Festive Fun No.6

Advent calendars are full of treats when you are little!

I made this one from Hatched and Patched...

every night there was a riddle in the pocket which led to a small treat...lots of fun.

Cardygirl xx

Festive Fun No.5

And sew it continues...

this is a cushion from a pattern designed by Christine Book.

it is a lovely plump cushion so it is hard to see that the wording is...

"Dear Santa....Love from me xx".

What I like about this is the old fashioned redwork Santa...

he has a merry twinkle in his eye!

There is a pocket where you can leave Santa a note.

Hope you are enjoying the journey!
Cardygirl xx

Festive Fun No.4

The journey continues......today's offering is quite a few year's old too

(I will start posting more recent stuff as we progress!)it is from a stitchery pattern by "By My Hand" called Holly Jolly Christmas which I bought whilst visiting relatives on the Central Coast of NSW years ago...I liked the naivety of the doll & added seed beads as the holly berries.

We put up the tree last night & decorated it as a family...my children are now adult so, no doubt, we will have few Christmas' with just the four of us left...work, travel & partners will change & enhance our futures.

Cardygirl xx

Festive Fun No.3

Today we are going back to about 2000.

A workshop with Sue Cody resulted in this sweet hanging.

Interestingly this is version 2...version 1 had a dreadful case of red colour run...eeek!

A hard lesson learnt about prewashing...especially after the applique was needleturned.

I still like it & every year the thought of that colour run makes me smile!

Cardygirl xx

Festive fun No 2

A much loved cross stitch from the Prairie Schooler.

Made in 1997...DS loved this one...he even stitched the red nose on a reindeer...he was 6yrs old.

I always think this story creates a wonderful Christmas mood.

Cardygirl xx

Festive fun No.1

Quick blogging will be the best idea this month!

I am about to start house decorating, so I thought I would share my decorations

from Christmas' past....

This quilt hangs in my entry.

The kit was from a shop near Wollongong...

I am sorry at this time I cannot let you know who the designer was.

I love the way just putting it up makes me feel festive.

It makes me feel that Christmas really is on it's way!

Cardygirl xx

HOHOHO..it's SSCS swap time!

A long day at work was made wonderful when I arrived home to find my SSCS present had arrived!

Oh, thankyou Cheryl of Polka Dots & Rick Rack....it is so exciting!

Sorry about the outfit...I did say straight after work!

This is my gorgeous snowman ornament....sort of like sparkly marshmallow!

I have to wait to open the rest!

Thankyou Cheryl for your generosity & thankyou Chookyblue for organising the swap!

I hope my gift finds it's home soon!

Cardygirl xx

Christmas finishes...

The heat & dust continues to make life a little challenging here.

An incident on the rideon lawnmower involving a slope, hedge & loss of a tyre

helped to keep my weekend interesting!

Fortunately DD is home from uni...she keeps life fun!

You will be pleased to know that DS survived his "Schoolies" week away....

a cut foot was his biggest complaint!

I can sleep again.

DD & I are making a toga for her to wear to a party next week...

pretty basic but she is happy with it.

I made her Christmas stitchery into a hanging...looks great!

This little cross stitch turned into a hanging.

The naive angel was finished too...the kids think she looks a little evil. ?

Working away on my 9 patch block quilt...it is looking good.

Hope  you are getting all of your christmas tasks done...

decorating is next!

Cardygirl xx

Pink chocolate

Imagine this...3 hrs of highway driving...30minutes of waiting room sitting...

for 2minutes  in the dentist's chair to get my stitches out!

LOL!

Time to daydream in the waiting room about quilts...PRICELESS!

I am keen to put the 9patch swap blocks together...

one cheeky blogger  is sneakily trying to find out what setting I am using...LOL..

so after lots of research I have decided on a layout...will let you know how it goes!

Here's a teaser...

it is called Pink Chocolate...mmmmm!

Did you see on Cathy's blog about the seasalt chocolate...

sounds like it would be woth a try!

I was in the interminable queue at Spotlight today...buying fabric for a toga costume for DD!

The delightful lady ahead of me had this pretty voile...

I thought it would be great for PJ pants or a wrap skirt...pretty!

Cooler here now...low 30's...nicer to sleep at night!

Cardygirl xx

Another stinking hot day!

It is 9am, the wind is HOT & blustery!

It is already 35C & the winds are gusty northerlies & you can smell the smoke in the air.

I hope everyone stays safe & the firefighters day is not too terrible.

There are apparently fires out near Kandos & Rylstone...that might be where the smoke is coming from.

This is the bush behind our home.

I get quite paranoid about it on days like this. We are very particular about keeping it mowed out behind the fence & keeping our yard neat & free of rubbish. Sadly our neighbours are not so diligent...read dead mowers, boats & car bodies...& long grass! Nice people though!

On a brighter note...

I have had this Liberty Star pattern looking at me for some time now...

she just needs a face & Noel to be appliqued on her skirt...cute!

I love the Flea Market fancy fabrics...oh so hard to find...so I entered the giveaway...sorry for the button but I would really like this!

Cardygirl xx