Merry Christmas

Wishing All My Bloggy Friends

and Visitors a Peaceful
Christmas and a New Year

filled with hope

Ann

One...Two...Three...Four...

I know, I know....you haven't seen me for a while. Sorry about that. Work and family commitments have been biting into time spent on blogging and sewing. I'm also having problems loading websites - especially blogs.

The resident computer nerd in our family can't seem to locate the issue. Drats!  So I visit your blogs when I can persuade my PC to download them.

At the moment I am working on a baby quilt. Hopefully I will have pictures for you soon.

Keep counting.....I'm coming....

Happy Stitching...Ann

Send Me An Angel

Laurel Hermon's design appeared in Creating Country Threads (Vol 9 No 11). I have made some small changes.

This Christmas Angel will be winging her way to her new home soon. It has been good to make some inroads in my Christmas sewing plans.

Did you know that there are only 8  12 Saturdays until Christmas?

I may have forgotten to include all the Saturdays in November. Sigh. It's no fun being daft!

Happy Stitching...Ann

Sewing Again

It's rather nice to be back sewing again and here's a little tease about something I'm working on at the moment.

I have also started work on the gift list - there are birthdays and Christmas to be done.

Here's a Cranberry Heart I made

Front and back views.

Just a little something for a bloggy friend to hang in her sewing room.

I always enjoy searching the net for fabric and patterns. Kate from InStitches has a terrific online shop and her service is prompt and efficient. Visit her here at Bella's Patchwork

Happy Stitching...Ann

Swap Blocks from Theri

Swap Blocks from Theri

and some fabulously luscious chocolate

Thank you so much Theri!

Did you miss me? I sure missed all of you. I feel like I have been away from this blog for an age and so much has been happening. You have all been so busy.

I haven't sewn for so long that I'm not sure I would recognise a needle and thread if I stood on one!

Some wonderful swap blocks came from Theri amidst all the chaos and they are wonderful. Have you seen Theri's design and layout for her swap blocks? Isn't she clever?

I did manage to spend a pleasurable few hours at a local quilt show the other weekend. The quilts were amazing. I liked so many of them and was honoured to have some of the quilt makers tell me about the inspiration for their work, the difficulties they encountered finding just the right fabric and the pleasure they had in completing their quilt.

I thought I would show you the pincushions I made for my swap partner. For some reason she hasn't posted pictures on Flickr. Strange, but perhaps her computer is misbehaving. Been there, done that.

This was a pattern in the issue of Quilts & More I received in the block swap. You can find the online version of the pattern here.

This one is from the book Quilts as Gifts. I really enjoyed making both.

Well, I have quite a bit of catching up to do so I'm off the read your blogs.


Message for Debra - Wagonwife
For some reason, Debra, I can't seem to post comments to your blog posts lately and as you are set to no-reply I can't email to let you know or thank you for the lovely comments you always leave on mine.

Just wanted you to know.

Happy Stitching...Ann