The Last Post - 2012

Some updates on this here last day of 2012.

First up is my Christmas Past cross stitch.  As you can see I didn't get it completed for Christmas but I'm still enjoying stitching it in the evenings so it'll remain an ongoing project.

Hinzeit - Charmed Christmas Past

Next up is my Tula Pink sampler.  I'm up to block six out of twelve.  This one made my head hurt a bit trying to get the foundations the right way around & I had a couple of hiccups along the way but look.... it turned out fine in the end :)

Butterfly Star
Tula Pink Sampler Block 6

Last up is a picture of three Christmas gifts that I received this year.  They're nice new dies for my Accuquilt Go! Cutter.  I have lots of projects lined up for them so keep an eye out in the new year to see what I come up with.

Accuquilt Go! Cutter Applique Dies

I'm looking forward to my crafting in 2013 already, I hope you'll stop by every so often to see what I've been up to.

I wish you all a very happy, healthy & prosperous 2013.

Happy Stitching :)

My New Toys

Thought I'd share with you some of my lovely crafty christmas gifts :)

Ribbon Storage unit from CraftMates
The individual slots can be removed to allow for wider ribbons

Lovely selection of quilting & craft books

Accuquilt Go! cutter... an upgrade to my Go! Baby
Two new Go! cutter dies, double wedding ring & dresden plate
Two new mats for the cutter, both for use with the new dies
Accuquilt toast rack.... well it looks like a toast rack but it's to store all of my dies in :)

Hexagon Garden quilt kit from The Quilt Room, Dorking

Hopefully throughout 2012 you'll see some of the above in use.

Happy stitching ;)

New Fabric Storage & New Stash

Finally I have my new storage units all up & running & most of my fabrics have been transferred over from the many boxes that were in my sewing room/under the bed/in the cupboard etc etc. Almost everything in one place.... bliss. Thought I'd share a picture of the chaos before & the tidyness after.



While I was putting all the fabric into the nice new towers it gave me chance to look at some of the upcoming projects that I have to work on. Not all of them have a particular pattern or purpose as yet but all are grouped toghether ready for me to "play" with. Here is just a few of them.



Also... making their debut into my fabric stash is my lovely new items from The Quilt Room, Dorking. Myself & friend Franney headed off last week to Dorking to check out the sale at TQR & see if we could bag ourselves any bargains. Once we'd done the sale portion of the store we couldn't leave without having a good look at everything else & this is what I came out with.

Bag of Red Strip Scraps
2 x Heather Bailey Charm Packs
1 Red Charm Pack

12 Days of Christmas Fabric Panel

2 x Quilt Stencils
5 x Fat Quarters

Fandango Layer Cake, Charm Pack & Jelly Roll
The Jelly Roll will be split between myself & Franney for a workshop that we're going to be doing at my quilt group, Shirley Quilters.

Happy Stitching :-)

Happy Christmas

I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas & a Happy & Healthy 2011


Oh yeah.... & I just unwrapped an Accuquilt Go Baby Cutter :-) WOOOOHOOOOO

Happy Holidays xx