Hi Everyone...

Happy New Year to each and everyone of you... I hope 2009 is a very very good one for everyone....

I am about to start sewing dolls.... I think I have 12 drawn to fabric and clothing etc cut out. Tomorrow is the sewing day...... on my Typepad blog I have some pics as I am going to do a series of pics to show you the progress from fabric to finished doll. Click here to go and have a look......

There is a new baby in the paddock next door... These minature horses are so cute when they are babies...

Look at this

We made this from a pack of charm squares... I think it looks good.... I say we... all I did was hand the pack to my friend Lesley and say can you please make this into a wall quilt for me...LOL

A couple of close ups.....

I love these little dresses on stands...

Here I am at long last.....

Well has it been that long since I last posted... no I have not been slack I have been very busy.....

We have now finished our last show for the year and it went well for us..... no resting though as I have orders to make and samples to make and Christmas pressies too... But I will get there......

Here are some pics of our stands at the last show....

Hi Everyone.....

Well here I am again..... I have been very busy.... the end of the year is always like this for us with craft shows etc that we do.... The Freebie Alphabet is coming along nicely and I have people from all over the world who have signed up.... we are up to the letter J..... I will have to send out the letter K early this week as I am off to do a quilt and craft show in Gympie this weekend....

My friend is coming alomg to help me and our hubbies are also coming with us... we are all staying in one of the local caravan parks.... our friends have a camper trailer... we have rented a cabin for the weekend stay... I am so looking forward to going..... It will feel like a holiday even though I will be working...LOL

Checkout my other blog to see what I have been up too... so much easier for me to get the pics up on it and have everything stay where I want it too....LOL

Click HERE... please check out the alphabet Photo album and the Raggedy Club one too....

a few things that we have made lately......

Cath Ü

What we are working on now......

Well we will see how many tries to get today's offerings up... It took me four goes yesterday to have everything where I wanted it...LOL

Here we have some wooden tags that we make... and some wooden eggs on stands.. I bought the eggs and stands and I have wood burnt on them and then paited them.... They still have to be varnished.....

Cath Ü

Hi Everyone.....

Yes I am still here... I just find it much easier to use my other blog and tend to leave this one for as long as possible...... I write easy and insert pictures easy... but when I upload nothing is where I want it to be.... LOL



We have just finished some pincushions. What do you think..???? I have an album on my Typepad blog with all 15 pincushions that we have just made. Click HERE if you would like to go
and have a look......























Cath Ü

Freebie stitchery...

I am going to be running a freebie stitchery BOM... well I will send out the freebie stitchery to all who want it and at the end you will piece it together however you feel like.. I am not a patch worker at all...LOL Best that you do it yourself.. trust me... much better....

Just e mail me cathron@bc.wbs.net.au with the words Freebie stitchery in the subject line... I will then send you out the drawing... there will be 26 in all... one sent out each week.. they are only small so will be easily stitched in that time.. this is what the first one looks like.... so you will guess what the rest will be like...LOL

Anyone who would like to add this to their Blog with a link back to me is quite welcome to do so.....

Cath Ü

Back again.....

No I haven't been away... just very busy. I have finished the table set and it has been delivered and gratefully received. I have made an album on my Typrpad blog. Please click HERE to go and check it out....

We also finished and delivered this latest thread stand... I love it. but I love them all.. still don't have one for me....LOL

Cath Ü

Another Table and Chair Set.....

I am painting another table set... this is what I started with on Monday morning... a clean slate so to speak.. I first measure and pencil in the squares.




























My next step is to freehand paint in the designs that I am going to have on the table top. Sorry this first one is a little fuzzy....






















































Please check out my other blog to see some different pics of this so far. I will post more pics over the next few days as I progress along with it all....
Cath Ü

Wooden Buttons.....

Here are some of my wooden buttons that I have been working on....... I am using my wood burner them I am painting them and hubby then varnishes them for protection. I have added some to my website so please click here and have a look at them. The cat has little plastic beads

for eyes.

Hubby made this for me....

Hubby made this little pretend hat box for me to paint so one of my dolls can hold onto it.... on my Typepad blog is the gorgeous wooden horse he has made so I can make a doll to sit on it...... stay tuned for the final results of how it will look when finished.
Cath Ü

Look what I got in my mail today....

In my mail today I got my order from Lynette Anderson Designs... woohoo they are brilliant.... Please go to my website and check the other three to go with this design. You can make the individual cushions or combine all four and make a wallhanging.... simply gorgeous.....

I also received two of Lynette's books as well. All My Bears and Sunflower Stitching... both beautiful books.
Cath Ü

Back from the Sydney Trade Show.

It was a very good show, but oh so good to be back home again. As usual bought way too much and we were there to sell...LOL. Had to come home on the plane with fabric and some of my underwear in my handbag.

We also had to leave most of our dolls with two shops and they are using them at the Retail show that is on at the moment as samples. Also had to loan a few wallhangings to another shop so they can have them on display for awhile... Had to do this to fit the fabric in our bags that we bought...

My heart is always on my mouth as the plane is taking off.. will we make it as I know darn well most of the hand luggage is way over weight...

I promise I will up date the blog in the next few days...

Here are some fabric stars that I have folded up ready to sell... Go to my website and check out the nine I have made. Three fat quartes, a meter of bias and one of my hand painted wooden buttons.

My latest pincushions..

Well we have just come back from doing a huge show and we are happy to say we sold well.. Made a stack of pincushions and sewing caddies and they are almost all gone... so we have to make more now.....

Please check out my Typepad blog.. to read about the latest news for the Raggedy Club and to see some of my latest Raggedy dolls.. they are cuties...

Sewing Caddies

Here is one of our latest sewing caddies..... please go to my other blog to see the whole 12 of them.. I have them in an album on there.....

Click HERE....

More dolls.....

These dolls are from a Pattern designed by my NZ friend Sharon and made by anopther NZ friend and yes her name is Sharon as well... LOL I kid you not... Click HERE and you will be able to see more wonderful creations by Sharon.....

Cools dolls....

Isn't she the coolest doll....???? Click HERE and you can go and look at some more dolls designed by this brilliant New Zealand designer..... and she is my friend.... woo hoo....

Gracie... freebie cute Raggedy e pattern

I have finished the Gracie freebie e pattern ... click HERE if you would like to download it.

Please send me pictures of the dolls you make.. I would love to see them..... you can e mail me by clicking HERE.

Quilt Reducers.....

These are what has been keeping Hubby busy for the weekend.... he has made quilt reducers in wooden cotton reels.. they are so easy to handle and look so neat... I have decorated one and made a little drawstring bag to keep it in... we sell these plain ready for you to decorate for $15 each.....

Lizzie Anne another new doll

Lizzie Anne is a new idea for me... I have given her fixed fabric hair... the dark blue check is her hair..... I have made her legs so she can also sit nicely on a shelf and her dolly will hang nicely from her hand.

This is Lucinda Mae another new doll

This is Lucinda Mae and she is all dressed in her best outfit..... and has her favourite toy with her..... A friend came to visit for the weekend and brought some chenille for me to play with an old vintage quilt.. I had a lot of fun with it...parisianed some and dyed some and used some white for Gracie....

My new doll Gracie.. Freebie pattern....???

Well I had a very productive weekend. I designed three new dolls. This is my first one her name is Gracie.......




















Is this the cutest little face you have ever seen...???? I am thinking of making Gracie a freebie pattern what do you all think...?????