This Little Deer Story & Hatched and Patched Bag

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The little deer story I did once apon a time 

.....and Anni ( of Hatched & Patched ) did a bag for the story.

&

 they had all the fun on the first day at the 

Sydney Quilt Show last week..

Anni told me the wonderful news late yesterday that the kits all sold out on the first day !!!

So contact Anni for the bag design.....

The deer story has trotted back to the website with such pride.

Thanks Anni & Pete !!!!  

Just a few tags

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 Just a few more tags have been done

I am loving it !

Then I hung them on the tree

Turning the ship around

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I begun to be restless 

....as the election ground many things to a halt...

careful drivers in a city became a bit reckless & more older than youth.

sales galore ....

Funny things 

I listen to what the parties were offering & I could not get a handle on it...

I heard so much they did ..I will...

Who will do out country the justice of running it well ???????????

Then Britain has a vote &....well isn't that a historically defining moment

It is so strange to clock out & go for a stroll & look back at all the stuff that mankind can cause 

So I vanished into my design & display work & finally got some tax work done & delivered ....

I had space to muck about...

I began by painting sobuttons & decorations to sell for Warracknabeal on 9th July workshop.

Then I found my stash of tags when I was searching for a lost bank statement from when I had moved suddenly in Nov many things shared a box !!!

So last night I sat to enjoy something on TV & began to haphazardly package these buttons..

&

I laid them in baskets & took pictures to see what looks the best..

Gosh I just love this style of presentation ..

so we are off on a mission to change all the buttons to live like this.

I am crazy & it entails more work & when I get big wholesale orders I might just weep some ...LOL

But ...

It will also streamline other things ....

Hope you like these too ????

Display board

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Getting ready to go away in a couple of weeks....

easily distracted it is called LOL

some more pics of Craft Alive Bendigo

Sandra with her amazing array of cloth dolls

 people getting ready for the 3 days trading

 A little piece of Molly Bears Booth.

A little blue paint

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Many years ago I would often due a pale blue santa for the market stall...

It is of course not a traditional colour so only certain people would love these folk.

I did a pale blue for the Just Us buttons the other day...

I still love the look !

More blues

 Mostly blues...

  Blue Christmas Tree

 The Blue antique store

  3 little trees all in blue

Bonnie Sullivan of All Through The Night Workshop

Here is the smiling face that greeted me when I arrived to do the Workshop

Meet Bonnie Sullivan

Delightful, welcoming, generous & such a relaxed tutor

I along with the other participants were feeling very very fortunate to have this experience with a well known & talent designer.

Some of you may also have worked with her sister's stitcheries...Kathy Schmitz.

We were well entertained as we traced, Bonnie spoilt us with ironing on the wool pieces to the beautiful black wool felt.

We stitched & so the day went.

Thank you Bonnie for such an amazing day !!!

Alice was working hard after travelling in from Melbourne ...

Strolling the aisle is Angelos from Homespun 

who I have known since before Homespun began as he & Rick Rutherford worked together in Country Collections days...

My work !!!

This was the beautiful cushion we were creating from Bonnie's pattern designs

My camera is flicking the light back so the black background is not as good as it should be..

How cool is this ?

 Gifts with my project here...woolen flannels from Bonnies new range to look like wool & a wonderful variety of colours & motifs

Cards from Bonnie's collection of works ....

How lucky were we.... 

and Alice won a book  that was from both Bonnie's & her sister Kathy's  trip to France.

Thanks again Bonnie & best wishes for your wedding in Aus next week !!!!

CRAFT ALIVE BENDIGO yesterday

I was tossing up if I'd go to the show yesterday as the weather was so wet..

But got a grip & went...

These were some of quilts of Hope  I found not long after I browsed along

Interesting booth from Creswick... food & wine

 Jo's booth was looking lovely with lots of quilt designs to purchase 

Display Time

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I was talking to Sue Mc on the phone today & she was looking at these decorations on the blog & giving me some wonderful packaging / gift ideas..

So Sue... I have tried a couple  !!

I am not sure the cello is great, looks good in photo ....but tag gets too bulky to do 

Displayed in white chine looks the best !!

Here is the cello bag again....

I LOVE things in glass jars so found a spare one drifting about

The santa & holly is on a small white painted mache box...which Marg & I were talking over on the weekend 

&

white dish for display looks amazing again 

 Another jar display

 This was what I went for first & it & a cane small square basket didn't look much

Decoration Time

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I have had a great painting time with the newer decoration designs....

Just love all I modified, except one, which will not & is not on here..

The 3 trees also looks super in off white with sparkle... it is on the website.

On my blog side bar you will see a acryllic painting of santa & snowman & here they are finally in a decoration in wood.

The kissing bird has been painted with some sepia showing now on the legs & inner circle & looks so much more amazing.

Some are not dedicated Christmas..you see them as you wish.

A batch are arriving in Marg Low's post today for her to continue to play with these in her designs...

So keep a watch for those at first release in Marg's Christmas workshops in Avonleighin July & Marg's Christmas workshop in August ....what a way to get this festive celebration under way.

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Which brings me to the sad news in Orlando....how could that be so cruel & callous.?

Science would help be in the equation... these are not political or religious choices ...

Leaders everywhere need to lead without violence  & divide.. & competition 

Now that takes special people &  should we not expect that....?? 

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Here is another of the Scalloped framed decorations

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Many of the scalloped framed Christmas designs  are being incorporated into some wonderful 

designs  by Marg Low

We have had several discussions over the past few days ...

&

the pictures arrive in the in box !!

Friday the Craft Alive starts in Bendigo...

& 

my class with Bonnie Sullivan is on Sunday...so not many sleeps now.

Val's A Day IN Paris Stitched Quilt

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Val has stitched the Day in Paris stitcheries

 & 

made a lovely quilt in French General fabrics 

&

 a button on each panel  

Thanks Val for sharing your photos ...

Barb xxx

harmony ..the Kissing Birds

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The Kissing birds have got a lovely new scalloped frame & I am really happy with this look. 

The old border was a bit ???? 

Painted the scallop & the birds in off white

&

the legs & inner border are sepia ....

It works & I am eager to post one to Marg Low designs to see how it looks on her heart design she used the kissing birds in & the other heart was embroidery.

I thought I had a picture on file but I didn't  ( funny that )

No, I know there is a picture on the pinterest site ..on the Marg Low designs page & I reckon Marg will have it on her web or typepad  www.marglowdesigns.typepad.com 

It is up on the website with some other Christmas Decorations...and in the specials are a few other things.

Thanks for the comments .....I am so pleased you are Christmas people too !!!! & loved the kangaroo show....

Barb xx

I Know it is early

I know it is early...

but

seriously this is how it works...

No good thinking about designing for Christmas in October

The gap when design to production comes in early

As if I care I love Christmas 

&

I have been doing this now for some years...

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This tray table is tucked in a corner & is perfectly positioned 

to add things

& turn the lights on for photograph

What I love is the 3 trees..see in bottom picture ...a little can been seen.

I felt with the thinner frame of last year it was kind of clunky

&

Now it fits...

They'll go to the website in the next day or so....

Bit of a scrap over the road

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What I see from my kitchen window at times adds such interest to traffic ....going by

I looked out the window as I walked into my kitchen & thought what are 2 men doing out there with kangaroos around...

I realised it was 2 kangaroos shaping up for a fight.

So raced off to get my camera 

 Amazing ....

Displays

I am a bit pleased that I think I have now found my way back with collages....

I used Be funky which is good & finally found where I saved the 2 collages too.

Change with technology annoys me to some extent....

seems to be so much over complication & over burdening a design system

 & 

then things just clunk nothing runs simply.

Taking that & several other things I was critical in the general market place...

I am always bought back to my own presentations 

 I always make the excuse it is limited to my ability....& funds....

I will say I do the best I can with what I have available or what I think is worthwhile.

BUT

Every now & then my website needs a clean up & a tidy up.

This program doesn't have the ability for me to shift stuff about without delete & redo....so that needs a bit of preparation...before I go in there like a bull in a china shop.

Programs always have limits to what can be achieved ....and function is a prime thought.

So I have been slowly twirling a few buttons in the air....see what lands where...

Thinking.

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Been a WeIRdkind of day

Been weird day but the week has been kind of weird !!!

So I carried on with weird & explored this Vintage green on the bunny family & lollipop trees..

Rather like

The blue bird went deeper in tone 

The day progressed, things got fixed....things were dealt with....

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Now Paris is very very wet.......

Germany too.....where there have been deaths from flooding

&

 we have many warnings for a wet wet weekend.

Stay safe everyone

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I draw & have these made into buttons & decorations...I paint ..& play to make stories

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These samplers are now in a frame...

I would not go so far to sat they are "framed"

But I see them as I work 

Little stories made up from the mind & a few buttons....

I don't like strict order...so this sort of thing pleases me the most.