Postcards from Paris - Block of the month

I am really excited - I've decided to make a block of the month quilt called 'Postcards from Paris'.

I've never made a Block of the month quilt and have been wanting to make this quilt for a few years now so the other day I decided to order the blocks and make the quilt. My mother is giving me money toward the first block for Christmas and I'll also put some money I received from my brother and Heather for Christmas towards another block.


I get the first two blocks in the second week of January and can't wait to start.

Doggy hats

Over the weekend I made 14 doggy hats to sell. I make them for the lady who owns a pet grooming shop. She cuts Charlie's hair and sells all sorts of things for pets.

The hats are easy to make and once you get into a routine you can sew quite a few in one afternoon. As I hadn't made any hats for a while I made a variety of colors and sizes. I get paid $10 per hat.

The money I get from the hats will go towards my quilts and mostly to help pay for the 'Postcards from Paris' block of the month quilt I am going to make next year.

Charlie is my model trying them on to make sure the sizes are alright. He must be getting used to trying hats on now as he doesn't try and pull them off anymore.

Nance's stitchery finished

Sometimes I feel as though I have so many projects on the go and don't finish anything so it's nice to say that along with Jake's curtains I have also finished the stitchery that I was making for Nance.

Nance is a lovely lady at the Church I have been going to. Her hugs are renowned and she seems to always know when you need one of them.

Nance saw this stitchery at Yarra Junction and thought it was funny. I decided that it would be an ideal thankyou present for her so went back to buy it and made it up for her.


Thankfully she still liked the stitchery when I gave it to her last week.

Jake's Curtains finished

A few weeks ago I finished Jake's new 'pirate' curtains. I'm really pleased with how they turned out and making them has given me the confidence to look at making curtains for my home.




I made curtains for my last house - a mammoth job as the lounge room windows were floor to ceiling and along the length of the lounge room wall. I've wanted to make curtains since I moved in to my unit 8 years ago but have kept putting it off remembering how much work the last lot I'd made had been. I've now added curtains to my list of things to make next year.