Bloggers are so Wonderful!!

I’ve had a lump in my throat looking at all the incredibly generous donations for auctions …. and also the amazing generosity of bidders too. Bloggers really are wonderful!! Over the past few days I’ve watched huge parts of the state I love devastated by floods and an inland tsunami. Lives have been lost. Heroes have been found. Houses and possessions have been washed away. But through it all, the goodness in the people of Australia … in fact - people all over the world … has shone through like a beacon. God Bless them all!!
I went to my local patchwork store yesterday to pick up some odds and ends to pop in with the sewing caddies that we are gathering at the Among the Gumtrees blog. I was totally overwhelmed by Margaret’s reaction when I told her what we were doing. Just look at she gave me to add to the caddies!!!! I tell you I was almost in tears when she kept coming out with more and more goodies to give to quilters who had suffered losses through the floods. Thank you Margaret :o)!!!!
I finished my first caddy today and I’m pleased to bits with it …

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I’m going to try and get the pattern written up very soon in case any of you would like to make one like it :o). It has a little zippered pocket on the left and a covered pocket in the middle – just right for taking a stitchy project along with you!! (Oh Vicki that’s a stiTCHy project LOL). Proceeds will go to the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal.
Here’s another link for you if you’d like to help the flood appeal by buying a PDF pattern by by one of the Gumtree Designers …

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pop on over to this post and have a look. Ruth at Sewlmate Sister is having a sale on a selection of our patterns (above)and you can get any one of them (or more if you’d like!!!)
for a limited time for just a $5.50US each!!!
I’m off to write up a caddy pattern ;o)!!

It’s raining again….

So it’s a good day for stitching!!! I’ve been working on a new design that I was fiddling around with last night. Just a sneaky peek for now …a bit of stitchery, a bit of applique’ … I’m enjoying the design process at the moment. I’m stitching away and I still haven’t made up my mind what it will be :o).

I had a fabulous morning yesterday … I was able to catch up with Cheryl for a few hours while her DH was in a meeting. Cheryl lives a couple of hours or so from me so we don’t get to see each other very often, so we made the most of our short time together and hit the patchwork shops!! Here we are at the end of our morning still with big smiles on our faces :o) …… Cheryl it was so lovely to see you again … can’t wait to do it again soon :o)!!!! You’ll have to check out Cheryl’s blog to see what she bought…. but here are my spoils, some gawjus fabrics from my local patchwork store – Bayside Stitchcraft … The cream one on the left is for around my pieced applique’ blocks, but the rosy one … well, I simply couldn’t resist that one :o). It’s SO pretty, look at the lovely design in the fabric, it’s almost like a damask …and I also bought some new rayon threads for my pieced applique blocks from Spotlight, I’ve been using silk thread and it’s just fabulous but none of the places we visited stocked it, so I thought I’d give these a go, and they’re lovely :o)!!! Pretty colours too ;o).

I also came home to some rather t’riffic mail!!! I was the lucky winner of Jenny of Elefantz charm square challenge last month and my beautiful prize arrived … oooh I love that little birdie…. She’s sitting on my GAWJUS rosy teatowel, also from Jenny … I can assure you that one will NEVER be used for drying dishes!!! No no no …. it’s much too pretty!!!! Thanks so much dear Jenny, I love them both :o)!!!!!

I’m off to do some more stitching!!!

Beenleigh Show (and tell) ;o)

Finally yesterday I got to meet Julie after emailing each other for about 2 years, and even though we only live about 1 hour apart we'd never got together before!! I knew we'd get along ... and we did, sooo well :o)!! We had a lovely time at the show!! Lots of gorgeous quilts ... sorry, not one pic of any of them!! Julie got a piccy of one beautiful quilt, but my piccies are of the goodies that were for sale. He he he, now who's that on the far left hmmm????? LOLOL

Hello Julie LOL!!!

This was the R&R timbergoods stall, I love their stuff!!

And do you remember the gorgeous shelf I got not so long ago for my rulers?? Well I found them at Beenleigh too!! I got talking to the lovely lady on this stall and found out it's her husband that made it. Not only that, but she's one of the very talented ladies behind "Angels in Disguise", and she was the very clever thing that drew the gorgeous Angels in my Rebel quilt - that I STILL haven't finished eeeek ;o)!!

Hi Cath :o)!!!!Sorry, the pics I've taken are a bit "Where's Wally", but I think you can see her hiding in amongst all the gorgeous goodies. I'm trying to make up my mind whether I want to join her Raggy Annies Club or her Teddies club ... go and visit Cath on her blog, I know you'll love it - there are some gorgeous free stitcheries there too :o).

Margaret from one of my very favourite Patchwork shops was there too ... Bayside Stitchcraft ... I took a piccy of her gorgeous stand too ... that's Margaret smiling, at the back on the right. I'll be visiting her shop at Cleveland tomorrow after my quilting group for sure :o). I'm so lucky the store is so close to where I live!!! I can't wait to take Julie there too, she's just going to love it :o).AND ... do you love my beautiful scarf???? Julie bought this for me ... we both have one the same :o). I just love it!!! Thank you dear Julie, you're such a sweety!! The little rosette was a gift as we entered the quilt show, what a nice idea that was.Here's another way to wear it .... he he, I'm now a scarf model lol.

I love scarves :o).

I'm so looking forward to meeting up with Julie again, we had such a lovely time .... I'm sure it won't be so long til our next get together.

Oh, and Peg, I didn't forget about the tilda stitchery, I'll post a piccy for you on my next post, promise ;o)!!!