Saturday 12 May 2012

Red and White Delights

Way back in February I had a birthday and received some lovely gifts from my Material Girls friends.
There are 6 of us in the group and when one of us has a birthday the others make them a gift. To make it a little easier to decide what to make we choose a theme ... mine was red and white.

Annie made me this gorgeous journal ...

  
with a very 'sweet' Cinderberry Stitches stitchery on the front.


 Christine M made this lovely pot holder ...
 
   
with a lovely Bronwyn Hayes design on the front.


 Christine does the most amazing button hole stitching (and she is really quick, too). Check out those beautiful satin stitch lips  ... adorable. There is no way a pot is going to be touching this beautiful piece ... it is strictly for display.
 

 Rosemary made me a lovely 'basket' for presenting rolls or muffins.
 

 This is the back. What lovely fabrics.


 Vicki made me a phone/ipod pouch from Janelle Wind's book. Gorgeous.

 
 And Lyndy made me a pouch from my favourite Etchings print.

Inside it has little pockets to keep embroidery floss and a needle holder. 
 

 Thank you, girls. I love all my beautiful red and white gifts.
 

The weather is appalling here today. I have tidied the sewing room and done a little bit of work on my Doc Schnibble ... mainly pressing and trimming squares. Hopefully tomorrow I can start sewing them together.
 

21 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh, they are all so adorable!

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  2. The girls really rose to the occasion with your red & white theme. The gifts are gorgeous.

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  3. Beautiful gifts Christine. The red and white fabrics are so perfect together.

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  4. Oh my you were spoilt....lovely gifts.I too love red and white together :) Barb.

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  5. What a beautiful gifts they gave you.....

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  6. I have a Flossie made by Lyndy too. They are all beautiful presents, Christine.

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  7. Wow ,,,, someone was spoilt.... just beautiful and I just love the pot holder

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  8. I forgot how pretty they all were Christine....xoxoxo

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  9. They are all so lovely,you are a lucky girl.Hope you hada great birthday.xx

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  10. I like the idea of a theme for the gifts. Red and white was a good choice. Your friends came up with creative gifts keeping that in mind.

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  11. Beautiful! I like the idea of selecting a theme.

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  12. Beautiful gifts!! Have a nice weekwnd!

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  13. I'm just speechless.... so many beautiful gifts !!
    Florence

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  14. What gorgeous gifts Christine! Lucky you :+)

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  15. the gifts are so beautiful. i love them.
    greetings from the Netherlands, Patricia

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  16. I'm a lover of all things red and white! What exquisite gifts....your friends must hold you very dear.

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  17. WOW! Fantastic Gifts... Love the red and white fabrics that were used :)

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  18. I LOVE the way Christine M has stitched those Gorgeous Lips on the Plum Pudding girl! Very good Christine- it's not an easy thing to do!
    And all those beautiful red projects!
    Love red!
    You're so lucky to get such great gifts!
    Bronwyn ...

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  19. what beautiful gifts you received Christine.xx

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

Christine