Well it is May, bad me. These are the first items I have made for Christmas. I made them from some mini charm pack of Kansas Troubles along with some fabric from my stash. They have insulbrite bat inside to help keep your fingers cool. They have minimal in the ditch machine quilting. They were a fun quick project.

For a while, with the new job, the move and DIY-projects, I hardly had time o.

A little blog about quilting and other things at the cottage. Thursday, April 10, 2014. When we left the cottage, we brought my sewing machine, table and a suitcase full of general quilting supplies. I forgot my free motion foot. Now, that limited me to just doing straight walking foot quilting which is not what I like to do. I did make two baby quilts for two baby boys born to staff here at our little Villas resort.

When she was 5yo my oldest daughter named my blog with the simple wisdom that she knew how much I love quilting and it makes me happy. I am mumma to two young girls in Brisbane, Australia. I started quiltmaking in May 2009. I love sewing for loved ones, fabric, our beaglier puppy Lola, birth, babies and midwives, Facebook, my Thermomix, Blythes, Ancestry. 2 Little Apples finally fall from the tree.

Thursday, September 24, 2009. Before I left for Alaska, I had a very, happy birthday. My online quilt group did a birthday block swap. We chose the block that we wanted made and the colors we wanted for our block. I chose the block called Sunlight and Shadow. Here are 2 of 20 that I received from wonderful ladies all over the world! What a nice birthday, huh? She also took some other blue ribbons for her work! Way to go Ilene! Then, I had another wonderful surprise! I also e.