"Little Mouse"

I really enjoyed this little stitchery which was a freebie from the ladies of Among The Gum Trees .

 Isn't the little mouse cute? Putting on the borders and quilting it was my project for today.
Thank you Peg for your great tip.

On a Roll

In each of these boxes are WIP. I am on a roll and have completed three things that were in the small yellow and white box on the left.

I can only show you snippets of these two as they are Xmas presents for some one who might be following my blog.

I can show you the thrid as it is for us. I made this little table runner to sit our Xmas tree on. Also finished the snowman which I started at my DD2's craft group while in Perth.

Finished

I finished off two jobs this weekend. One was the PINK room.
It took four coats of paint in all to cover it.

I am very happy with the new room. I am sure the grandies will be too. Now I just need to buy some nice curtains.
The second was to re-model my doll John's sailor suit.

I bought it about four years ago. I knew it would be a fiddly job so I just keep putting it back in the cupboard.Should have done it sooner as he looks so handsome in his new suit.

"Friday Night Sew In"

 Heidi and her friend Bobby are having another "Friday Night Sew In" on the 4th Dec.Just visit her blog and join in . You have plenty of time to make sure you are organised. Get out some things you may wish to finish for Xmas.Have early tea,put kids to bed (if you have any) sit DH in front of the tele with a movie. Then sew, knit, do some card making or scrap booking. What ever.

I was lucky enough to win the giveaway last time by finishing this quilt top. It had been hanging on my design wall( well plastic table cloth) for weeks.Now I need to sandwich it and do the quilting. Maybe this Friday night!!!!!!!!

Fun with Friends

Tonight I went out with some of my friends to put together and decorate a gingerbread house. JJ is busy putting the sides together with the sticky icing.   

Ah!! The four sides are up. Hope they don't collapse.LOL.  Linda helping Kerra-Lyn with her house. Looks like serious work Linda!!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

We have a roof so it is time for a cuppa while the icing sets before we continue the decorating

Looking good. Don't know how many lollies went into the mouths instead of on the house but I know I ate far too many.Front of my house.Well I don't think I will make a cake decorator but we sure had fun and got very sticky.

Do you think the back is any better??? Oh well off to see the ladies who sprinkle icing over it and wrap them up in cello.

Keera-Lyn waiting in line. I think her house looks good. So many lollies!!!

                                                            Ready to go home and wait for the grandies to come and gobble it up.

Row By Row

Tonight I went to Patch or should I say last night as it is after midnight. It was very exciting as we handed over our row by rows. It is seven months since we started and passed on the first row we did.Over the next six months each of the ladies in the swap worked diligently and secretly on each row.Once a month we would hand over the bag to the next person.Of course we had show and tell. The lady who owned the row we were showing had to leave the room.We would all ooohh!!! and aahhhh!! as we admired each row. It was all a lot of  fun and also stress when the right fabric could not be found.I am overwhelmed with my rows and the ladies did such a great job. Thanks again to all. I LOVE IT.

I started with the wonky fence row,which looks rather plain now against all the beautiful appliqued rows. Maybe I need to put something on it.I just love the tulips and the windmill as I am a little Dutch girl.The yellow fat birds sitting on the branches.All the different birdhouses,big,small and wonky.The trees, stars and pinwheels all wonderful. NOW how do I put it together???? I think I will sleep on it.

Don't forget to look at my previous post for retro mummy's giveaway.

Reto Mummy's Giveaway

Hurry over to retromummy's blog . She is having a gorgeous giveaway of 12 FQ's. Pop over and have a look. It will be drawn on Sunday 29th.

There are some beautiful new fabrics on sale as well.