Tuesday 6 November 2012

Cook, Eat Grow

I am lucky to belong to a lovely online group of stitching friends. Each time one of us has a birthday someone in the group makes them a special handmade gift. This year the theme was 'Cook, Eat and Grow' and it was my turn to make for Dawnie.

For COOK I made a pair of potholders from the book, Zakka Style. Dawnie loves Japanese fabrics and although they are very different to what I usually work with I did enjoy making these.


For EAT I included a magnetic 'eat' sign and some Tasmanian fudge produced about 25 minutes from where I live ... yum.


For GROW I made a drawstring bag based on Sherri's tutorial ...


and incorporated a Lynette Anderson garden stitchery called Secret Garden.


At the moment, I am enjoying mixing patchwork fabrics with linen ...


and will share some more examples soon.
 
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16 comments:

  1. gilly6 November 2012 at 18:28

    Lucky Dawnie - these are all gorgeous! What a lovely idea. Xx

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  2. Susan6 November 2012 at 18:56

    What a lovely gift! And I love that its based on a theme!

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  3. Susan6 November 2012 at 19:01

    Beautiful, thoughtful gifts. I'm sure Dawnie will love them.

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  4. Annie6 November 2012 at 21:42

    Mmmmm, lovely goodies!!!

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  5. Anonymous6 November 2012 at 22:27

    love this parcel that you have put together Christine,such beautiful items,well done.xx

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  6. Lynette7 November 2012 at 00:49

    I love the effect with linen. This is a fabulous set :)

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  7. Darlene7 November 2012 at 01:12

    What a delightful set of gifts. Very sweet, indeed.

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  8. Solstitches7 November 2012 at 03:19

    What a beautiful package of gifts you put together for Dawnie.
    I love the bag with the stitchery. It looks wonderful in those fabrics. Love linen.
    Margaret

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  9. Gra7 November 2012 at 08:17

    Beautiful gifts!

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  10. Sheryl7 November 2012 at 08:28

    How lucky is Dawnie, receiving such lovely gifts, love the bag with the linen, all gorgeous...

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  11. Michelle Ridgway7 November 2012 at 09:59

    Beautiful gifts and lovely stitching. I have had that chocolate on a vist to Tassie...Yum.

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  12. Lynda7 November 2012 at 10:06

    So beautiful Christine - Dawnie is very lucky.

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  13. Anonymous7 November 2012 at 19:16

    Oh Christine I LOVED everything you made Dawnie. The fabrics were all gorgeous and so were the items you made. Well done :)

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  14. FloS11 November 2012 at 08:02

    Wonderful gifts !! They are all gorgeous !!
    Florence

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  15. Anita15 November 2012 at 12:20

    Beautiful gifts!! I love linen projects too.

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  16. Tatkis23 November 2012 at 00:37

    Wonderful potholders, and the bag is fantastic, so lovely!

    Hugs,
    Tatyana

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Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your thoughts.

Christine

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