Don't look now!

Rocket ships ...

Have you all recovered from Christmas? I'm still full from Christmas lunch! Mind you that hasn't stopped me eating ... way too many yummy things in my house at the moment!

So this is my Rocket Ship Pillow that I've made using the applique shapes from the Art Smocks ...

Not quite the Starship Enterprise but what the heck, my little men like it anyway! :)

To be in the giveaway for this pillow you will need to leave a comment between now and the 3rd of January. Anyone who has left a comment on any of my last 10 posts will get an extra entry for each comment (not including the last post for the Flower Garden Pillow).

I have also made a down-loadable pattern for this pillow so if you ask for it in your comment I will send it off to you.

Thanks for the feedback about the Flower Garden Pillow! I'm very pleased that you like it.

Good luck and I'll see you back here again on the 2nd of January with the winner of the Flower Garden Pillow.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and hope you all have a happy and safe New Year!

Kellie  

Edit: You can find the tutorial and pattern for this pillow in my side bar listed under tutorials. Thanks for stopping by!

A little something from me ......

I so hope that you all are having a wonderful Christmas!

We have had a great day! The children were spoilt by Santa, we enjoyed their delight, shared it with family and friends and had a whole lot of very yummy food! What more could anyone ask for?

 

This is my Grandmother with the kids today.

I thought that this would be a good opportunity to take a moment to thank you all for visiting with me and taking the time to look at my creations and for all of the encouragement that you have given me.  This little distraction has helped me so very much this year!

So, how better can I thank you all than by having a little give away ... where everyone gets a gift! (well sort of anyway)

You may recognise this appliqué design. I have taken the appliqué that I made earlier in the year for the kids art smocks and turned them into 20” pillows.

I have made one using each of the two designs so there is a distinctively male and female version.

 

If you leave a comment here between now and the 1st of January you will have a chance to win this pillow. Just like the previous giveaway I will give an additional entry to everyone who has left a comment over my last 10 posts.

And just to make sure everyone leaves happy ... after all it is Christmas ... I have made a tutorial so that if you don’t happen to win you can make your own! Just ask for the pattern in your comment and I will send it off to you in a downloadable format.

Oh and one last thing ... as I said I've made a Rocket Ship version of the pillow ... but you will have to wait until the 27^th for that giveaway ... sorry it’s not quite finished J.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Kellie

Edit: You can find the tutorial and pattern for this pillow in my side bar listed under tutorials. Thanks for stopping by!

Oh Christmas Tree ...

 

Shhhh ... don’t tell anyone it’s only blog finished but that’s close enough for me at this point with Christmas hurtling toward me at a million miles an hour!

 

I have called it Oh Christmas Tree. It has taken me 12 days from drafting the pattern to this ... not quite finished state J. The top is New Zealand linen and the back and binding are a beautiful Farmer’s Market fabric called petal Party. I used Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 to fuse the appliqué and finished the edges with a straight stitch using free motion quilting.

I finally finished the other pillow from Megan’s birthday party....

 

I actually used a binding for the edges of this pillow and it worked out beautifully.

This little man’s name is Leon.

 

He is now living with our Lollypop Lady!

 

Thanks Christina for keeping us safe while we crossed the road and for entertaining Joshua with your funny, sweet comments. Merry Christmas!

I made the trek to Amitie yesterday and I’m so very pleased that I did as got to catch up with Louise and Jenny both of which I hadn’t seen since before our trip.

And of course I got to buy 20% more fabric than I normally would have as my reward card was full! J Happy days!

Isn’t this Fairy fabric just perfect!

Sadly I’m writing this post at McDonalds ... our internet connection was totally destroyed by the Foxtel installers earlier this week. Hopefully it will be fixed tomorrow. Either way I will be back on Christmas Day with a little Don’t Look Now Christmas gift for you all!

I hope you can manage to enjoy the madness of the next few days!

Happy Chanukah!  

Kellie

Bits and pieces ...

Well it is obvious that I have become totally acopic (Don't look now definition - total inability to cope with every day life!) since our return from our holiday so forgive me for my late posting, my erratic comments and general slackness ...

I haven't actually just been sitting on my butt and staring into space the whole time ... I have managed to get a few things done around here ...

I finally finished this quilt ...

It's called Jessica's Garden. I started this quilt a bit over a year ago and I'm so very pleased that it is finally finished. It's colours make me smile :)

I made a start on some gifts for the kids teachers ...

These bags are a pattern called Not Another Green Bag from Amitie. I really love these.

I received a fantastic parcel from Jo at French Knots as a part of Lisa's magazine swap ...

And what should I find inside one of the magazines but a spectacular creation by my very cool friend Cathy!!!!

Thank you so much Jo! I have enjoyed them immensely this weekend!

I also found this little treasure in amongst our wheelbarrow load of mail that we received once we returned fro the US ...

Nothing quite like a little bit of Ric Rac love! Thanks Jodie ... this is Megan's first activity on her Holiday To Do List.

My little pink heart made it's way over the sea and is now living with Erin of ErinKCreations.

My littlest man finished 3 year old kinder for the year ... so we will be spending even more time together ...

I have just been trying for way too long to link to a video that goes with this photo ... alas I am also acopic when it comes to blogging ... so if you would like to see Joshua's little song go to my Flickr page and take a look.

We put up the Christmas tree ... although I am a little scared that if Tiger keeps scaling it now it is dressed it wont stay up for long!!!!!

 

On Saturday I started and finished the Christmas shopping ... completed in one fowl swoop! Just the way I like it!

Finally, I made a start on this ...

Hopefully you will see it finished next time.

Enjoy your week!

Kellie      

PS Sorry about the editing ... not doing well at all today! Missing photos, missing words ...arrrhhhhh!

Three little quilts & a magazine ...

This has been a week for little quilts here in the home of Don't Look Now. First up is my Doll Quilt which is all but finished and will begin it's journey around the world tomorrow once the binding is sewn down and a label is attached. I have called it I (heart) pink!

 

I used Lite Steam-A-Seam2 for the first time with this project, and I must say it is very nice to work with. It is not quite as tacky once it is attached to the applique shape as the Floraini product that I have been using lately but produces cleaner edges which is very nice. The applique was then secured with free motion stitching. The stitching detail is also free motion.

   

As always I quilted it to within an inch of it's life :). I hope that my swap partner likes it.

I received my little DQS5 quilt earlier in the week. It is a very cool creation from Helen of Patchwork of Mini Grey. Thank you so much Helen, it's really nice.

On Wednesday my new edition of Homespun arrived in the mail ... look what I found on page 18 ....

 

How cool is that little girl of mine??? I made her you know!!! We will all have to wait until next month now to discover what happens next!!!

There is also a very fabulous quilt by Claire from Matching Pegs in this edition together with several other excellent projects.

I also love the quilt on the front cover by Sandy Klop!

The magazine is really looking great and going from strength to strength ... well done Catherine!

Have a great weekend everyone ... hopefully by next week I will have caught up with you all.

Kellie

PS. Happy birthday my love! We all adore you so very much!