Absentee

My apologies dear fellow Elves for I have not been able to join you in our workshop this month. Those dreaded flu bugs found me and these unending heatwaves do nothing for my sewing mojo.
Sadly we said our goodbyes to a wonderful and dearly loved lady this week, our mother, mother-in-law and grandma, who is forever in our hearts.

I have enjoyed a visit to our workshop this morning to see the festive projects on display, all look very lovely and thank you for sharing your finishes. I always find great ideas and inspiration here and my "to do" list is ever growing. Thank you for your warm welcome to our new Elves and wishing everyone lots of  Happy Christmas Creating.

The Month of February

Edited March 2nd :o)

Dia Duit, I am having problems uploading my photo's on this post.Thank You Narelle for helping me upload the pics.
Sl~an O'faigh

Crazy Quilted Pillow Cover

The Christmas pillow cover I made in January (using a tutorial from Lemon Tree Creations) was a test run to see if the pattern might work to make a pillow cover with this gorgeous crazy quilted 12-inch block.

I cross-stitched the rose on black fabric using a chart in the Leisure Arts pamphlet, "A Regal Rose and Distinctive Floral Alphabet" and pieced the block for a novice round robin with the Crazy Quilting International Yahoo! Group. The round robin began in July of 2012 and ended in January of 2013. The gorgeous embellishments were created by Shannon C., Crystal S., Hazel T. and Mardeen L. Their work is so gorgeous, it was hard to believe it was a novice round robin. The ladies all knew this would be a gift and they certainly made it special.

Until now, I have been too nervous to finish the block into the gift I planned for it to be. Now it is ready to be wrapped up and given away this Christmas. (I wish you could all see the lovely details in person...)

One Stitch At A Time

Greetings from our workshop. Lovely to see everyone who was busy creating last month ... I'm looking forward to viewing all the lovely makes this time round.

Things are a little slow in my work space. Just don't seem to be able to get into any sort of routine lately but stitch by stitch I'm adding to my 'Merry Christmas Garden' - Block 2. I have all the pieces prepared for the large centre block and then it's onto the sewing machine to piece it together.

Ooops!  Forgot about this finish back at the start of the month.  I had it almost done in January ... just needed the stars quilted in the corners and binding stitched down.

Off to put the kettle on ... Merry Christmas Sewing