November Partner...
My Swap Partner for this month is
Maria from Life On The Block...
Maria requested Jacob's Ladder
Cream or beige background with country colours... well I do hope I made the right choices for her...
Now if you would love to be part of this block swap group go to
Quilting Block Swaps Australia
You don't have to be Australian the swap is open to everyone from everywhere
so go check it out .... the more the merrier....

A Finish....
These pretties should have been on my
''things to finish in 2010" but i forgot about them....
I did the stitcheries last year as a BOM with IFQ and I have had them pinned in a plastic zip bag on my sewing room wall...
time to do something with them

So I made pillow cases... all my blocks have been stitched with variegated DMC embroidery thread as at the time I had no idea what I would do with them...
the pattern was given out for a wall hanging at the end...
these will be so much more useful I think especially when they will be sitting up on my bed....

A close up... and you might just see the free form machine quilting I did in the borders with a variegated lime thread...
and I found I sewed these better with my feed dogs up???? and I did read in a book when I was having trouble that the author prefers to use hers up as well??

HaHaHaHa
I Did It Again...
Today is our 27th Wedding Anniversary
and as usual I forgot...
I did wonder why Hubby was taking his time in heading off to work ...
OOOOPPPPPSSSSS
He did remind me after he realised I wasn't aware of the date...
Happy Anniversary Fred xxxx

Life Is A Celebration....
I have been busy working on my Homespun magazine BOM and yeah I am behind as usual hahaha....
But this block was fiddle... lots of little pieces and lots of stitching....

A very cute block by Natalie Ross her block is about "Friends"... Friends share and rejoice in our triumphs and successes, they help celebrate milestones, they provide and ear when you need to divulge a secret or a shoulder to lean on in trying times... true words Natalie...

Tea and cake are the ingredients for friends when they meet up...

Now onto the next two blocks....

Bits and Pieces...
How bad am I.... a few weeks ago... yes a few weeks ago I received my first swap from the Quilting Blocks Swap Australia
and my partner was Cheryll
and this is the fantastic block she made for me..

I am asking for stars done in red and aqua as I have a vision of a whole quilt in stars of these colours... I just like the colour combination and have seen many different quilts in magazines using this and they do have a bit of a WOW factor about them...
Thank you Cheryll xxx

And this little cutie is part of a quilt for a special friend and I can't show you anymore as she don't know about it...
but once she has it in her hot little hands I will reveal more...

This is a hexie swap that I am doing over at IFQ and this is the second one that I have made... I have decided that when I make one for my partner I will make one for me also... that way I get more added to my pile a lot quicker...
They are so easy to make and so quick...

My middle daughter or should I say ''our'' has been home for a week and is heading back to Perth today... her Dad has had her busy hunting dingo's down our south end with him and she has been catching up on some sleep...
she is a Nanny and the little fella she looks after is 18 months and she has had him since he was 3 months old... he is a real cutie..
she heads back today to pick her partner up from the plane.. her works away on a oil rig...