Willowberry Designs ~ Alpaca Softies

Cute as a button........another giveaway

How cute!!  Sometimes the fabric tells you what it wants to become and this was one of those times.  The old fashioned prams and little blossoms were just begging to be stitched and made into something delicious for a new babe.  Bella Baby by Marcus Fabrics is the range and it's delightful.

New pattern - new giveaway!  If you'd like to be in the draw for one of three 'Cute as a button' patterns, leave a comment by next Friday (13th - ooohh spooky).  Good luck!  

Enough for now....it's been a long day and the HUGE night sky quilt is about half finished - more quilting tomorrow.   happy stitching

cheryl xxx

Taking Tea with Friends

How fabulous is a long weekend?  We had a fairly busy one with the obligatory trip to Bunnings and some gardening on Saturday, including a new little garden with two camellias, so pretty.  On Sunday we headed off to Stanthorpe with some friends for a spot of wine tasting.  It was a glorious Autumn day, we didn't do a lot of wine tasting but really enjoyed some of the other delights the region has to offer.  Mt Stirling olives is worth a stop if you're ever in the region.  We had the best lunch at Thunderbolt Farm with our Austrian host, Claudia.  The meals were traditional & HUGE!  Then off to the Bramble Patch for a boysenberry ice-cream before we headed for home, worn out but very satisfied.  LSH played golf yesterday afternoon so I finished a client quilt.

One of my favourite things in the whole world is have a chat with a friend over a tea or coffee but I usually drag the 'everyday' mugs out of the drawer - it's a habit.  Why don't we use our pretty china more often?  Fear of breaking it I guess but it's such a beautiful thing to do and I'm sure it makes the brew even more enjoyable.  With this in mind, I've been working on my latest little embroidery design "Taking Tea".  I hope to have the finished project ready at the end of this week, but here's another peek.....  And, another pattern means another giveaway!

happy stitching,

Cheryl xx

Giveaways......

It's rather exciting to finish a new project and take all the lovely photos

Threads of Friendship is finished - YAY - and I'm in the middle of writing the pattern which hopefully will be completed by Monday or Tuesday.  I'd love to share this one with my readers so if you'd like to win a free copy of my newest pattern, just leave a comment by next Friday to be in the draw.  (I'll have to find that random number generator thing).  good luck.......

My man and I went out to the Toowoomba show yesterday for the obligatory daggie dog and waffle.  Bit disappointing, couldn't find a waffle ANYWHERE, but maybe I just didn't look hard enough.  It was a good day, lots of cows and horses but only six sheep left in the sheep pavilion.  I guess the little lovelies needed to go back to their paddocks.  We strolled through the bird pavilion where every second rooster crowed every second minute.  Their little clocks were mixed up, it was two o'clock in the afternoon!  Tiny little bantam chooks were laying tiny little eggs...so cute.  I asked long suffering husband 'Can I please have that mother chook with the 16 chickens, they're only $45 for the lot...it's a bargain...think of how much we'll save...and how many eggs we'll have'.  No, was the reply, 'you don't have enough time to cuddle them all'.  Never mind, maybe another day.

We gave the daggie dogs a miss and had a hamburger and coke and left for home.  Not many local businesses on display, that was a bit disappointing.  The craft and cooking were nice, though.   

oh well, off to finish some stitching and watch the footy

xx cheryl