tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68745963504168204342024-03-13T04:44:04.401-07:00Yvonne W DesignsYvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-43661715831040348462016-06-12T01:18:00.000-07:002016-06-12T01:18:05.163-07:00South Australian holiday, Chook Shed birthdayWe have been home for 1 month now and it has taken me this long to get the photos organised and do this post. How slow can one get!<br />
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View from our B+B -- Lake Albert</div>
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Along the Limestone Coast near Robe</div>
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Petticoat Lane, Penola</div>
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Naracoorte Caves (Blanche Cave)</div>
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Old bicycle at Sevenhill Winery in the Clare Valley</div>
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Dessert after walking part of the Riesling Trail in the Clare Valley</div>
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Entrance at Martindale Hall ( as seen on Picnic at Hanging Rock)</div>
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View from the verandah of our B+B at Watervale</div>
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Last weekend was Chooky's Chook Shed 4th Birthday celebration. It was a very wet weekend-- so was ideal for sewing. I joined in the sewing on Saturday and this is what I made.It now holds most of my rulers. I wont have to go hunting for the ruler I want!</div>
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Simple Zippered Bag</div>
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Cheers,</div>
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-76799890666961774852016-05-17T23:51:00.000-07:002016-05-17T23:51:30.958-07:00A Day by the SeaI received a lovely email from Homespun magazine today-- enclosing a photo and comment from a lady called Bev who had made a cot quilt version of my quilt that was featured in the January Homespun magazine. I was very pleased to see it. It is always nice to see what someone else does with one of your designs.<br />
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Thank you Bev. I just love your version of the quilt.<br />
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We have just returned from a 10day holiday to South Australia. I have tried downloading my photos from my phone to the computer, but for some unknown reason, it won't do it. I find this modern technology very frustrating. Now I have to wait for my kids to come over to work out why. So I cannot show you any photos at the moment. I do have s few photos on my Instagram site. My IG name is YvonneWDesigns.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
YvonneYvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-30442606638929249992016-01-10T02:12:00.000-08:002016-01-10T02:12:42.913-08:00Exciting new QuiltThe postman delivered my copy of the January 2016 Australian Homespun magazine. I could not wait to open it. <br />
Over 7 months ago, my quilt had gone off to the Homespun office to be photographed etc for the January issue. It has been hard to keep my mouth shut about this quilt for all that time. So you can just imagine my excitement to see it in print.<br />
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January 2016 issue of Australian Homespun magazine</div>
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The photograph in the magazine of my quilt and 2 cushions</div>
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In the meantime, I have just cross stitched this small sheep/bird design and enjoyed the simplicity of this design.</div>
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I missed out on FNWFs as we had family staying with us. I will have to join in the next one which will be in February.<br />
Back to work tomorrow.<br />
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Have a good week.<br />
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YvonneYvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-52595247831351023382015-12-23T19:59:00.001-08:002015-12-23T19:59:53.224-08:00Merry Christmas EveryoneAnother year has gone by very quickly. A year which included crafting and blogging and making more craft friends from all over the world.<br />
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I would like to thank everyone for their friendship, and would like to wish each and everyone a Peaceful Christmas with all their family and friends. Also Best wishes for the New Year--2016.<br />
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Here is a photo of the gift my daughter and son in law have given themselves for Christmas. Her name is Zoe and she took herself under the tree when they had finished decorating it.<br />
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Merry Christmas everyone. <br />
Until next year.<br />
Cheers,<br />
Yvonne<br />
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-60323889393889345562015-11-09T00:28:00.001-08:002015-11-09T00:28:51.676-08:00Friday night with FriendsI have been making these blocks for ages-- I had bought the book, Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt and I love the sunflower and leaf blocks. I decided to make a quilt with just these blocks. So Friday night saw me sewing 2 of these blocks. I continued sewing more on the weekend, and have finally finished the last blocks on Sunday. Now to join the blocks-- may have to put these aside and start on some Christmas sewing instead.<br />
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I have not been active with my blog lately as I have been using Instagram. I do find that a lot easier and quicker to use. My IG name is YvonneWDesigns.<br />
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Thank you, Cheryl, for hosting another FnwFs.Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-78969848702181971282015-09-11T02:25:00.000-07:002015-09-11T02:25:24.950-07:00A Paypal queryI have a Paypal account, and I am sure many of you have them as well. Have you received a request to update your Paypal account? I have had a request saying that it needs to be changed urgently-- which then made me think is this a genuine request or not. When I tried to look at it further, it was so complicated, I have no idea what I am supposed to do. They recommend sending it to a technical support person-- which I do not have , and never had to use before. All in all, it makes me think that this is not a genuine email. I would appreciate feed back from anyone who has a Paypal account.<br />
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Thank you.<br />
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YvonneYvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-25445423395304240002015-09-05T23:13:00.001-07:002015-09-05T23:13:19.375-07:00FnwFs-- needlebooksI spent Friday night doing some embroidery. I had drawn this boat and beach hut drawings and have been using them for many projects. I decided I would make needle books out of them. On Friday night I embroidered these.<br />
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Today has been wet and cold-- a good day to stay indoors and sew. I made 2 needle books today, using the 2 embroideries.<br />
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My old needle book-- still my favourite</div>
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Thanks for hosting another FnwFs, Cheryll. I will have to do some blog surfing to see what everyone else has done this Friday night.</div>
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Cheers,</div>
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-10147021105437142882015-09-03T18:35:00.000-07:002015-09-03T18:35:22.675-07:00Sign up for Friday night with friendsIt is the first Friday of the month-- where has August gone to? Cheryll is hosting another FnwFs-- so hop along to her blog and sign up. <br />
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I promptly embroidered this little boat with "Westwood".<br />
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Last week we went to the Blue Mountains for 2 nights. I was keen to see the daffodil display at Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens, and they were just beautiful. I really enjoyed seeing them.</div>
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This is what I worked on-- an embroidery, then after awhile I switched to some knitting.<br />
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Then on Sunday I had one of those rare days where I sat and did craft most of the day--heavenly.</div>
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I had cut and sewn the front and back panels of the pouch, but I had to put it together. I find zippers a challenge-- but finally managed to do the zipper for this pouch. The pattern for this pouch is on Noodlehead. The instructions are very clear and the pictures are easy to follow.</div>
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I used the left over fabrics from this quilt. I had made this quilt for my son in 2011. The pouch is large enough to hold my knitting-- so I now have a knitting bag.<br />
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Yvonne Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-37853638286458696122015-07-21T01:04:00.000-07:002015-07-21T01:04:05.081-07:00Winner is... and few days in Melbourne.We have been away and back again-- and I realised that I had not picked a winner for the Red Embroidered Cushion Pattern. Thank you for the lovely comments, and the winner is ..... Ondrea.<br />
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We went to Melbourne for 4 nights-- the aim was to attend a wedding on the 18th July. Unfortunately, I did not find a single patchwork shop , but we did have a fabulous time in this beautiful city. We stayed in St Kilda and travelled on the trams to the CBD etc. Victoria Markets was fabulous and the laneways in Melbourne are a great feature of the city. We did a walking tour that started out from the front of the library at 10.30 am-- and it was well worth it.<br />
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I had visited Marilyn from The Patchwork Teahouse in Warburton, and whilst there, we had a discussion about the new French general fabrics from Moda, called Bon Voyage. Marilyn sent me some of the fabric when it arrived in the shop, and I have been happily playing with them. Made these, -- which is another version of the Blue Heart designs I had made previously,-- and they have got a pattern and hopefully, Marilyn will have time to cut up some of her fabrics as a kit for them. Otherwise, I am sure she will have the kits of this fabric in her online shop, once she is back from Adelaide. She will be attending the Quilt Show in Adelaide next week-- so make sure you drop in to see her and say Hello.<br />
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Red Heart Embroidered Cushion made with the French General fabrics, Bon Voyage.</div>
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Red Heart Embroidered Wall Hanging made with Bon Voyage by French General.</div>
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Christmas Hearth Cushion with 3 stockings</div>
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-59362222957496278522015-06-22T22:10:00.000-07:002015-06-22T22:10:17.138-07:00Post re FNSI ( A little late) and the Sydney Quilt ShowWhere is time going to? It is past the shortest day ( Hurray!!) and almost the end of June. I just remember us coming home from our holiday to Victoria at the end of April-- and lo and behold-- it is now almost the end of June.<br />
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I joined in Wendy's FNSI last Friday and realised that I have not done a blog post for it and it is now Wednesday. So this is what I have done. It is only partly finished.<br />
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Embroidered Heart cushion with new French General Fabric</div>
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I am making this cushion with the new French general fabric that is just out. It is the same pattern for the Blue Cushion I have done in the past. There is more embroidery to sew on that and of course the back to be sewn on too. So this is what I got up to on the FNSI. Thank you Wendy, for hosting it.</div>
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Last Thursday, I went to the Sydney Quilt Show at Glebe Island. As usual, I spent some money ( a good amount, actually)-- but forgot to take photos of what I bought-- so that will have to be for another post. My favourite shop is Hatched and Patched and caught up with Anni and Peter there. Spent the most there, as ususal.</div>
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Love this red and white quilt</div>
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This was so intricately done-- amazing</div>
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-8302185859354906612015-06-15T21:44:00.002-07:002015-06-15T21:44:58.028-07:00A Beach bag and another FQ Birthday club giftWhilst in Victoria, I found some lovely, dark blue batik Bali Pops fabric. I decided that a beach bag would look really pretty with those fabrics.<br />
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I decided that it needed a sea side themed embroidery on it . So I drew this up and embroidered it and appliqued it to the front of the bag.<br />
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I was going to go for a walk to the beach with the bag and photograph it down by the water-- but the weather here is wet and miserable. I will have to do that on another day.<br />
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I belong to the FQ Birthday Club run by Cheryll, and I have received the final parcel in the post. The fabric is bright and gorgeous. <br />
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The final parcel from the FQ Birthday Club</div>
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Thank you to all the people who have sent me birthday wishes and fabrics for the birthday club. When I use these fabrics in a project, I will always remember the person who sent it and the birthday club. Thank you Cheryll for hosting it.<br />
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YvonneYvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-17810302749269597622015-06-12T00:01:00.001-07:002015-06-12T00:01:14.373-07:00Chance to win some floss at the Victorian Motto Sampler ShoppeI was browsing the blogs and came across Sylvia's, from Flickenstichlerei, and she had won a lovely red, blue and white collection of ric rac and buttons etc. I followed the link from Sylvia's blog and came across the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe ( <a href="http://www.victorianmottosamplershoppe.blogspot.com/">www.victorianmottosamplershoppe.blogspot.com</a>) and they have a beautiful collection of floss-- and an opportunity to win them. <br />
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Here is the collection of floss (1795 Sampler Floss Collection) -- the picture is taken from their blog post:<br />
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Pop around to their blog and join in the competition to win this collection. I am keeping my fingers crossed as the threads look just divine.<br />
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Enjoy the weekend.<br />
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-46041712421235421212015-05-30T23:05:00.000-07:002015-05-30T23:05:13.770-07:00Chooky's Blog birthday party and new stitchery and another present from the FQ birthday clubChooky is celebrating her 3rd birthday! Actually, it is her blog's 3rd birthday. And to celebrate, we are having a sewing party.<br />
I have been wanting to sew these stitcheries I have drawn----and finding time to do so ---- and have finally decided that this sewing party can be the time I sit and sew the stitcheries. These are the 2 I managed to finish. Thank you, Chooky, for hosting the party which allowed me to get them done.<br />
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I found this dumpling pouch pattern on IG by Michelle patterns.com. I decided to give it a go-- it was harder that I anticipated-- I am not much good with zippers. However, I am happy with the result.<br />
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-75599049261012803842015-05-19T23:54:00.001-07:002015-05-19T23:54:12.818-07:00A Birthday and the Fat Quarter Birthday ClubI celebrated my 6oth birthday yesterday. Age does not usually worry me, but seeing the 60 written down was a little bit daunting. I am not a party person and chose not to have a party as such, but there have been many mini celebrations with family and friends. The first started on Saturday, cake and coffee after my walk yesterday, dinner last night, dinner tonight, lunch on Friday and lunch again next Tuesday. I hope my clothes still fit me after all those meals!<br />
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For the first time, I joined in the Birthday Club, hosted by Cheryll. The parcels started arriving from 2 weeks ago-- and I kept them aside until yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed opening the gifts, one at a time. Here they are:<br />
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Will have to add pellon and quilt it and then turn it into a cushion. A few blue stockings will be added-- all ready for Santa on Christmas Eve.</div>
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The next stop was Bendigo. It is a great town built with the wealth from gold mining years ago. We went on the tram that runs through the old part of town-- well worth going on the ride.</div>
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A pennyfarthing in a café at Eaglehawk, decorated with poppies for Anzac Day.</div>
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We started our holiday on the Great Ocean Road-- staying at Wongarra and then at Port Fairy. We tried to do as many walks each day as we could-- especially in the National parks.<br />
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Koala in the Otways National Park</div>
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The 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road</div>
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Prior to 1990, this piece of rock was connected to the mainland. But in 1990, a piece collapsed and formed this island. 2 people were stranded on the island when it collapsed and had to be rescued by helicopter. Reminded me of the child's nursery rhyme "London bridge is falling down".</div>
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Don't you just love the sayings on the quilt-- all about chocolate-- and I agree with them.</div>
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Cyril's at Trentham-- a delightful gift shop-- it was warm and inviting and Kay who runs it, was very welcoming.</div>
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-8567248439706944282015-04-09T23:30:00.000-07:002015-04-09T23:30:53.753-07:00The AQC and an old table runnerI have sent off a collection of brooches and buttons to Marilyn of The Patchwork Teahouse in Warburton, Victoria. She always takes a selection of them to The AQC-- and this year was no exception. I meant to take a photo of them before they went into the parcel-- but in my haste to get them to the Post Office, I completely forgot to take the photos. Anyway, please visit Marilyn at Stand 53 at the AQC .<br />
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I have been trying to tidy up the house-- it was getting desperate--and washed a table runner which I had made about 2years ago, ( NB I have washed it a few times in the 2 years!) and whilst ironing it, I realised I had not taken a photo of the poor thing. It is difficult taking a photo of a table runner-- and here is my terrible photo-- again I was in a hurry. ( why I am always in a hurry I will never know).<br />
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YvonneYvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-70276797171837505082015-04-04T15:16:00.002-07:002015-04-04T15:16:29.570-07:00Happy Easter, and No FNWFs for meWishing all the bloggers and their families a Very Happy and Holy Easter.<br />
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Friday night was FNWFs hosted by Cheryll.<br />
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Yvonne Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074206402678716823noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874596350416820434.post-9982558624123038222015-03-17T22:37:00.001-07:002015-03-17T22:37:46.012-07:00Projects from Norway and a WinI always love it when someone takes the time to send me photos of what they have made from my patterns. So I was thrilled when I received these photos from May-Britt, all the way from Norway. These patterns are available from Asne's shop, Quiltefryd, in Tonsberg, Norway. In fact a new parcel of the patterns for the Blue Heart cushion and Blue Heart wall hanging have just gone to the shop.<br />
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I love blog hopping and reading different posts-- and one that I love to read belongs to Stephanie from Rummage (<a href="http://www.stephaniedunphy.blogspot.com/">www.stephaniedunphy.blogspot.com</a>) . I was very lucky to win a bag from Stephanie --- and it arrived in the post a couple of weeks ago. Needless to say, the bag is beautifully made and it now accompanies me to the shops.</div>
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This Friday night is FNSI, so sign up at Wendy's blog, <a href="http://www.sugarlanequilts.blogspot.com/">www.sugarlanequilts.blogspot.com</a> and join in. Look forward to seeing you there.</div>
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FNSI hosted by Wendy</div>
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