Its Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas in 2022

Its again time for my annual Christmas extravaganza for my nurses, staff and others.

After last years exhaustion with the biscuit kits (See Christmas 2021) I went for a simpler option.

I went online and bought noodle boxes and fortune cookies on the same day, but then the company supplying the fortune cookies fell through as they found all their stock was out of date.

So, onto plan B!...

First I bought a Cricut maker 3.....

I used this to make all the doily centres, on sticker vinyl. 

Then they needed a little weeding (get the little bits out) and applied onto the box.

I used a word document for the other elements printed onto heavy A4 paper.

Then to fill the boxes... 

(by the way, I made 48).

AND, what did I fill the noodle boxes with?

Can you guess?

TimTams!

I bought 300 of the individually wrapped Tim Tams from Officeworks. 

Six in each box.

Very well received by everyone. 

 

I really do enjoy the excuse at Christmas to do something crafty.

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 Then as many of My Dear Readers already know, I'm a Christmas baby.

(I'm an old Christmas baby this year)...

So the nurses and others gave me a lovely generous present along with a beautiful bouquet of roses from Mindy's garden.

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 Christmas at our place is a little low key this year.

These are our decorations.

The Christmas table runner I found in Vi's linen cupboard during our clean out.

I bought it for her as a gift in Leipzig in Germany in 2017 . 

Hey bonus, it was still in the bag, so I took it back, and it fits my sideboard.

A bit understated compared to last years Kimbadale, below!

 

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And,

Here's our next adventure.

Also why I'm not putting up the Chrissy decs.

We planned, booked and paid for a cruise in 2020 which didn't happen due to covid.

But we are going now!

For my 60th Birthday, Christmas and New Years Eve.

I hope I can get good internet access on the ship, otherwise my posts may be a bit all over the place, with a huge gush when we get home, I'll let you know.

 

See you on my next post when we will be on our next adventure!

True Blue for Ella, November 2022

Another 'I Spy' quilt for our great niece Ella.

This one was also finished in November.

Only one quilt left to finish for 2022, (but don't expect to a post about that until January, I'm quickly running out of time before we embark on our next adventure. I'll tell you about that in my next post)

This quilt will be going with them back to Brussels.

I've used a lot of scraps from my stash for this one, so I'm sure you will recognise some of them. 

The turtle fabric, the cockatoo, and the Bluey fabric are new.

Also the hero grunge blue.

While it was on the clothesline it had an interested admirer.

 

Anyway, 

here is the booklet with the rest of the story.

A little wonky with the scanning - sorry.

Don't forget, click on it to enlarge It.

Quilt update Kim's 2023 projects

I have 2 more quilts at the binding stage so they'll be finished early in 2023. 

They are named Under Pressure at Christmas and Summer Love.

I have 2 mini quilts that need binding and a label to complete them. Maybe I'll finally get them done next year! They will be wall hangings.

I also have two tops in the final stages of piecing on my design wall, they are named Hip to be Square and Little Redheads. Also I hope I may advance in the right direction on the Which Way top which I have been working on for at least 10 years!!! Also the Shine top, which I have been working on since 2015. The top is finished but I don't like the borders so want to unpick them and re-design them, when I find the time AND then I'm going to gift it to someone! Anyone! Put your hand up and its yours (you have to like purple, Chinese lanterns and flowers) .....

I also have a brilliant fabric panel of a outback road heading into a glorious sunset and have designed a quilt,which I think I'll name Are we there Yet?. I might donate that one for a car club raffle.

I've also bought some great Star Wars fabric, which  I am itching to find an excuse to use in a top.

But, I've also just designed an interesting quilt using a twisted block to use some special fabric I've salvaged from the clean out of my Mother-in-laws house. 

Also, no pressure then Kim!

Cool Britannia

Next up is a quilt for Chloe, who is a friend and colleague, who is currently having chemo. 

Yes she's English, and from the north, hence the 'Angel of the North' block, a  fabric which I have had for years and am so glad I could finally use it for someone who would appreciate it. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_the_North

 

Thanks to Graham for helping me to draft the Union Jack blocks.

 

 There were poppies, strawberries, stars and sparkles in the fabric.

Also one block with flying Australian Flags with kangaroos.

(mind you for the first time I have  noticed that the Union Jack Flag on the Aussie fabric in this quilt  is wrong! The cross thingamajigs are in reverse. Because I'm very familiar with the Union Jack layout by now).

 

 

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And then during the making of this quilt, I was bombarded with the Union Jack.

 

This is the Queens funeral procession under the Wellington Arch, I'm watching it on my laptop.

While I'm pinning the stashing. 

 My psychic child must have been chattering away in the background 

when I decided to proceed with this quilt design.

 

 

The back is a lovely velvety red, but if you want to more about that and all my disasters, 

you will have to read the booklet.

 

 

Booklet here , please excuse any wonky scanning...

and if you want to see them bigger just click on them and they'll open on a new screen.