I like these finishes....

First up is the jumper I showed earlierr in the week. I managed to spread the wool enough to get it finished. It looks good too.

Size 26"

I went to work on my X stitches on Friday night and finished the 3 of them. Boy I get into a mess when I use glue...

The Xmas music book decorations in progress

X Stitch Song Book

Carol Singer song book

Santa in his hoop

I am linking up with 1XiAM

http://1xmasitemamonth.blogspot.com.au

Family near and far.

FAMILY FAR...

On Easter Saturday it would have been my mums 75th birthday. Unfortunately this is the first of many we have to get through. We have memories.  Missing you...

This is a lovely photo of mum when I took her out to lunch for her birthday one year not too long ago

Happy birthday mum.
Photo taken February 26, 2012

FAMILY NEAR...

I just love looking at all my photos. After seeing some of our granddaughter it came to me that there was one of my husband very similar. Yes, there is a very strong family likeness.

What do you think..

Madeleine & Pa

Now for my sewing part..

1 Xmas item a month. 

I haven't joined in for some time and I only have a very small finish but it's still a finish..

Quilted Hexagon Coaster

1Xiam with Narelle

A few more dishcloths

I made another 2 knitted dishcloths and gave them to my friend Keryn. I know she loves Christmas and I hope she enjoys using them..

http://krisknits.blogspot.com.au/2007/12/that-one-last-gift.html

Santa face dishcloth 

http://krisknits.blogspot.com.au/2007/12/christmas-dishcloth-story.html

Xmas Tree and house dishcloth

2 more to add to my OPAM  & 1XiAM  linkups

Santa & Xmas tree dishcloths

My day in the city.

what a great day we had.....
We walked, shopped, talked, ate and had fun.
We visited and geocached. Now that was a learning curve . Thanks to Sue & Mel...
Thanks to my driver for getting me there. She knew exactly where we were going. I had no idea. I did have a gift in hand....
This is what I gave.....

My stitched journal cover. I just love the pen holder. I did put in a pen instead of the pencil.

I also added some thread, some flavoured tea, a latte sachet and a knitted dishcloth.

I hope it was well received by Barb.

http://barbscreations.blogspot.com.au

And what I received..... From Marg.

http://willsquiltnsew.blogspot.com.au

It is so lovely. Thank you.....

If you want to see what we got up to then have a look here for some great photos.

I didn't take my camera...

SHEZ,  Shez,  MEL  & SUE.

There are some great photos on these blogs. 

We even got to visit with the QUEEN.

We had so much fun...

My  SLOW STITCHING SUNDAY  day was spent doing some x stitching and joining in here.

Well, I am so new to this cross stitch scene. I have finally tried something little. Nothing like the beautiful work I have seen here but none the less I have done something.
I made a little design in 2 sizes.  One in 18 count and the other might be 14 but I'm not too sure.
I can't believe everyone else's beautiful work in such a finer count of canvas.. They are all so inspiring.
Anyway here is what I have done..... It has taken me quite a while...
Thanks to Kaye for setting up this SAL
http://christmasorniesal2015.blogspot.com.au

Thanks Narelle for pushing us along to make 

1XMAS ITEM A MONTH

OPAM & BINDING BLITZ for JULY

here are the snapshots of what I got up to this month. I have been busy doing many projects. Among them was my Aussie Hero quilts, a Postcard swap, Christmas in July and a Dishcloth swap. This was a first. What a great way to try different things...

So I am linking up with
OPAM with Peg & Kris

BINDING BLITZ with Julie... My total was 1060"... What a lot of stitching

My XMAS in JULY parcel I sent

I had  fun working on these gifts. Last month I showed a sneak peak of my progress.
It went from this

To this... H is for HELPER 

I found this pattern in HANDMADE Vol.24. no 11.. called.. ELF WISH LIST

And then this

To this.........


Then I added...... T is for TREE. On a cushion.

And for no.. 3 gift. It was ...... S is for SNOWMAN. It's a candle holder. Well it started as a wine glass. Turn it upside down, paint it up and put a candle on it. Hope it gets to you Cheryl in one piece..

As well as these extra goodies. A knitted Dishcloth and a box of chockies to have with a cuppa..

My partner was Cheryl from
http://cherylsstitchings.blogspot.com.au

I hope she loves them as much as I do. I had a friend tell my that you love anything Xmas so I hope I have filled a spot in your celebrations...

Have a look here to see what others have made....
http://christmasinjulyswap.blogspot.com.au

I am linking up with Peg and Kris and adding to my growing list of finishes for OPAM.

Then will be adding my binding to my total for BINDING BLITZ with Julie

And I will also add a few more Xmas items with others for 1XiAM
http://1xmasitemamonth.blogspot.com.au

My last Xmas items for the month

I have finished these cute XMAS BON BONS up while I was away on retreat.

These will be added to my 1xiam.

http://1xmasitemamonth.blogspot.com.au

MAY OPAM & binding blitz

Here are all my finishes for MAY in one post

Here are my 1XiAM but there are 5

2 very quick Table Runners & 3 Bon Bons to put in those lovely chockies... Yummy.

My 3 COTTAGE GARDEN thread holders. I made one for my Gail Pan swap with my friends at a day out at the Geelong Quilt In, the other two are in the gift box or for the trade table during the year.

 My 4 scrappy pink thread catchers, my green scrappy zippered pouch, purse and journal cover, Xaviers Library Bag & a stitched note book cover

Then for the last of my items this month are my BLANKETS OF LOVE for Cheryll to take to the hospitals

BINDING BLITZ FOR MAY =  788"

http://juliekquilts.blogspot.com.au

1XiAM with Narelle

I have finished making 2 more XMAS TABLE RUNNERS.
They are different sizes because that's all the fabric I had. With the larger one I put wadding in the middle. This was really easy to do.

http://1xmasitemamonth.blogspot.com.au

If you want to make these table runners have a look at this tutorial

http://www.sewwequilt.com/2010/12/ten-minute-tutorial-really.html

1XiAM for April

I have had some time to get into my sewing room. I spent hours cleaning it up and then sewing.... Yippee....

I made this for my grandsons. How cute is this.

They still need Santa to come to them but they don't have a chimney.

This solves the problem.

So I have now done my Xmas item for April.

http://1xmasitemamonth.blogspot.com.au

And another OPAM

I am also linking up with

http://www.supermomnocape.com/2015/05/04/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-4/

1XiAM or 2,3 or 4

I have made some more XMAS items so I have completed my 1XiAM.

2 Table Runners

Look HERE for SEW WE QUILT: A Ten Minute Tutorial - to make this great table runner

2 Fabric bowls

And this is the YouTube tutorial I followed for the Fabric bowls

My first OPAM & 1XiAM link up & Binding Blitz

I have just finished this cute, fun, little XMAS wall hanging.

It is a little tree stitchery done in a small chain stitch. The curves were filled with Buttons. I FMQ the background. Something I will be doing more of this year.

My first link up with Narelle.

1XiAM

Here are my months finishes for January.

3x Little Letter quilts, 1x Wonky Star quilt, 1x Basket Weave quilt, 1x knitted babies jacket, 1x 

babies floral bouquet, 4x draw string bags & the above button XMAS tree wall hanging.

Wow I hope I can keep this up. This is a great start to the year.

I am linking up with PEG & KRIS for OPAM

I am now linking up to JULIE with her BINDING BLITZ.

My bindings totals for January are.

Little Letters x 3 = 438"

Wonky Star = 240"

Basket Weave = 260"

XMAS Tree Mini = 52"

TOTAL BEING...... 990" for the month of JANUARY

I have linked up

Today I am joining in with lots of other bloggers and linking up with

PEG & KRIS.

They have a great following with their OPAM (one project a month). The aim being to encourage all to try and finish at least one project a month to share with all our blogging friends.

I have already started the year out good so I hope I can keep it up.

Everyone's projects will be listed by the end of the month.

Look for my growing list at the top of this page under the Heading OPAM 2015

Next I want to be on top of things when I need some XMAS gifts. I have decided to join in with 

NARELLE . So watch out between the 25th & the end of the month for a post about an XMAS item I have finished. 

These are both new to me so I hope I can keep up and get it right.