A finished table runner and camera bags.

I made several of these little camera bags earlier on in the year. I adjusted the pattern by putting on another panel so this suited the size of the camera's. Some of them had embroidery and some had only ric-rac. It looks so much nicer when you are out for dinner to have your camera in a little bag and not nude on the table.

I finished putting the binding on this little table runner last night. It is from a book called Thimbleberries Quilts for my Sister's House by Lynette Jensen. It is called Mini Cherry Berry, there was a bigger table runner that actually had cherry's on it. The finished size is about 15 by 25 inches. I used card No.22 from the Brother Embroidery Collection to quilt it.

Happy stitching.

Bev C

Two more journals.

Yesterday I visited a new craft shop in town that stocks lots of scrapbooking stamping haberdashery homespun quilting supplies and art supplies. I bought some black homespun for a quilt I am working on some cute cat buttons for the same quilt some cardstock for Christmas cards and a visual art diary. I have been looking for these visual art diarys for a long time. So of course I had to make some journals. The floral one is for a Christmas present and the sewing notions one is for myself. I will put this in my bag for when I need to have measurements of material and DMC colour numbers etc instead of writing on an old envelope. So much nicer to bring out a journal. Today I will try to get the quilt I am working on finished, well at least the top of it. I am not sure if I will hand quilt it or machine quilt it. It was for Lucy's Birthday which was in July. Gee she is patient.

Happy stitching.

Bev C

A lovely homemade liquid soap recipe

Hello,

Today I will be making soap with a recipe that I have used for a while now. The recipe is very simple and only uses three ingredients .

Homemade Liquid Soap

Grate one bar of sunlight soap and one bar of the nicer soaps for example dove or palmolive, add them to a pot with about six cups of water. I use rainwater. Bring the soap and water to the boil. I give the occassional stir with a wooden spoon. Then give a wizz with a stick blender. Leave it overnight to thicken. water down if desired. Fills 4 or 5 bottles depending on the size. You can reuse shampoo bottles and hand pump bottles. Have a go with this recipe. It is a very
economical recipe.

Happy days.

Bev C

Happy Anniversary

Hello,

Well it is Ainsley and Julian's first wedding anniversary today. It is hard to believe that 12 months ago today they were married. For your first anniversary the present is supposed to be paper. So I made them a cushion with some of the leftover material from the wedding quilt. I used paper piecing and hand stitched the hexagons onto the material. I even made some piping for the edge which was a bit of a challenge getting around the corners. After completing the cushion and getting it ready to be pressed I felt front and could hear paper, I had left one of the hexagon papers inside. So a little bit of unpicking then stitching it back up again. Enjoy your day Ainsley and Julian and may you have many more anniversaries together.

Happy days.

Bev C

Delightful Tasmania

Hello,

Don't you just love tulips. We took these photo's in Tasmania two years ago. I was amazed at the amount of tulips. Cheryl over at Willowberry designs wanted us to show some photo's of our holidays and let her know about our memories of holidays. We are saving our pennies and hope to get back there again one day.

Enjoy your day

Bev C