The Stitchery Sale

A quick post to let you know

about the last two days of sale,

over on

The Stitchery's

website -

www.thestitchery.co.nz.

Not sure if my emailed newsletter has been delivered,

as we are having major hiccups with Orcon,

so thought I would let you know this way.

Check it out -

two more days,

then all finished:)

See you,

Jenny:)

Jane Austen's Bonnet

So I've started...

 

 

This little black box

has been the ''home'' of a pile of little stitcheries

that I finished a couple of years ago.

I remember -

as soon as I saw the pattern for this quilt,

I fell in stitchy love

with it:)

Jane Austen's Bonnet,

an exquisite quilt designed by

Brenda Ryan.

It sort of got lost amongst other treasures

in my sewing room,

and when I opened the lid a few days ago,

I fell in stitchy love all over again:)

 



 

They were all there,

piled on top of each other,

just waiting...

 

 

...I'm not sure how could I have done that!

Just left them,

packed them up and

went away

and left them!!!

Have a feeling it might have been around the time

that I lost that stitchy feeling for a while :(

You know,

 when stuff happens,

and you just pack things up

and push them towards the back of the cupboard,

just for a while:)

 

 

 

 



 

Bit naughty, ay!!

But,

now I'm on a mission

to complete this beautiful beautiful quilt.

So I sorted out the fabrics today...

 

 

...and I cut all the stitcheries into diamonds ...

 

 

...and I sewed the first block :)

 

 

Me and Jane -

best buddies again:)

See you later

Jenny

 

Hellooo :)

Just to let you know,

I've just posted about a rather yummy

September giveaway

over on The Makers Studio blog :)

See you there,

Jenny

 

 

Stitch, paint and run!

 The "springie blue" giveaway

that I did last week,

inspired me to make a new cushion out of

one of the fabrics...

(and it's in my Etsy shop).

 

 



And I made another one of my

line and lace

cushions.

Love doing these

cos you just make it up as you go:)

Bit of this,

bit of that...

 

 

In between gardening,

and stitching,

I've also been revamping some furniture,

from plain brown...

 

 

...to shabby white...

 

 

I think it looks lots better:)

 

You know that thing on the bucket list

that I was working on,

well,

I've done it:)

Yesterday I ran the Dunedin Half Marathon:)

Had a moment (or two)

where I wondered if I could do it,

or more accurately,

why I was doing it!!

But I did do it:)

And,

well,

there you go....

I'm still grinning about it today,

and I'm pretty sure that I will be doing it again...

next year.

I'm not a natural runner,

in fact,

I'm not the sporty type at all.

But it's been on my list for quite a while now,

for no other reason than that

I just wanted to prove something to myself.

So now I can put a ''tick'' beside that one,

relax for a few days,

 catch up on some stitching

and other crafty stuff

and

I think that I have earned

extra chocolate:)

See you later

Jenny:)

 



A snippet of blue.

Just popping in to tell you,

I'm doing a ''springie'' blue giveaway,

over here.

Here's a wee snippet of what's there...

 

 

See you there,

Jenny :)

 

I luv Spring :)

I know that it's not officially
Spring

for another couple of weeks,

but in my little corner of the world

it definitely feels like Spring,

and the garden certainly tells me it is .

I soooo love Spring,

but must admit that the handwork

takes a back seat for a few weeks,

while other stuff takes priority.

I've been busy packing up the Studio,

and getting the guest rooms

back into perfect order

for the coming season.

The garden,

of course,

is keeping me on my toes

(but no complaints there,

I love it to bits!)

You can read about that, if you want,

over on the cottage blog,

and then there is the,

(....shudder....)

painting!!

Add to that mix
something off my ''bucket list''
that I'm working on,
and a certain child

whose race season has once again started,

which means I get the sheer pleasure
of countless hours of driving

up and down "the hill"
(and no, there is not an ounce
of sarcasm in that last sentence:).
Not to forget the late night driving lessons
with the child
in his newly acquired vehicle,
(which, I must say,
have usually been quite uneventful 'cos he's
a darned good wee driver,
perhaps with the exception of the time
that he stalled the van
directly outside the Dunedin Fire Station
in a mild state of panic
as the doors opened
and the fire truck was coming out!!!
Probably didn't help matters that I was laughing
so hard
that even the blokes in the fire truck
were grinning.
So mature, I can hear you say!
Well, it was funny :)
And we did get out of their way,
pretty quickly!)
So,

truly,

it feels a little like

I'm running around

like a

headless chook

at times:)!!!
All I can say is,
thank goodness for chocolate:)

So...

please excuse my lack of stitching

to show:)

This is about all I've managed to do

these last few weeks,

but I'm pretty happy that I have done it,

cos it's been on the ''doing'' list

for about 10 years,

and its finally finished.

He is gorgeous, don't you think.

And in plenty of time for Christmas :)

Actually,

I've just remembered,

I have done something else to show you...

... yep, I think I started these last year!

I wanted to match a pair of cushions

to match the quilt I've got hanging

in one of the guest rooms.

Well,better late than never.

Now..

I think I will go take some time to smell the roses,

or in this case,

the blossom:)

See you,

Jenny



It's Pink!

Teensy post -

if you like pink,

and giveaways,

go check out

The Makers Studio blog

over here

and leave a comment,

or

 check it out on my Facebook page

(on the sidebar).

See you :)

Jenny