My quilting thoughts and inspirations sprinkled with a glimpse of life down on the farm

Monday, January 3, 2011

A backwards look before looking forward...

Looking Backwards — OOPS a few little Christmas things to share now before the box gets packed away for another year!
A gorgeous little Angel I was given

Cute little prairie points finish it off beautifully

 A lovely wall hanging from the lovely Leeanne. This she made using Dawn's 'Flosty Flake' BOM. I think there were 9 blocks altogether so I suspect a couple other friends received a similar gift!!

Here are some more little sweeties... I received a beautiful coaster from Helen, a cute wee decoration from Leeanne (again) and a cute even wee-er decoration from Di. Thank you, generous ladies  :-)
Now Di's decoration got me intrigued so I had a bit of a play; actually I came across Sewing and Beyond with Mary Ann Ciccolelli. I'm not sure if this is where Di got her pattern from, but it has a great tutorial for these 'hexie-flowers'. Once I got the hang of them, they were quite straight forward to make.
Looking Forward — Last post I had a bit of a giggle at the number of projects I had started last year, and on the whole, the lack of finishes - I just cant help myself; there are so many cool things out there to do and try - I have a lifetime of quilting to catch up on!! - ANYWAY, you may have noticed a new button on my side-bar for Sew Its Finished - a place where 'friends encourage each other to finish projects' (ie a support group for compulsive starters of projects!?!).  I have joined this group - when I get myself a bit more organised I will make a list of the projects I really want to finish (first) and post them somewhere. It will be interesting to see of this works for me!!!!!
In the mean time, happy stitching everyone,

6 comments:

  1. Hi Raewyn--I am glad that you liked the little ornament! and that is not the site where I learned it from--I don't know right this minute--but it is listed in a post last week sometime--it was a video I watched!! but those printed out directions on the site you found look great!!!
    best of luck with all your projects in waiting!!
    Hugs, Di

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  2. Well...I'm glad I'm not the only one still thinking/doing Christmas ornaments..LOL! I have been working on some that will now be for Christmas 2011.

    Happy New Year!

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  3. When reading this post I realised I was smiling. I recognised a few things LOL.
    Happy new year.

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  4. Quilters are the most generous of people and they have made you some lovely decorations there. I am thinking of bringing back the list. I may never have finished what was on iiit but at least it did make me do some of it which is a starting place. I am mostly just going to be kinder to myself this year and not beat myself up at what doesn't get done - or started.
    Love Shirley.x

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  5. You 've got lovely ornaments and the new hexies are gorgeous.
    I wish you a happy and creative New Year!
    Greetings, Cisca

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  6. Hi Raewyn, yes you were right about the wee hexies coming from Dawn's blog and also right that a couple of other people got the same wall hanging as you! I bet you can guess who they are?
    My Granddaugther left today, we had such fun and now I have taken all my Christmas decorations down and the tree ready for next time.
    Hopefully we will catch up at our favourite quilt shop soon.

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