Thank you.

I would like to thank all my lovely 😊 followers who've left their great comments on my post.
There seems to be a problem with Blogger and I find I can't answer your comments. Hope it's resolved soon...

Happy Stitching,
Hugz Maria 😁

OPAM for May ...

I decided to post my finishes for this month's  OPAM while I thought of it before the days fly by and I had forgotten to do the post.....

Finally I can show the secret quilt I was working on HERE ...

It was made for my BIL's 60th which was last Saturday. He is a bike enthusiast and enjoys riding with his friends.

My pouch with many zips I made at our Patch Workshop.

and I sent my DD1 four new Mug Rugs...

Sorry for the blurry photo. Not sure why....

Thank you to Kris and Peg for organising us for OPAM each month. They do help make sure I have at least one finish each month.

Happy Stitching..

Hugz  Maria XX

FNSI for May...

It was another lovely FNSI stitching along with Wendy and friends ...

I put together two pages of blocks from " My Small World"

The small blocks are 2 1/2" finished.

Then last night I joined my friends from the Northern hemisphere and pulled out "On Ringo Lake" .
Bonnie Hunter's  Mystery Quilt I started at the end of last year....

I can't believe that some ladies actually finished this quilt in 6 weeks...It's got lots and lots of small pieces !!!!

I'm slowly getting there and hope to finally put the first few blocks together soon.

Today I stitched some Poppy Blocks for  "Aussie Hero's "

Off to pop the kettle on , make a cuppa and go to see what others have done HERE.

Thanks Wendy for another great weekend of sewing....


Happy Stitching..

Hugz  Maria XX

Workshop and FNSI

                              I just can't believe another week has just disappeared.....

It's Friday again tomorrow and as it is the third Friday of the month it's time to pop over to the lovely Wendy's Blog and sign up for  FNSI for a fun night of sewing......

Every day I've been going to post about the workshop our Patchwork group went too on Saturday. It was to make a lovely sewing pouch with lots of zips... Ekkk I'm not good with zips..

That was me all packed ready to go last Friday night...

          all set up ready to sew.













Our fabulous tutor Janine had everything ready in a kit for us to start sewing and she showed us an easy way to stitch in all the zips..





I was sew busy sewing and listening to Janine that I didn't take any photos until I was nearly finished

Just had to attach the outer part which turned out to be even trickier than the zips....
All Done ..

 All the pouches looked great all lined up at the end of the day.. Huge thanks to Janine for all her help..

Well must away to bed as it's nearly 12.30am.....

Hope to sew along with you tomorrow

Hugz  Maria XX

Happy Mother's Day

Wishing all Mum's a fabulous Mother's Day....

hope you were spoilt with flowers ,lovely cards, slippers and phone calls ...

as it's still sunny and warmish in the mornings the ladies are still going for our bob in the sea each day.

After our swim this morning we had brekky at the Cafe . Yummy pancakes fruit ice cream with a nice drink...

Now I'm off to relax , enjoy a coffee and then later spend time in the Cave...

Have a wonderful Day,

Hugz  Maria  XX

FnwFs for May

Even though Cheryll is on the other side of the world she still kindly set up the link for us to sew along for our usual FnwFs.. thanks heaps Cheryll and I hope you and your Hubby are having a great time.....

I couldn't seam to settle on one thing on Friday sew I played around with a few different ones...

First I downloaded the 4th pattern for "Gnomes for Holidays"  by Fat Cat Designs ...Then found the fabrics, visoflexed the pieces onto the fabrics and cut them out ready to iron on and sew.

 It's a free pattern and such a fun funky one to do....

then I sewed some "Super Hero" blocks to make a quilt to send to Jan Mac...

As it was still early I decided to make the blocks I'd cut out for "My Small World"

When I went to sew the last 2 1/2" square in a square block one of the small corner blocks was missing. After searching everywhere and I'd nearly given up I found it in my scrap bag. Can you see it ? 

It's in the top left hand corner....

Pleased I found the missing piece because now all blocks on page 2 are done !!!!

Well folks off to check out what others have worked on ....

Happy Stitching 

Hugz  Maria XX