Design Board Monday #31 - Flowerville Progress

So I didn't post on Saturday because we actually had guests visit us @Home and I just didn't get around to posting anything. It was such a treat having Julia (from my Apatchy Quilting group in Brisbane) and her hubby call in for a visit.  After a cuppa and homemade blueberry muffins, we went for a walk to show them our property.  Rosie and the girls were very curious with the new faces and trailed behind us....probably hoping for a snack of apples...up to the back paddock where they decided to stay and munch on some grass while we took the forest walk back to the house. Later, I made my farmer his own apple galette for dessert.

Because of all that I only got as far as printing off the pattern for Jenny's design and I will get it ready for stitching when the next  Stitch In Days  linky is up again in two weeks time.

All stitching time was not lost though....I did get alot done on Flowerville throughout the last week...finishing block 6 - The Coffee Shop.

I still don't have my camera sorted out so you will have to make do with smart phone pics.  Anyway, with block 6 completed, I got started on block 7 - The Gypsy Caravan -  on Saturday evening and look how much I have stitched already.

Block 8 arrived in the mail this week and then I will only have one more block to arrive and stitch. After that, I can give A Country Tea Party my full attention.

What do you have to share for this week?

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Design Board Monday #30 - Another Block Done!

Design Board Monday is a little delayed today because I am having to use my smart phone to take photo's atm and IT needed charging. I have the ones I need now so lets get on with the Link Party!

I have two finishes this week.....

Flowerville - Block 5

I loved this block, although, I think I say that every time I finish one.  I have decided to stick with my Flowerville stitching for now (as far as BOMs go) until I have caught up.....mainly because it is already printed on the fabric which is easy to get it ready for stitching. Block 6 - The Coffee Shop is already on the frame. How do you like my African Violets?? and are they out of fashion? I struggled to find them at the Nurseries hereabouts.

Crochet Shell Stitch Blanket
When I last posted about this blanket a couple of weeks ago, I was despairing because I struggled to find the same colour blue for the entire blanket........and then.......I popped into the "Reject Shop" and lo and behold, I spotted a ball of the very yarn I needed on the shelf (believe me, it wasn't there the week before!) When I took it to the counter to pay, I asked the young girl where the next nearest store was and found it was not too far away. As it turns out, my farmer wanted to go shopping at a centre very close to the 2nd store and he offered to take me there after.  What a great idea....I found two more balls as well as the white container that my African Violets are in......and my farmer pulled out his wallet and paid for the lot!

When we got home, I pulled out 6 rows of the beige and 12 rows of the [other] blue so I could do it all the way I originally wanted.......well worth it! I am really happy with how it turned out.

As well as Flowerville Block 6, I am also going to trace a pattern from Jenny Elefantz latest Stitchery Club installment.  I will work on it on Friday night, 22/4, and link up Saturday for Stitch In Days. If you are working on a Jenny Elefantz design.....why not join in!

What do you have to share for this week?

• Link will be open until this coming Sunday.
• Link anything that you are working on this week or over the past week....needle and thread is all it takes.
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• Please make the effort to visit other link users and leave them a comment. Leaving me a comment after linking up will help me know that you have been by and linked up. 
• Other Link Parties are more than welcome to link up too! Please NO Sales, Endorsement or Promotional Posts....they will be deleted.

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Design Board Monday #29 - Stitching at the Post Office

 What is it about the weeks just racing by at the moment. Before I can seem to take a breath, we are back to Monday again and I am reading last weeks link ups and writing a new post.  Well, I have been busy.....not so much sewing....but out and about a bit.

On Friday, I joined up with a new sewing group in Hobart.  We meet up at an old building which was once the local Post Office.

A very creative woman bought the building last year and has done wonders with it.... the rooms have all been beautifully revamped....keeping all the original rooms with their features and adding some lovely new 'old' ones, like these vintage chandeliers in every room.

Each room is dedicated to particular artists and their wares are on display and for sale while the rooms all have tables and chairs and are for hire to groups to hold meetings from bookclubs to our own sewing group.

There is a cafe downstairs and you can have a coffee (or other drink) brought up to enjoy in the rooms while you sew or attend whatever meeting.

Here are some features that I found interesting.

The entrance, the staircase, a tapestry upholstered chair, a stain glass door.

I worked on my Flowerville block and managed to get all the windows, the walls and the roof frame stitched....not a bad effort!

What do you have to share for this week?

• Link will be open until Sunday 17.4.2016.
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Design Board Monday #28 - Getting on Board!

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Now I know that there are a lot of you out there who just love Jenny Elefantz stitchery designs, you might even be in her stitchery club....I am. I have rather a large collection of JE stitcheries which I am yet to start, including this find in a magazine (front cover!) ....OK, I have my hands full with a few BOM's atm....but now I have no further excuse.

Why? Because there is a NEW Stitchery Linky dedicated to Jenny's Designs. The Stitch-In Linky has been created by Susan from CQ4Fun, an idea she shared with me last year after a comment I left on her post.  I am so pleased for Susan to have this idea off the ground and I hope that you will pop over on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month to link up your "Jenny Designs".

I am on Board....are you?

*please forward any questions to Susan....not Jenny, as she does not play a contributory part, although she does endorse the linky.

What? You don't have any Jenny Designs to stitch? You can find them HERE on Craftsy or you could join Jenny's Stitchery Club 

Here's what I worked on this week

Nearly there.....keep scrolling

I ran out of that wonderfully coloured yarn so had to source something similar....there was only one ball of it left at the original outlet.

I searched everywhere to find a similar weight, ply and chunkiness of yarn and eventually ended up at Big W....an unlikely spot but I remembered that they do sell a limited selection of yarn and "VOILA"....I found a few choices of colour.   I went with this blue variation.

I does give the blanket a dirty appearance rather than the fresh look that I was going for but I am going to add another colourway into the mix and see what happens.

What do you have to share for this week?

• Link will be open until Sunday 3.4.2016.
• Link anything that you are working on this week or over the past week....needle and thread is all it takes.
• Please add a link back to Bits 'n Bobs as part of your post (why not get the button code from the side bar to paste into your post). This will help your readers finding the Link Up if they want to participate as well.
• Please make the effort to visit other link users and leave them a comment. Leaving me a comment after linking up will help me know that you have been by and linked up. 
• Other Link Parties are more than welcome to link up too!

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