anlabyhouse

After I began this blog on Blogger I started another blog on Wordpress, however I have returned to my original one after a gap of three year...

These photos show close-ups of the quilt part and the pillow part separately.

I had planned to make four quillows for Christmas, one each for my two eldest grandchildren and one each for their step-brother and sister. ...

When we got back from our UK holiday the first thing I noticed was that everywhere I looked were UFOs......so before I start any new project...

I feel so sad to say goodbye to Pugsley tonight but he was over fifteen years old, had heart problems and lately, fluid on the lungs which m...

I arrived home from work today to find a yummy looking big parcel on the kitchen bench. I bought a lot of mixed fibres on eBay from Teresa ...

This photo is a close-up of the broderie anglaise embroidery on the bodice. It is a creamy colour and not stained yellow as in the photo, I...

Today was one of those quiet Sundays when everbody was busy doing their own thing around the place. Eddie spent most of the morning taping ...

I have FINALLY finished my thirteenth block - the one for myself. I have used all the colours that were in all of the other blocks, pink, g...

I have been promising my grand-daughter Taylia that I would teach her to sew on my sewing machine and we decided that if she had a sleep-ove...

This is the outer shell of the library bag before the lining went inside and before the strap handles were sewn. At this point it was a ver...

This was the tricky part, sewing the handles in long, straight lines then sewing across the bottom of each strip. At this point I decided t...

Success! Taylia is so proud of her finished Library Bag. The only sewing that I did was the line around the top of the actual bag to (a) c...

I had the most wonderful morning shopping in our local Good Samaritans Op-Shop today. I scanned the best bits because I can't believe th...

    I have finally finished the last two Easter Gathering blocks. The pastel Apricotty one is for Andrea and the blue and yellow one is for...

Okay, here's the photo that did it!!! Sandie took it while I was waiting for permission to dive into the pile of Chicken Scratch fabr...

This is the third time I have tried to publish these two blocks which belong to Norma (top) and Brenda (bottom) who both live in the US. N...

This is the little bit of variegated green tatting which I did on the plane coming home from the Easter Gathering. I chose a plastic shuttl...

These two photos show Catherine concentrating while I was teaching her to Shuttle-tat. She managed to pick it up quickly and it wasn't ...