WEEKEND SEWING

I had a wonderful weekend of Christmas pressie sewing. Saturday, I embroidered 3 shoes onto fabric for the shoe bags, Sunday I completed one bag so I could see the end result, very happy I must say.

 

I wanted to put a bit of "bling" on the shoes so decided to embroider some flowers and put some beads in the centre of the flowers. 

I had a couple of strips left over from making this quilt, I have had the strips sitting in my craft room since September and trying to come up with an idea of how I could use them, Sunday morning whilst sitting in my craft room "the light blub came on", I've always wanted to make some of the quilted zippy fabric bags I've seen around the blogs for a few years so I searched in my folders of patterns etc.  Frist I cut the strips into 2-1/2" strips and sewed them together in the measurements of the pattern.  I managed to have enough for 3 bags, WOW so happy.

Next I quilted the fabric with just a simple diagonal each way forming a cross on the fabric. Even though it's simple it still took quite a bit of time to do this on three of them.

The finished bag and two quilt blocks ready to make into bags.

Of course the afternoon couldn't go by without a nice cup of tea and some chocolate, LOL....

Voila, the bag up close, I am very happy with the finished bag and it was so easy to make, these will make great Christmas pressies.  I can see myself making many more of these for gifts.

Cheers
kaylee

SECRET SEWING CHRISTMAS PRESSIES

Some secret sewing for Christmas pressies, what do you think they will be ?!!!   I am making ten of them for family and friends. Oh and of course one for me - a red one for me....

 

 

 

 

Cheers

Kaylee

FABRIC BASKET - SOMETHING FOR ME

I am either making things for other people or doing quite a bit of sewing for Aussie Hero Quilts and

Laundry bags, I just completed 2 blocks yesterday morning for Aussie Hero Quilts for some mystery quilt tops. I have wanted a thread and scrap basket for my craft table for some time now but just haven’t found the time to make one, so yesterday after completing the blocks I was working on I had a little spare time so I decided to make myself a fabric basket using a Tutorial from Jenny of Elefantz from July this year using fabric I purchased from Jenny recently…  I wanted to complete the basket yesterday so I machine stitched the quilting instead of by hand as in Jenny's tutorial. I am really happy with the end result and am thinking about making some for Christmas pressies….. it was so quick and easy. I did however change the size a little, using measurements of 10” x 14” instead of the 8” x 14” in the  tutorial….

These are the two blocks I completed yesterday which will go with other blocks various people send in, they are for two different mystery quilt tops.

Cheers
Kaylee

LAUNDRY BAGS FOR AUSSIE HEROES

I made these laundry bags over the last couple of weekends, finishing the pink one on Sunday. The request for this one was for pink and girly, I think it ticks all the boxes, it's certainly pink.  This is the front of the bag with her initials.

 

 

 This is the back of the bag with Tinkerbell.

These next three bags all had the same request - Australian flag or the Squadron emblem.  I've given them both so I think the guys will be happy with them.  As the three look exactly the same (from the front) I appliqued their initials onto the bags. 

Cheers
Kaylee

FAT QUARTER BIRTHDAY CLUB 2014 PRESSIES

I participated in the Fat Quarter Birthday Club 2014 run by Cheryll.  These are my pressies waiting to be opened on Monday night.  

 

 

These are the opened pressies, look at all of these gorgeous fat quarters and lots of other goodies as well.

My special gift came from Simone , my very first Bronwyn Hayes stitchery.

AND it was full of these goodies, it's all gorgeous, thank you so much Simone. 

These goodies from Michelle, thank you for the Japanese inspired card.

These goodies from Cheryll, ummm I don't know why the photo is upside down, it doesn't look this way on my computer....

These goodies from Illene. Thank you for my "Madeira" thread, the same name as the street I live in, very clever and my first ever Madeira thread as well...

Another upside down photo.... these goodies from Narelle, my first Cottage garden thread, love it thank you Narelle.

These goodies from Peg.

Lovely fat quarter from Shez

These goodies from Sisbabe.

And another upside down photo, I don't know what's going on here..... these goodies from Sue.

These goodies from Sharyn.

Thank you girls for all of my gorgeous pressies, I absolutely love everything.  Look at all that RED fabric, thank you, thank you, thank you.....

Cheers
Kaylee

MORE PRESSIES

I forgot to add these photos, the make up bag, earrings and mirror compact are from my BF, Vicki

 

A work colleague of mine of - coming up to 18 years and friend gave me a gorgeous napkin holder hand made in Poland and a gorgeous "leaf tea" set, I am looking forward to using these as I have some really nice loose tea which was given to me as a gift I can use.

Cheers
Kaylee

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS



I can't believe how quickly birthday's come around these days, my birthday was yesterday, Monday 22nd September, I was actually born on a Monday, 56 YEARS AGO....  I had a wonderful pre Birthday weekend with family, Kate and her partner Josh came to visit and we had a wonderful weekend.  A photo with my two gorgeous girls, Kate and Rebecca.

 

My birthday gift from Stephen was this Simplicity Bias Tape maker which is going to come in so handy. 

Plus all of these accessories.

Kate and Josh gave me this gorgeous "Coach" wallet in my favourite colour of course and also a Dr. Lewinn Hand and Nail pack.  Rebecca gave me a gorgeous card and some money.

We are Gold members of the Sirromet wine club and they sent me this lovely bottle of wine.

My good friend of over 30 years gave me this gorgeous locket and on the front is "The Tree of Life", it is just gorgeous.

Morning tea at work, a coffee and a piece of Apple Crumble cheesecake, yummy.

Lunch time we went to The Imperial Chinese Restaurant on the Brisbane River, Kate and I.

My BF Vicki, Kate and I.

A work colleague, Aika, Kate and I.

This was my lunch, Sweet & Sour Pork and rice.

Vicki got me a Lemon Meringue Pie from the Shingle Inn for sweets with age candles no less......

Vicki also made me a lemon meringue pie to take home, yummy......

It was a looooong and wonderful birthday.

Cheers
Kaylee