Cupcake pincushion designs

I designed these cute little ones a little while back for a friend of mine.

The large one is embroidered only while the small one is embellished with Swarovski crystals.

It's amazing how time flies by when you're having fun...

Embroidery designs for sale

Chunky stitch critters - ideal for babies and small children. 

Embellish with crochet, buttons, Suffolk puffs etc.

 

 

 

Cheating Block Quilt finished

The quilt I wrote about in this and this post is finished!  Looking at the completed quilt today from a distance, I was quite impressed.  At first I was afraid that all the colours was a bit too bold and that it outshine the embroidery designs, but I think the finished product turned out really beautiful.  My friend of 31 years and fellow quilter, Rika van der Merwe, says that it reminds her of Joseph's Amazing Dreamcoat.

The first grandchild's quilt is done although there is no baby yet.  But with my daughter, Megan, getting married in January, who knows....

Labeling quilts

I've been trying the whole week to write this post.  Our internet connection is super slow.  Will have to contact my service provider as the problem is now really getting annoying.  I also lost 2 days this week due to severe headaches.

I spend the first few days of my holiday embroidering labels for the 7 quilts I finished this year.  I also replaced my Beginners and Latte Quilt's labels.  It was quite fun making all the different labels.  Look on the Quilting page for photo's of all the quilts.

I don't know why the photo is rotated in the blog only.  Oh boy, this blog just don't want to be written...

I also decided since I made scissor cases for all my quilting group members birthdays, I had to make myself some for my birthday on the 12th day of the 12th month of 2012.  So, here they are!

The Art of Quilting Sampler Quilt - Blocks 6 to 16

After struggling for 3 months to get the next batch and nearly cancelling my subscription, I finally received the outstanding blocks.  During the same time, I ordered fabric from America which arrived within 3 weeks.  Much faster importing stuff from 8 000 km's away than just 400 km's....  Africa time - why do anything today if you can do it tomorrow, or next week or next month or even next year???



Blocks 6-8



Blocks 9-10 (with sasching added) and Blocks 12-13

Blocks 14-16

Master Bedroom Makeover

My husband and I made a new headboard for our bed.  It took us a week and was done from leftover pieces of fabric from the Latte Quilt I made (read this post) and leather.  It turned out absolutely gorgeous.  It feels like sleeping in a hotel room.

Cheating Block Quilt - Post 2

The other 6 Baby animals: available at Ellen Maurer Stroh





Fox baby



Good luck baby

Hug girl

Hug boy



Polar Bear




Raccoon Baby