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Lower Hutt, New Zealand
I have been stitching forever it seems and now do this just for pleasure,My DH and I are retired so I have lots of time for my hobbies--sewing Gardening and walking my dog. Have 4 grand-kids aged from 18 to 11 One lives in Australia and the others are very close to where we live. Hope to contribute more thru this blog. Kiwi Jan New Zealand

Sunday, February 26, 2012

27th February 2012

Kia-ora a very special day for my daughter, granddaughter and myself . My Oldest Grand daughter Alexa -May starts at Uni --Deakon in Melbourne Victoria . Australia -- We are so proud of her and wish her  well in her new venture.Alexa has always loved school and was impatient to get back to school half way thru holidays--Good luck with your studies and varsity life Alexa.
Now for stitching --I have at last started some Crazy Quilt blocks-- These will be all hand work-- will have to search out something to work with on Fudge tho.
Ihave so far started on a green block and have a purple and a teal block ready to stitch--no excuse for not having any handwork to take out with me!!
First photo taken 20th Feb


                                                         Photo taken 23 Feb

                                                             Photo taken 27 Feb
I have two more areas to be stitched --one will have little seed beads scattered over it the small triangle is velvet and so far what to stitch  on it is ???
Has anybody any ideas ?
Thanks for checking out my blog.
Kiwi Jan

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Salmon purse/bag needleholder thread holder finished

Kia-ora I have finished the stitching on this wee piece including the zip and a funny wee tassle to hang in the end of the zip.
The inside is lined with a soft fabric and has a couple of pockets to hold needles threads or ??
The zip is stitched in with buttonhole stitch in keeping with the stitching on the bag.
I have named the photos front and back but there really is no difference. The bag opens right out as the zip goes around three side --