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It's Christmas in August! Well, I wish it was.

I would give anything for snow or at least a drop of rain as we are in the midst of a level 4 drought here in the Vancouver area where it usually rains all year long!

The Partridge in a Pear Tree and Winter Wonderland patterns are now available in my SHOP!

Count down the days until Christmas with this cozy Partridge in a Pear Tree wall-hanging. Starting December 14th, take a pear from one of the side border pockets and hang it on the tree each day. On Christmas Day, it’s time to hang up the partridge!

And finally the long-awaited and highly requested Winter Wonderland pattern! Thank you all so much for your patience!

Light a candle in a lovely jar, place it in the centre of your Winter Wonderland candle mat, and enjoy the warmth it brings to your home all winter long. Use your mat as a centrepiece. Two layers of heat repellant batting also makes it perfect spot to rest a hot pot or kettle.

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Thank you for all your patience to those of you who have put in requests and have been waiting for patterns. Be assured that I am working on them and I haven't forgotten about you.

Enjoy your afternoon tea & quilted crafts :o)

Leaves

I made this set of three Leaf Potholders in October. I have only made sets of two large leaves before and was toying with different size options. I am planning to release the pattern due to a growing number of requests!

Quilters will have the option of creating sets of two in any size or a set of three which I think looks super cute all linked together. The small leaf would be perfect as a coaster.

I always have so much fun making these leaves. They are fast to make, and there's something very rewarding about sewing all those small scraps together. You can see more of my Leaf Potholders in my flickr gallery.

Here's a few of my favourite pictures from last Fall. Yup... more leaves and Jack-o-Lanterns in Spring while I still try to catch up on blogging.

Enjoy your afternoon tea & quilted crafts :o)

Pencil Mug Rug

This was just a little gift for Claire's teacher at the end of June. Her favourite colour is yellow and I had the perfect fabrics.

I was very happy with the bit of pink velveteen I used for the eraser. I paper-pieced the pencil and had lots of fun free-motion quilting her name!

I hand-stamped a little note from Claire on the back. I heard through the grapevine that she is still enjoying it on her desk at her new school.

I had so much fun making this little mug rug that I think it will be the year-end gift for the teacher every year!

Enjoy your afternoon tea & quilted crafts :o)

TeaTime Trivets

These TeaTime Trivets were so much fun to make! I guess it's one of those inspired projects that magically comes together in no time at all. I think little elves were helping me!

If they hadn't been made for my dearest friends who I have over for tea every monday night, I probably would have kept them both! It took me an afternoon to make each one and I was in such a rush to finish the first that I forgot to erase my chalk lines!

I made them both 9 x 9 inches using the same background fabrics, one teapot and one teacup & free-motion steam. However I changed the placement and shapes of the teapots & teacups to make them more interesting and original. The only problem is that I can't decide which I like better! This red one went to the same friend who received this teapot cozy.

Linen, tea & pretty prints... what could be better? I will definitely have to make one for myself maybe in robin's egg blue... I wonder if I have enough of that pretty Strawberry fabric left!

Enjoy your afternoon tea & quilted crafts :o)

Old & New

Sometimes I have an idea that stays in my head or my sketchbook for a long long time before I actually feel inspired to make it. A year ago while I was making a corded beehive trivet, I thought that it would be neat to try to make one that resembled a bird's nest.

I thought about making it every few weeks but I was either too busy or uninspired to actually create that thing floating around in my head. Yesterday I did it and now it's in my SHOP waiting for a loving owner... Finally a space in my head for one more new idea!

Now for some excitement... I upgraded to a 12MP camera on the weekend. I have been wanting a camera with more Megapixels so that I will have good enough images to publish my own patterns or books. I have been playing with it a lot to try to get my photos to look as good as my six year old 3MP camera.

Goodbye trusty old Casio Exilim EX-Z3...

Hello fancy new Canon Powershot G9! :o)

Enjoy your afternoon tea & quilted crafts :o)