this is a Victoria Sampler design

my latest creations

I have been busy doing some x-stitch Samplers here are a few i have finished lately,they are waiting to be framed or put onto hangers..

Phew!!!!!

clicked and your all there hahahah..

g'day girls

i have just been checking my blog and it seems i have lost all my followers,Barb n I were fiddling the other day and now you all have dissapeared roflmao... hmmm so you wont be seeing this post either :(..hahahaha

Back to Blogging

with the help of my dearest friend Barb in the US.. i'm back to Blogging ..lol.. i haven't been here for ages n ages we have done some cleaning up in here,and i hope to now try and post here at least 3 times a week..i have lots of pics to put up..we also have a new Primitive group the link is here somewhere ..lol...

http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Countrythreads-and-Primitives/
I have started a new prim crafters group on yahoo. Click the link to join. Right now we are small but we have some nice swaps. Come join us for some fun swaps. We make dolls, penny rugs, hooked rugs, mug rugs and hugs, cross-stitching and other prim and country crafts.

at long last I am back on track..this house selling is for the birds..I hate it,we have had it on the market now for a couple of months and ziltch..lol... above is something I have just made,again its from a HappyHeart pattern I really enjoyed making her ...

i'm a bad girl i havent updated my blog for ages,anyway here are some more dolls I have been making for friends,the first one is Phidias holding his ladybug bottletop pincushion... the next three are what I have called 'A Mothers Love' ......

"Best Friends"

here are 2 dolls i have just finished Best Friends designer Janet Clarke...

Mr P finished... I just love making pixies and Trolls...

meet Mr P....

here is a Pixie i have just finished ..i made him look a bit older than the original pattern ..a wife is being made for him as we speak..lol.. this is Mr and mrs P before...

oops a daisy

I was going great guns until I went out to cut up fruit for hubby's parrots and sliced the top off my forefinger nearly off..OUCH!!!!!!!anyway I managed to get all my parts for my 'Little Folk' stuffed,exept for the legs ,I have to insert wire then stuff,so I will do that in a moment..I also want to get some more trolls cut out then I can sew them as soon as I get up in the morning ..I also have about 8 birthday tags to make,so i had better get off here and do something
(((grin)))...

wet day in South Oz

got up at around 5:30 am after having coffee in bed,brought to me every moring by hubby,I switched on the sewing machine 6am and by 7am I had my new troll all sewn up..the pattern is a Ute Vasina pattern 'Little Folk'..its a damp ol'e day here ..sitting in front of a lovely log fire turning arms ..lol...Back later....

My first ever Troll..

Here is my first ever Troll that I made myself..I am well and truly hooked,I can see me making lots of these little people....I used a free pattern called Hug-o-Saurus which is actually a dragon pattern, you can see the pattern at dollmakersjourney.com

below are more dolls I have recently been sent in our group swaps ...

here is my gorgeous Elf I recieved from one of my members of my Primitive Doll group,

waiting for batteries to recharge

as soon as I recharge my camera batteries I will add pics of an Elf I recieved in a swap,here is a pic of a Troll I recieved in a swap....