Post cards

Here is a photo of the Postcard I sent to Wendy in the UK for an internet swap.

                                     

I sent this one to Pat in the USA.

 This postcard I received from Carolyn in South Africa.

Just few others I have made!!!!!

 I made these four and sent to Rotorua.  All posted at the same time in the same postbox.  One arrived on the Thursday without a postdate on, two arrived on the Friday and one arrived on the Saturday, the last 3 did have the postdate on them. Interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   
 I hope this plant doesn't multiply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of her is enough!!!!!!!!!!!! 
  

Having a Fun Paint and Play Day!!!!!!!

 

Today we had a lot of fun playing and painting I think the photo's tell the story very well!!!!!!

I must say I really enjoyed the day watching and learning!!!!!! 

 I just had to go out to my little painting shed after the ladies had gone to have a play with my paints myself, I had been wanting to try this stenciling!!!!!!!!!!!!   I have now made a mug rug or is it a rug mug out of the fabric I painted and stenciled! Just love those butterflies!!!!!!


        

Lap Quilts from Painted Fabric

 At the beginning of the school holidays I looked after 2 foster children and two grandies  for a couple of days, so I needed to keep them busy.  I got the 10 and 7 and 5 year olds to paint fabric which I planned on making into a quilt for them.  I would have got them to draw pictures on the fabric BUT when I broke my ankle I could not have them again. I have now finished the quilts fir the 2 foster children and they have been delivered. I am pleased with the result I hope they like them to.

 

We also made Christmas Trees which they all enjoyed eating when they had finished making them.

Tablecloth Quilt Finished

FMQ Postcards

 I received this lovely Postcard in the mail from Janet in the UK her blog is here http://jansmusingagain.wordpress.com/ Janet is running a FMQ postcard swap as a result of sewcalgal 2012 FMQ challenge http://sewcalgal.blogspot.co.nz/  

I can see these could become quite addictive, the one below I have just posted to a friend I hope she gets a surprise!!!!!!

Here is a great tutorial on this great instructions!

http://quiltingforenjoyment.blogspot.co.nz/http://quiltingforenjoyment.blogspot.co.nz/

January Update!!!!!!!

This what I have been making so far this year!!!!!  Not the most exciting stuff but it does help fill in the long hot days!!!!

 A little red work helped fill in some time as well!!!!!!!

When I can I can do about a half an hour on this piece below using my left foot on the foot control the only thing is my right foot get a bit tired and sore if I have it hanging for to long,  Enough of that it won't be long and things will be back to normal!!!!!!!!

                                                      

Today I did a little FMQ

 5 Days before Christmas Day, not the best way to get out of cooking!!!!!

After the first week I found out it was a very bad sprain and a crack in a bone in my ankle.  But the x-rays showed there was an old brake which I did not know about.  How could that happen without knowing!!!!!!!
Check out the cushion!!!!! Found a use for it!!!!!!!!

 One great thing that has come from it is my husband has had to learn to cook after 42 years of marriage now there is no excuse!!!!!!!

I have been watching a lot of quilting DVDs, and doing a bit of red work, reading quilting books BUT today I did a little FMQ using my left foot on the foot control.  I have to keep my leg up as much as possible, then back to fracture clinic on the 11th Jan....................