What comes next ....

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Somedays things just present themselves....

I had removed folders from the decorating space for the Christmas in July

I put some folders on my table for exploring later..

I found some really pretty pictures...

This first one was a series of stitchings & some buttons...

These were stitched for my samples...

I am always drawing santas !! 

Finally these stitcheries have made it to the website in this set of 3 which includes the postage for $10

There are a good lot but when they run out I won't redo them 

These were also stitched samples for me using my favourite quilt pattern log cabin 

 Today these are in the Xmas box category...

for $20 each set which includes posting .

Cute hey ?

BUTTONS

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Today another 8 Button Box sets have been added to my website

Each set is $20 that includes postage for each set.

I have now added Everyday sets as well as Xmas sets...

There is only one of each set on the web....

The Decorating Continues

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Decorating is moving along...

added are the felt bags with buttons...

These work very well on this small tree...

I thought 6 of these or 8 on a small tree could look very interesting !!

The large 12 cm star deer has come onto the tree now too.

Now the shelves are getting some base props ready for a layer of my designs

I can nearly touch the ceiling !!!

Sweet as an angel

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The sweet angel is coming in as a decoration at 12cm ....

She looks so sweet...

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Decorating for Christmas in July...

I have chosen a shelf & surrounds to decorate ....

The new Santa decorations are out & about ...

Today & tomorrow Marg Low designs is at Wodonga Craft Alive show

&

Has some of the buttons.... 

The new Santa Buttons & more

Some are in kits with her gorgeous designs....

These below will travel with her to Sydney to a class weekend in a quilt shop in Willoughby.....

Book in to the classes ....!

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This is the Red Star Deer 7cm tall..

The Twig Angels in red & white 

&

the bendy green trees ..

As I painted the other day I thought Oh what a nice colour lot...

The Santas are also part of this painting session

 As are the deers & Stardust angels

Another batch of 4

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 I love doing these cards....it is maybe my comfort zone....I get to play a bit as I work...

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A NEW SANTA & A NEW DEER have been sent off this morning for making into a new button & the santa will come in as a decoration also ... well I will know when these designs are prepped & cut for me.... bit exciting though.

More of the Xmas treats

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Another batch have been carded & are on the website....

Each Card is $20 & the postage is included for each card set.

There will be more a bit later....

Need to scan etc etc....

Happy things for such a dull day here

CHRISTMAS TREATS in a POST Box

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SPECIAL TREATS 

For

CHRISTMAS 

in 

JULY /DECEMBER !!!

Each card is different

Each is $20 which includes the postage for one set ( international & national)

I have weighed them as the postage is weighed & has to be under 50gm with the box weight

So no room for thankyou cards !!!

Santa Special all Sold

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THE SANTAS for YESTERDAY

 on SPECIAL are all SOLD.

Great quick response .....as I newsletter this also.

More stock will come in in July but with the real price.

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When the gardener was here this week I could not settle easily to doing anything in particular...so tackled a cabinet that houses many odds & sods....in wire & small cane baskets.

Things just seemed to be where I never expected them.

This little bag for the tree was made for me from a wood & later a stitchery design of mine...

I hung it beside the latest santa decoration designs I have hanging off a small tree on this cabinet...

It was good to see the perspective  

 Then I unearthed this etched Christmas wood design.... which I love... I think it began as a square design  it was hung on the tree too...

Then I found these....cards 

Maurice Kain  New Zealand 

www.mauricekain.com

These 3 photos are a card set I bought these from a sweet hardware store in Jamison ACT where I shopped for really unique gifts back in the mid 1990's

I could not bear to use the cards that were produced by John Sands Avondale NZ

They turned up during my tidy up 2 days ago...

They are just divine & some people's designs & layouts are timeless

SANTA's ON SPECIAL

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Ho Ho Ho....

We are celebrating the latest Santa designs in my buttons

with a Special until 30 th June 2018

( Australia time  ie 29th for northern hemisphere)

THE 5 NEW SANTA DESIGNS

will be 

$20.00 including posting for one set

( both for Australia & Overseas)

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While I was watching Insight with Michael Moseley & other's talking about exercise..

I Stitched some of the TEMPLATES pattern with new santa buttons & then some of my regular ones...

I had cut the templates out in the morning & then was distracted once the gardener had gone...I kept going out to see the transformation of some much needed cutting back.

Including this stocking....

I am rather loving the combination of red for main background ...grey trims & black to pull the button colours up

Now I wonder .....

A Black stocking ...red & grey trims or grey as the base ...maybe add some white too ...pale olive green ????

Back to exercise from the Insight show...

I always learn something encouraging from Michael Moseley...

So I will be standing up soon to do some squats & some push up things against the wall  & stand on one foot....& then the other...for strength training.

I do other strength training exercises & only 3 to 6 of each every second day can really work magic...

& 

it does help you reshape the body & lose many centimetres

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There are 2 things I got from this show...

One I have done a smart thing ( even if slower than I should have been ) to cut out my seating time...ie is by closing off much of the wholesale which is high volume & at Christmas I could fine myself lost in the days as I sat to paint....& paint & paint..

Not good for the body as as soon as I'd get up to move I'd find myself back as often the orders were back to back & pressure was on....I never ever did want to be late late & let shops down....

Now I get up more & walk about & have some better time management to do other jobs....

&

Other thing from show how simple it is to do this exercise & movement..

Must dash now ... exercise time LOL 

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Oh I keep forgetting

Kay from the now closed 

AVONLEIGH Country Quilting in ALBURY has her own website now 

www.sewkayb.com

Hand Carved FUN !!!

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Oh My my.... this was such fun....

I raced out last week when I saw that Spotlight store had these kits for hand carving stamps & other things.

I have long to try this for absolutely ages.....

Now all in a pack...

then I needed to be in the mood to try...

That mood struck today...

I was way too eager to read the instructions... or find a nice crisp design..

So applied a bit of freehand quick rough draw & into the tool.

Making sure I pointed the sharp thing away from me...

I then thought we'll see what happens...

PLonk into the permanent ink stamp pad in reach on the work table..

WOW.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was exactly the look I was wanting.....

So I had to try it on paper...then muslin bags... then linen. cotton fabric... mache booklet...

Thought I'd stop !!!!

My hands are well inked in black & I must go out for a short while...

TEMPLATES as I draw them

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See what can be made using my package of Templates...

It's as good as your imagination....

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Templates are packaged together for handy use with my buttons, decorations, stitchings.

Some templates can be used for applique .

There in the envelope are 5 pages of  templates  for 

Stockings...  few sizes

Hearts ..few sizes

Bunting .....

Little U bag....

Scalloped circles (that originate from the large wood decorations.....)

Birds... there are 2 or is that 3 ???

Used in soft stuffed birdies several years ago now....in what I once called a French Influence pattern

These are like much of the other templates so useful...to embellish & stuff...hang a load of them from your Christmas Tree...

I know you now need to buy another tree to hold the decorations..

Really what a joy that beholds in a world that groans with discontent & disconnections..

Lose yourself in

one thing....or maybe you do a couple of stitches while you wait to collect your children or as in the case today grand children...It is simply so easy to involve the children in sewing.

I have wandered off here....

The pages of templates are for non commercial use which really means not for business to use as a base for yet another's design. If you personally wish to on sell finished things made with a designer's work acknowledge the designer ....

The price for all that is $6.50 + the old postage.....

  As shown here..the Christmas buttons sit happily on the stocking...

I often add an oval or circle or the scalloped decoration template or a heart  for the button /s to sit on if the stocking looks like it needs a bit of a hand ..or if using fabric prints buttons can clash colour wise...so use a plain fabric in the place where the button will sit.  It will more than likely lift the project...( looks better ! )

Stitches can also be made to encircle a button on a heart or a stocking etc.....see on the top of the little bunting I have stitched freehand stitches....that sort of thing