Lynette Anderson Designs

Happy...

Its been one of those weeks when I have had to wade through a huge pile of work, the consequence of having three weeks having fun in Europe!! Every so often as I slowly work my way through the almost overwhelming amount of emails (alot of which are junk) I come across an email that makes me smile, so today I though I would share a couple of the pictures that made me happy.

This cute quilt has been designed by Libby who I sent a bundle of my advance yardage in the hope that it would kick start her creative juices, and it did. Libby tells me this quilt pattern is almost ready to hit the stores, its so cute. Visit Libby on her Facebook page ArtSmart Craft Cottage

Janet from Wildcraft Farm makes the nicest cards they come with a pattern inside, perfect as a gift for a stitching friend. This is one of her newest creations, using guess which fabric line??  Visit Janet at her blog to see more of her designs http://wildcraftfarm.typepad.com/

These gorgeous bags were made by Sharon from a project in a book by Natalie Ross.

If you would like to visit Sharon, click here http://lilabellelane.blogspot.com/

If you have not got any Scandinavian Fabrics yet then I give you permission to go straight to your local quilt shop right away and buy some or you can get some from me here  Scandinavian Christmas Fabric

Pretty pincushions...

I am having such fun playing with my new fabric collection 'Secret Garden'....

I am slowly working my way through this pile of squares and strips making 150 pincushion kits ready for my Schoolhouse presentation at Quilt Market, Houston next month. The pincushion patterns are printed and have new gorgeous giant flower buttons glued in place (its OK, its temporary glue). 

So, if you are a store attending Schoolhouse, please be early for my presentation to ensure you get a seat and one of these cute kits. Perhaps if you stitch like crazy all evening your sample will be finished ready for show and tell and just maybe there will be a prize for the first completed pincushion delivered to my booth #582.

Pretty....

Time now for me to get back to the sewing machine and the hot iron....

Finished things...

It was really lovely to see so many completed items that had been made from a cross section of patterns and books. This sweet crow purse is from the book Gathering of Crows book

Here I am with one of my lovely students standing in front of a Kittens Tale and being shown an almost completed Anvil Cottage wall hanging. Its such a thrill to see how much you all enjoy my work x x thank you.

This fabric flap on a lovely leather bag was a very inventive place for one of the blocks from My Garden.

The fabrics in this finished Scandinavian Christmas were really nice and such neat stitching.

Thank you to everyone who came with show and tell to my booth, Vince and I really enjoyed seeing everything.

Winners...

Our lucky book winner is Louise:) and our bag winners are ozjane and Ellen P. Congratulations to the three of you, be watching your inboxes for my email. Thank you to everyone that left me a comment. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Book and Bag Giveaway...

Yesterday I received a parcel which contained the lovely book "Tilda's Studio" by Tone Finnanger which is mine to giveaway to one very lucky blog reader.

This book features over 5o projects for you and your home and the photography is just gorgeous. If you would like the chance to win "Tilda's Studio" please leave me a comment.

I also had  two calico bags left over from my trip to France and Switzerland; if you would like to win one of these cute bags please leave me a comment.

Have a great day!

Gifts galore..I'm spoilt..thank you x

We ae home safe and I have spent today catching up on the news from the office here and sharing my news from the trip with everyone.

I was very spoilt by many of the ladies in my classes, thank you x x I was given this beautifully decorated jar cover from Isa. The crochet is wonderful, Isa uses handdyed threads and the wool felt applique she has done featuring my two best friends is just gorgeous. The jar used to have a candle in it and the delicious smell still lingers...mmm

Maybe I need to re-learn how to crochet as I love the dimensional look it adds to the applique, do you?

This sweet little house is the home of a tapemeasure.

It was a gift from La Cabana de Pusy This very creative lady is from Spain and I loved everything she had on her booth, I bought a rather nice new leather belt for my jeans which looks like a tapemeaure...fun!

Thank you also to Vreni for the sweet kitty and the 'perfect for me' handbag size tissue packets, I love them but dont want to open them as they are so cute!

I should also tell you (as I cant show you) the wonderful chocolate covered cherries that I was given, they were delicious. We ate them before I thought about photographing them!

Show and Tell...

We have had two lovely pictures of completed projects emailed to us and we would like to show them off (as they are just gorgeous).

Manuela sent in a pic of her finished Winter House Bag which was the project in Lynette's class that Manuela attended in Switzerland last week. If you would like a pattern and fabric kit for this bag Cotton and Color have them available now on their website.

Terry and Jennifer from Patchwork By The Sea in South Australia have sent in their Stitched By Me quilt in Lynette's Summertime Friends fabric range. If you would like a kit for this sweet quilt email Terry and Jennifer pbysea@bigpond.com or you can visit their website for more information http://www.patchworkbysea.com.au/bom.html

We would love to see more of your finished projects so please send them in to emma@lynetteandersondesigns.com.au

 

My Sunday Afternoon...

I found a tutorial a few months ago that I have been meaning to do.  I managed to find the time on Sunday to sit down and make these sweet jar pincushons. I decided that I would use the 'Stitches' fabric that I bought in Hugo's fabric sale.

They are just pefect for keeping all my fimo buttons and pins that I just had to buy :)

The circle of writing on one of the prints was the perfect size for my pincushion top...they were very easy to make and were a lot of fun.

Visit here for the tutorial

 

ps. Hugo is still having his fabric sale, so visit here to see all his goodies

Packing and posting all the orders from the sale really wore him out!

Class project and a Castle..

This class project was a new bag, called 'Shepherds Cottage', the ladies had alot of fun trying 'new to them' embrodiery stitches and hexagons.

Michéle brought her 'Christmas Fun' blocks for show and tell, she has had alot of fun incorporting wool applique, extra buttons from her tash and some lovely red beads to replace the French knot berries on the angel block. I love the grey/blue background colour she used so I bought some similar to it from Cotton and Color, hope I can squeeze it into my suitcase!

We set off from Cotton and Color tuesday morning heading back to France with a slight sightseeing tour on the way! I spotted this rather interesting roof peeking above the trees and Vince kindly turned off the road so we could explore... I love castles...

We parked the car and set off on foot heading twoard this entry and hoping that we were allowed to enter. The bridge crossed a river, giving a natural moat to the buildings.

This wonderful very old wooden bridge was just the other side of the entry it crossed what once was the moat. The timbers used for the bridge were huge, I can only imagine the size and height of the trees that were cut to make this bridge.

Nice gate! This was the best peek at the old castle, when we got a little closer it looked as its its now used as offices. Can you imagine going to work in a castle everyday! Wow....

Even nicer old lock, this was situated right where the old gates/portcullis would ahve been.

In case you want to visit this beautiful place it was called Zwingen Castle, Switzerland.

Today is the last day of the show in Sainte Marie aux Mines, France. Vince and I have been so busy, talking and selling patterns its been wonderful. 

Hugo's Fabric Sale...

Hugo was wandering around the office today looking quite bored.... so we decided to give him a job :)

Hugo is in charge of our little fabric sale. He sees himself as a "model" so placed himself in such a way  that he is the centre of attention instead of these pretty bolts of Lynette's 'Stitches' fabric.

He is even wearing his lovely blue Stitches fabric collar that his mummy made him; perfect for his fabric sale photo shoot.

Hugo also has for sale the very cute 'Snowmen Make Me Smile' Fabric collection and he even has flannel bundles (they are so soft).

Both Hugo and I just love the sweet applique snowballs on Lynette's Snowball Fun quilt...although Hugo is just a little jealous that Felix is on the quilt and not him!

If you would like to see all the fabric that Hugo has on sale please visit our online store.

Have a great weekend!