Yesterday was a different story though - the hacking cough has disappeared and the energy levels were up and I found myself at the sewing machine thinking "I wonder if I can do this?" Among the (untouched) projects prepared for stitching during the trip was this little piece to be appliquéd in hand blanket stitch. With some trepidation - because I haven't tried it before - I began raw-edge appliqueing by machine and yes! It worked! So sometime soon my little cuppa will become a mini quilt. Next up will be putting together the hexies as a rosette to decorate a covered hanger, one of the project in Lisa Cox new book A Spoonful of Sugar. I follow Lisa's blog of the same name; she has such pretty projects to share and her book is just delightful.
The book is among the recent happy mail received lately - birthday gifts from my three brothers, a pretty Liberty purchase and another good book - Krista Fleckenstein's Beyond Cotton, with lots of detail on printing and stamping your own fabrics. A few years ago a couple of friends and I had a hugely enjoyable fabric stamping day with lovely Leslie of Maze & Vale and while I haven't done any more since that day I'm keen to get going again.
For the past few months I've been taking part in a series of No Fuss Swaps organised by stitchy friends in Queensland. They're the simplest, easiest fun swaps - the photo shows what I happily received from Christine in the Kitchen Kapers swap (minus the giant homemade Anzac biscuit, which was delicious - thank you very much, Christine). I'm running a bit late with mine so will have to rug up tomorrow and go shopping for the tea towel, biscuit cutter and special biscuit and choose a favourite recipe to send to my partner.
Apologies for the dismal quality of the photos by the way - the camera on my tablet isn't playing nicely right now.
For the past few months I've been taking part in a series of No Fuss Swaps organised by stitchy friends in Queensland. They're the simplest, easiest fun swaps - the photo shows what I happily received from Christine in the Kitchen Kapers swap (minus the giant homemade Anzac biscuit, which was delicious - thank you very much, Christine). I'm running a bit late with mine so will have to rug up tomorrow and go shopping for the tea towel, biscuit cutter and special biscuit and choose a favourite recipe to send to my partner.
Apologies for the dismal quality of the photos by the way - the camera on my tablet isn't playing nicely right now.
