Rabbits!

 

For Kade's first Easter, I have made him this rabbit. 

It is made from the Tilda Woodland range.

I was in a rabbit making mood, so I made more rabbits. 

One each for my boys beautiful girls, Steph, Paris and Chloe. 

Of course I made all the rabbits in Tilda fabric!

 

 This is Cynthia! 

At our recent Chit Chat Crafters get together, 

one of the girls brought kits for us to make a little doll. 

A bit of fun but I don't think I'll be making any more! 

 Well, there's only 4 more sleeps before I head 

up to Corowa to pick up Sharmayne and we 

make our way to Scrub Stitchin' at Baradine. 

I'm sure I'll have lots to share when we get back.

I can't believe that Kade is 1 month old already.

He is doing well and putting on weight.

Going to miss my cuddles while I'm away!

2024 Scrub Stitchin' Sewing Case

At Scrub Stitchin' retreat in April last year, 

we were all given a Cherish Each Day Sewing Case kit. 

It was designed by Anni Downs especially for us.

I finally made a start on mine!

My plan was to do the embroidery in January. Tick!

Add the wool applique in February. Tick! 

Put it together in March. Tick!

 

 

 All finished.

Ready to take to Scrub Stitchin' 

with three weeks to spare!

Thank you for all the comments on the

 arrival of Kade and my glamorous gloves. 

Here's another photo of him just because I can! 

 

I don't know what's going on with blogger. 

Some comments come through but as no reply 

bloggers. When I do reply with your email 

addresses, a lot bounce back. 

I've also found a lot that are being marked as spam

and were sitting in my spam folder!

Glamorous Gloves!

 My neighbour Chelsea asked me if I could make some 

“Glamorous Gloves” like the ones I made her for her 

bridal shower so she could gift them to some family members. 

I used Fee’s tutorial here.

I let Chelsea pick the fabrics from my stash.

Was I an awful person for not showing her my beautiful 

Tilda fabrics and letting her choose from that stash? 

After all, they are only rubber gloves! 

 

Introducing ...........

We are so excited to share the safe 

arrival of our first grandchild,

 Kade Leslie MacDonald

 Born 1st March at 8.28am

Weight 2.780gm (6lb 1 oz) 

Length 46cm long

 

Austin and Paris, the happy parents.

 

The name Leslie is after their grandfathers, 

my father and Paris' father's father. 

It is also Austin's middle name.

 My first cuddles as "Granny"!

With "Pop"!

 

"Funcle Mitch" (the fun uncle according to him) 

who can't wait to teach Kade all the bad things!

 

Uncle Nelson! 

I think that smiles says it all!

Home with big brother Ralph. 

Funny how they have the same colour hair!

Sunday Brunch and FNWF

 

Last week, I went to a Sunday Brunch event 

at Patchwork with Gail B's for the release 

of the new Tilda Sunday Brunch range.

 

Silvia and I had a lovely day. 

We were all given a kit to make a needle case.

 

In between eating, chatting and looking around the shop, 

we managed to get the front of our cases made. 

Mine is the pink one and Silvia's the red one. 

Silvia was very pleased as she learnt some new techniques,

I was lucky enough to win a gift voucher as a door prize.

Monday I finished off my needle case.

Of course I had to bring some pretty 

fat quarters home with me!

They are so much prettier in real life.

Last night I joined the girls for 

Friday Night with Friends hosted by Chez.

I got back to the applique for my 

Cherish Each Day Sewing Case.

We all received this kit at Scrub Stitchin' in Baradine last year. 

My plan is to get it finished before I go again in April!

This is where I finished last night. 

Two chickens and a snail added!

Something Different - A Christmas Wreath!

A group of my friends, the Chit Chat Crafters, 

decided we were going to make Christmas wreaths. 

We planned to make them for Christmas 2023 

but it just never happened. Then we planned to make 

them last November ready for Christmas 2024 

but that didn't happen either! 

A couple of weeks ago we finally managed to make them!

This is what we started out with along with a range of baubles.

My finished wreath.

A close up of my little birds.

Everyone's finished wreaths

all ready for Christmas 2025!

 It was a lot of fun making these.

A Special Visitor!

Sharmayne from Country Fragrance came down 

to visit for a couple of days.  Part of getting together 

was to plan our road trip to Baradine for Scrub Stitchin' in April. 

We've booked our accommodation for there and back. 

We also talked about what projects we were going to take with us.

 

Of course, a trip down to Melbourne had to have 

some shopping! First stop was Winterwood Felt and 

Craft shop in Warranwood. WOW! What a beautiful shop. 

 I purchased some felt to make Rosie Rabbit a coat. 

It is a little more pink in real life.

Then we went to Patchwork with Gail B in Bayswater. 

Even though I had warned her, I really don't think Sharmayne 

was prepared for how much there is at Gail's!

We stopped to have a late lunch on the way home.

Scones, of course!

Now for the wait for Scrub Stitchin'!

2024 Review - What I Made!

Covered hanger for Paris.

Wedding garter for Paris.

Wedding charm.

Embroidered hankie for Austin.

Mackenzie's quilt.

Bernard and Eugene's baby quilts.

Bernard and Eugene's Hound Dogs.

Navy and white road trip rug.

Rainbow Road Trip Rug.

Tilda brooches.

Baby Quilt for a very special little boy!

Mackenzie's Santa Sack.

Rosie Rabbit.

Hexagon Decoration.

Felt Ornaments.

Tilda Cushion.

That's a total of 28 finishes for 2024.

Wishing you all a very 

Happy New Year!

xxx