Show & Tell...and a few bits more!

It's Friday Show & Tell once more! :-)

Remember my Little Bird free design? Elaine has stitched up a whole nest full and made them into gift cards! What a clever idea, Elaine!

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Now to some of my own show & tell...

Did you download my free 'O Holy Night' stitchery?

My eldest daughter, Kezzie, loved it remade in the brighter colours, so I finished it off as a door hanger for her family this Christmas. It's so pretty, and can be kept hanging all year through.

 

 Only one more block to stitch in my new Shabby Roses themed quilt, "Circle of Life'. Another sneak peek for you...

The final block will be the large centre block...sooooo pretty!

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My 9yo grandson, Cal, is an avid artist who has shown a natural gift since he was very small. I found this fabulous vintage-style circus tent fabric a while back...

...and last night used it to cover a large sketch pad for my sweet grandson!

Next year I am going to be designing a quilt using some really funky cows that Cal drew me almost 3 years ago! I know you're going to love it. :-)

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Christmas is approaching, but we've not begun the decorating yet - perhaps next week - but Blossom and I did purchase a new ornament yesterday. It expresses just how we feel about the coming celebration of Christ's birth!

And lastly, let me show you the bunch of roses I bought yesterday at 50% off. I can't afford to buy flowers at full price, but most Thursdays our local supermarket (where Blossom works) they reduce all their cut flowers by 50% before the next delivery arrives. 

I put them in the vase, and they immediately settled into a ring, and the verse "Ring-a-ring of rosies..." came to mind...

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Remember to look for JOY in all you do, and be blessed by it. 

Hugs

Jenny

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PS: Hanna, you bought a pattern from me on Monday but everytime I email it to you I get the message that there is no such email address. Can you leave me a message on Etsy with an email address I can use. Thanks! :-)

Merry Christmas from me to you!

You must be thinking that I'm on holiday!? Blog posts are almost a week apart these days, but let me assure you that I am home, happily ensconced in my favourite chair with a pile of stitching by my side for Christmas gifts and a few wonderful new designs for 2011!

Mr E has finished the school year and is now home for the next 2 months over our summer break. I can't tell you how happy I am having him home all day! With both Sam and Blossom off to work during the week we are enjoying being home alone during their working hours. Of course every day it rains...and rains...and rains! We have discovered that last summer's wet season was in fact a DRY season. This year however, the rainfall is well over and above the average already and there will be no end in sight for at least 3 months. 

The gardens are vividly green, but the ground is mud and slush everywhere. We even have the beginnings of our own lake!

 

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I have a couple of quilts on the go. This is a sneak peek of one of the blocks in my new 2011 Shabby Roses quilt, 'Circles of Life'...

...I think you'll love it! :-)

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What is Christmas if it's not a time a give? God gave mankind the gift of His precious Son, Jesus, and that is a gift that no-one can replicate.

I do however, give all the glory to God for my own ability to create. In His image I am made, and a mere trickle of His creativity I have been blessed with, so following His example I am giving you a Christmas gift...

 

~ O Holy Night ~ is my Shabby Roses themed nativity design, and would be gorgeous as a framed stitchery, in a wallhanging, or enlarge for a quilt centre. 

I stitched a darker version earlier this year and framed it in a very heavy antique frame I found at the op shop. 

 It was winter at the time and the darker colours suited, but as we're in summer now I wanted to lighten the block to show you how different it can look in either colour scheme. 

Which one do you prefer?

You can download the pattern HERE.

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Blossom is busy tonight wrapping presents to post off to my eldest daughter Kezzie and her family. I am praying this is the last time we all spend Christmas apart. I cannot wait to have a Christmas where my children and grandchildren are gathered around our table and celebrating the birth of our Saviour together! :-)

What is your deepest wish this Christmas? Tell me your heart's desire in your comment and I will be praying for you to be blessed. 

Hugs

Jenny

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