Marg Low Designs

still on track

It's a tossup which I prefer, stitching or felt appliqué. This week’s decoration combined both.

I planned to use green for the tree, cut it out, but at the last minute decided I liked red best.

The tag is from the pattern Joyful.

 

can't decide

I'm having trouble choosing which is my favourite!

Fabrics - Prairie

 

Fabrics - Yuwa Herb & Flowers

 

The fabrics are available from my online store.

Or if you'd like to see them first hand, come along to the

Community Market next Sunday (1 November)

from 9.00am - 12.30pm

at the Wilson Street Carpark, Central Albury

You'll find me at G11 on Level 1

 

Sit n Sew stitching

One of the nice things about Sit n Sew Tuesdays is I get to stitch during the day; something that doesn't happen all that often as daytime hours are usually spent doing the dull and boring stuff.

I finally finished the Country Garden pouch I started almost two weeks ago. Yes it's taken me that long to sew the fastener on and stitch the opening closed; a fifteen minute job, if that.

I will confess I'm addicted to the new Hollyhock Needle Case. It was quick and easy to prep before heading out this morning.

I have a stack of gorgeous coloured felts and wish I could make it in all of them.

You'll find the patterns for both these projects at my online store.

The next Sit n Sew is on

Tuesday 10 November, 10.00am - 1.00pm

at  Waves Aquatic Centre, 8 Mactier Avenue, Wodonga.

decoration no. 5

Forget the red thread, this is now my favourite colour!

Cotton Mako Ne 12 thread Colour 2850, from Aurifil.

It's the colour I had to use for this weeks decoration.

 

A little pillow from the pattern Tied with Love

 

Now I want to make a bundle of these little pillows using these fabrics.

I can picture a basket of them on my hall table with a red and white quilt hanging behind them for Christmas.

I'm very keen to do this and need to prep the other tags straight away, before I'm distracted by other things and move onto the next project.  

The pattern and fabrics are available from my online store.

Tied with Love

Tied with Love fabrics

 

the winner is......

The lucky winner is Bobbie Cowan.

Please email me with your address and I'll pop the prize in the mail to you.

Thank you to everyone everyone who entered the draw. I especially love reading all the comments.

The pattern and bundle as pictured can be purchased from my on line store.

Gift of Joy

Gift of Joy Bundle

this weeks christmas challenge

There must have been spare minutes this week, as I managed not one but three felt decorations.

Honestly I couldn't decide which one to make so pulled out all stops and made them all.

These decorations will be familiar, they're from the pattern All Things Nice. I wanted to save time and try something different and turned them into decorations by adding twisted cord and blanket stitching the edges together; they are needle cases in the pattern. You could try the same thing with the pudding and gift.

The pattern and felt are available from my on-line store.

All Things Nice

Felt

Thank you to everyone who entered the Gift Of Joy giveaway.

The winner will be announced next Monday.

Hollyhock Needle Case

The Hollyhock Needle Case is one of the projects the girls at the Vintage Retreat received in their goodies bag.

I love working with felt; it's soft, easily tweaked into shape and projects can often be finished without the use of a sewing machine.  The needle case can easily be made in a day. Completing it at a workshop though does depend on how much time is spent stitching versus socialising! 

 

 

Of course I had to make a second one to check the pattern and used my other  favourite colours. Please don't ask me to choose!

 

The morning was been spent making up kits in the two colour ways - Blue Spruce and Pea Soup.

 

The pattern and kits are available from my on-line store. Click on the links.

Hollyhock Needle Case Pattern

Hollyhock Needle Case Kit

If you haven't worked with felt before this is a nice and simple project to start with.

A kit would make a lovely birthday or Christmas gift!

what's happening this week

 

Sit n Sew

Tuesday 13 October

at Waves Aquatic Centre, Wodonga

from 10am -1pm.

Bring along whatever project your currently working.

See you there!

 

Community Market

Sunday 18 October

Wilson Street Carpark, Central Albury.

9.00am - 12.30pm

You'll find me at Stand F14 on Level 1.

Come along and check out these gorgeous red fabrics.

Gift of Joy

One of my projects from the workshop last weekend is a Christmas stitchery called Gift of Joy.

I love lots of things and a framed stitchery is one them. It is such a quick and easy way to finish and display your work. Of course I couldn't resist including a smaller project and thought the birdie perched on the stack of gifts would look cute as a tag.

 

 

Sticking to the promise, to make a Christmas decoration each week, I stitched another gift tag. It was prepped and stitched one night and sewn together the next. It could easily be finished in a night. There's a pocket on the back to slip a gift voucher inside. This one is stitched on hanky linen and I used Cotton Mako Ne 12 thread Red 2250 instead of 2260.

 

I know it is only the third week of my self imposed challenge and not to get too ahead of myself, but I have three decorations. Three more than I normally would at this time of the year!

 

If you haven't started or need to make something extra, why not start with the tag.

To make it easy I'm having a giveaway!

As well as the pattern, you'll receive a piece of hanky linen to stitch on, two prints and ribbon for the tag.

Leave a comment by Thursday October 15 to enter the draw. There will be only one winner. It can't get much easier than that!

 

Vintage Retreat - Quilters Harvest

What a fabulous weekend. Shelley and I left Friday morning and watched the temperature rise from a coolish 20 deg at home to 32 deg when we stepped out of the car at Warracknabeal.

This didn't phase us with lots of gorgeous bits n pieces to look at Quilters Harvest. It was hard to know where to look first!

 

I came very close to buying the green basket and then decided, no! Looking at it again I so wish I'd listened to Shelley.

 

 

Then it was time to set up.

The tutors displays: Marg Low Designs, Skellywag Sewing School and Leonie Bateman Designs. The sampler quilt is Sarah's Sampler (1855).

 

 The pretty china vases and flowers greeted the girls when they arrived.

At this point I popped my camera away and didn't take anymore pictures. So I can't show you the lovely girls who attended or the yummy food or any of the work in progress.

I know Cheryl and Shez were busy snapping away so please hop across to their blogs and check out more of the weekend.

Thank you to Shirley and Del for organising such a fabulous day and the girls for their lovely company. So nice to finally meet the girls who leave comments on the blog, facebook and instagram!