tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88778766522360783562016-06-26T10:41:26.715+10:00Sharing the crafts I love... mainly quilting these days, and some scrap-booking. Good friends, family, & life in general.Khristina aka Khrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318399656260019333noreply@blogger.comBlogger547125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877876652236078356.post-84344000703416904772015-06-29T15:22:00.002+10:002015-06-29T15:22:38.963+10:00

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I have actually got a little bit of sewing done. Thankfully when I left Qld and moved here I knew a couple of lovely ladies and got invited to spend a long weekend with them out in the country and got a rather large quilt top sewn using a Missouri Quilt Company tutorial. Jenny calls it the "T-Block". Went together very easily. I now have to just add a border and get it quilted. It was beautiful

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So, you will get a few posts from me to update how we are going and where we are now in life. We arrived in Sydney mid January 2015. We decided before Madeline headed off to ADFA in Canberra, we would see some of of Sydney, so we headed into the big smoke by train. Was rather a good train trip too which surprised me. We dawdled around the streets and shops and Darling Harbour. Soaked up the

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OMG I cannot believe it has been a whole year since I have blogged. Not that I ever felt obliged to have to blog but so much has happened in that year. I don't even know where to start. I may have to do a few posts for anybody who is still reading my blog...ha, ha. Firstly my hubby got posted to Richmond, NSW which is about 45 minutes from Sydney, Australia. We moved from Queensland to NSW in

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Wow time goes by and my poor blog is sorely neglected. Since Facebook became so popular I am finding less time for my blog and also reading other blogs. I am trying to keep the Freebies For Crafters blog alive with free tutorials that wonderful bloggers take the time to share with us. What I have recently found is that people don't seem to have any morals abut what they think they can claim

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My CRAFT group has a "backwards" challenge this year....we make something with a theme but the theme is backwards. January/February is "Christmas" themed. So I have made this star trivet using a free tutorial which can find the link on my Freebies for Crafters blog.

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Can you believe we are only a few hours away from 2014 I am ready for a little party to see the New Year in. Jelly shots check Sausage Rolls check Cheese and salami platter check Peanuts, nuts, chips, dips check Gin and Tonic Check Wine check Pineapple tarts check and coffee check (just in case)

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Gosh I have been a shocking blogger this year....I just haven't had anything exciting to share but I did make a Twister table topper for Christmas which I was happy with. I hope to to be a bit more productive and share more this coming year. It wont be long and we will be in the New Year. Any new year resolutions for anybody out there still hanging in here with my lonely unloved blog?...

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My youngest daughter had her Semi last-night....she is growing into a beautiful young lady and is such a pleasure to have in my life. She has a gentle soul and beautiful personality. I can only hope as a mother that she has a happy, full life and achieves what she wants to in life.

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Today I received my lovely FRIENDS goodies from Anorina. Thank you Anorina...they are all very lovely and I will have no problems getting good use out of them. F - Friends Wall Quilt R - Ribbon and Ric Rac I - Iron cord wrap and iron-applique flowers E - Egg timer and Enormous buttons N - Notebook (lovely fabric/embroidered cover) D - Deliciousness - Choc Tim Tams and Cook Book S

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I have just got my parcel off to Anorina and am feeling excited that it is all done and on its way to her. Hope everybody else has got their parcels out as this is the last day. Thank you to all the ladies who have kept me updated as it does make it easier if I don't have to chase you. I will mark off my spreadsheet as you inform me of sending and receiving.

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Hi to all the 2013 FRIENDS SWAPPERS Thanks for joining us this year. I have sent emails to everybody with their partners details. Please respond to me to let me know that you have received it. One import thing that keeps this swap a good swap is "communication" between each other. Please respond to mine and your partners emails. If we have a problem contacting you, I will

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Welcome Friendly Bloggers. I am hosting another round of the popular FRIENDS swap and I do so hope many of you will come and swap with us. So many of the previous swappers have made and kept good friends from this swap. I know I have. We will be swapping Seven (7) gifts using the letters of the word FRIENDS. This is open to all crafty bloggers with a current up-to-date blog....Quilters,

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I am happy to say I got my CRAFT friends house blocks put together in a table runner and am going to be happy to sit at my table and enjoy a cup of tea with friends. We all made one block each that represents ourselves. There were seventeen of us, so I left my own house block off.  I thought it was appropriate to use the fabric up the middle of the houses with the "speech bubbles" on it as we do

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Lastnight I went along to a scrapping get together with my friend Heather and was really happy with what I achieved. I really love this photo of my hubby and daughter Sophie on her special day and really was happy with what Jody gave us to use in class.

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I finally got this table topper finished....wooohooo...I am really happy with how it looks. I had the twister top done at retreat last year but had to add borders and quilt it. Today I decided it was about time and seeing it was my usual Friday sewing with a friend of mine it was time to just "do it".  I used the Mama Said Sew range of fabric and last week when Sue visited we went to the Quilters

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I had a lovely day out with Sue yesterday. Sue is over from New Zealand visiting her kids in Brisbane so it was the perfect opportunity to meet "in real" for the first time. Sue and I have been blog friends since she first started blogging. I helped her set her blog up and guide her along the way when all things were new to her. We had a lovely day having coffee, lunch and shopping...of

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  The lovely Lisa from Hilltop House Creative Works has just finished making a tote bag using my free tote tutorial. I really love the fabrics she has chosen. She brought this great New York City fabric while she was visiting NYC and with the use of the spotty fabric on the handles I think she has come up with a winner. It really takes me back to our own wonderful trips to NYC when we visited

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Today was a lovely day getting to meet Marilyn for the first time. She took a leisurely hour and a half drive to Ipswich for a day of stitching, chatting and eating. We have been saying for over a year we would get together and meet and finally had the chance to do so. Not a lot of stitching got done though...but it was fantastic to finally meet in person and not just chat online. Thank you

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I am still here and hexing along with my hexies I started on many years ago.....I am very happy with how it is coming along and happy that is such an easy thing to just pick up and put down.

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Just a short post to remember the ANZACS. Hubby and his buddies went into Brisbane to march to remember the brave men in on ANZAC day. ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.   ANZAC stands for Australian and New

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I am a proud Aussie.....6 more houses added to the neighbourhood....lets hope they fit into the neighbourhoods they are moving to...I will have all those other girls talking with an Aussie accent any time now!!

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Trying for wonky house blocks for my online CRAFT group swap....can't seem to do really wonky but getting a little wonky....13 down....5 to go.

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Yes I know it seems odd to be doing an update on the FRIENDS swap from last year but we had an issue with Meg and Shruti. The issue started that both couldn't seem to get emails from each other. We have no idea why they couldn't receive them from each other as they could both receive them from me and respond to me. I had no issues at all getting them from either of them. Meg uses her work email

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Today I received a lovely box of goodies from Pam. We had a swap in my online CRAFT group and I was very spoiled by Pam with everything she sent me. We used letters of our name. Pam sent me way more than the four letters we had to use. She even found the cutest letters she used as tags. But take a look at the handbag, wallet, zipper bag and glasses case that she made....she also made two mug rugs

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