Sunday Stash #96

The Australia Day Version

Going Native 3 - commissioned by me!

I love Australian native flowers. 
I had them in my wedding bouquet. 
I have just commissioned my first painting by The Art of Wendy Donellan and it is all native. (Actually Wendy was the person who made me fall in love with native flowers back in my twenties).

I am about to pick up my original artwork from her studio in Brisbane and see her exhibition as well. She travelled to France last year to paint beautiful scenes.

Hanging Out in the Woods - SOLD

You can imagine my joy when I found this fabric at Rainbow Patchwork last week. Gorgeous Waratahs from the 'Terra Australis' collection designed by Emma Jean Jansen (an Australian designer)for Ella Blue .

I bought two and a half metres of it to make a cool cotton summer dress. I could not find a suitable pattern  but did also pick up this nifty skirt pattern though.

Rainbow Patchwork are having a Give Away at 200 likers on their Facebook page - only 9 more to go! Join me there.

Linking up to Sunday Stash for the first time in 2014 and now over at Molli Sparkles where it has GROWN exponentially. 

Sunday Stash #95

The Last Post

Well  it's not quite 100 but close enough. This is my 95th Sunday Stash post but also my last post as the host. from next week you will find the linky party over at Molli Sparkles.

Last week's most visited posts were by Ms Midge

AND Ants to Sugar.

Today's linky party is hosted by Alyce of Blossom Heart Quilts so please make sure that you pop over there to see what folks have been adding to their stash.

Fort Firefly by Birch Fabrics

I first saw this wonderful fabric when Heidi from Fabric Mutt made a gift set back in October. Heidi comes up with such inventive and well executed items. I have been a big fan since meeting her through the first Zakka SAL.

So, on behalf of myself, I ordered a Fat Quarter Bundle from Westwood Acres on Etsy. And then I gave it to myself as a Christmas present (along with two boxes of Hobbit LEGO). Yes, no one knows what I like more than I do. Do you ever do that at Christmas and birthday time?

It has such interesting colourways. Not the usual brights.

It is more subtle.

And I find it alluring.

Well it is farewell from me. I will join the ranks of you all over at Molli Sparkles in 2014 and linkup with Alyce at Blossom Heart Quilts today.

Sunday Stash #94

This is the second last Sunday Stash here at Finding Fifth before it begins its new home over at Molli Sparkles. And last week the new button (which works) was revealed on his blog.

Last week's most viewed link up was the pile of donation fabric from Secretly Stitching.

A Solid Effort

This past week I spent about four days creating a Secret Santa gift for one of the girls in Wombat Stew.  I overdid it a bit and developed two bad headaches.

CW - Kona  Buttercup, Zuchini, School Bus and Pomegranate

Candy Pink, Tomato, Lupine, Lavender

Berry, Coal, Snow, Charcoal

Jade Green, Ash, Turquoise, Robin Egg, 

Knowing that this wombat loves saturated colour, I pulled only solids from my stash. They are gorgeous and vibrant.

Here's a teeny sneak peak.

Linky party below.

Sunday Stash #93

There were 14 link up last week and by far the most visited was Joanna's huge SALE haul at Riddle and Whimsy. I actually got a bit lost wandering around her fabulous blog and pinning madly.

Christmas Give Away Winner

Thank you to those who entered the 3 part give away last week. There were 57 entries. 50 of these were international entries and only 7 were Australian.

I used 4 of the mismatched cheater panels to make a Christmas runner this week.

Winner 1 - Christmas Fabric pack
Ella - Czech Grandmother now living in Australia's Snowy Mountains.

Winner 2 - Sew Seasonal Pattern bundle
Kathy Davis - Missouri "breakfast in pyjamas on Christmas day" mother

Winner 3 - Christmas Robin paper pieced pattern
Margaret - Arkansas Great Grandmother from Kolorful Scraps

I will be contacting you via email to claim your prizes.


Now to the fabric.

Sweetie Box

A delicious little box of Moda mini charms and a mini jelly roll.

It also came with a couple of suggested patterns.

Now it is your turn her for one of the last times before Sunday Stash transplants over to Molli Sparkles in 2014.

Sunday Stash #92 - Christmas Give Away

This week Sunday Stash is linking up to the Sew Mama Sew Give Away Day which begins tomorrow December 9th.

Thank you for being so positive about the transfer of Sunday Stash to Molli Sparkles in 2014, announced last week. Josh is probably the biggest fabric lover I know. So I know that Sunday Stash @ Molli Sparkles will be something to look forward to. And as Josh is a graphic artist I am looking forward to learning how to take better photos of my fabric.

Don't worry my retirement from hosting will be chock (or chick) full of other things on the property to keep me very busy. Thank you for all your well wishes and a particular thanks to my Wombat Stew girls, Sunday Stash hosts and faithful linkers since Sunday Stash started in 2012.

Next week Sunday Stash will be hosted by Kelly from Made By Kelly.

The Christmas Give Away Edition

Earlier this year my mum handed me some Christmas fabric. She was clearing out her stash.

I really do have enough handmade Christmas decorations. She should know. She made all of them!

So you are in luck. I am giving some of you a chance to win some of these fabrics.


Australia Only (sorry postage is a killer)

One Winner will get ALL of the following:

The first is an Advent Calendar panel with the instructions.

The second is 4 fat eighths of Christmas fabric. These she used on my Christmas Table cloth.

The third are 4 x 6.5" squares of cheater block fabrics.

Overseas Only

One winner from overseas will get:

TWO fabulous pattern bundles Sew Seasonal and Ornamental released jointly by Quiet Play and Blossom Heart Quilts. 

These will be emailed to you via PDF so please make sure that your current email address is attached to your entry.

Random Anywhere

One winner from anywhere in the world will get:

The latest paper pieced Christmas pattern by Quiet Play featuring a sweet Christmas Robin.

This will be emailed to you via PDF so please make sure that your current email address is attached to your entry.

How to Enter

All you have to do to enter is tell me your country of residence and one Christmas tradition you love.

Followers get a bonus entry. Just leave me a comment of one word that describes Christmas for you.

Remember to check that your email is current in order for me to contact you should your entry win randomly.

Entries close NOON Saturday 14th December  (Australian Eastern Standard time) that is Friday 13th December 5pm (Pacific Standard Time).

This competition is now CLOSED.

I will announce the THREE winners next Sunday Stash. Good Luck.

Don't forget to link up your regular Sunday Stash finds below!

Sunday Stash #91

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.

Sunday Stash #90

Oh my! Sunday Stash #90!!! Exciting things are happening for Sunday Stash in 2014 but more on that NEXT WEEK!

Next week Sunday Stash will be with the hostess with the mostess - Miss Molli Sparkles. 

Things of Stone and Wood

A mid century house I was improvising but did not quite finish.

This week is all about fabric for Paper Piecing projects. Finding fabric to represent certain features of a paper pieced block is not easy. So when I saw some of this wood fabric at Spotlight, I snapped it up.

I also inherited a bunch of woody fabrics from my mum.

And this fabulous stone wall fabric too!

I find that Sketch by Timeless Treasures is great go-to paper piecing fabric.

And then there are fabrics for the leaves. 

Both $1 each from Spotty.

And more Sketch...

And now for the linky up below...

Sunday Stash #89

This is my first Sunday Stash written 6 days after the event but luckily Lisa in Port Hope still has her linky party open so I can just sneak in before tomorrow.

I have to thank Lisa for being so faithful to publish her Sunday Stash last week. We had huge electrical storms for about 5 days straight. One lightning strike took out everyone's phones and modems. So until yesterday I was off the grid. Mind you, it took me about 2-3 hours to try and reconnect to the internet with the help of an Indian technician who stuck by my every question.

The previous week's most visited link up was Audrey's Holiday Edition over at Hot Pink Quilts.

Black and White

So these are 4 x $4 flat fats from Spotlight. I was going to use the doors for the paper pieced house blocks for Lara last month but they were a too big for the 6" patterns.

Linking up to Sunday Stash over at Lisa in Port Hope.

Sunday Stash #88

Thank you to Rachael of The Floral Suitcase who hosted Sunday Stash last week.

Next week Lisa in Port Hope will be hosting.

The Sunnyside of the Matter

The past six months have been difficult for me. My near ten year old son Duncan has Aperger's Syndrome. He was diagnosed 4 years ago.  He finds it hard to socialise, coordinate his body in sports and he asks a lot of strange and unrelated questions of people. 

Until this year he has been oblivious to the fact that he is different from his peers. But he is certainly aware of it now. Being deliberately left out of play by his own soccer team, realising that even the new boys in his class are accepted into the group even when he still isn't, not being invited to parties or over to other people's houses to play have all taken their toll. We 've had a few tear-filled talks these past two weeks.

As a parent it has been so heartbreaking to watch.  I feel broken myself because few of the parents have been willing to include him either. They are my peers. They have made me feel stupid for even getting upset about it.  I hate the injustice of it all. 

So here is my attempt to lighten my heart. With a little of Kate Spain's Sunnyside line in four mini charm packs. 

Out of all of her lines, this is the one that is most ME. I love the designs and the colour scheme - orange, dark blue, grey and blue/grey - in particular.

Thank goodness that fabric can be such a ray of sunshine.

Linky Party below.