It's that time

of the month we need to post our finishes for OPAM with the fabulous Kris and wonderful Peg ...It's thanks to these ladies I make sure to have at least one finish each month... Big thank you to both...XX

When I went outside to hang my finished "Super Hero" quilt to photograph I was surprised to find this.....

Sew I took the photo on the verandah 

                                
















while the workers fixed the rotary.                                               




Managed to make my youngest GGC s "Santa Sack "

and two baskets and a pencil case out of scraps as well this month.

Of course I have other secret sewing I have completed but you don't see them till the end of next month.....

I can show you what was in a lovely parcel wrapped in gorgeous BIG DOTTY FQs+ 2  that I received this week from my Dear friend Sunny...

Just love this Table Center and beautiful handmade card ,

 












my birthday gift.. Sweet hexies and lovely stitched vine with cute wee buttons for flowers.

The bigger gift is for Christmas and even though Sunny said to open early I want to wait for awhile before I do. Would like to pop it under the tree when I put it up......Thank you heaps my friend...XX

Now I must go and finish my 6 blocks for the FQ SAL..

Hugz Maria  :)

Let the Fun Begin...

Now that I have completed the Melissa's Roundabout Quilt Along  (you can see my top in previous post ) I am looking forward to playing along with Bonnie for her 2017/18 Mystery . "On Ringo Lake"
I have never joined in one of Bonnie's Mystery's before and it was the colours that draw me to do this one.... Sew let the fun begin....

After downloading the first clue I had fun auctioning the fabrics for the blocks.....

and getting them made...

I am really enjoying this Mystery and can't wait for Clue 2....

Happy Stitching,
Hugz  Maria :)

Roundabout Quilt-A-Long

Taaaa Dahhhhh !!!            Just completed putting all the blocks together for Melissa's  Roundabout quilt top..... 

Now to find a suitable backing .. There is a new Quilt shop opening in our small town on Monday.. So exciting for us as up till now we couldn't even buy a needle here... Hope I can get the fabric there.....

Thank you Melissa for another fantastic SAL......

Time to tidy the Cave and go to bed....

Happy Stitching,
Hugz  Maria:)

FNSI November ....

I had the best night sewing away with Wendy and friends but before I went inside to sew I wanted to take some photos of this amazing sky.........

on the corner of the Block..

Looking from the back verandah....

Then I settled down to the fun....

First I completed the Secret Sewing....









Then I went digging through my coulourful fabrics to make my youngest GGs "Peter" his Santa Sack....

Thanks Toni from Red Boot Quilt Company for another Funky pattern... Love them all....

while lots of brights were lying around I thought I'd make this basket.  When the Great Granndies call in they love playing with my empty cotton reels and I've wanted to make a basket to put them all in...



 also thought I'd make a pencil case with a piece of old tape measure cut and popped into the top...

Had never tried that and it worked out okay.

                 I was happy with it....

Thank you sew much Wendy for another fun filled night of sewing along with you and all my virtual friends....Will pop over and visit you all over the weekend BUT I have just downloaded the 

"First Installment" of   Bonnie Hunter's Mystery "Ringo Lake" and I must away to tidy the Cave and make a start.......

  

Happy Stitching 

Hugz  Maria :)

The week that was and then FNSI.....

Iv'e been back bobbing with my friends every morning now the weather has warmed up..














See we fill our little buckets sew we can wash the sand off our feet before driving home...

Lots of secret sewing for overseas that Santa's Sleigh picked up this morning.















and doing some gardening when it cools down..

 Love this little fella basking in the sun.  Such a great pattern on his back...


Looking forward to joining Wendy for FNSI  as Iv'e got to work on some more Christmas things.....
If you haven't signed up yet you can still do sew HERE

AND tomorrow night it's the start of  Bonnie Hunter's  Mystery " On Ringo Lake "  for us... Sew I'll have two nights sewing along for FNSI......

                           
Happy Stitching.
Hugz  Maria :)

I'm Weak !!!!!

Did I say that I wasn't going to join in SALs and BOMs for awhile ??????

Well I couldn't resist after seeing the absolutely gorgeous colours of the fabrics for Bonnie Hunter's new  Quiltville Mystery  called   On Ringo Lake........

these are what I found in my cupboard......

Will need to add a few more lighter ones to the oranges for a sunset , aqua/turquoise and browns
as well as finding a backing fabric....

What do you think...   If you wish to join in there's time .   Starts November 24th 2017 ,    Black Friday in US...   Just click on the either links in the post....


I'm off to hide in the Cave and work on some finishes before next Friday......

Happy stitching

Hugz  Maria :)

This and That... FNSI next week ......

A few weeks ago Jo from ButterZ had some great fabric on her blog I knew would be a perfect backing for a "Long Time" quilt I'm working on..
First Jo kindly checked out the store where she purchased it for me but they had sold out. Then she send me a photo of the salvage edge and I was able to chase the fabric up....
I was delighted when I received the lovely parcel from Spotlight... 

Isn't it just right......

 I have been busy putting the blocks of  Melissa's  "Round About Quilt Along" together... I did find it tricky and you can pick the first two I made as they'er a little wobbly...

Next week we can sew all the these blocks together .. I think six will make a lovely Baby's Quilt.

It's FNSI  next Friday as Wendy has had a very busy week.....

Iv'e got some secret sewing to do and also hope to finish quilting a Super Hero quilt now I have an extra week......


Happy Stitching

Hugz  Maria :)

Happy Hump Day

Today I had a happy day working on two different SALs..

Firstly I sewed the "Drunkards Path"  blocks for  Melissa's  Roundabout-Quilt-Along

next I completed Block 10 for Fat Quarter Quilt-A-Long....

Nice to have both sets done ready for the next step.....

It's that time of year that  I've been busy with Secret Christmas sewing ....  seam to have a liking for spots.....

Happy Stitching

Hugz  Maria :)

FnwFs and a Special Visitor

It is always lovely to spend FnwFs with Cheryll and my virtual friends for an evening of crafting but this month I also had a special visitor.
My DD come up from the Big Smoke sew we spend some time playing Banana grams...

Before I did some sewing .

and traced and pinned my Drunkards Path Blocks for Melissa's  Roundabout-Quilt-Along ..





















While we chatted and DD did some stitching as well.


Over the weekend we had a few walks along the beach and went for our fist swim for the season.....



Look what we had  for brekky before DD went home with my "Sunday Brekky" friends....





















                         It was DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!




Time now to see what everyone did for FnwFs... Huge thank you Cheryll and I hope you had a fantastic time at retreat.....

Happy Stitching.

Hugz  Maria:)