Pot Holders

I signed up again this round for the Pot Holder Pass that was on Flikr and organised by Amy.
The theme was Monotone.
I signed up thinking, that should be great, I have heaps of colours in my stash. Easy peasy!
well, my partner chose Orange. I didn't have any orange! Eeek!
I checked out my local and also spotlight but their ranges of orange was very disappointing.
Lucky I have some awesome friends that came to the rescue! phew!
I love string blocks and noticed that my partners inspiration pics had similar designs so the fun began.
I made random width strips and went for scrappy, wonky, string blocks playing with the colour values.
Hope my partner likes them.
I had a lot of fun making them!
Thanks Amy for another great round.


These are the beauties that I recieved from my Partner. Beachgirl Sews
Sorry about the dodgy photo but it was a really awesome parcel! Yay!
The next round is having sign ups now. This round is for either pot holders and or re-usable shopping bags.
It is such a great group of ladies that you can't go wrong joining in!
Good luck!

Sneak Peek for Clair...

Clair and I have are in the process of doing a swap together. Tomorrow is handover day and she was so kind to give me a sneak peek on her blog of what I was receiving so its only fair that I share some pics here for her to check out before the big day!


Pesky penguin!


Pesky penguin totem pole!


Ok, Finally got rid of the penguin, Sorry Clair. Here you go, A penguin less photo!


I hope you like your sewing machine case. :)
See you tomorrow!

Pot Holder Pass 3.

As some of you might remember I joined in the Pot Holder Pass after seeing what Mary had done in the last one.
I was super lucky enough to have Tiffany as my swap partner and this is the parcel that I received all the way from New York!


My Kitchen is grey and blue so that is what I asked for to match.


I haven't seen this fabric before but I love it! She has done such a great job in making these. She even changed the thread colour for each different part of the quilting!
She also made me a matching lavender filled trivet. Super clever!
I love it all.
Thankyou Tiffany!

Potholder Pass

See that over there?
Yep in the side coloumn?
Its a new button.
I guess that means that I need to let go of my arm that is twisted behind my back and start thinking of a design or 2.
I saw Mary's pot holders on flikr a few weeks ago and I just love them!
So when she mentioned on her blog that round 3 was starting I went hmmm, but then when she replied to my comment and asked if I was going to do it cause its fun, How could I say no?
My first swap. Yay :)
Now I think I am off to make block 3 in the moose on the porch quiltalong. I hope the designs get better soon!
Wish me luck
xxx