Weekend fun ....

Last Thursday Helen came down for

a few days,

We ate, drank, shopped & stitched...

Thursday was just a relaxing afternoon

catching up with each other ..

Friday after dropping the kids at school,

we headed to the local embroidery guild exhibition.

It was small, but quite a few displays

that were nice.

We both picked up this christmas ornament.

I'm thinking of putting candy canes in it

then off to

Paritz Cafe for morning tea..

iced coffee & this Brest

it was HUGE ..Helens iphone is beside it

for size..

Then to the quilt shop ..

and we scored bargains..

we cant quilt , so we buy ..

Helen picked this one

I picked up this Christmas  one for my wall.

Just need to get some dowl to hang it.

Then out to lunch, spotlight, school pick up

then back home for tea..and a drink..

 Saturday we started with French toast for breakfast

we then stitched all day,

roast pork..heaps of crackling and vegies for dinner.

then we watched Muriels wedding..

such  a great Aussie movie..

Sunday our last day of stitching

this is what I was doing..

LHN Baked Goods ornament.

This is such an appropriate ornanament

for me ...

love, love, love Christmas

( already have brought decorations.. )

and baking ..

Back to normal now  :-(

next time think we need a week, it just goes too quick.

Some finishes ...

my little Quaker snowman,

done on perferated paper.

stitched and finished in 2 days..

a record for me ..lol

22/10/2011

Mill Hill Santa.

I had finished this ..I cant remember when ??

but it was sitting waiting me to finish the other

2 companion santas.

that's not going to happen soon :-)

so with a Fab 4 Lissy

suggestion, I made it into a

No Sew Cube.

OMG ..these are brilliant, who-ever came up

with the idea is fantastic

and deserves a gold star

no sewing machine ...



embroidery heart ..

after finishing the stockings & pillow,

I was "lost".

i got out and kitted up LHN "christmas baking"

but remembered I had this heart

all ready to stitch.

I had some rich purple perle

so used that.

I love this, and will be making

a few more.

it only took 2 nights rom start to finish.

Going to do a green for my christmas ornament tree

which is still in its natural form ..

Finally some finishes...

Boo Club

11 October 2011

After 2 days of having a good relationship

with the sewing machine   -our past history hasnt been good!

I have finished 4 things ...

Above is

Lizzie Kate Boo Club

I know we dont celebrate Halloween in Australia

but I love the colours.

especially purple & orange.

The back is lined with the orange.

 Sebastians Stocking

11 October 2011

And after 12 years both Mad & Seb have

christmas stockings..they still have their

pillow case style ones.

these are a keepsake / heirloom I hope.

They are Shepherds Bush

Harry & Elisabeth charts.

 the back of his stocking,

 Madelines Stocking
11 October 2011

I still need to do her

"made by" label

11 October 2011

And Shepherds Bush

Merry Be ...

Its beginning to look a lot like

CHRISTMAS ...

in OCTOBER !!!

78 more sleeps to be exact ...

I took Mad & Seb to Melbourne today

with my mum and met up with

my BFF Helen ..who needed a day out xx

last day of the school holidays, and

of course we ate ...

apple danish

&

iced chocolate

for kids

mango-passionfruit & chocolate

macaron for me

at Laurent ...

then off shopping, went to Myer

and found the

christmas department ...

 Seb browsing ...

a funky bright tree ..

or an

ELVIS

 themed tree

or a $5500

full size reindeer in pink & white stripped tights

candle holder - antellers hold the candles

I brought my 2011 ornament

and one for my new neice, oh and another

3 ..

and found this ornament tree

note sure if I should leave

it raw or paint it ..

a day out with 4 of my favourite people

doing my 2 of my favourite things..

eating & christmas