Willowberry Designs ~ Alpaca Softies

It's a little bit French ~ part 6

I have a couple of ideas to share with you this month!

My beautiful ‘Lavender Laundry Bag’…featuring a gorgeous stitchery on a bed of ticking ~ French Blue of course...

(which is also just the right size for a special pair of shoes, a freshly baked loaf of bread or some scones ~ warm from the oven)

AND some simple doileys

  

These lovely little pieces are so quick… simply find a plain cream on cream embroidered doiley with some room to add a bit more of your own stitching, throw them in a bath of tea or coffee to ‘age’ them a little, add some fusible stabilizer to the back and pretty them up with your own designs!

I’ve added a simple download of the ones shown above, just click on the link in the right hand side bar that says ‘It’s a little bit French’ and you’ll find the files for these as well as the laundry bag

Well… that’s the last of my designs in this series, I’ve really enjoyed creating these little lovelies.  From the feedback and site stats I know that they’ve been the most popular of my designs so far and that’s fabulous! 

There’s just one more thing to do now… if you haven’t yet done so, go to this post and leave a message to be in the draw for our June giveaway

I’ll be back later in the week with a wrap up of our 'It's a little bit French' fun and an update for our ‘Little French Swappers’ :)

Seeya!

Cheryl xx

June Giveaway!

One of my handmade drawtop travel bags ~ hand embroidered and hand quilted

Pop in your makeup, toiletries or hosiery... and off you go

Right now it's all full of emptiness

but by the time it arrives at your house it will hide a surprise or two or three... because every day between now and next Saturday an extra gift will be added to the parcel

That's another 7 little gifty surprises inside the bag!

This is our final giveaway in our 'It's a little bit French' sew along

To be in the draw for our June (and final) giveaway prize just leave a message on this post

Your name will go into the pink bucket and we'll pull out a winner on Saturday night, June 3oth at about 7pm (my time)

Good luck!

Cheryl xx

PS - my June project will be ready for Monday 25th

and

there's a sale on in my Etsy store... just sayin'...

ETSY SPECIALS!!

Today you’ll find a whole heap of new pdf e-Patterns listed in my Etsy store

HERE

including the yummy quilt

‘Wind Farm’

and

‘In a S’Pincushion’

  

and

our delightful Christmas Partridges from Christmas in July last year…

 

and 'Sewing Companions'

which was previously available only as a printed pattern ~ you can now purchase it in pdf format and have it delivered to your email inbox... no waiting!

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!

From now until the end of June 2012 I’m having an Etsy sale on all of my pdf e-Patterns

Purchase THREE patterns and only pay for TWO!

The coupon code is

 

BUY2GET1FREE

 

It’s simple… just go to my Etsy store here, select your THREE pdf e-Patterns and enter the coupon code at checkout.  The 33% discount will be automatically applied

Your patterns will be emailed to you as soon as I receive notification of the purchase, usually the same day

Happy Shopping :)

Cheryl xx

Home again

After a short break away… It rained a bit in Hervey Bay, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying a nice family weekend before heading down to Rainbow Beach for a few days

staring at calm water, watching the Fraser Island barge coming and going, pumping yabbies for bait, catching fish, strolling the beach… heaven

Our daily ritual ~ breakfast, jump in the car and head up to the point, pump yabbies for bait then start fishing. We headed home again when the bait ran out or we got hungry ~ whatever came first :)

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I remember being scared of these little guys when I was young… can you see him?

Thousands of soldier crabs ~ scurrying to bury themselves as we strolled past

Could you ever get tired of looking at the sun sprinkling it’s glitter on the water?

I don’t think so…..

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This month’s ‘little bit french’ will be something simple

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July is just around the corner and that means it’s almost time for Christmas in July again!  I love this time of year…

To read up about Sarah’s plans for this year, have a look here

If you’re thinking about signing up you’re sure to have a good time AND you’ll be spoiled with lots of brand new and unique designs from some of your favourite Aussie designers!

Along with the QFD Creative Team (myself, Rachael, Amanda & Rachel) there will be some gorgeous ideas from….

Gail (Gail Pan), Janet (Wildcraft Farm), Natalie (Cinderberry Stitches) and Janelle (Janelle Wind Designs)

During the whole month there are loads of prizes and giveaways, along with the opportunity for live online chat with the designers and other participants

It’s always a fabulous event and this year will be just as great!

I should have some snippetty peeps ready to share and entice by the end of this week… here’s a reminder of some of my projects from last year

  

‘It’s Christmas’

  

‘Pair of Partridges’            &            the christmas ‘label’

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Seeya!

Cheryl xx

Quilts and the long weekend

For Jenny… the first of five

 

number two

 

number three… pieced backings are so yum… two quilts in one!

   

four and five are still waiting for their photo shoot :)

and a little table runner ~ nothing too big or small for my dancing needles

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Tomorrow is a special day for our clan… it’s a whole year since we said goodbye to our Mum

That’s a biggie in life ~ losing a Mum… or a Dad

My Mother’s Love rose is flowering again, although the windy winter’s days are taking their toll.  It’s still the most beautiful shade of gentle ‘Mum’ pink…

We think of her every day… there are lots of little reminders around us that make sure she’s with us in everything we do

 

Friday is the funny little man’s birthday and my sister – Bevvy’s – is on Tuesday next week.  We were all a bit sad for their birthdays last year so this year we’ll make up for it… lots of cake, pressies, laughs, a bit of fishing, and walks on the beach

Mum would love that…

We’re all heading up to Hervey Bay for the long weekend ~ we spent lots of holidays at Hervey Bay when we were kids… fishing, fishing, fishing

Seeya when we get back

Cheryl xx