Linus quilt & a Cat in a Bag!!

Yesterday a couple of my friends came over and we made another quilt top for the Linus group.We had managed to buy this cute dinosaur panel a little while ago and we found all our bright fabrics to make pinwheels. I think it turned out pretty good :o).

I couldn't resist showing you this piccy of Sophie ....... Whenever we leave a bag lying around she simply can't resist crawling in for a snooze ;o). In this pic she seems to have such a blissful look on her face ... she stayed in it for ages too. It was her birthday last week, she was 11!!!!!

I'm still plodding through the instructions on my Panda quilt he he .... I seem to have a million jobs on the go at the moment, but don't worry, it will be done very soon ;o). You still have time to win a pattern ... just leave a comment here to be in the draw :o).

Talk soon, until then ............

Well how about that!!!

I couldn't believe my eyes when I was reading the paper this morning ... right before my eyes in Brisbane's "Sunday Mail" today is this piccy..... isn't she absolutely adorable!!??!! So to Terry, who suggested "Pandamonium" and to Kris who suggested "Peek-a-boo Pandas" (see caption on photo) ... here's someone else who might agree with your choice of names!!! He he ... she's almost in the same pozzy as the one on my quilt!!!This is the gorgeous Mei Xiang, she's a 10 year old Panda at Washington Zoo who's been feeling a bit down since a shortage of bamboo, so a call was sent out to anyone who had bamboo to bring it in for her ... result, one much happier girl :o).

I've been working very hard on writing up the pattern and it's not far off being done, so if I get it finished in the next few days I'll draw the giveaway early ... but there's still time to get a comment in here to win a pattern for this quilt :o). Just leave a comment on that post, maybe with a suggestion for a name for this quilt if you like just for fun, and I'll draw 3 winners very soon!!!

Talk soon ....................

Going Cross-eyed

This has been my view for most of yesterday and today ........ I cleared some of the 'rubble' for this piccy LOL!!!!I'm going a bit cross eyed glancing from the 'puter screen to the calculator while writing up the pattern for the panda quilt ... so I'm having a break and doing a bit of blogging!!

I'm just loving all the names I'm receiving for the quilt ... you guys have made it so much easier for me!! I have a couple of favourites from the names that have come through already so keep 'em coming ... this is a big help :o)!!! Click here to leave a comment for your chance to win a panda quilt pattern!!!!!! You don't have to suggest a name if you don't want to ... you can just leave a comment and you'll still be in the draw ;o)!!!

How lovely is Julie??!!! She sent this fabulous award to me a couple of days ago (while I was buried under all the pattern writing stuff) ..... Thank you so much Julie, you're such a sweety - you really put a smile on my face :o)!!!I've tried and tried but I can't single out 5 people to pass this award onto ... so if you're blog is on my sidebar, please consider yourself a recipient of this award because I love all of your blogs and you all deserve an award :o).

It hasn't been all computers, calculators and typing ... I did manage to get some stitching done last Wednesday when I met up with Valerie (no blog) and Lyn (also no blog!!) and we had a go at doing some cathedral windows. I think I really should have started with something a bit larger .... this turned out to be quite a fiddle .....The pin cushion is just 4" x 4 " so the little windows are only about 1 1/2" square ... still, it turned out ok so I'll be happy to let it sit with my growing collection :o).

Talk soon ...............