Sometimes it can be fun to reminisce and to look back over the year that was. In April last year I was introduced to the iPhone app "Photo365" and I have kept a photo journal from May onwards. Here is my year in photos. I have notated some of the highlights below:
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| Social Totes; Bee Blocks; Catching up with friends; Miriam's "Autumn Hearts" Quilt; Circuit Assembly; "Urbana" Quilt using Dashwood fabrics; Lachlan's pillow for his broken foot/ankle; Pat Sloan's "The Letter F"; Nested Churn Dash sew-a-long; FMQing class at my LQS; the start of "Fiona's Block Swap". |
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| Working on "Mrs Beasley's Sampler Quilt" blocks 1 & 2; numerous bee blocks & "Fiona's Block Swap" quilt blocks; starting the "Movement in Squares" quilt top; meeting Rosalie Quinlan at "Craft Alive" in Bendigo; more quilting, embroidery & my Grand Canyon cross stitch; starting the "Quilty Sisters Instabee" |
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| Bee blocks; "Friendship" by Rosalie Quinlan; Patchwork House Block Swap; "The Two Of Us" embroidery pattern by Rosalie Quinlan (Mum turned it into a handbag after I stitched it); "Dresden Circle" mini quilt; lots of embroidery and secret squirrel sewing for "Fiona's Block Swap"; "Stitching Seams with Polkadot Dreams" by Rosalie Quinlan; meeting Julie & Ashleigh; "Raincheck" mini quilt by Thimble Blossoms; "The Letter F" mini quilt completed; Sea Breeze mini quilt a long; Pat Sloan's "Let's Go Sew". |
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| Lots and lots of bee blocks; Very Cherry Swap; "Tea for Two" for Alison; the Butterfly Challenge; English Paper Piecing (hexis); "Journey of a Quilter" finally quilted; Mum completes "The Two Of Us" handbag; Fox mini quilts for Kelly & Carlie; 500 followers on Instagram. |
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| Bee Blocks; starting my mini "Swoon"; pattern testing for Juliet; Very Cherry Swap parcels sent off & received; "Butterfly" mini for Jess; Owl cushion for a friend; more cross stitch; starting to quilt "Let's Go Sew". |
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| Peg Board finally hung up in the sewing room (after renovations); Cross Stitch; "Elephantasy" mini quit for the Spotlight Quilt Expo; more bee blocks; Bendigo's yarn bombed tram; "Singing in the Rain" mini quilt; bee blocks for Jade; Deniliquin day trip with Probus; a new Horn sewing cabinet; floss; starting my "Millefiori Mystery Quilt" by Sarah Fielke; meeting Jess on a day trip to Ballarat & also meeting Alison from Cotton Factory & Jodie from Ric Rac; my first ever Aurifil; collecting Mum's quilt from the Long Arm Quilter; & teaching Mum how to fussy cut. |
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| Working on my "Millefiori Mystery Quilt" by Sarah Fielke and my "Quilty Stitches" cross stitch by Little Miss Shabby dominated November. Mum's quilt finally finished. Some bee blocks; "Norway" mini by Thimble Blossoms for Sharon; Greeny the bilby heads off on his journey to his new forever home; my 3-year anniversary in Bendigo; VIP guests for dinner; and lots & lots & lots of secret squirrel sewing that I can't show just yet... |
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| Lots of secret squirrel sewing - "Goosed Up in Blue (da ba dee)" for Annabel ; starting my "Schnitzel & Boo" mini quilt; "Quilty Stitches" is complete; "Green Exploding Star" mini quilt for Kellie; more bee blocks; peg board in sewing room painted lime green; Olaf sings bad songs for Sharon; "Bee Hive" wall quilt for Carolyn arrives in America (made last month); my "Harlequin Stars" kit arrives from Emma Jean Jansen with Terra Australia fabrics; Day trip to Ballarat to visit Cotton Factory & Greeny touches the big green button; Cosmo; "C" mini quilt for Cassie; housewarming gift for Cassie; Hoffman Fabrics Batiks prize arrives; Aurifil arrives & hung up on a new thread holder in the sewing room; Bruces & Ric Rac birdies; and I *finally* completed the "Movement in Squares" quilt (nicknamed my "Peppermint Freddo" quilt). |
Wow, there's a lot of crafting in there! And to top off the year I also reached 1000 Followers on Instagram in late December. If you haven't already done so, check out my "1000 Followers Giveaway" competition.
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Click on picture above to access the competition page.
Entries close 9pm Sunday 11 January 2015 Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Entry is open to all friends worldwide. |
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