GIVEAWAY TIME!!

 This giveaway is open to everyone,I'll post anywhere in the world.
I'll be giving away this book by Rosalie Quinlan that I picked up from my time at Urban Stitches yesterday as well as four yummy fat quarters and some seasons cosmo varigated threads.

Just a couple of rules....for one chance leave a comment,if you're already a follower just let me know by leaving another comment telling me so and you'll get an extra two chances in the draw,become a new follower of my blog and you'll also get an extra two chances as well. :)

 Here are some pictures of a few of the lovely designs in this book.....I've already made a couple of these hearts up,very easy but oh soooo pretty :)

 More pretty things to make.....

I love this bag,so sweet.....
I'll be leaving this giveaway open till Friday 22nd March and will announce the winner Saturday :)

SATURDAY.....

 This is what I got up to on saturday........An early birthday gift from my sister Anne!

 A day filled with like minded women............beautiful displays,sharing time with my sister Anne,talking,laughter,cake,coffee and a scrummy lunch what more could a girl want in a day out!

 Gorgeous and generous designers..............on the round table in front are some of the goodies that were in our goody bags,all of them were kits so we could start on anyone of them on the day!

 More displays to feast the eyes on................I soooo wanted to take this tree home with me! and I loved the little bird in the cage too,must source this pattern out soon.

 and more..................sensory overload at its best!!

 and even more............soooo fell in love with these softies.

 This is the project I decided to work on while at the event........A design by Melly & Me.

 A picture of how far I got on the day.....

A close up of the cute ladybird,boy did I go cross eyed trying to satin stitch his dots lol,Melly kindly came over and showed us an easier way to get perfect circles....to bad I'd already finished mine by then lol.
I'll have more photo's to show you later as well as a little giveaway with something I got from the show that cost me nothing as it was a freebie with my purchases for the day but something I already have but you might not.....so swing by here tomorrow night and see what's on offer,there also may be a couple of bits & bobs thrown in with it as well from the days purchases :)

Prep work and Fat 1/4 swap

 Remember my last post when I showed you this pile of gorgeous fabrics well I worked on it a bit Monday and turned it into......

 This.....love how it's looking and I've cut enough fabric to make two so one down and one to go,maybe this weekend sometime :)

I also received these gorgeous fabrics from Maureen in our fat 1/4 swap,I'm still waiting for her fabrics to arrive so I'll post a pic as soon as Maureen receives them.I just want to thank Maureen for my gorgeous fabrics as well as the lovely tag with it's silver bling it certainly brightened up my week :)

Long weekend......

My long weekend started off vey slowly with me being a bit under the weather Friday but I managed to pick up by late Saturday to start working on a few projects,some secret some not....
 I've been slowly working my way through these balls of wool to make up more of these crocheted blocks and no you're not seeing the same blanket this one is being made with all the leftover balls of wool from the baby blanket I made for a friend at work,I just decided to make myself one in these pretty colours......seven blocks done,seven still to do just needing the final cream around each square......then I'll decide if it needs to be bigger or leave as is :)

 I found this unfinished rectangle in my basket of wool all that needed doing was to finish crocheting the scalloped edge around it.....still not sure if to leave it like this and use it for a bedside table runner or crochet a back and make it into a cushion??? what do you think? I love to use all my scraps whether it's wool or fabric......

 I finally finished block two and sat and sewed on the borders last night and then ironed block three ready to sit and sew.....

 I couldn't resist and started working on it last night,it's so theraputic to sit and sew while watching a movie at night,hopefully this block wont take as long to complete as block two did I don't know why but I struggled to finish that block just glad to have it done and dusted so I can move on :)

 I'm also working on a couple of Christmas gifts for the gift basket so have been doing a bit of prep work,as usual all scraps from my Christmas scrap basket,will show you a pic when it's done :)
For everyone who left comments on my last post yes I did enjoy my motorbike ride with hubby but will try to work it for a Saturday so I can rest on Sunday before heading back to work as I was totally stuffed by the time we got back from Daylesford lol but their definately will be a next time :)

Guess what I'll be doing today?

 Totally out of character for me.....

But I'm willing to give it a go...guess where I'll be going today wearing this and all the other safety gear that goes with it?

FNWF Results....

Last night I worked on this Christmas stitchery,just a little more stitching and then I can make it into a mini.....next weekend is a long weekend for us here in Victoria so I'll be trying to get a few more things ready and have a put-together/finish wekend I think and this stitchery is already on the list and then into the Christmas gift basket it will be going :)

FNSI Update & More Mill Rosie pictures.....

 This is what I worked on Friday night,I finally decided to make it into a cushion.I love how it's turned out :)

 Shez and I always do a one on one swap at each Mill Rosie get together and this is what I made for her this time a Natalie Lymer stitchery made into a wall canvas,I think by the look on Shez's face she liked it :) Our next swap is going to be by designer Anni Downs.

 This is what Shez made me in our swap,gorgeous isn't it :) I love lady birds and then to have it teamed with red.white and aqua just made my day! Thanks for swapping with me Shez,I can't wait to see what we come up with for our June meet up :)

 I also got to meet up with Cheryl my swap partner from last years Santa Sack swap,was totally surprised as a few of the other girls knew she was coming but kept it secret from me.Cheryl and I have been talking about doing a one on one swap as well since Christmas and this was the perfect opportunity to organise it.I love these personal swaps with very special friends :)

 This is Tracee and the Lucky dip item I made for our swap this month.I think she looks happy to have plucked it out of the bag :)

 Here's a close up of the cushion,I almost kept it for myself lol......

 This is the quiet table from L to R....Melody,Christine & Cheryl......I was sitting near Cheryl taking these pic's

 More of the quiet table L to R Sharon,Shez & Rosalie....

 and this is what I had for lunch on the day,was truely a funny sight when all the cameras started coming out to take pic's of all the diferent lunches lol.....

 Sharon spoilt me with a lovely bag of goodies,the choccies are long gone,they were eaten on the way back home lol and my baushka doll is now sitting on a shelf in my sewing room.Thanks Sharon I loved it all!

 Christine also surprised me with a name badge for me and all the founding members of the Mill Rosie girls.....isn't it gorgeous! Thanks Christine,I've never been a founding member before and quite honoured to be one of such a fabulous group of ladies :)
Shez also gave me a bag full of goodies,a zuchinni & home made pickles which I'll show a pic of after the 8th of March when I'm allowed to open them up lol, Mmmmm biscuits with cheese,ham and home made pickles what could be more perfect :) Thanks Shez..not long to wait now.

Here is a final picture of all the Rosalie Quinlan swap items all together,not one was a double up truely amazing......I can't wait for June to arrive so I can get together again with such an amazing bunch of ladies :)

Cooking,swaps and sunrises......

 I had a go at making Christine's yummy choc chip biscuits with her secret ingrediant and let me tell you they are DELISH!! a box of them went to hubby's friends house who was visiting for him and his wife to enjoy but the rest are sitting here tempting me to have a couple for breakfast with my morning coffee lol......

 I'm participating in the traditional 9 patch swap and here are my 14 blocks ready to be put away till send off later in the year,now to get to with cutting up the strips for next months blocks so I'm not as late getting them done as I was this month.....

 These are the gorgeous fat 1/4's and embelishments I received from Lyndell in the fat 1/4 swap I'm in,just gotta love roses on fabric,thanks Lyndell for being my swap partner this month :)

 and this is what i sent off to Lyndell,I nearly didn't send them as I fell in love with the colours but thought I'd better be good and make sure she does actually receive something in return :)

 I've also re-joined the framed hexie swap on my craft forum and my theme is red and white and Christmas (surprise,surprise lol) and this is what Sue came up with....isn't it lovely! I soooo love anything Chrissy related and santa does look very pleased with himself.Thanks Sue I love him and have started a new collection for this years hexie's :)

 This is the hexie I made for Sue,the only thing Sue wanted was that it went with blue so that left me a lot of scope and since I was baking I decided to make her a blue cupcake lol.....I hope she likes it as I'll be sending it off to her today :)

I couldn't resist taking a photo of the sunrise on my way to work a little while ago and thought you'd like to see how orange the sun looked so early in the morning,it looked even more fluro than the photo is showing on the morning I took it.
I have been working on a few secret swap items lately so no photo's to show yet but I have finished a couple of things and will do another post soon with pic's of these soon.

Mill Rosie meet up no:3

 This is the group outside the now famous RED DOOR......happy looking bunch aren't we :)

 Christine received a gorgeous bunch of fabric roses made up from Rosalie Quinlan fabrics and a yummy box of roses choclates from Sharon in our swap.

 Sharon received this lovely Rosalie Quinlan cushion made by Sue,love the colours in this cushion!

 Here's Shez showing us the lovely framed stitchery made by Cheryl

 Marins showing of her lovely French general bag that Melody made for the swap

 and here's me showing of my very yummu smelling (lavender) Wall hanging made by Christine....thanks Christine I love it and already have it hanging in my loungeroom :)

 Tracee looking very pleased....phew,wipes sweat of brow....my swap item I made for this months lucky dip....May just need to make one for myself as I had a hard time parting with it

And a surprise visit by Cheryl who was my lovely swap partner in last years Santa Sack swap,it was soooo good to catch up with her!! Here she is looking very happy with her wall hanging made by Tracee.
I've been trying to upload photo's  from this meet up for a blog post since Sunday but bloggers been playing silly and not letting me so fingers crossed it works this time....I'll do another post with more photo's of our Mill Rosie get together soon :)

FNWF results....

 This Friday night saw me working on some more of these crocheted squares and going to spottie today to buy enough wool to start working on the final 2 rounds for each square.....told you I couldn't resist making another one and I think I have enough leftover wool to make a small knee rug for the back of our sofa,something springlike to huddle under on those cold wintry nights ahead.

I also found myself working on this stitchery when my hands started to protest with too much crocheting,it's slowly coming together :)
I'm off to investigate all the other bloggers who participated in this event and try to do a bit more baking as well,beef stew is simmering on the stove top,the cornish pasties are nearly ready to come out of the oven to be replaced with a zuchinni slice and then finally some white chocolate & cranberry biscuits to finish off with.....not much happening with the craft but the baking's getting done to restock the freezer again for when I'm doing a late shift at work :)