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WIP Friday ~ Gift Sewing

I can blog this now as the recipient doesn't read my blog...

A girlfriend, who is very dear to me, is going into hospital for day surgery next Thursday. So I thought I would make her something nice to cheer her up. And this gift has the added bonus of being a makeup bag, so she can take it with her and know that I am thinking of her.

Hope she loves it.

Also playing this game....

Ok So I am jumping on the bandwagon of this game. And it is nice to post something when I havent done much sewing. Be Back Later for an actual sewing post.....

1. Released to Public: Mount Belinda Erupts (NASA), 2. IceCream Cone CupCake, 3. Jamison Creek, 4. Sunny Side Up, 5. The Notebook - Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, 6. How to put pretty stuff in those drops. Tutorial below:, 7. Floating in paradise, 8. homemade berry ice cream, 9. a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in WenChuan(wolong), 10. Snowmen family in TX, 11. Mother and joey, 12. Finally ...

If you would like to have a go, this is what you need to do:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.b. Using only the first page, pick an image.c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

Our House

I missed out on the last few WIP Wednesdays as I have been sooo busy.

But now I can share the good new. DP and I have bought a house!!! It's beautiful, needs alittle work (like all houses) but I am IN LOVE. 4 Bedrooms means I will finally have a room for sewing (for awhile atleast :-P) but I have to share it with DP and his computer. Its on a large block of over 1,200m² with a gorgeous bush outlook. The first pic above shows the balcony view and the second shows the bottom half of the backyard, which is the part that needs the most work. The first half of the backyard is a bit bigger and grassed for the kids. There is also a good size undercover/concrete area.

Anyway, I could ramble for hours, but I have my work cut out for me. Settlement is on the 20th June, so only TWO weeks away........I have alot of organising to do. Moving weekend is planned for the 28th & 29th as I have the 30th & 1st off work.

Any tips for me about moving? I am hoping it goes pretty smoothly!

* On the crafty front, I have finished all my Stack and Wack blocks and am now working on bordering them and putting them together. Progress pics will be up in a few days.

And the Winner is.....

LEAH

Congratulations on winning my first ever giveaway.

Hope you make lots of nice stuff from the mag.

I think sending my your address on EB via PM would be easiest. I am still learning with Blogger.

WIP Weekend

I had a lovely day on Sunday on my own, thats right no kiddies! So I sewed and sewed.

I completed 5 more blocks of the Stack & Wack quilt. What I am loving. You have to be very careful with your seams otherwise the pattern wont match up.

I also completed the quilt top out of charm squares for my lounge. It looks very long compared to width but this was intentional, to suit the lounge. We love it, DP loves the deer fabric, and I love the colours, they match my lounge!

Now I still havent bought any wadding, I am going to ask the lady who can get it for me to order a roll, because now I have two quilt tops waiting for batting.

Magazine Giveaway

I bought a few magazines the other day, and in the extra issues I managed to get two of this Cushion and Bag magazine. Anyone who is interested, please leave a comment on my blog and I will draw the winner tomorrow.