FNSI and SNSI

It is great to get organised to join the lovely Wendy for FNSI but as I live in the Southern Hemisphere I get to stitch along for SNSI as well with my Northern Hemisphere friends...

I had four projects out I have been trying to work on ,

Toni's "Elephants"  Blocks








and the May blocks for Patchwork Quilt-A-Long
because June's are out now..





As well as two Lynette Anderson's BOM s.....Fernhill and Seaside Town.....

Pleased to have appliqued three "Elephants" (only took a photo of the first one)

Patchwork Quilt-A-Long blocks done...

Made two houses and got the stitchery traced on "Seaside Town"...

and made a reel of Bias and worked on YoYos for "Fernhill"

Thank you Wendy for a productive weekend of sewing...Now I'll pop over HERE to see what others have done while I drink a nice cup of tea...

Happy Stitching

Hugz  Maria :)

Embroidery, Pelican and FNSI.

Last weekend I attended an Embroidery Workshop.. I can't believe how little we seam to have done but how much we did learn...

Here is what I achieved over the two days....

I'm glad that there are called "Wonky Houses" as they surely are...LOL.

On Tuesday as I drove past our swimming hole I saw this lonely fella sitting on the rail at the end of the boardwalk... Thought I'd get some photos for my friend Sunny. 

He let me get up really close to him 

You can see the ocean in the distance were we swim when it's warmer..

Up Up and Away...

I hope he;s off to find some of his friends as he's been here on his own for awhile now...

As it is the third Friday of the month tomorrow night don't forget to sign up for FNSI with the lovely Wendy for a fun night of sewing with our online friends.. You can pop over HERE to join in...

Time to do some stitching...

Hugz  Maria :)

Blogging Friends

This year I joined the Stitch-A-Long and as I live in a small crayfishing/tourist town, in West Aussie, which doesn't have a fabric store, my lovely friend Fiona who lives on the other side of Australia in Queensland helped me purchase some beautiful fabrics from Quilter's Angel via the internet...

Backing for blocks and borders.

with my fabrics...

Now I have been able to make my first block....

Also in a previous post I showed you my "Candle Mat" which I was having trouble finding the right buttons to complete it...

Well this week another lovely blogging friend JO sent me these buttons 

                                             and now my "Candle Mat" looks great..

Huge thank you to both ladies for your help..

Must away and get ready for Patch's Embroidery Workshop.. hope you are all doing something fun this weekend...

Hugz  Maria :)

Fun Weekend

sewing along with Cheryll for FnwFs and then Chooky for her "Chook Shed Party" . Thanks to the ladies I just sewed and sewed till I got my Splendid Sampler Blocks together.....

Wonder how long before I sandwich and then quilt it ??????


I also made some "Aussie Hero" Blocks

worked on "FernHill"

and did my homework for our Embroidery Workshop next weekend..

I will enjoy visiting others to see what they have worked on over the weekend after I do this :(

Happy Stitching

Hugz  Maria :)

FnwFs and Sewing Along

Thursday evening after tiding the Cave and making a list I had planned on a fabulous weekend of sewing along for Cheryll's FnwFs and also join in the fun with Chooky for the  5th  "Chook Shed Party." over the weekend.  Big thanks to both ladies ...

Plenty to work on.........





All started well last night by Joining the Splendid Sampler blocks....















Boy they are taking longer than I thought sew




decided to have a break and cut out my "Aussie Hero" blocks

and the binding strips for my next "Fernhill" block

By then it was after Midnight and off to bed .... Was up at 7am and after Brekky back into the Cave and still haven't completed sewing those SS blocks together....

Time now to get dressed and pop down to the shop... Then back for more stitching.....

Will enjoy seeing what all worked on for FnwFs over the weekend..

Happy Stitching ..
Hugz  Maria :)

Fun Weekend of Sewing

I am going to have a fun filled weekend sewing along with  Chooky for her fifth Chook Shed Party  🎊  You can pop over HERE to join in.....

                                                             

And as it is the first Friday of the month I will also be sewing along with Cheryll for FnWFs

               

Sew I have tidied the Cave and will sort some projects to play with over the weekend...

Happy Stitching 😁

Hugz 🤗 Maria 

Trip to Perth and OPAM

Last week I went to the Big Smoke . On the drive down there was road works sew there was a lot of loose gravel on the verges. As a truck passed me it through up a stone and "Charlie" was wounded...Grrrr!

DD and I enjoyed shopping as there was a fabric store that had a Sale ..I only purchased some nice backing fabrics that had 30% off but DD come home with much more...

On Saturday we went to the Craft Fair to meet up Anthea from Hibiscus Stitches . First we enjoyed a coffee while catching up and it was lovely to have Loni from Fireflies and Cats in my Garden and her hubby Mark join us too.

Love what the bar-roster did. A swan. Very clever.

I only purchased some rotary blades , Monofil and some applique paper...

You can pop over to Anthea's Blog and see some lovely quilts as I didn't take any photos...



Even though I have been busy this month working on different project I only managed one finish for OPAM.... thanks to Kris and Peg

My Foxes....

Love the Stripey Binding

and the backing...


I was hoping to also finish my Candle Mat but didn't find the right buttons yet even after hunting in different places in Perth...

Enjoy stitching...

Hugz  Maria :)