A little bit ...naughty, really.

I love quilts.

I love books.

I love on-line shopping.

Especially from America.

A little browsing has led to this...

Inside it was this book...

And somehow the complete block of the month

for the Mill Girls quilt was also inside the box.

                                          

  

It will one day be very lovely, when it is done.

And now I don't think I should go shopping again,

unless I absolutely HAVE to have it.

My Library

My library continues to grow,

with professional books, fiction works 

and most importantly, craft books.

This little lovely is now living at my house.

It is by Barri Sue Gaudet of Barerrots fame 

and if you haven't had the pleasure of seeing her work,

then do yourself a favour and check her out.

Happy Friday everyone!

Finally finished...

Thank you for listening to me go on and on and on about the aprons for

the Mother's Day stall at school.

I had to let go and pass off 5 to someone else to do - there was no way I was

going to get them done in time.

However...I did get 15 done.

Not a bad effort for a Mum with 3 kids and a full time job

to get done in such a short time

(yes my children were neglected during this time)

And as an added bonus I whipped up some travel tissue pack covers.

Sadly they have changed the packaging and the pattern I have no longer fits

quite right, guess I will have to make some minor adjustments for the next batch.

Well that's Mother's Day taken care of for school...

unless I decide to do something crazy like make something with my class tomorrow.

Another one

Another parcel was waiting for me when I got home yesterday.

It was the first installment of Vintage Rouge

from The Stitcher's Cupboard

and will eventually look like this...

All good things come to those who wait...

Wait for the postman, that is.

My reward for dragging myself to work today was a little bundle when I got home.

It consisted of these little gems:

Now if only my children would fend for themselves and my job would do itself then I could be doing much more useful and important things, like stitching things from my new collection.

Guess there is always late nights and weekends...

My FNWF

My FNWF turned into Saturday sewing by myself.

I found this little cuties back in my cupboard.

I really should tidy up and shut the door so she can't get it.

I spent quite some time making the straps for the aprons.

I tried a few different things to make the process quicker, without success.

I think that is 4 straps worth in that pile.

Then it was on to the aprons.

A spotty pocket on one.

And by last night I had 3 blue ones completed

and 2 more pockets stitched on 2 others

and all of the rest cut and ready to sew up the side seams today.

I also discovered that I can't count.

I've been saying there are 18 aprons...turns out there are 20.

Well, I know what I'm doing for the rest of today.

The little card...

I love it when I get home from work

and no one else has checked the letter box,

so out I go and voila!

I find a little card telling me the postie has been 

but hasn't left my parcel.

So to the Post Office I go and stand in line,

patiently waiting...wondering what it is.

This time it was just the most excellent news!

I still have a book to come that is on back order.

This is why I work full time - to fuel my fabric addiction.

I'm stockpiling for when I retire and the money is not so free flowing.

Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

A first finish.

 Well I'm off to a good start.

One finish so far for May.

One apron down...17 to go.

Do I have will power?

I got a parcel in the mail.

Inside the parcel there were 2 presents.

One is my fat quarter swap for the month.

The other was my Mother's Day gift for the swap organised by

Mrs. Martin.

My partner for the swap is the lovely Sharon and she is

also my fat quarter partner so she was clever

and posted the 2 together - she is also way more organised than

I am - so she will have to wait a little longer for her presents 

to be posted.

Now, do I have the will power to save both for Mother's Day?

Let me know if you think I should open them early or wait and save both for Mother's Day.

Up to my elbows...

Thank goodness I only have to  make things for the Mother's Day stall 

once a year as it is all happening this week.

You can't really tell from the picture,

but there are 18 tea towels on my ironing board to be turned 

into aprons, some how magically this week.

Lucky I have lots of spare time, lol.