After nearly 100 posts I feel that it is time for Sunday Stash to have new life. Today it is my pleasure to announce that from 2014, Sunday Stash will make a new home over with Josh at Molli Sparkles.
Thank you for your support and I hope to see it continue to grow.
Please head over to Molli Sparkles for today's Sunday Stash and see some of the fabulous things Josh has planned.
Last week's most visited linky was Amanda from What the Bobbin.
Scrap Love
Whenever the Wombat Stew ladies send a block there is always some scrap love included.
These cuties came with the Artist Trading Cards in October.
See you over at Molli Sparkles for the linky party.
Melissa of Ms Midge loves to sew. She has a little business on Facebook selling all manner of handmade items. I have bought my daughter a couple of her well made girly dresses.
Midgey has two young daughters. So when it came to making Midgey's teal coloured pouch, I had to include a little girl sleeping in.
Then some toast for breakfast on the back. It was easy to have the wafting smell as the free motion design for this one.
Linking up to I Quilt over at Pretty Bobbins.
Kristy is a sweety. She loves pattern designing and sewing. She loves green and she adores birds. Did you see the sweet robin wreath pattern she is giving away this week? Her blog posts are always witty and inspiring.
Kristy and I met online at first but then only in real life when we did a mystery quilt weekend in Coffs Harbour in 2011.
Whenever we are passing through the mid-north coast I try to catch up with her. She is very thoughtful and has a very kind heart. I am very blessed to have her as a friend and a fellow Wombat.
I enjoyed making Kristy's ATC pouch and I tried something different with the free-motion quilting for this one. I did have to practice it a bit. I keep samples of great ideas on my Pinterest FMQ board.
Linking up to I Quilt over at Pretty Bobbins.
My Wombat Stew friend Lara and I have never met in person but I think we would be good friends if we ever did.
We both love love love the colour orange!
We also love Mid Century Architecture and Design.
We both love tea and teapots.
So it was not hard to select fabrics for Lara's ATC pouch.
And I had a lot of fun Straight Line Quilting the back over this gorgeous fabric. I just used my walking foot to make the straight lines and turned the corners manually with the stitch up/down button.
I got my inspiration from this version on Pinterest. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/232709505718414511/
My gorgeous sewing friend Gemma lives in the French colony of New Caledonia. Nearly a year ago I had the opportunity to meet up with her and her family when our family took a cruise that stopped in Noumea.
Now Gemma is Australian, but she speaks about four languages on account of being posted overseas with her husband a few times. She can find the best French patisserie on the island and is very clever with free motion quilting.
She has just started up a weekly linky party where you can feel brave enough to share your own FMQ ing. It's called I Quilt.
So here is my effort for today. This is the little ATC pouch I made for Gemma recently. On the back I FMQed the French phrase, 'A friend like you is worth having."
And that's Gemma sitting there doing some hand quilting, hehehe!
Linking up to I Quilt and TGIFF!
Alyce of Blossom Heart Quilts is an Australian living in Chiba, Japan. We met through Quilt Club Australia and more importantly we are friends through Wombat Stew.
So when I had to make Alyce's ATC into a pouch, I had no problem scoping out her favourite colour and some relevant Japanese prints. I enjoyed making FMQ sushi swirls on the back. How cute is this fabric that one of the Wombats sent me?
Inside I put some tiny hearts fabric.
Linking up to TGIFF.
Gina of Party of Eight is an American living in northern California. She is our honourary Aussie in Wombat Stew.
Gina and her daughter' s love strawberries. Gina's was the first pouch I made. I was safe using straight line quilting in a zig zag pattern.
Inside I put some more strawberries.
Linking up to TGIFF.
Ooo I had fun.
But I can only show you the one that I made for myself.
The rest are under wraps as a surprise to the Wombat Stew Girls.
Well here's a sneaky peak of their zippers.
I am posting Gina's and Alyce's directly and the rest are heading off to Kristy for a corral first.
Linking up to TGIFF and Sew Cute Tuesday.
I actually had most of this sewn last Wednesday but was too busy to post about it.
I have been working hard on my Artist Trading Cards these past 10 days.
I was struggling with the whole concept of a card that does nothing but form a piece of art (sorry folks I am a practical kind of gal!).
So I asked the Wombat Stew recipients if they would not mind if I turned my card into a useful zip pouch.
They were all gracious enough to say yes. I have been buzzing ever since.
Each pouch now has a back, an inner and some quilting to match each of the Wombats and their personality.
Loving this project.
Linking up to WiP Wednesday.
