Sweet Princess!

 A sweet Princess and a handsome Prince

 getting married and riding in a horse drawn carriage..

  All things that make a little girls heart skip a beat

 also in Mummy (big girls) too, I just love the whole fairytale romance

 and pagentry of a Royal Wedding.

 It's part of who I am and what makes me love all

 the English Royals

 I know it must be from the days when my 

Great Nana Lucy worked for Queen Victoria

 and my Great Grandfather was a Grenadier Guard.

 I just love it. My Nana was also born 

in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

 Great Nana Lucy spoke fondly to my Mum

 of her days there... she adored it.

So a High Tea party for my little girls was in order last night.

complete with Royal Doulton China and little Fairy Cakes.

My little Princess's dressed up and drank tea from their Princess cups...

 Oh it was so precious, the excitement of seeing a real life Princess

 and they loved watching the Kiss and the ride in that ornate carraige.

 Today they are still excited....playing Princess's again.

 I just love to see them pretend and enjoy the fairytale.

Everyman's life is a fairytale written by God's finger.

quote by Hans Christian Andersen

 Many Hugs 

Dawn x x x

Sew busily quilting/sewing!

Girl quilt finished and Boy version ready to be quilted....

 and then to write the pattern.....

I loved making these....

 a bit of patchwork, a bit of stitchery,

and then some sweet quilting.

 Now they look delightful...

 Can't wait to show you them.

 Happy Stitching

 Hugs Dawn x x

 

Happy Easter Sunday

Arising at 5.45am with two little girls 

shining new torches in our faces

(yes Easter Bunny bought them torches with Chocolate of course)

 saying "are you awake Mummy"... I am now ...LOL

image coutesy of google

 Then it was Cross Hot buns (as my kids call them)

for breakfast and a strong coffee for Mummy and Daddy..

 I did finish the two little bags for their Easter treats, and they loved them..

We read the Easter Story and did some coloring in before

 the girls and I went to the garden to do

our traditional Easter Egg Hunt in the garden.

Yumm YumYummy, lots of eggs to find and some tricky spots too..

 We collected eggs, bunny's, and little chicks too.

 Now all them chocolates are almost eaten...he he

and the dentist recommends it.... hard to believe,

but its better to eat it all in one sitting 

than spread it out over the week...so Eat them Eggs!

 We did!..and they did too!....

 Lots of water to drink now though.

Hope you've had a wonderful Easter

with your family and friends.

Tomorrow is Anzac Day for us in Australia

 we are getting together with some friends for lunch..

and will have a minute of silence to remember

those who died for 'Our Freedom'

Sweet Cross Hot Bun Hugs

Dawn x x x

Recipes for Friendship...perfect fabric!

There are many recipes on the internet about

'Recipe for Friendship'

and I just love them.

Like this one below.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 A pinch of happiness

1 handful of kindness

2 spoonfuls of gentleness

1 litre of sharing

a teaspoonful of helpfulness

 3 heaped tablespoons of laughter

 50g of smiles

 a sprinkling of cheerfulness

100g of love

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can find more recipes here, here and here...... 

Also recipes of the fabric kind here,

Recipes of the food kind here,

and the sweet yummy food kind here.

 Which brings me to why I love Recipes for Friendship.

 I have been collecting fabric by Mary Englebrit 

 and her range 'Recipe for Friendship' is a favorite.

 I received from the Lovely Khris

 a charm pack for Christmas and added 

with my other stash fabrics...they look good.

Look what I happened to pick up the other day

 when I was net shopping,

some gorgeous fabrics to match from 

 Vicki's new shop...... 'The Pickledish Patch'

They are so gorgeous and bright with 

lots of design ideas popping in my head for them.

 I can't wait to use them real soon...

 If your wanting some drop past HERE 

and be quick before I but it all...LOL

 So watch this space.... another project 

coming in my head for me to make!

Happy Stitching

 Friendship Hugs 

Dawn x x x

GT BOM Blocks!

As you may have read 

I have decided to hang up my boots 

on Among The Gum Trees.

 I am no longer living & designing in two houses..... 

It was great fun but life 

sometimes takes another turn in a 

different direction....

 Same Dawn, Same address here 

just not visiting somewhere else anymore...

 Made great friends but need to concentrate on 

 this blog some again.... 

Maybe my word for the year is working LOL...

 I thought I'd share my blocks from the GT BOM still.

 So you can still stitch them if you want too.

 Here is Fee's version of my first block - Snowflakes!

and looks just adorable..well done Fee

 You can download the block HERE for the 'Snowflakes'

and HERE for block 2 - 'I love the garden.'

 I hope you like them and enjoy stitching them.
 Visit the other  GT girls for their blocks too.

Sweet Cinnamon-y Hugs 

Dawn x x x

Our first Quilt !

Mummy (that's me) is so proud of her two little Daughter's

enthusiasm for sewing... they just love it

...all the time they ask to do some.

 As babies they loved to sit on my knee and 'help' me sew

After buying them a shared sewing machine for last Christmas,

 it was all hands on deck to sew, everytime Mummy did..LOL

 We set about to make them their first quilt back in January.

 

First we picked the fabric and then we 

measured the bed it was for...LOL

 It had to be for 'dolly',

and Mummy had just the perfect fabric....

A few mini charm packs from the Moda Sampler box.

 we sewed and sewed and added some borders.

 Then Mummy quilted it for them....

 and found the nicest fabric...a stripey one to bind it in...

There we are a'Our First Quilts'

 All finished and keeping our babies warm.

Now to make the real baby a quilt....

 just a little more stitching to do....

 Happy Stitching!

 Sweet Cinnamon-y Hugs 

Dawn x x x

Easter Treat Bags!

I've been productive this last week

making Easter Treat Bags for my girls.

 They so love waking on Easter Sunday to search around

the garden to find their Easter Eggs.

 So this year I decided to make them a 

cute little bag to carry around.

 It was so simple to make and stitch, only took one night.

Do you have a little person to make one for?

 I thought I'd share it with you too,

so you can have fun looking

for Easter Treats together in the garden

or wherever you search for them.

 Download the pattern HERE.

 Happy Stitching

 Hugs and Blessings 

Dawn x x x x

 

Out of the Box No4

I can't beleive the month of March has flown by

 and its the first day of a new month, April already...
 Lots of happenings this last month in our house.
 New baby was born and lots of stitching achieved.
 I have progressed on my Gardeners Journal quilt
 which was this months UFO for me to do.
 Two more block finished  and I am pleased as!

 Out of the Box has been such

a fun BOM to make and stitch, how is yours coming along???
 We are up to block 4, almost half way there.
 Have you been using up those special buttons or lace
in your sewing box.
Now remember you can with this BOM
 I have been using them and stitching them into my blocks.
  I so love little houses and so this months

block has a little house for you to stitch
and I also added some lace daisy's
 You can too if you have some.
 If not use some little daisy stitching to replace the lace.

 You can download block 4 HERE
 and don't forget to visit Vicki
as well for her block 4 too.
(If you have any trouble with downloading
 make sure your Adobe Reader is up to date,
 and you may also want to try using Internet Explorer
 if you are trying to download with Mozilla.)

 Happy Stitching

 Sweet Cinnamon-y Hugs

 Dawn x x x x