a rose by any other name

apologies to Will

with all the rain, cold, heat and humidity we've been having here it's a wonder there is a garden at all.

at one stage it was looking like the weeds might be featured

they may still be

this is my entry for



birthday cake...just a slice

a friend has a birthday coming up and i believe you should always have cake to celebrate

since it's after christmas i felt that just a slice would be plenty

this cute pincushion is from quilts & more spring 2009

stitchniche made me one of these and sent the magazine with the pattern

i'm just sharing the love

the ultimate craft space

take a look at this post from sew many ways to see one of the most amazing creative spaces i've ever seen

all done on a shoe string budget and with loads of creativity

thanks to sister's choice quilts for mentioning this on her blog

it goes something like this

so I drove to the fabric shop to choose some fabric for the setting triangles in my swap quilt.

Browsed the shelves, found something nice and it was reduced.

By the time I drove home, I'd completely changed my mind

Next time I'm just going to sit in the car for 10 minutes

(image may or may not be indicative of aforementioned trip to fabric shop)

swap quilt update

feeling rather guilty that i hadn't touched these especially after all the love and care my swap partners put in to making them

it was great fun to get them out and re-read all the lovely cards that came with them

they are sewn into rows now with one inch sashings and corner stones

hope to find just the right fabric for the setting triangles today

it was such a tough decision to choose a layout especially after seeing katiemaytoo's, theri's and canuckquilter's versions

thank you - again - for making our  swap successful