Happy dancing

All the way back from the Post Office!

(I may have been disappointed if the contents turned out to be something different!)

Thanks Australian Homespun - I won a fat quarter bundle of Helen Stubbings new range 'Life is Beautiful'. 21 fat quarters and a half metre panel.

Yippee - the colours are gorgeous and the designs pretty.

I'll be gazing at this pile of loveliness and just enjoying them all bundled up together - they will get their own space on the fabric shelf just as soon as I get around to cleaning that space.

Thank you Homespun.

The first three days of the Advent swap have revealed some useful lovelies, I'll show them at the end of the week.

 Hope your week has gotten off to a Happy start too.

Ooh Pretty

First up thanks to Kathy for the gorgeous pattern I received in the Friends with Benefits giveaway.

This sure looks like a fun pattern from the talented Helen of Hugs and Kisses - in my favourite round shape.

Can't wait to get started, just need to choose colours.

While the rain was falling on Wednesday I stayed dry inside and played with my new fabrics.

I unwrapped this lot and ironed them out.

Then I cut a whole lot of squares.

I paired them all with natural homespun,

and started sewing pin wheels

I'll be sewing some more with these this weekend - I wonder which layout I will choose.

I don't usually use this much plain fabric, but I am liking the look of these already.

Hope there are some pretties in your world.

Done...

with the gardening that is.

An armchair caddy from the pattern by Hugs 'n Kisses free tutorial available on the blog.

If I was making it for me I think it would need to be longer as the arms on the couch are very fat!

Here it is with some supplies. I love the way the pincushions sits up in the middle and the pockets hold threads and scissors.

A collection of pretty purple items for the New Beginnings project being co-ordinated by Jenny.

In the post to Queensland to brighten a sewing space after the devastation the flooding caused in that state earlier this month.

Oh, and January is done too - how did that happen??

Now to tackle a few of those UFO's maybe that will be my February goal? Best I decide quickly. Yesterday I worked on one of the scrappy quilt tops that I started last year.

Happy Crafting

Watch my garden grow.

This is the only garden that I tend, I am very happy with this kind of gardening - no bugs!

The design is from Hugs 'n Kisses and can be found here.

Happy Australia Day