Sneak peeks of Month 3...

The theme for Month 3 of the Stitchery Club is 'All Things Stitchy', and I've got some of the sweetest designs for my subscribers.

Here's a few to whet your creative appetite. Two are finished, and a third is almost ready.
Three more are waiting to be traced before they come to life in needle and thread over the next week...

More peeks next week. What do you think so far?

Subscribe to the Stitchery Club and you'll receive this pretty pattern as your welcome gift, something to keep your stitching fingers happy while you wait to receive the Month 3 set of six designs...

It's so easy to join!

Just go HERE to find out how you could be stitching "hearts overflow' tonight.

hugs

I've been on a holiday...

It was just a 3 day holiday, but a holiday none the less!

This is day 3 and when you read this blog post Mr E and I shall be packing up to come home again - the long way, of course. 

After all, we have cameras and a tropical paradise all around us. Bliss.

We've spent a lot of time on the road these last two days, but I've still managed to carry on stitching a new design at night in the motel after lovely cool evening walks by the Marina...

Enjoy your day, everyone!

I'm fairly sure I'll enjoy mine too,

hugs

The final block, and a new design...

Can you believe it, we've come to the end of our 12-week Shabby Roses Churn Dash Stitchalong!

Today I have the final block ready for downloading -

"SHABBY"

I have seriously *loved* this project, from start to finish it brought me immense joy and satisfaction.

The pattern for "Shabby" is HERE in my shop.

Next Friday I will share the finishing instructions to bring all twelve blocks together into a quilt!

Will you have all your blocks ready by then?

This week I have been working on four designs for publication in an Australian magazine next year. 

All of them feature hand quilting so I have officially decided that I am hooked on it!

Here's a peek at one of them. It's a very small wall hanging called "Birdy" and I've used the prettiest of Valdani Overdyed thread to stitch the block...

The sweet Birdy is surrounded by one inch squares of fabrics that blend beautifully with the thread...

I also used a single strand of the same Valdani thread for the hand quilting...

The finished hanger measures just 8" x 10". 

Perfectly small and sweet I think.

The 1st month of the Jenny of Elefantz STITCHERY CLUB has been emailed to all subscribers, and I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has joined in! 

The response was overwhelming and I'm so excited about what's in store for everyone in the months ahead!

 Subscriptions are now closed until November 9th when they will open again for one week before the 2nd month's patterns are emailed out.

If you missed out this time around you can join then and never miss a month!

In the meantime non-subscribers can now purchase the 1st month's pattern set HERE in the shop.

Two subscriptions bounced when I emailed out this month's pattern set, apparently due to an incorrect email address supplied during the subscription process.
If you are a subscriber and have not received your Stitchery Club email would you first check your 'spam' or 'junk' box in case it slipped in there, and if you do not find it please email me HERE. 

Enjoy your Friday, my friends!

I have plenty of stitching ahead of me, and another grain-free / sugar-free banana & date loaf to bake for my precious husband...cake and sewing, who can ask for more?

hugs

The girl's sewing day!

Over past months our sewing days have been sparse compared the fortnightly routine of last year, and with the prospect of more than a few months before our next one we made the most of today's get together at my place!

 An extra highlight was celebrating Heather's birthday...

When your friends are as much fun as mine (plus crazy, loopy and downright lunatics) you can count on aching sides the next day from over-use of laugh muscles. 

We plied the birthday girl with (in this order) presents, coffee, lemon and blueberry muffins, curry, tea and more muffins....

 

Lots of smiles...

(Barb and Wendy)

(Michelle)

...chatter over work and study...

...and spreading the news on Facebook for one some.

You may not believe it but between nibbles and coffee and lunch and tea we actually got some stitching done!

While Michelle continued working on her bag (here), Wendy showed us how much she'd completed of Little Miss Shabby's free "Quilty Stitches" (love the colours)...

...plus this really pretty BOM by Nikki Tervo she's working on.

Barb is continuing to stitch a bunting for her niece from the Rosedaisy  Alphabet...

...and Heather has begun her Christmas stitching. 

(don't forget to head over here to her blog to say happy birthday!)

I started a brand new design for later in the year - only a little sneak peek for you, though...

And just to prove I'm real...

I've actually been auditioning photos to send to Homespun Magazine with a project of mine they're publishing in the February 2015 issue. The magazine will also include an interview with me so they requested an accompanying pic, but you know it's a bit intimidating to be sending self photos to a magazine so I had to choose carefully.

Anyhow, I've chosen this one after getting the nod from Mr E...of course, he is biased. Gotta love that in a husband. ;-)

I hope you've had some fun stitchy time with a friend or two recently. 

It's SO good for the laugh muscles...

hugs

Calm stitching...

I'll be finishing up a few new designs over the next couple of weeks, patterns that will feature in a refreshed format of my e-zine....

Quiet stitching is calm stitching. So nice.

A thought to ponder over the weekend...

Happy and safe 4th of July to all my American readers...

hugs