Monday madness ...and absolute Joy ! (very long post!)

Hello my lovelies!!

Hope you are all well and had a wonderful weekend!

Things here have been busy as always!
I can't believe that another weekend has come and gone...

sometimes I feel like one day just slips into the next!

Do you ever feel like that :o)!

I spent alot of time working on the weekend, lots of orders, which is good!!

I finished this Double Minky blankie for a sweet customer called Erica. It's for her little girl Ava who is just adorable!

Erica and her family live here in Perth so hubby delivered it for me on Saturday, she is thrilled with it!

Here is a photo I snaffled of Ava from her mama's facebook page. ..cheeky I am :o)!

Ooooohhh!!!! isn't she gorgeous!!!!

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Finished some other embroideries, all to go on cushions and blankies...

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Nearly finished Barb's Jingle Sox so here is a sneakie-peakie!Barb and Garry will be heading off on their amazing advernturous R-Ving lifestyle in the US soon, I am so excited for them!!!

I hope these Jingle Sox will make up for no Christmas tree!

Make sure you head on over to their blog so you can join in on the fun, and see what they get up too!!

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And I finished Amy's aprons!

(please excuse the quick snap but I need to get them on their way!)

Amy is the designer and owner of Giggleberry Creations,

She is amazing and is definately the " Queen of Bunting " .

She makes everything prettier with her stylish flowing flags, I love them!!

I want some for my Deekie Belle Designs and Jingle Sox!

Amy is doing her first fair soon so I have done some embroidery for her and made some aprons,

but look at this amazing bunting!!

Aint she a talented lady !!!

(I made that little embroidery... just thought I would throw that in amongst all the amazingness of Amy :o)!)
ooh!! there it is again!

I do love her logo!! and I am so happy with the way the embroidery turned out!!

So if you know of anyone who wants their logo embroidered, let me know,

and if they want bunting to show it off with - make sure you give Amy a holler!

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On the family front,

Mr Deekie Belle had the past 6 days off and it was soooooo lovely to have him home!

I enjoyed Lots of cuddles and snuggles, he cleaned for me and did washing, while I was working, and he even cooked dinner -

Oh my, I love that man!!

The Girls had a friend's 21st on Saturday night so Angel's hubby babysat Khye and Hunny so Angel could go and enjoy a night out, I snapped this when she came came over to pick up Alora...

Aren't they beautiful! ......................

And now for the exciting news!!!!

You all know our darling Danneeka

here she is at a Telethon appearance dancing and singing with Doopa Dog

(Up until she moved to Perth before John's and her wedding, she was the 'Doopa Girl' for Golden West Network, in the south west of WA. )

Well, she won't be doing much of that anymore,

.....unless maybe it's to the wiggles!!

Here is their little gift from God,

We call him/her Beanie (coz she/he looks like a bean!)

Isn't he/she beautiful!

Due February 6th, 2011.

Another grandbaby to snuggle!

It doesn't get better than that!

Back soon with much more!

Love and hugs to you all!

Jen xoxoxox

Busy, busy, busy .....

My darling hubby had to work all weekend so I buried myself in my studio and designed some sox.

Sometimes I forget how much work they are...

I ironed in 10 metres of interfacing and cut out 96 pattern pieces!!

Whew!!

Then I had to start the sewing !

Here is a little look at some of my new styles...
I just love this blue snowman fabric - it is so whimsical!!
The floral in the middle is beautiful Ava Rose fabric by Tanya Whelan, This fabric is discontinued but I have stocked up on it coz I love it!

Looking a bit floppy :o)! They still need stuffing and lining so back to work for me!


I am not sure I have ever posted a photo of my machines on my blog before so I snapped this (it never usually looks this tidy!!)

On the left is my Bernina 700D Overlocker. It's a great little overlocker, the cheapest in the Bernina range but it does all that I need it to.

In the middle is my Bernina 930 Record.

This machine is a semi-industrial and was a gift from my lovely mother in law! It is such a workhorse and for a 20 year old sewing machine it is still like brand new.

A real dream machine!

On the right of course is my baby, My Bernina Artista 730 Sewing and Embroidery machine.

This machine does everything!

I usually have it embroidering while I am sewing with my 930 but I do love sewing with it too and I it's great to quilt with it as it came with the 'Bernina Stitch Regulator' - a special attachment foot that regulates your stippling stitches - it makes it sooo easy!

I have a few fancy-schmacy feet for my Bernina's so will do a post on them soon, and show you what they all do!

It has been soooo cold here in Perth so I made Khye a special snuggly minky quilt last night.

I used minky on both sides, with wool batting in the middle and then just quickly embroidered a name patch on it and bound it in Michael Miller's cute vintage look Dick and Jane reading fabric..
Not a great job as I did it in an hour but it will keep him nice and warm... he loves soft snuggly blankies, he strokes the fabrics and rubs them on his face when he is sleeping,

gaaahhh!!, he's so wonderful!

Well, only a week and a half till our grandaughter Hunny is to be born, I wonder if Angel will last that long - she looks like she is ready to pop! We am getting so excited!

Also, some exciting news, Copious, (our son Steve and son-in-law Ben's band) entered the Perth Battle of the Bands and had their heat last weekend.

They won and are now in the semi-finals!!

Here is a couple of shots of my boy rocking the house! Didn't get one of Ben, ...next time!!

(hehe, Steve is 6'1, so you can guess how tall their bass player is!!)

Isn't he handsome!!! (biased mother :)!)

Hope you are having a great week! Back soon!

Hugs, Jen xoxox

busy weekend..

Mr Deekie Belle and I took the dogs on a lovely 2km bushwalk on Sunday afternoon.

Alora was sick in bed all weekend with a terrible sinus infection poor darling, I spent most of the weekend looking after her and the rest sewing madly so it was nice to have a couple of hours to just enjoy the afternoon with my darling...

As anyone who reads my blog regularly knows, I am a terrible photographer, so I got in a bit of practice, I love the Aussie bush, it can be so dramatic and haunting... I would love to be able to capture it's beauty the way others do...

As we strolled towards home the sky changed colour and I got this nice shot...

Not sure if I mentioned it before but I had a little trouble with two parcels going missing a couple of months back - Australia post still hasn't been able to track them down but I have remade them and they will be off to my gorgeous, very patient clients this week.

One of this things that I find difficult living in Australia is not being able to get my hands on every fabric and ribbon I need at the drop of a hat! My Christmas fabrics and ribbons were very much depleted after my busy 2009 season so had been waiting on some to arrive from the States to finish these orders off...

It's funny really, waiting on fabrics from the US, to make Jingle sox here in Oz, to send back to the US :o)!

Here's my weekend fun!

Two custom orders here, one funky Christmas styles and one sweet pastels

Riley Blake pastels, and glittery organza..

I girly love bows!

sparkly organza... so pretty!

Gorgeous 'funky gift' fabric, have lots of this in stock now!

Love this fabric line up, still waiting on ribbon for bows on the girl's ones - should be here this week - yay! My hubby's fav is the one on the right, I am quite low and that fabric and it is discontinued so if you want it in your Jingle Sox please be quick ;)!
More of this fabric on it's way too! Cute pink snowmen too - yum! I love these colors!

I will draw the Redwork wall hang on Friday so please don't forget to leave a comment to be in the draw, sorry for the delay, been a busy little bee! Back soon with more!

Hugs, Jen xo

Just a quick post!

Just a quick post as I am working hard on a couple of things at the moment including a giveaway for you all tomorrow!

Until then, please enjoy these photo's!

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Firstly,

I put so much of my heart into my sewing and I just adore it when I get photos from my customers!

It gives me such joy to know that I have added something special to their Christmas!!

Here is a photo I got in January from a sweet customer in the US.

She ordered four quilted Sox in cute Riley Blake "Be Merry" fabric last year.

I was thrilled to see them hanging in her home over the fire place,
such a warm and welcoming room!
I am so glad I could add to their Christmas fun!

Here's a little close up, ....they look so much better in her home, than they did hanging from the curtains in my studio ;)

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Also, I recently saw this picture on a website, needless to say my Alora has decided that she wants me to replicate a set for her room!
(as if she doesn't have enough in there already!)
They are kinda funky though!

Back soon! Jen xo

Hope

I have finallys set up some listing in my etsy store to personalise my stockings. I can put any name in any size that a customer wants on the cuff of the stocking or I can make a cute little name tag that attaches to the stocking - what do you think?

I do have other fonts and plenty of embroidery floss colours and can make the lettering as large as the customer likes.



These cute little tags go well on a busy fabric cuff - it is nice to have something a bit different sometimes and this is my different :)!


Hope you are all well, back tomorrow with the giveaway!
Big hugs and God Bless
Jen xoxox