A Return to Simplicity.

Thanks to Clare at Clare's Craft Room  for thinking of this great linky theme. I love to make dolls of any description and here are a few that I have made over the years. I collected them from various corners of the house and outside we went for a photography session. The first lady is The Secret Keeper....tell her your deepest darkest secret and she will never give them away. Always has  her mouth closed. She sometimes won't even talk to ME!! I have made a few of these as gifts. The first picture is in her travelling cloak. Where she goes is anyone's guess as she never tells! It is rather humid and warm up here in Queensland so in this piccy she has taken it off. Nope.....still not talking! Next we have another delectable lady. I can't remember her name but you can call her the Gypsy Woman.....but,  offer her a few coins and she will tell your fortune.......gaze into the ball!  Who better to find in the garden tha...

Last night I joined all the lovely people for  Friday Night Sew In  hosted by Heidi. I started out the evening with my Cake Walk Quilt blocks as now all the stitchery has been completed and the alternating blocks need to be pieced together. They are just pinned at this stage as I wanted to see how they worked together. Obviously I need to make them all up and then have a play, but I just had to do it. All of the squares and rectangles are ready to go and I think I have sorted them out at least a dozen times, then something else comes up and I put them aside. When I come back to it I mess them up again as I have forgotten that they were sorted! It's a never ending cycle...........can't wait to sew them into blocks and be done with it. Do others do things like this? Well, eventually I got bored with this project and decided to get on to something with a little stitching in it. You know, I just don't feel right without a needle and thread in my hand. I can ...

I have completed the last stitchery block for my "Cake Walk" quilt and now I will start making up the other blocks. I can't wait to complete this one as I have been wanting to make a quilt using vintage type fabrics for a while now. I think this has been my favourite block......not because it is the last but I like this basket of flowers the most. And while I am not officially playing (due to working full-time and not having the time?) the  Stitch A Long  hosted by  Chookyblue  but I have decided to stitch along anyway. Not being official means there is no pressure to perform. I had to wait for the books to arrive and of course the one I needed first was the one to arrive last! So, here is my first project and I have sensibly made one thread catcher for me and one for the Birthday-Love Stash box. That way I will stop wanting things in the birthday box!