Kia-ora -great news at last I have finished the quilt that I have been working on these last two years.
I am calling this quilt 'Rambling Rose '
Its handquilted and the border has needleturned applique flowers  outline stitched and embellished with beads The Fantail birds have been fussy cut and then handstiched . The vine is Yarn handstitched down.

Kia-ora  Where has the time gone --we are almost at the shortest day of the year   yeaaaa roll on summer.
 Winter is a good time for handwork and  I have finished the Rose Quilt that I have been worrking on for the last couple of years.  Its been renamed Champagane Rose-- no Photo as yet
.I am using this Doillie  as the Label --My mother made this many many moons ago.I shall be handstitching the necessary info as required for the Label.

I have also been making Artist Trading Cards using my designs from the class I took online at Joggles with Sharon Boggon .
These are my samples and I have made others for trade
I have another series as well  will put them up next time.

Update 2010

Kia-ora --that's hi hello how are you -- welcome to my blog-- The last time I wrote I am ashamed to say was 2009 -- time goes by --- Christmas came and went  we had a great  time staying with my sister in Auckland between Christmas and early New Year   and just rested -- chatted--ate -- drank wine --walked the dogs --my sister has two and I have  Blaze  -- as you can see the dogs enjoyed their xmas pressies.--- we visited friends who also have dogs --on that day there were 5 and two of them are Briards --they are not small dogs --it was great to see them all socialize and have doggie fun. We drove  to Auckland   --well I drove as my DH does not see well enough to drive any more-- and back  home   what a joy most of the roads are to travel on.
Again in March we drove up to Auckland this time for my stepbrothers 50th wedding anniversary and we had a great day catching up with relatives --nephews and their children.Staying again with my sister --- this time we were out most days -- shopping visiting-- shopping -- do you get the idea.
 On the sewing front I have made two quilts one is finished the other is ready to be batted up and quilted ---and   have  been doing a online embroidery class with Sharon Boggin--Sumptuous Surfaces   and have I enjoyed this --  I will add some pictures if I remember how shortly.I really need to learn more indepth embroidery stitches! Maybe another class --?? Okay so no pictures of my quilts must remember to take some
The first  stitching is  a Sea scene -- Kelp  --shells-- seagulls and the sun.

 Work in progress










Finished scene