My Rag Rugs now have a new home. You'll find them in a little corner to the entrance of Handmade Heaven in Ipswich. Liesa's shop is looking gorgeous as she has a range of beautiful handmade items in there. It's a lovely visit if you're looking for a gift for a special person or just to want to appreciate all the different works of many talented crafters. Liesa is such a sweetie too, so pop in and say Hi to her.
At the moment this "thing" is totally alien to me, but in time it is going to become my friend.
I've been eyeing off this Caramel Shortbread recipe from Lucy's blog at Attic24 for the last few days and this morning my sweet tooth got the better of me. I just had to try out the recipe, and our morning tea was all I hoped it would be (except of course for the calories, but we won't spoil it by talking about them). If you want to make it too, go to Lucy's blog, Attic24 and follow her recipe from a few posts back. She's also got some gorgeous granny squares so it's worth going there just to have a look at them.
I have been all consumed these last few weeks making up rag rugs to take to Jumpers and Jazz on Saturday. The weather man is predicting a frosty morning, but looks like the day will warm up nicely to a high of 17 degrees. That sounds like a perfect day to me.
Remember all the little bits and pieces of artwork that our kids did when they were little? Matt made me this little trinket box when he was in primary school and he's nearly 35 now. He was in about Grade 5 I think. It was such a big secret that he had for weeks before he presented it to me and I clearly remember the big day that I got it as a gift. I so wish I had kept more of their work as the memories are so precious.
It's not good when this happens, but it is good when it happens close to home, and thankfully that's where this one happened. Looks like I'm not going anywhere today unless I figure out how to change it or learn how to work the air compressor. I always thought that's what men were for and there's not one to be found around my place today!!!!!
Dashing Through The Snowcones is another Meme quilts design. It has been sitting on an old chest in our TV room for quite a while waiting for the binding. I have Grandkids for the day today so I told them they could have McDonald's for lunch after the binding was finished on my quilt. Little did they know how long they might have to wait!!! However, we got the binding finished and McDonalds it was. I know I should have quilted it a lot more, but it's going to have to wait a little longer before that happens. I hand quilted it with black quilting thread and it's times like that when I use colours like black that I realise my eyes aren't as young as they used to be. I quite like it on my lounge room wall for now, especially while the weather is a little cooler. The pattern is now available on my website. Just go to Patchwork to find it.
I've just added to my website a collection of my bags that I've been making up. Check them out under "Ready made". With school holidays and kids and birthdays it's been a bit chaotic at my place this last week. They've all gone home now, so maybe I can get some more rag rugs made up and maybe a few more bags to take to the Handmade Expo at Warwick for the Jumpers and Jazz Festival on 18th July.
