And the winner is........

Tracy!!!


Many thanks for all the wonderful comments on my blog, it was a wonderful weekend of blog hopping, and I saw some great blogs myself.

See you all next year, if not before.

Hugs

Roseanne

Our Craft Forum Blog Hop

Thank you for joining our Craft Forum's blog hop. So, what is "Our Craft Forum" - a craft forum for like minded people who love crafts. Mostly patchwork, stitching, quilting and the like. It's a safe place to make new friends who share a love of craft & love to have some fun and a little bit of laughter along the way, and to join in on swaps of all types.

This week is designed to tell our blogging friends about our wonderful forum and to invite you to be part of the forum.

Several of our members will be offering tutorials, giveaways and some tips of the trade.

The blog hop starts at miss~nances blog, so if you want to join us on the whole journey, please go to http://missnance.blogspot.com/ and follow the links at the bottom of each post to find the next blog along the way.

Each person who joins our forum from this blog hop will go in the draw for a craft pack. So to join our forum, please go to http://ourcraftforum.freeforums.org/ and register. Entries close at MIDNIGHT EDST (Sydney time) Sunday 27th February.

So, join in the fun and maybe find a new forum, new blog and new friends along the way. You never know, you may even learn something new, or win a great prize.

I am giving away one fat quarter with 10 matching 8 & 1/2 squares, and embroidery threads to match. Best comment on my blog will win!! So get writing.... and joining! (Click on picture to enlarge)

I have been on this forum for nearly 3 years now, and have made some wonderful friends. We have the occasional get together, and if travelling, I can contact forum buddies and meet them for a coffee. It's also a great way to exchange ideas, as there is a wealth of knowledge on here.

The next blog for you to visit is Barb, at http://barbscreations.blogspot.com/

Happy blogging, see you on the forum.

Nanny Moo

This weekend (from noon Friday 25th Feb, to midnight Sun 27th Feb EDST) is designed to tell our blogging friends about our wonderful craft forum, and invite you to be part of the forum. Several of our members will be offering tutorials, giveaways, and some tips of the trade.

The blog hop starts at miss~nances blog, so if you want to join us on the whole journey, please go to http://missnance.blogspot.com/ and follow the links at the bottom of each post to find the next blog along the way.

Each person who joins this bloghop will go in the draw for a craft pack. So join in the fun and maybe find a new forum, new blog and new friends along the way. You never know, you may even learn something, or win a great prize.

Cheers

Roseanne

New Year, New Beginnings

Well, it is now February 2011, and I am just getting into the swing of things. It has taken a while to get the sewing bug, but in the meantime, I have finished off a few projects I started last year.

I love making the hexi's, and always have some ready to go. I can take them anywhere, and sit and sew. The quilt top just covers the top of our QS bed, but I want to make it a bit wider, and a bit longer. Everyone that sees this one loves it... Must be their idea of a 'real quilt'. It is also a good way to get rid of left over wadding, and scraps of material. I am sticking to plain homespun/calico for the backing as it is always available.

The green/purple quilt is the first one I have actually quilted on my frame. It has taken me 10 months, with lots of stopping for holidays, but I finally finished it in January. I must say, it is sooo much easier than getting down and pinning the quilt, won't ever have to do that again - I hope!! Don't look too closely, but the stippling is no too bad for my first go on the frame.

The frame has been a bit of a nightmare; geting it set up; making sure I had the quilt on the RIGHT way, and then setting the machine up to sew. But is has done it's first job now and I am happy with the results.

And the Orange strippy quilt... I started this about 12 months ago, but run out of enthusiam for it, lots of sewing strips to backing fabric etc. But I finally got it together, added the blue posts to give it a bit of a lift, and it's now ready to quilt too.

So, happy quilting, will post again soon,

Cheers

Roseanne