Quilting Owl

Happy New Year to all my family, friends and followers of this blog and I hope 2015 is going to be a really wonderful one for you all. I Instead of a new year's resolution I select a word for the year and this year the word is "create".  I want to create and not procrastinate and to keep me on track I have made a mug mat with this word to keep near me when I am working as a constant reminder. Happy New Year to you all and I would like to thank you for your continued support. Till next time Frances

At the beginning of each new year I pick a word and "fun" was my word for 2013 and now looking back it was indeed a wonderful year with lots and lots of fun.  Whenever I was inspired to start a new project I just went for it and didn't worry too much about all the other work and while I didn't finish everything there is always next year!!!   Every month and at classes we get to spend time with a fun group of women and enjoy stitching, chat, good food and lots of laughter. Sunday Stitchers at Cairns Craft Centre We also ventured south again to visit the Sydney Quilt Show which always amazes with a wonderful display of quilts and where I got to spend time with family.  This year I also was lucky enough to come home with a new Bernina to add to the machine collection in the studio. Sydney Quilt Show, Darling Harbour, June 2013 Brisbane was also on our itinerary and we fulfilled a long time desire to see the V& A antique quilt exhibition V&A Q...

I have had a great finish to 2011 today stitching blocks in the Studio.  I have decided that "Finish" is going to be my word for 2012 and this was inspired after reading what  Shirley  had to say last night and looking around at all the UFOs and WIPs I currently have.  That doesn't mean I won't be starting new projects but  just focussing more on finishing some of them. Here are the latest Farmers Wife project blocks which brings my block count now to 16. I am also completely up todate with the Civil War quilt blocks and only have one more to do which I won't be able to download until late tonight. A new owl has appeared on the inside of the Studio door, courtesy of Peter, to watch over me while I work.  It is a wooden cutout from Cairns Craft Centre which Peter has just finished painting.  I will sign off for the year and wish everyone who follows and reads this blog a very happy and peaceful 2012 full of lots of joy, hope and lov...

It's time to toast a new year so raise your glass and lets drink to a prosperous, happy and productive 2011.  To all my wonderful Blogger friends - Happy New Year!!! When I was reading Joy's  blog she suggests that we concentrate on a "word" for 2011 instead of a New Year's resolution and I thought this was a wonderful idea.  All day I have been thinking about what word would sum up what I hope to achieve this year and the word I kept coming back to was - "Focus" I am good at setting goals and making lists but I keep getting distracted and only really finish projects when a deadline looms and I can't procrastinate any longer.  So this year I have decided to be more focused about what I hope to achieve and try to not keep going off at a tangent. Till next time Frances