Squishy mail….

  It’s been quiet here in the Sugarlane house…….welcome rainy weather has prompted me to do some catch up stuff inside the house! A little progress on the Quilty Stitches Sampler Along with the sashings and borders nearly done…. I did manage to post my squishy mail goodies for the Birthday Swap this month and now that the ladies have received them, I can show you….. Anthea requested purples or greens, bright cheery ones, so I managed to find some lovely blenders for her when I was in Melbourne….plus a postcard to help her feel like she was there too!!!  And you might notice a little “extra” for being a bit late…..a cute purple babushka keyring and a pair of heart buttons. O-Faigh requested white on white so I found this gorgeous FQ for her, and I couldn’t resist some shabby pink heart ribbon and buttons to match. I also received some surprise squishy mail….I really wasn’t expecting this one, but Susan had asked me for my address a while back as she wanted to send me something ‘small’!!!! I had forgotten about it but this absolutely ‘wow’ed me!!!! I had blogged about how I’d been working on my flying geese with the Delightful Stars Quilt Along and how happy I’d been with how they’d been turning out.  Susan was telling me about her way of making flying geese where they turned out perfect every time…..I tried it and she was right …I shared about it HERE.   She said she used a special ruler for it but as I didn’t have one, I just used my regular ruler………so………she decided she’d send me one to make it easier!   She really is a darling, isn’t she??? I have a couple of blocks to catch up on so I’m going to try it with this new ruler!!!   Thank you sooooo much Susan…..Can’t wait! And I have been waiting for this one with anticipation……. the new Vignette.   Now I can go on with the second block of the Mrs Beasley’s Sampler Quilt.  I got my copy from the lovely Vicki at The Pickledish Patch…..pop on over to get yours. Off to catch up on some more rainy jobs while the weather is still lovely and cool!!!! xox sugary hugs :o)

Squishy mail….

 

It’s been quiet here in the Sugarlane house…….welcome rainy weather has prompted me to do some catch up stuff inside the house!

A little progress on the Quilty Stitches Sampler Along with the sashings and borders nearly done….

I did manage to post my squishy mail goodies for the Birthday Swap this month and now that the ladies have received them, I can show you…..

Anthea requested purples or greens, bright cheery ones, so I managed to find some lovely blenders for her when I was in Melbourne….plus a postcard to help her feel like she was there too!!!  And you might notice a little “extra” for being a bit late…..a cute purple babushka keyring and a pair of heart buttons.

O-Faigh requested white on white so I found this gorgeous FQ for her, and I couldn’t resist some shabby pink heart ribbon and buttons to match.

I also received some surprise squishy mail….I really wasn’t expecting this one, but Susan had asked me for my address a while back as she wanted to send me something ‘small’!!!! I had forgotten about it but this absolutely ‘wow’ed me!!!!

I had blogged about how I’d been working on my flying geese with the Delightful Stars Quilt Along and how happy I’d been with how they’d been turning out.  Susan was telling me about her way of making flying geese where they turned out perfect every time…..I tried it and she was right …I shared about it HERE.   She said she used a special ruler for it but as I didn’t have one, I just used my regular ruler………so………she decided she’d send me one to make it easier!   She really is a darling, isn’t she???

I have a couple of blocks to catch up on so I’m going to try it with this new ruler!!!   Thank you sooooo much Susan…..Can’t wait!

And I have been waiting for this one with anticipation…….

the new Vignette.   Now I can go on with the second block of the Mrs Beasley’s Sampler Quilt.  I got my copy from the lovely Vicki at The Pickledish Patch…..pop on over to get yours.

Off to catch up on some more rainy jobs while the weather is still lovely and cool!!!!

xox sugary hugs :o)

Another FNSI winner…is it you?

We had another successful night on Friday with 54 of us joining together for a virtual stitch-in!  If you’ve never joined us, or even if you have, you’ll have to agree, it’s loads of fun…….time dedicated to stitching with girlfriends in your jammies, eating chocolate and other wicked stuff!!!  Totally S.E.L.F. time….it’s wonderful! Why not visit all the girls to see what they got up to on Friday night….there’s a load of inspiration and fun….pop back to THIS POST to join up with all the links. In the meantime, Mr RNG and I have been picking the winner of Fee’s gorgeous design for this month’s prize…. Is it you???? Mr RNG drew this number from our linky list… CONGRATULATIONS Rockgranny!!!!! I just know you’ll love our prize this month…..it’s adorable, just like the wonderful lady who designed it! xo Sugary hugs :o)

Another FNSI winner…is it you?

We had another successful night on Friday with 54 of us joining together for a virtual stitch-in!  If you’ve never joined us, or even if you have, you’ll have to agree, it’s loads of fun…….time dedicated to stitching with girlfriends in your jammies, eating chocolate and other wicked stuff!!!  Totally S.E.L.F. time….it’s wonderful!

Why not visit all the girls to see what they got up to on Friday night….there’s a load of inspiration and fun….pop back to THIS POST to join up with all the links.

In the meantime, Mr RNG and I have been picking the winner of Fee’s gorgeous design for this month’s prize….

Is it you????

Mr RNG drew this number from our linky list…

CONGRATULATIONS

Rockgranny!!!!!

I just know you’ll love our prize this month…..it’s adorable, just like the wonderful lady who designed it!

xo Sugary hugs :o)

FNSI

My Friday night went a little green and gold!   I couldn’t find the Rolo chocolates in the rolls like they used to make…..has it been that long since I’ve eaten them?????    I did manage to find a bar of Rolo chocolate though…..phew!    And I experimented with the Mint Float…..all I can say is mm mmmmmmmmmmmm … yummo!!!! I had my stitching all ready to go after dinner, and I really should have done some BEFORE I drank that float!!!!!   Yep, you guessed it…….there wasn’t a great deal of progress because for some reason, my glasses went foggy and I found it so difficult to push the thread through that teeny little hole in the needle!!!!!   And I was soooo tired!!!!!!!   Just can’t understand why!!!!???  Perhaps 1/4 cup of Creme de menthe is more than this little duck needs in one glass???  Perhaps!!!! So I decided, like I do every FNSI, to continue my Friday on into the weekend and I wanted to begin this…… I haven’t done cross stitch for such a long time so I thought combining both quilting blocks and cross stitch might make a nice addition to my craft room wall.   If you haven’t seen it around, you can pop on over to Corey’s blog and the links to the Quilty Stitches Sampler Along are still available. She’s up to block 5 so we’re not too far behind. I decided I’d start with the borders before I go into block 1, which is the Swoon block!!!!  Can’t wait!!!!!!  They’re only 1 3/4 inch blocks too so it’s not going to take too long to catch up. Well, I’m off to visit some of our 50+ FNSI-ers to see what they’ve been up to.  One of them will be winning this gorgeous kit, supplied by the equally gorgeous Fee.  The hexi craze was started again at the Melbourne Lets Get Stitched so I thought this might just be the most appropriate prize.  And as you know I’ve been stitching them up too.  They’re such a breeze to stitch up and they’re quick and fun……I’ve got a stack of them just waiting to be made into something!!!!! Fee has lots of other goodies in her Shabby Shack ….I’d suggest you pop on over for a visit at some stage…some lubberly shabby goodies in there…hard to resist!!!! Remember to post about your Friday night for your chance to be in the draw, which I will do tomorrow (Monday) night (my time). xox Sugary hugs :o)

FNSI

My Friday night went a little green and gold!   I couldn’t find the Rolo chocolates in the rolls like they used to make…..has it been that long since I’ve eaten them?????    I did manage to find a bar of Rolo chocolate though…..phew!    And I experimented with the Mint Float…..all I can say is mm mmmmmmmmmmmm … yummo!!!!

I had my stitching all ready to go after dinner, and I really should have done some BEFORE I drank that float!!!!!   Yep, you guessed it…….there wasn’t a great deal of progress because for some reason, my glasses went foggy and I found it so difficult to push the thread through that teeny little hole in the needle!!!!!   And I was soooo tired!!!!!!!   Just can’t understand why!!!!???  Perhaps 1/4 cup of Creme de menthe is more than this little duck needs in one glass???  Perhaps!!!!

So I decided, like I do every FNSI, to continue my Friday on into the weekend and I wanted to begin this……

I haven’t done cross stitch for such a long time so I thought combining both quilting blocks and cross stitch might make a nice addition to my craft room wall.   If you haven’t seen it around, you can pop on over to Corey’s blog and the links to the Quilty Stitches Sampler Along are still available.

She’s up to block 5 so we’re not too far behind.

I decided I’d start with the borders before I go into block 1, which is the Swoon block!!!!  Can’t wait!!!!!!  They’re only 1 3/4 inch blocks too so it’s not going to take too long to catch up.

Well, I’m off to visit some of our 50+ FNSI-ers to see what they’ve been up to.  One of them will be winning this gorgeous kit, supplied by the equally gorgeous Fee. 

The hexi craze was started again at the Melbourne Lets Get Stitched so I thought this might just be the most appropriate prize.  And as you know I’ve been stitching them up too.  They’re such a breeze to stitch up and they’re quick and fun……I’ve got a stack of them just waiting to be made into something!!!!!

Fee has lots of other goodies in her Shabby Shack ….I’d suggest you pop on over for a visit at some stage…some lubberly shabby goodies in there…hard to resist!!!!

Remember to post about your Friday night for your chance to be in the draw, which I will do tomorrow (Monday) night (my time).

xox Sugary hugs :o)

“Seasons Of” special delivery

I’ve been giving some sneaky peeks of a finish I just couldn’t show you till now……. This is the quilt that Dawn and I designed for our Sew It’s Finished blog in 2012 ….but now it has found a very special place to call home. We designed this together to show the changing seasons in the southern hemisphere, as most of the ones we see are very northern hemisphere- oriented with snow at Christmastime and summer in July……if only, we say here in Oz!!!!! I was able to finish it, quilting and all, ready to take down to Lets Get Stitched in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago (yes, you all know what a procrastinator I am!!!!) to be handed over to a very special and talented lady who I love very much and am very proud and blessed to call her my friend!  You see, Dawn and I made a pact that we would make one each, and I would make it in her favourite Fig Tree fabrics……well, during the process of designing the pattern, Dawn was diagnosed with breast cancer and had some huge battles to get through, so she never quite got hers started.  But I stitched mine up with prayers in my heart for her and after writing the pattern, I knew mine had a good home.   However, a year passed, Dawn had her treatment and came out the other side as good as new (well, as good as can be!!!) and the completed flimsy sat there, waiting for some FMQ inspiration…..well, I got the bug when Let’s Get Stitch approached….I knew I just had to have it ready,  so off to the machine I went!    Here are some close ups…… I love it, and I hope you do too.  You can pop on over to Dawn’s blog HERE to see what she thought!!!!! Would you like to make your own???   We will have the pattern available now and for a limited time on my Craftsy store so if if you’d like to purchase a copy, head on over there now. See you at FNSI tonight……if you haven’t signed up, you can link in to join us HERE xox Sugary hugs :o)