DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE

I am so blown away by the generosity of dear blogging friends.

I wanted to show you the lovely surprise I received from Terri at Lavender Between The Cracks

Once I showed an interest in Crazy Quilting, I have received so much encouragement. Terri's parcel contained the most beautiful fabrics,lace motifs to hand dye, the dearest charms... a shoe(I LOVE shoes!) a heart and another "made with love" heart, Then there is beautiful lace and ribbon, along with the wonderful picture motifs. A darling littl pincushion and to top it off a bag of lavender, one of my favourite scents...Her note was written on a special card..

Thank you so much Terri for your sweetness..I will do my best to make something beautiful from all these delights...

MORE LACE GRAB BAGS.

I am still trying to organize my stash and here is some more lace grab bags I have to share.

This assortment si mostly wide up to 5 inches.

A special bonus is included with each order... check out my Etsy. Thanks for looking.

Lace Grab Bags

Hi Everyone..

I am trying to get some more space in my studio and have decided to sell some of my supplies that I have too much of..

This week I am working on lace. The grab bags will contain AT LEAST 10 yards of assorted pieces. all very very nice quality, and at a good price. I will also include a yummy bonus with each order....

If you are interested please see them in my Etsy Shop.

Thanks for your interest

DRAGONFLY WINGS

I just had to try Thelma's directions for making dragonfly wings... Check out her tutorial...

I wish I had only used the crystal Angelina , but I added some green and purple and it made it dark and after ironing it didn't show the color...sigh!

Anyway I stuck with it, I used quite a fine wire, (34 guage ) and it was a little hard to keep the shape when I sewed it down... However the first time is always a bit difficult.. I will complete the dragonfly later. .... it is 1 am and my eyes are getting dim!!!!

New Etsy Listings

Hi Friends,
Just thought I would let you know I have updated my Etsy Shop at last !.
I hope you will stop by and take a look. Thanks so much.

MORE FAIRY CHARMS

I am always up for a challenge and these little rascals were just that!!
The wire was the problem so I tried fireline which is a strong beading thread(actually a fishing line)
Well, that wasn't any better as the fairies were too floppy.
I looked through my stuff and found some fabric covered wire which was finer...so.. I burned off the covering and cleaned the wire and.....VOILA!!!!. It worked... No blood... no frustrations... so I am finally satisfied........... the middle one is the one I did with the finer wire... I gave her a flower hat..... LOVE IT!!!!
Now I can go to my rug hooking group happy and relaxed....

FAIRY CHARM

When I decided to try this adorable beaded Fairy Charm, I never expected it would take TWO hours, fingers bleeding from being poked with the wire, and a whole lot of frustration!!!!
The first one is always the hardest, and to add to the frustration it was hard to get the wire to go through a bugle bead and size 11 seed bead twice.I used the size 30 wire as per instructions.
I am going to use fireline for the next one and see how that works.......Yes I WILL try again cuase they are so darned cute.

BEADED BRACELETS

These bracelets I just finished.. The spiral design is really an eye catcher and the middle one is done in beautiful green crystals and tiny pearl beads...This one hugs the wrist nicely I will list these on my Etsy.

Crazy Patch Bookmarks

Crazy Patch Bookmarks

I was trying to think up some small items for the Studio Tour
nf I thought perhaps some really nice bookmarks would be nice. Lots of times you need a small tuck in gift for a special person.
Sometimes small items for a good price are very popular... anyway..... what do you think of this??

WILD WOMEN

I am part of a Studio Tour in October, so I thought I better get busy and get some things ready. I decided on some WILD WOMEN to begin with . A project like this lets creativity flow madly which I love... I used

some silks, colorful wool ..beads and with the charms I used some alcohol inks to color them. The backing is ultra suede which holds the pin back.... Isn't she "HOTTIE"?

Great Give-Away

TELL A FRIEND GIVE-AWAY

Win: 1 Frosted Memories Fat Quarter Bundle by Holly Taylor for Moda Fabrics ! To enter simply "tell a friend" to spread the word about Quilt Qua. You can send an e-mail to people, post on your blog, comment on someone else's blog, put info in your guild newsletter, etc. Then send an e-mail to: quiltqua@gmail.com and let me know what you did. Enter as often as you wish. Random drawing for the winner will be at 10 pm July 31st.
(Feel free to post giveaway info on your site)