Christmas Wall Hanging

I have joined in the Under The Christmas Tree linky at Clares Craftroom

you can show anything, christmasy,  gifts etc. Old or current projects. 

As most of the things I am doing at the moment are for Swaps I posted this Wall Hanging. It was one of the first things I made as a Quilter so don't look too closely. But it has to be one of my favourites.

Happy crafting  Melanie xxx

Birthday Bunting

It was Lily's 9th Birthday yesterday and she asked me to make her a cake, she gave me an idea what she wanted and 'Phew' she was happy with the outcome.

I also made her some bunting with her name on it and cupcakes at each end. Instead of using tape I joined them using Guipure Lace Daisy trim and a button in the centre of the joining daisies. It was left over from when I made her moses basket when she was born. So it was quite sentimental for me.

I really like the finished result. Although I couldn't get a very good photo of it.

Hope you all have a productive week . xxxxxxxxxx

Brrrrrrr

Can't we tell it is Autumn it is sooo cold first thing. I have given in and the heating is on. I am in definite need of a new dressing gown as the old was thrown away during the summer. Brrrrrr

I have been busy finishing the gifts for my Halloween Swap partner at the Blueberry Heart. So there are no pictures until they have arrived. I need to post it at the beginning of the week, so I will have to crack on.

I have been doing a few Christmassy bit's on bobs

Coasters

I made three of these cushions. 

I'm having a stall at the Christmas Fayre at Kedleston Hall with a couple of my friends so I had better get stitching in earnest. I found a pattern of  Snow Pockets at Bunnyhill Designs. I love them I think they are soooooo cute

Happy Stitching xxxx

A Lovely Surprise

This morning I had this wonderful parcel arrive, not only did it have the bag I won over at The Patriotic Quilter but inside was the cutest Schnibbles Pattern I love it. Thank you so much JoAnne.

Last weekend was posting time for the Santa Sack Swap and here are Pauline's gifts all ready to be posted. My parcel from Pauline arrived on Tuesday and the stocking she made for me is now bulging.

The new Patchwork and Stitching group that I went to on Monday was brilliant . It is so good to meet up with new people that are interested in similar things. The class ran from 7pm until 10pm which I thought was quite a long time, but the evening flew by. Not that I got alot done but I met lots of lovely people with great projects on the go so lots of ideas.

Happy Sewing.....

Lucky Me

I have been a very lucky blogger this week. 

I have won a bag made by JoAnne at The Patriotic Quilter

I had to choose the one I liked. I decided on the lighter one but I have to say I did like both.

I have been busy making Halloween Pumpkins this week. I'm going to make a few more in different sizes. I really enjoyed making them, they come together really quickly. Which is always good.

I am off to join a Quilting and Embroidery group on Monday evening so I will let you know how I get on. I really should have made the effort sooner, but the one closest to me was full. I found this one in the village magazine so fingers crossed I'll enjoy it.

I hope you all have a good week with lots of crafting.  xxxx

Halloween Hanging

I haven't done much sewing this week but I did manage to finish this Halloween wall hanging that should have been done ages ago. I really like how it turned out.

I have also been doing a few more Halloween themed bits and bobs for my swap partner I will show these later when she has received them. 

I took Lily to the cinema tonight. I had been promising to take her for the past 2 weeks so I thought I had better bite the bullet and take her. We went to see  Brave. To my surprise it was really good, lots of bare bottoms. We both had a good time and came home feeling sick from too much Popcorn.

I hope you all have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend and lets hope it doesn't rain too much! It's not looking very promising though. 

At least I will get plenty of sewing done if it is wet : )

Sweet Treats

Hello as it is lovely and sunny at the moment. I thought I would treat us all and make a Coffee & Walnut Cake. I think it is about the only cake that everyone likes besides Chocolate Brownies. I did make some of those but they were gone even before they cooled so no photos of those but here is the cake.

I will work off the calories tomorrow as we have a full day of gardening in store.

Allotment in the morning. We only got it a month ago and it was like a jungle. We have managed to get half of it under control , so tomorrow we start on the other half.

Home garden in the afternoon. I think I will be slapping the factor 50 on as the forecast is for a scorcher.