :)

If I don't answer comments left over the next week or so it's not because I don't appreciate the time and effort you go to leave them for me but because I'm also working on my last two assignments for uni which are due in three weeks so I'll apologise in advance as I'll be head down and bottom up for a little while working on finishing them off before the deadline :)

Nearly finished....

 I finally made some time to put this quilt top together.....I  used the Luna Notte range of fabrics.

A close up of some of the blocks,I love the colours in the fabric range.Now I just have to wait for our bloggers meet up in November to find some fabric for the borders and then I can totally finish it of and send it to the quilters :)

Thanks Maree.....

 This was waiting for me when I got home from work so I took a quick photo before I opened it up...

 To reveal this gorgeous new BOM " My Paris Garden " I won this on Maree's blog giveaway at 
http://www.mareew.blogspot.com.au/ I love it!!.....

Bring on November I say so I can start working on this beautiful BOM!! A huge thank you to Maree I am soooo going to love making this one up :)
Maree also has a lovely on-line shop so why don't you pop over and have a look you wont be dissapointed :) 

Giveaway win.....

 I entered a giveaway a little while ago to name a pattern for http://www.sewhappy.me/ and came up with a couple one of them being "Snowmany hats" which I and another commenter both gave the same name so we both won a copy of the pattern. I love snowmen and can't wait to be able to start on this lovely quilt,thanks Lesley :)

I also couldn't resist starting on this gorgeous stitchery by rosalie Quinlan,I'm just going to plod along with this while I work on assignments for uni over the next few weeks :)

Finally finished....

This is the cushion finally finished and handed over to Allegra's mum this morning.I trimmed the cushion with some leftover strips from the quilt I made for her when she was born :)
Now I just need more time to finish a few more things before the year ends!

I need more time!!!

 Finally finished my spring blanket......

 This photo show the truest colours,crisp yellow,bright orange and a twist of lime......

 It's only a small baby blanket big enough to put over a pram or cot.Boy I'm loving how these colours work together!

 I also finally finished this black scarf I've been knitting up for me,will use it next winter it's sooo soft and slinky feeling.

Just to tease you a bit this is what we had for tea tonight Chicken and brocoli bake MMmmmm.
I'll be back later in the week witth another finish I can't show you just yet as the person I'm making it for visits my blog.

Finding time.....

 Finally added the third row to my new spring crocheted blanke.....can you see the pattern yet? Follow just one colour from left to right as you go up the rows and you'll see the pattern starting to emerge :)

 Here's a long shot of the blanket,this is only going to be a relatively small blanket compared to my other ones so is working up quite quickly.The finished size will be six by six squares then a decorative trim to finish it off.

I also had this lone block floating around from my "Tis the season" book and decided to make it into a mug rug......should look good with a festive cup with a chocolate mix made up in it as a gift this year,ready for the recipient to make themselves a cuppa? I have a few more of these blocks nearly at the finished stage and I can see a few more of these being made up very soon!

Not enough time in the day.....

 These christmas wrapped bundles arrived early this week but I haven't been able to take a photo to put on here till now......I promise,cross my heart these parcels have landed in my santa sack unmollested Cheryl LOL.......... Only 3 more months and I'll be able to open them!

Remember those green,orange and yellow squares I showed you recently well they've been transformed into this,four more rows to go and then to decide on how to edge it :) If you look closely you'll be able to see a pattern emerging with the colour placement of the squares???