Christmas In July Gifts On Their Way!

My gifts are all wrapped up and on their way to ??? 

Could it be you? You'll just have to wait and see!

A Productive Weekend!

My Friday Night With Friends sewing continued into Saturday and Sunday. Mitchell went off on Friday for the weekend with a friend and his family and Austin and Nelson went to their cousin's for a movie night sleepover. That meant no kids! So what did Noel and I do?

Went to the movies to see The Lone Ranger. I just love Johnny Depp although he wasn't quite as cute as when he was Captain Jack! We loved it and had a good laugh.
Then we went out for dinner.

I finished off the fat quarter bags. Just need to get some more ribbon as I only had the right colour for one of them.

Another secret project was finished.

 I also finished the stitchery for another 

secret project I am working on!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and
managed to get some stitching done.

Friday Night With Friends!

 I had quite a productive night last night (for a change).

I cut out the pieces for Block 1 in the afternoon 

so that I could get straight into it.

Sharon had told me how generous the Fat Quarter Shop was with their BOM's and she wasn't joking. I could easily have cut out another block.

Ta Da! Block 1! 

When I had finished it, I thought something didn't look quite right. I hadn't realised there was a difference between the back and front of the plain cream fabric. The back is slightly whiter! I had three pieces around the wrong way. Luckily it was the two long cream and cream corner block, so it wasn't too hard to undo and restitch it together. I'll be more careful next time. I'm so glad it wasn't all those HST pieces that I'd made the mistake on!

 I also starting a mini production line with three fat quarter bags to go into the present drawer. The drawer has been a bit neglected of late!

 Here's something that hasn't been seen in our place before. Austin and Nelson drying the dishes! The dishwasher had keep triggering the safety switch yesterday, so last night it was back to the old fashioned way of dishwashing!

This is what they really thought about it!

Friday Night With Friends!

 Tonight is Friday Night With Friends hosted by the lovely Cheryll of Gone Stitchin'.

 I think I'll start my first block of the Fat Quarter Shop's Designer Mystery BOM. With a bit of luck, I may even get it cut out this afternoon. That way I can get straight to the sewing machine.

And/or continue working on this secret stitching!

Will you be there? Pop over to Cheryll's blog to join us.

And Another Lovely Afternoon!

 This afternoon I met up with Anna (no blog) who is my Santa Sack partner for this year. It turned out she only lives a couple of suburbs away. We arranged to meet for a coffee at a local cafe to get to know each other.

Mel dropped by with her gorgeous grandson, Henry. Little did Anna know that she was Mel's partner for our Christmas In July swap organised by our lovely friend, Cheryll. Mel thought she would surprise Anna and hand deliver her gifts. Of course, she can't open them until the 25th!

Anna surprised me with some gifts too. Inside that wrapping are some very yummy looking bikkies. Will save them for my coffee later! It was lovely getting to know you Anna. Now to start thinking about what I will make for your Santa Sack!