Angels

It is officially six weeks to Christmas and I have started my search for this year's angel ornament. So far nothing too impressive out there... although this little morsel is impressive. My church had a ladies' coffee night and the guest speaker spoke about the angels and the shepherds and how it wasn't about the angels - it was about the message! And each lady received this yummy gingerbread angel. So far I've resisted biting her head off - lol.

I have quite a few angel ornaments. I blogged about them here.

And then of course there is the most charming angel that Terri sent me. I blogged about her here. She didn't get packed away - she watches over me everyday... my very own sewing angel.

If I can't find the 'right' angel, I won't add one this year, but that would be sad... so of course the only thing to do is - go shopping...

Hugs - Shari

I won a Giveaway

Robin had the most lovely giveaway in October and I won this really neat bag. Isn't it just too cute! Perfect as we head in to our Aussie summer! Thank you so much Robin! I love it...

Hugs - Shari

Post Number: 200

Magazine Giveaway Drawn

Thanks to all who commented on my "What Are You Reading" post. I used a random number generator to select the winners (hey, it works for small numbers too!).

So here are the winners:

Zlatka of Blogless Me - Homespun Stash-busting Issue.
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Mel of Mel's Own Place - Homespun The Kids' Issue.
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Judy of Quilting Sisters - Patchwork and Stitching.
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I really appreciated all the information on how people use and store their magazines. There are so many wonderful publications now with so many great projects and incredible inspiration -

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Cheers
Shari

PS I've heard from all the ladies and the magazines will be on their way on Monday!

Hen's Party Pattern Found

Remember this treasure seen at the 2009 Perth Royal Show? I have received an email from Amanda (no blog) and she has pointed me to Millamac. This lovely is called Hen's Party and it is available here.

Thanks so much Amanda!

Hope you are all getting lots of sewing time!!

Cheers

Shari

What are you Reading?

Elaine at SoggyBottomFlats recently did a post on quilting magazines - like how many do you keep and how do you store them... My short answer is I keep everything and while most are stored in cardboard magazine holders along a shelf, a good portion is stored in stacks around my house... I tell myself I simply must stop buying them. I already have more projects on my list than I'll ever be able to make... but how could I resist these yummy projects?

From Simply Patchwork and Stitching

This gorgeous doll for the little (or big) girl in your life...

Or this little play quilt with removeable groceries...

And from Homespun "The Kids' Issue"

The perfect quilt for adventure...

"The Stash-busting Issue"
And how's this? Just in time for Halloween...

And we all love a good owl...

These are recent issues so still available at either your newsagents or through the publishers.

I have one of each to give away. Leave me a comment telling me about your magazines and how you store them. I'll choose 3 winners so mention which of these magazines you'd like to win... entries close Friday, November 7th at midnight.

Cheers!

Busy Weekend

On Friday I left work early to attend an afternoon wedding. It was lovely with the usual beautiful, radiant bride, nervous groom, gorgeous little girls in twirly dresses and handsome young boys in little suits. The couple had some candy specially made as gifts for their guests:

I have it on good authority that they turn your tongue blue.

I haven't tried one yet...

On Saturday I attended a workshop run by the Western Australian Quilters' Association. Our teacher Judy Campbell discussed borders. This is one of the exercises - to pull an element of the body of the quilt and incorporate it into a border design...
It was a really fun and informative day. No more details though, as it is proprietary information. There are heaps of books and articles out there on borders though so please go have a look and stretch your imagination! No more whacked-on plain borders!

Today we have church in the morning and then this afternoon we are going ten-pin bowling with Mr Fixit's work - in celebration of their anniversary for 20 years in business. Then we pop next door to this Italian restaurant for dinner...

So no time for sewing this weekend, although I did manage to get in some cutting... Sorry - no sneak peaks!