Baby quilt.

I have been busy this week, truely! Though, if you were to pin me down and demand to know what I've been doing I could only show you this.....

It's a bit of a cheat, but fun too. Just two bits of fabric, one for the top and one for the backing, quilted along the lines, bound and hey presto....a funky little kids quilt.
I love it, all the pieces in this range (Meet the Gang) make me smile.
Here's the back peeking over the corner. Just the sort of thing to whip up in an evening for a surprise gift.

If you want to see it in "person", it's hanging in the shop .

Confessional Sunday

So this is what I made out of the leftovers from my Sanctuary quilt....doesn't it look different!

But I'm guessing your far more interested in my confession for the week, ok....here goes......


Back when I was twenty something (technical term for young and stupid) I owned a dog and she was pampered and loved but.....on occasion....when I was desperate....I would steal and eat her doggie chocolates!


No, the laxative effects never bothered me.
Yes, my hair was lovely and shiny
No, I never felt the urge to sniff bottoms.


I am ashamed of myself, and now ensure that the pantry is NEVER bereft of chocolate.


It wont happen again.


Hopefully.

Not....the fastest blogger in the world.

So where did all my good intentions go? I was going to be a good blogger and a better quilter/crafter.
Hah!
So much for that! You didn't see how long my grass was....I've got calouses from all that mowing.

Luckily I did get a few tops done in my blogging absence so can pretend to have been productive by eeking out the pics.
This is one of my favourites, Sanctuary with some chocolate brown...mmmm....yummy!
I'll show you tomorrow what I made with the leftovers, how economical is that, using leftovers. Whatever next!
Oh, by the way....I'm making Sunday posts "Confesssional Sunday." So get your thinking caps on, I'll confess if you will....go on, you know it's good for the soul!

We have a winner!

Sorry it's taken me soooo long to post this....but finally (drum roll please)........


The winner is....Karen P. with her comment  "I'm just not that much of a risk taker & I love the heather bailey fabrics so much, so I'd pick those!:)"


I'll be sending you an email and you can give me your snail mail addy.


But did you all notice, Karen didn't choose the box! After reading your comments (some of which were hilarious!) I noticed that most of you wanted to know what was secreted away in the box, so just for you this is what wasn't chosen.......

See how the box was bulging! It contained a fat quarter of the entire range of Meet the Gang, (hehe... we got it before America) and a couple of Ink and Spindle hand printed fq's and a selection of cute Kokka's and Alexander Henry's. Oh....and a bag of bits that I'm just not going to show you cos there may be another time that I do this and it's too good a bag to spill the secret.

This is a slightly better picure...don't thinkI'll ever win awards for my photography.

Give away!

So here it is folks, my "glad you hung around for me" give away.
But....I was thinking let's make it a bit more fun! 


I remember when I was a young pup there was a t.v game show that always ended in the winner being asked to choose between a known prize........or choosing to "open the box!" The contestants never knew if the contents would be better or worse than the other prize but oh, how the audience would yell out for them to "OPEN THE BOX!"


So, here's my give away, 38 quarter yards of Bijoux and Pop Garden from Heather Bailey...........

Or..... here's the box!

What could possibly be in there? A pair of my nine year olds' dirty socks? A beautiful stack of Kokka fabric....who knows? And are you willing to take a chance?


All you have to do to have a chance to win (and let's be honest, you've got a flippin' good chance cos I've been off the radar for a long while) is leave a comment anytime between now and Sunday 2nd October and let me know in your comment which one you'd choose.


Good luck!
The draw is now closed......winner to be announced later today.

Thinking.....

Hmmm....I'm thinking, deliberating, considering whether to re-join blogland.
Perhaps I could start with a give away? Though maybe I should start with cleaning up my kitchen.
And if my mum's reading this I know she'll be thinking "That'd be a first!"
Of course if I start with a give away that means I'll have to spend quite a lot of time rummaging through my fabric room........so the kitchen would stay a mess.
This is one of the reasons I stopped blogging....too many decisions!
Give away or clean kitchen?
Cleaning or fabric fondling?
So many choices, so little time.

Think Mr Magoo!

Hi lovely people,
Because a few of you are wondering where I am and if I'm ok, I thought it would be best if I just put out a quick note to let you know what's happening.
I'm having a bit of trouble with my eyes at the momenrt, nothing too serious, just an inability to focus my eyes after using my computer for more than five minutes. This has meant that I've not been using it all...no blog reading (went through a bit of withdrawal with that, I can tell you,) no browsing, not even reading emails, I feel like I've entered the dark ages here. In fact I'm having to have a little help writing this but dictation is a wonderful thing and I'm sure I could get used to having a computer slave!
So, after Christmas I have an appointment with a specialist and I'm sure that with the help of a couple of thick bottle bottom glasses (think Mr Magoo) and a tweek here and there I'll be back radishing as usual.
"Grrr.... I said ravishing"!
You just can't get good help these days!
But as I'm not looking for your pity I thought I'd leave you with a few pics of fabric I've bought from work, at Patchwork at Gail B's. Now you're jealous, aren't you! HoHoHo.