July Christmas

A mug wrap

 with an appropriately wintery design

given this wintery winter 

 

 and a coaster

my finish from March

which did not make to being posted 

made (with a couple of tweaks)

from the gorgeous kit sent to me

by O'Faigh

for last Christmas :)

Merry Christmas in July :)

Sisbabe

July items

I haven't had a chance to carry on with the Christmas BOM project that I have started, but I have got some 'bits' to share. I made these for the 'Christmas in July' swap. 

Any details about them are on my main blog *here*

Happy sewing!!
Raewyn.

July finishes

Just managed to squeeze my July finishes in. Table mat & tree decoration.

Happy Stitching,

Project still a UFO.

I wanted to make a table runner that was featured in an old Country Threads magazine, but not using their designs.  Instead I looked for Nativity patterns, but couldn't find any stitching patterns anywhere, so I traced four designs from a Christmas craft book and stitched them.  I've got one lot of fabric to make up the runner, but need another for the border, and naturally I don't have the right one in my stash! So I'll be shopping around tomorrow to see if I can find what I need. 

Xmas Decorations

I managed to get 4 xmas decorations made this month,
cheers shez xx

Christmas in July Gifts .......

I just wanted to share the CIJ gifts I made earlier in June but couldn't share until now -

Tree - 

Holly (fabric) - 

Stars - 

They were made for Carol

I'm still working slowly on my Anni Downs quilt - should have photo's for August.........

Hugz
Melanie
XXX

July item

While on our last quilting retreat, we were given a kit for this Christmas ornament.  Such a fun little one to make.  Thanks to Helen, Sandi and Teresa.

TwinkLe TWiNkLe

Little Star.... or Four...
Added these cuties to the Christmas box...
Thanks Narelle and ALL the elves for making this group soooo much FuN each month.

July Xmas Sewing

I have managed another block from each of the two bigger xmas projects I am working on at the moment. Thankyou Narelle for your encouragement to get our xmas sewing done as always -

This is the second block of "Angels Wings", a FignBerry design.

And the other project I'm working on is "Merry Mistletoe", a design from Rag-Tag Stitchin. Cheryl

A Xmas Ornament.

A big Thank you to Narelle for encouraging us to get ready for Xmas by hosting this blog.

Christmas gifts ornament using a Cottage Garden thread called Mistletoe.
Till next month, happy stitching.............

A bit early

I hope you will forgive me for posting early this month,We may go on a trip so I thought as I had finished the bit I wanted to sew for July I would post early.

Here it is,the Christmas tree stitched and on the quilt.

The parcels are the next to go on.Im not going to show the whole quilt now until it's finished,will just tease you with bits.

See you in August.xxx

Catch up

Sometimes life gets busy and posts get pushed aside till "tomorrow".  Finally here is my June "tomorrow" post.

This is the first finish from the mini kit, "Christmas Maidens 1" from Petals and Patches, which I bought on the Quilters Trail last month.  I have more stitcheries completed and ready to make up. 

I was finally able to find the thread (YAY) I needed to finish off my May stitchery.  The next stitcheries are under way, and I am sourcing fabrics to make up the quilt.This is a Gail Pan design - "Busy Little Christmas Elves".

My Xmas Item for June.

Here is my finish for this month, an Angel red work Xmas ornament.

Thank you Narelle for hosting and encouraging us again this month.
Hugs..........

PASS Please

A cheery hello to all the lovely Elves.  It's fantastic to see all the pretty makes for the month of June and warming to read all your lovely comments to one another. As the wind howls outside my door I can picture a busy workshop with a toasty fire .... I'll designate myself the hot chocolate lady if you like. Of course if you're in the north you might like a cool breeze through open windows and I'll designate myself the cool refreshing drinks lady :)

As for my request for a Pass this month, I just haven't been able to get my schedule around everything that seems to need my attention and is keeping me away from sewing. The best part has been welcoming our first grandchild/grandson who decided he was introducing himself one month early. Mum, dad and baby Jake are all doing well and I managed to have lots of cuddle time last Saturday.

Wishing everyone happy sewing and remember .... it's never too late to get a head start.

June Finish

Made it just in time for June. :)

Reindeer table topper from Gail's book Simply Christmas 2014.

Happy Stitching,