Christmas is just around the corner, a Christmas blog hop and lets stock Nays Place

For those that didn't know CHRISTMAS is only 33 DAYS AWAY....

 

I love Christmas and if you follow me on facebook you would realise that

 

I stumbled across a post from Gail Pan who is participating in a

Christmas Blog Hop

 

14 Designers and an extra pattern on Day 15.

 

Check out Stacey from Buttermilk Basin blog

 

 

I have added 2 more designers AND have a bonus surprise to make it 15!  Girls... get ready!  This is going to be fun!!!!  I have seen most of the recipes now- YUMMO!!!  Grab the(revised) button and again- help spread good cheer!  Here is the list!  No more changes... I promise!  :)

Dec 1 * Quilts by Cheri

Dec 2 * Plumcute Designs

Dec 3 * Gail Pan Designs

Dec 4 * The Woolen Willow

Dec 5 * Ali Strebel Designs

Dec 6 * Cardiff Farms

Dec 7 * Blackberry Primitives

Dec 8 * Wooden Spool Designs

Dec 9 * Heartspun Quilts

Dec 10 * Notforgotten Farm

Dec 11 * Kathy Schmitz

Dec 12 * Crabapple Hill

Dec 13 * Primitive Gatherings

Dec 14 * Buttermilk Basin

Dec 15 * BONUS Surprise!!!

 

Hopefully I have linked the pages for you all.

 

Another market coming up on Dec. 6th -

 just in time for the Christmas Markets. 

Nays Place will be there again and

 I will have some small gifts for sale to make the job easier for people. 

 

Many of these have been the projects from my weekly Sit n Stitch on Sundays. 

Just drop in bring your projects or come along for some inspiration.

 

 

 

2015 seems like its going to be a year of change for Nays Place,

I have place more fabric orders and hopefully will also more to list.

 

Not sure the easiest way to list fabric etc, here or on facebook,

or where so perhaps I will do both.

 

Stay tuned...

 

 

Nay 

 

 

More stock arriving and summer is just around the corner

With Christmas only 16 1/2 weeks away

I'm starting to panic but also starting to cheer as more stock is arriving weekly

 

 

I will continue to put stock up here and

have also created an ebay page

NaysPlace4Craft to also hold stock

 

I can still do paypal and direct deposit

but am pleased to announce that I can now accept

credit card payments -

  

 

please email me and I will call you for your card details

 

 

 

 

I have received another shipment of Gail Pan books

 

 

 

And Natalie Lymer  from Cinderberry Stitches book

 

 

 

Another order from Katie at Cottage Garden Threads and the shelfs are looking full.

 

An order with Victorian Textile and Matilda's Own is coming with some more yummy things.

 

Have fun and keep sewing

 

Nay

 

 



New Stock arriving daily ..... Nays Place is starting to fill up

Slowly Slowly I am starting to bring in stock

Orders this month with Aurifil threads,

Set of 4 by 1300 metre spools of Cotton Mako' 50 in basic piecing colours:

5004, 2600, 2000 & 2314 RPP $70 NPP $55

Minick&Simpson collection 10 Spools of Cotton Mako' Ne 50 (200 metre spools)
packaged in an attractive cardboard gift box RRP $60  NPP $50

 Libby Richardson from Libbys Artsmart Cottages ,

Karen Kay Buckleys products from Legends and Lace

and another order with Gail Pan

Home Sweet Home

Angels Sewing Basket

Alphabet Home Table Runner

Little Bluebirds Table Runner

Sampler in Blue

Love Christmas

Red Brolly

Boys Quilt

Girls Quilt

My DH and kids are patiently waiting for me to finish their quilts -

 mmm who else has quilts tops waiting to be sandwiched and quilted.  

Think the last count was 9 but have to admit was

having a clean up on the weekend and found another 2 quilts that I have started

and obviously 'put away' to finish later.

Another 6 weeks of weekend football and I might start having time to myself and a chance to get out into Nays Place......

And just to really scare the pants of you - 

ONLY 139 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.....

Have you started your Christmas Sewing yet.....

Oh and I love this photo from one of our local papers
We've had 5 days for minus degrees for the morning temperature and frost - BRRRR
it's been cold but the afternoons have been lovely.

 

Take Care

Keep Sewing

Nay

I know its winter but seriously we have to find some warmth somewhere...

As winter hints most of Australia,

with record snow falls I've stoked up the fire and have tried to get some sewing done.

 

Mr 'I miss out on everything' was lucky enough to invited to a friends birthday party

 Aussie style sleepover in swags surrounding a big fire

 

 

A late night, big fire, cool evening but apparently they were all asleep before midnight and up by 7 - mmmm wonder why he tired and grouchy now.

 

(setting up the swags before it got dark)

 

Our quilting group Waikerie Piecemakers hold a "Quilt Fest No Stress" weekend each year -

two days - 20 hours of stress free sewing - pooled tea - lots of yummies and a chance to do your own thing, bring in your ufo's to sit sew and maybe get them finished.

 

This year Nay's Place sponsored a Charity Challenge Quilt - I have spoken about it previously

 

We managed to get the tops pieced together - final borders, peepers and the we need time to sandwich - quilt - bindings and we're done.

 

We made the decision this year to donate to local charities - everyone who completed a block could choose - winners have been drawn and we hope to present later in the year.

 

Don't they look great

(we're calling this cookies and cream)

(and the Red Quilt for obvious reasons)

 

I was very pleased with the results I think they look great.  Was feeling very pleased and then to cap it off on the ferry coming home saw this rainbow - love rainbows - this was a double

(the second to the left which you can just see)

 

Off to finish some tassels on my hexagon crochet rug

 

Keep sewing - even in this cold weather

 

Nay



 

 



Winter has finally arrived and some sewing done - FINALLY

As winter hits and today we are being hammered with wind, rain and its so cold

 (well for us here in the Riverland anyway)

 

 

After my terrible effort of getting anything done during my holidays I have made a concerted effort to get into Nays Place Sunday afternoons. 

Fingers crossed - managed to get out there this Sunday and had some sewing time FINALLY!!

 

First thing - our local group Waikerie Piecemakers is doing some charity quilts this year - Nays Place supplied the fabric - found some great block patterns, selected 17 of them ranging from easy, medium and hard - with this on hand we supplied every member with 1 main fabric (the floral) and 4 coordinating fabrics 3 patterns to choose from. 

 The main challenge use the fabrics supplied and do one (or 2 or 3) blocks form the patterns supplied

.

This was extremely hard for me as anyone that knows me knows that I don't have a particular fondness for purple but there seems to be a large percentage  of ladies in the group that like it. 

 

 I challenged myself to make sure the focus fabric had purple in it and just cause I never follow instructions made it so you had to follow instructions. 

 

 

Don't look to closely - I handed out all the precut fabrics so have made my blocks with everyone's leftover fabric - and I have to admit I haven't really done block piecing before.

 

Everyone that has completed a block get to select a local charity that we will donate it to - we've had such an overwhelming response I think we actually will get 2 quilts made.

 

Then as you would know I'm a 'mums taxi' on weekends with kids sports.  I have already made a blanket using our old flannelette pj's cut into strips which I then had a practice run at the 'Jelly Roll Races' quilt but wanted a quilt that I could put on the ground but it still be cuddly.

 

Then I happened across this

 

 

Cathedral window quilt - tutorial
http://www.fabartdiy.com/how-to-make-personalized-cathedral-window-baby-playmat/ — with Ican Makeja.

 

Then was looking for more info and found so many images on pinterest -  http://www.pinterest.com/banicja/quilting-rag-quilt-catedral-window/

for an idea that has been going round and round in my head for a rag rug using the pile of denim jeans I have (HAD) just wanting to be mended etc etc and the leftover flannelette pj's

 

so I now have this pile ready to go - haven't used wadding as I think the denim is heavy enough - will be done in the 'quilt as you go' method.

 

So my plan is to sew around the circles about 1-2cm in  from the pinked edge then sew them together as per above - sew them down and then 'rag cut' the  edges.

As it is denim underneath I was going to play with having denim thread in the bobbin and do some free hand designs in the middle of some of the blocks.

 

Who knows will see what happens and where it takes me as I'm going -

 have cut 60 blocks so far - the template - my embroidery hoop (what else) -

 found some more pj's so will be cutting more this week at night time 

Another finished project I have completed is this scarf -

Looks harder that what is was - using variegated wool - free pattern on Ravelry - entrelac scarf - My wool was a different weight and instead of 400gms I only used approx. 150gm as I didn't make it quite as long as I don't like them long.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/entrelac-scarf
 

Stay tuned

 

Keep sewing

 

Nay

Ann Kelle Aurifil and Robert Kaufman Giveaway - last hourds to enter

Ann Kelle Aurifil and Robert Kaufman Giveaway

 

This is not by Nays Place

 but too good a deal not to post for others

 

 

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Kim Niedzwiecki

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Holidays over what next

So 2 weeks ago I had lots of plans,

 tasks to get finished

 and an idea of what I had to have finished

before I went back to work on Tuesday.

 

And how much did I achieve - almost nothing - seriously how did I get it so wrong. 

 

So lets recall the plan

2 weeks off - 1st week no husband at home - get stuck into all the 'household' jobs

 and then the 2nd week to start sewing....

mm great plan - didn't happen.

 

First day - got hubby ready to go with his family to scatter his dad's ashes over on the West Coast of South Australia - its been 12months since he has passed - not been easy at times and we all miss him (you all know how we feel)

Second Day - no hubby-kids at school - what did I do - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

 - spent the day simply relaxing, had a haircut, watched chic flicks -

felt guilty but goodness it was wonderful.

Third Day - went into the Princesses classroom and took a small group of cooks for a cooking session - today we made pancakes YUM - just in time for recess.  I don't get to help much during term so was only to happy to help when I can - a mix of boys and girls - it was great to hear all of them say that they have cooked before.  Then headed up river to help out a new staff member with some training that was troubling her - then spent 2 hrs shopping by myself.  AHHH PURE LUXURY

Fourth Day - OK so today I started with the housework - cleaning kids rooms etc etc

Fifth Day - Student Free Day for all the kids - so 3 kids at home - plans to go to Adelaide as my brother was flying out to Brazil tonight to realise a dream and go to the World Cup.  So the kids made a sign, decorated it and off we went - a quick trip to a few shops - meet DH at IKEA for dinner and some essential pickups and then on to the airport - it was great to surprise my  brother - he had no idea YEAH

The funniest thing about this photo - didn't realise how tall Mr I'm now 15 is getting.

 

Then it was the long weekend - DH and I tackled Mr 'I want to do everything' and the Princesses bedrooms - aarrrgghh and at 7pm we had had enough - almost there but not quite - now we just have to do some robe shopping or make them ourselves but in my mind I need to organise their rooms and anyone that knows me will know how funny that is because I was definitely not the neatest of kids but I don't think I was every that bad.

Sunday and the day of rest - I headed to Nays Place.  Had some lovely visitors in the morning - Michelle and Sandra came to check out Nays Place and almost 3 hours later they left - no sewing, quick cuppa and lots of talking later - it was fun.  The afternoon was spent doing more in Nays Place with a few phone calls for some orders.  Sorting out Grandma's fabric to try and work out what I am going to do with it all and decide do I actually want it or am I just keeping it because it was Grandma's

 

 

Monday and the start of another week - and I spent the day with the kids - watching movies, cooking just a fun family day and somehow I'm on to my second week and what have I done - not much.

Tuesday - todays the day - I decided that I had to finish at least one project - Last year I started on the BH&G crochet rug from their June 2013 issue.  I was asked if I could help people with knitting and crochet - I would love to - I'm not brilliant but know enough to get people started.
So I started crocheting lots of hexagons together - not finished yet but getting close - totally stuffed up the pattern was suppose to be rows of 8 and 9 - and I managed to do 9 & 10 - so not as square but more to wrap around you.

From the June 2013 issue

And my almost finished rug and yes I know I have some blocks together.



So how did I mange to go about this - well after laying them on the floor so many times in the end I just grabbed a pile and started crocheting them together - they are suppose to be sewn together but I was being lazy- but in the end I just grabbed a pile sewed them together and then put row upon row - 2 rows to go and then another row of cream ones to finish and the tassel's and them I'm finished.

 

Then on to Wednesday - another cooking session with the Princesses class - another group of kids and chocolate crackles this week.  We had promised Mr 15 almost driving a new bed - when I came in one day to find his size 11 feet hanging over the edge of his single bed  I decided that perhaps we should be upsizing - dragged him to the guest room and asked him to lay down on the double bed and yep that's ok until he turned over and those toes are still over the edge so queen size it is and what did he want a padded bedhead - why - cause I'm always leaning my pillow on the wall and I've seen how you can make them on all those reno shows - doesn't look that hard - unfortunately to buy the foam and fabric I was looking at a trip to Adelaide so instead went to a local shop - they had a sale and found one perfect for a growing lad.  Then DH and I made a bed base that will withstand a tornado and any amount of jumping shouldn't harm it.

Day 2 and it's messy already - should have guessed and yes he's waiting for his quilt to be finished ;)

 

 

Thursday a catch up with a friend for lunch and a quick trip to Lyrup/Paring to pick up some chooks from the Glenview Poultry farm -  6 hens have come home with me - I was a bit concerned their combs were very pale but guessed they probably got cold on the trip home.
It was a bit sad to see them come out of the cage I bought them home in - watch them spread their wings and all bar 1 overbalanced.  They really didn't know what to do - kept them in the a smaller area of our chook house for the first night then let them out the next day into the actual run - had to carry them out - cant imagine what life these hens have lead.  The cats have also been investigating and the chooks don't seem fazed by them at all - one bonus about being caged hens they are ok with people - the kids are picking them up all ok.
3 days later and we have eggs - not in the nesting boxes but in the straw -
we found 7 eggs today
yeah thanks hens

Saturday saw us head to Adelaide for my Uncles 50th - my mum's the oldest of 8 and he is the youngest - he was 3 when Mum and Dad got married, so it has always kept me amused being his niece and only 5 years younger.  We went to the Rezz Hotel at Newton  - great food, great company and a fantastic night - drove into the driveway at 2am this morning.

Sunday quiet day, nanny nap in the afternoon and finished the washing.

Tuesday back to work - oh well - some new products arrived during the week so will post some products during the week - check out this page or my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nays-Place/545715882174375
 

Keep Stitching
Catch up again soon