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 We were away for the weekend at a caravan club rally, and there was a trip organised  to visit the Christmas Barn.  Of course I wanted to go, how exciting.  We shared cars and 8 of us drove down to see all the lovely goodies.  Lots of other people had the same idea, parking was at a premium, and the barn was packed with lots of customers.

So many lovely Christmas objects inside, all beautifully displayed.  Elegant Christmas trees everywhere, all colour co-ordinated, shelves full of goodies, and the barn was full to overflowing with customers.  There was really so ...

I have had some family requests for Christmas quilts using particular fabrics. But I only had bits and pieces of each one left. So I had to play around a bit with a simple design so I could use what I had. The end result was two similar, but not the same, throw quilts.

There are three different fabrics in the range that I have used – framed snowmen, tossed snowmen and stripes of snowmen.

Once I had put them them together I had to find a suitable backing for each one.

I found fabric with ornaments.

And Christmas themed rows ...

Little by little, progress is being made on a variety of projects. I had a little mini panic the other day when I realised how close Christmas was. So I got stuck into a few Christmas plans.

These are small ornaments from Marg Low’s range.

These Santa sack decorations are about 3 inches high. And the stocking are about the same.

Even though we are heading into Summer, I am busy knitting a jumper for our granddaughter. I will make it in a larger size so it fits for next Winter. I am using an 8 ply wool from ...

Two identical quilts! Almost.

These quilts are single bed size and are part of a donation quilt marathon I am working on. I wanted to get a few quilts made so they can be given as Christmas gifts. I have been helped out by a few people with donations of wadding. I have plenty of fabrics to make tops and backing, but not a lot of wadding, so that was a bonus. I did, however, get given some panels, so started on those first. I only had to add the two blue and one white border to get to the ...

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September is strange. The trees are in blossom and the hail is falling. That’s Spring in Melbourne.

No such problems with the Sue Spargo houses. Sunshine all the way there. Here is the next installment of eight blocks.

I am pleased to be making progress on these as they have been waiting far too long.

Another finish made with lovely wools are these tag decorations.

Couldn’t resist when I saw this pattern at the recent craft show. I bought them through Winterwood Felt and Craft Supplies. I think a few more sets of these will be required.

I ...

I spent this week finishing up the

Christmas Quilts

I began in January of this year... 

The machine quilting is complete

on the Christmas Tree Quilt...

Our weather continues to cause a lot of problems. I think the only thing we have missed out on is snow, though we did have hail. But in the middle of it all, we had a gorgeous rainbow. And a gorgeous blue sky. We spotted this when out driving.

I have been finishing off a few little embroideries. I am never quite sure what to do them sometimes. I don’t necessarily want to make a quilt, so an easy solution is to turn them into hooped decorations. I have a spot above the sliding glass doors that is the ...

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As mentioned above, Jolly Bars are a much loved precut, exclusive to Fat Quarter Shop. Coming in at 5″ x 10″, they are exactly half the size of a Layer Cake. Jolly Bars cut down tons of time at your ...

My husband and I give our grandchildren a Christmas ornament each year. To give a bit of background, we had no Christmas ornaments when we married, so I made a point of giving each of our daughters an ornament each year so they’d have a little supply when they began their own homes. That naturally morphed into […]

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What can I do with all these scraps? Have you ever looked at a pile of fabric bits and thought that? This quick table topper can help use up a few, and you can make it in any theme you want. For Christmas in July, I pulled Christmas scraps and set to work.

The one that really caught my attention was the peppermints on the black background. So festive! So I pulled from those colors and stitched out a fun center block. Then I added some brighter prints with white background for contrast.

I took this project with me on ...

Today we’ll finish the piecing and do the quilting on the Christmas in July wall hanging. When we left off, there were two pieces ready to add borders. I used strips 2-1/2-inches wide of a dark background border. Begin by adding borders to the top and sides of the tree section.

On the pocket piece, sew borders to the sides and bottom.

Quilt both pieces as desired. Note that the pocket piece is too big right now (top to bottom), that will be adjusted later.

I quilted mine with a swirly freehand design in the white areas that ...

I have been looking through all my supplies and trying to use up fabrics. I made a quilt many years back with charm squares in a blue Christmas theme. I kept the ones not used at the time and recently found them again. I had plenty of blue themed fabric that could be added and so a donation quilt was created.

The photo makes it look like a lot of basic blue squares, but they really are Christmas themed.

I had a fun piece for the backing. Not Christmas themed but it suited the piece.

I added a couple of ...

Starting in November, the Biltmore Estate begins preparing for the holiday season. The raising of a huge Christmas tree in the Grand Hall is a newsworthy event, and leads the local news that day every year. There is not a lot of decorating on the outside of the mansion, just some tiny lights in the potted trees and wreaths around the necks of the guardian lions. There was a huge, 55-foot tree on the lawn, that is lit at night. Inside are 67 Christmas trees from full size to tiny tabletop trees, decorated with 45,000 lights. We were able ...

It’s week 1 of our sew/quilt along, and I have designed a small wall hanging that I’ve been wanting to make for some time. Have you seen those fun art pieces using broken jewelry? I have a lot of that, and designed this piece to use them. Don’t worry, if you don’t have any broken jewelry, I’ll give you more ideas when we get to that. The size is fairly small about 16 x 18. It has a front pocket that can be used in multiple ways. I’ll show you how to use ...

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Hello my friends ...

This is what the Christmas quilt

looked like last month...

One more hay field left to do.

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Maybe it is the heat outside, but thinking about winter is a pleasant prospect for me right now. There are so many things we could play with for Christmas projects, some in fabric, some in paper, and some with a glue gun. A lot of bloggers are doing Christmas In July posts now, so let’s join the fun. I have a new project for you, a wall hanging that will hopefully surprise and delight you, while being a Stashbuster in more ways than one. That sew/quilt-along will begin on Tuesday. I haven’t yet finished the project myself ...