Christmas in August

Today I visited a friends house for a sewing day.  We were both working on Christmas quilts.  I’m very pleased with my progress as I managed to complete a further 9 blocks for my Tula 100 quilt.  That puts me at a total of 25 blocks completed.

My fabric choice for the 100 blocks is Joy by Kate Spain.

They’re so pretty… I might have to sew up some more this week :)

New Year - New Blog - New Cross Stitch Stash

Hello

This weekend I have moved my blog.  I've gone from blogspot over to Wordpress.  All my content has gone with me & I'm slowly making it home.  It'll be somewhere that I can have lots of different things all in the same place, such as my cross stitch, quilting, photos, twins, Lisa G Creations & Love Fabric.

I hope you'll come join me.

http://lisagillies.wordpress.com/

WIP Wednesday - Tula Pink Sampler

My first completed block of the new year.  Number seven block in my On Point Sampler is called Starlight Geese.  I'm not a fan of flying geese, mainly because I did a whole quilt border in them for my first quilt, BUT this was a breeze.  Flying geese in foundation piecing.... LOVE them :)

Starlight Geese
Tula Pink Sampler Block 7

I'm linking this post up with Freshly Pieced blog, pop over & have a look at some of the other WIP Wednesday posts.  It's very inspiring but be warned, you could end up with a new pile of wips!!!

Happy stitching :)

Oooops & Yay :)

I've just signed up to a Block Of The Month!!!

I couldn't resist, it looks fabulous & a great way to freshen up on some techniques & hopefully learn some new ones.

Pop over to Alyssa's blog, Pile O'Fabric, to check it out, it's a perfect project for beginners as well as experienced quilters.

This reminds me..... I must make some progress on my Bloggers BOM!!!!!

Happy stitching :)

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 :)

Cross Stitch Finish & More Tula Pink

For the last couple of weeks I've been working on a cross stitch for a friends birthday.  It's been a relaxing way to spend an hour each evening while catching up on some TV.  After finishing the stitching I decided to make it into a mini wall hanging.  The birthday girl will soon be having a dedicated craft room & I thought it could be a perfect addition to the wall :)

Cinderella Is Proof - Lizzie*Kate

I've also completed two new blocks in my WIP Tula Pink sampler quilt.  It's becoming increasingly more difficult to decide on the fabric for each block, but I really love how they're turning out.

Double Compass
Tula Pink Sampler Block 4

Pinwheel Delight
Tula Pink Sampler Block 5

This week I'm linking up to the WIP Wednesday linky party at Freshly Pieced so don't forget to head over & check out some other lovely WIP's :)

Happy Stitching :)

WIP Wednesday - Tula Pink

I know it might seem like I'm only working on my Tula Pink sampler right now but I can assure you I'm doing other things too... I just don't seem to find the blogging time for them.

Here we have block 3 of my On Point Sampler.  The block is Red Cross & the fabrics are of course Tula Pinks Prince Charming.

Red Cross Block
Tula Pink Sampler Block 3

Tula Pink Sampler Blocks 1, 2 & 3

This week I'm linking up my post to the WIP Wednesday linky party over at Freshly Pieced.  You should pop over & see what some of the other lovely talented crafty folk are up to, some lovely WIP's on the go.

Happy Stitching :)

More Tula Pink

Week 2 of my college class & that means week 2 of my Tula Pink sampler blocks.

I realised that the photo I uploaded of the first block was square on & as the sampler is going to be On Point I thought it would be better to take the photos on point. Hopefully you'll get an idea of how the blocks will look in situ.

Cross & Crown Block
Tula Pink Sampler Block 2

Tula Pink Sampler Blocks 1 & 2

Happy Stitching :)

Tula Pink - It's Started :)

Today was the day that I cut my precious Prince Charming fabrics.

I bought these for a sampler project & today I made my first block.  All of the blocks are foundation pieced.  I've also decided to do the background of all my blocks in a darker teal colour rather than a traditional light colour.  Let me know what you think?

Tula Pink Sampler

Happy Stitching :)

New Stash :)

This weekend it's my birthday & the celebrations started yesterday with my first gift.  A ticket to The Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace from my good friend Franney of Franney Makes.  We met up at London Victoria station & traveled together to Ally Pally, both very excited to see what this years show has in store for us.

I had some birthday money sent to me in advance from my brother & sister-in-law.  They knew I was heading to the show so very kindly allowed me some pennies to shop with while I was there.

We had a fabulous time at the show, it's become an annual pilgrimage for us & we spend the year looking forward to it.  We also met up with two other lovely friends while we were there & catching up at the end of the day in the bar was a welcome rest.

Here's what I came back with this year.

Lisa G Creations - New Stash 2012

A Fire Dragon cross stitch chart
Cherry, whales & spots FQ's
Sew Stitchy charm pack
1 metre each of pussy cat fabric, pink with pretty birds & Disney Cars fabric
Spotty fabric in pink n cream & brown n cream

Not a bad haul of new goodies, came away with lots on a wish list & ideas galore of things to make.  Lets hope it's not too long before I can show you something made out of these lovelies.

Happy stitching :)

YAYYYYY, Finished Quilts

Finally I have not one but TWO finished quilts.  Both of these have been a work in progress for this year & today they were on display at my quilt groups exhibition & I love them both.

The first is Notting Hill Meets New York.  Named because the fabric range is called Notting Hill & the block used is New York Beauty.  This quilt was started in January at the planning phase, final quilting took place in September.

Notting Hill Meets New York

The second is Red & White Waterwheel.  The waterwheel blocks were made by my quilt group & we had a raffle which I won.  Then it was down to me how I completed a quilt using these blocks.  I found that for a couple of years I've been collecting red & white fabric cuts, strips & charms.  I decided that this would be the perfect project to use them, as the strips I have are made of so many different shades & patterns of red that they'd go brilliantly with the mixture of the waterwheels.

Red & White Waterwheel

Happy Stitching :)

Autumn Upon Us

Judging by the feel of todays weather our summer is well & truly over.  Most of my summer was taken up with entertaining the twins 24/7 & very little else, least of all sewing in any way, shape & form.

Our adorable children have now started school & are in Reception year.  They are in different classes so not only are they getting used to going to school everyday & the challenges that come with it, they are also getting used to being apart from each other for a large portion of the day.  They still see each other at breaks, play time & lunch time so hopefully it'll be a positive experience for them both.

Sunday just gone I was stewarding at the Quilters Guild Region 2 quilt exhibition, it was a busy event with the some lovely quilts, including this rather unusual bargello style quilt.  The rest of the pictures you can see on my facebook page.

Happy Stitching :)

Log Cabin Quilt Progress

The last couple of weeks I've been working on the Log Cabin quilt.  This is the commission quilt I'm making using the lovely Pom Pom De Paris range of fabrics by French General for Moda.  With the twins no longer at nursery my sewing time is quite limited so anything I can get done is a bonus.


This week I completed the log cabin blocks & with the assistance of friend Franney we managed to find a layout that I liked.  The blocks were all sewn together & here is the result:

I just have the borders to add now & that will be the top complete.  Not sure exactly when that will happen but I'll let you know when it does.

Just in case you want to see more of what can be achieved with this lovely fabric you can pop over to Franney Makes facebook page where she's just posted pictures of a lovely Kindle Cosy.

Happy stitching :)

I-Spy Quilt

This week I completed the i-spy quilt that I've been working on.  Friday I took it to the twins nursery & handed it over as a gift for them from Hannah & Robert.  All were pleased with it & shocked that   a) I'd made it myself &   b) that I could bare to part with it.

I hope future children at the nursery will have fun with it.

Quilt Front:

 Quilt Back:

Happy stitching :)