Annabella Moonthreads

Season of summer almost coming to a close...

Hi there....I really have no idea as to where to begin....as the gap has been huge since I last attended to the blog.

Several full moons have come and gone with not a lot to show as my partner Kate has been out of action for a long time unable to work with needle & thread. My little creations have been hiding in my book waiting for Kate to unleash them but unfortunately it is not to be as yet.

I am attaching a recent project that appeared in the latest Country Threads 'Applique'.  It is a very cute little satchel that Kate made up several months ago using one of my designs.  We were both so happy to see that it made it to the cover of the magazine.   Thank you to the girls at Country Threads....x 

Here is the magazine cover.... and a closer look at the satchel.
 

On a more sombre note, we throughout Australia have been numbed and stung by the recent unravelling of Mother Nature's wrath....a side that we do not witness too often ...thanks to our lucky stars....

I am humbled by the wave of 'people love' that is winding its way throughout this great nation....I am sure so much of the love is touching, healing and calming those that need to be consoled, cuddled, listened to and helped in many many ways yet to be seen.  I find myself often closing my eyes and feeling a build up of love and energy and then I imagine it to radiate out and drift down and around in hope that those suffering might feel something...might even feel a kiss on the cheek or a hug or just a warm loving breeze around them.....

Goodnight and blessings..Jo

And the winners are ...

We promised we would post the names of the lucky winners of the iron-on transfer for our  design You're My World that made it onto the cover of Country Threads, and here they are.  We promised we would give out 5 transfers, but after reading the wonderful comments by everyone, it became increasingly difficult to know that people would miss out, soooo... we decided that everyone is a winner.  Yaaaay!  What a good feeling!
So if Cath, Sharon-NZ, Kirsty, Alison, Selena, Julianne, Jenny F, Sharon, Sally, Lissa, Margaret and Caroline would like to email me with your postal address, we will very happily send you your transfers for this fabulous design.  The email link is at the very top of the left hand column.

A request:  we would really really love to see your stitchery and/or cushion when you have completed it, so please send us photos of your work.  We may even create a section on our blog to show off our designs stitched by you, our readers.  Would you like to see that? 

Congratulation all!

Kate

We're on the Cover!

Our first magazine project is finally out - and we are on the cover!  How very exciting.  That's our cushion - the long one on the right at the bottom of the picture!

I'll show you a close up of it from inside the magazine.

We named it "You're My World" as it was designed with Mother's Day in mind.  The colours aren't a terrific reproduction, they're a bit harsh, but we love it and hope you do too. 

The magazine is already in the hands of subscribers and should be in the newsagents next week.  Please write and let us know what you think of this, our first published pattern.

OOPS, an OMISSION and a FREEBIE:

The magazine has also published a profile of us, so now you get to see what we look like and a bit about our background, accompanied by photos of other things we have made either individually or collaboratively.  Somehow they have included a ring-in of somebody else's item (a pink and white tote bag) with our goodies.  Whilst this is a nice bag, it is not ours.....oops!

The stitchery design in the centre of the cushion has quite a lot of stitching and some small design elements, and there was another smaller version of the design omitting the trees and the ladder which was not included.  The design for the cushion stitchery is included on the pattern page of the magazine but we offered it and the smaller design as an iron-on transfer for $2.50 each (postage within Australia inclusive), and also offered 5 iron-on transfers as a giveaway.  Somehow or other, this information was omitted, so we are now making both these offers to you. 

So ... if you would like a free iron-on transfer of this beautiful pattern, please leave us a comment with this post.  In just over a week's time (which allows for people who are not subscribers and need to buy the magazine from their newsagents) we will draw the names of 5 people who will win a transfer of the large design.

If you miss out on winning, the transfers are available from us for $2.50 (AUD) each or $4.00 for both.  You can pay via PayPal (ID kateh3@bigpond.com.au) or as a direct deposit.  If you prefer to direct deposit, please email us for details.

take care,
Kate (still with a big grin on my face)

A Peek at Another Magazine Project

I thought I should continue on from what I'd learned the other day with some more photos, so.....here is a sneak peek of our second project for Country Threads Vol 8 No 7, due out in early June.

I played with the photos in Photoshop first - I love that program, but wow, what a time-waster it can be sometimes.

All I can tell you is that it is a stitchery project.  See if you can guess what we have made from these photos.

These are Jo's designs and my stitching and sewing.  We make a good team - I love what she draws, and she loves how I stitch them - what more could you ask for?

I know this is not a lot to go by, but I really can't show any more than this.  You'll just have to wait, sorry.

Write and tell us what you think we've made, and we'll tell you whether your guess is cold or warm.

Well, this was much easier to do today - funny how it's easy when you know how, hey?

take care,
Kate

Magazine Project

We can't show you what our projects are for the magazine, so you will have to be happy with these little snippets.  I just love this design - Jo excelled herself here.  This one will be in Country Threads to be released on 11 April along with a profile of us.  We're very excited  and can't wait for our very first published project.  Of course we'll remind you when it is due out.

Now I have my fingers crossed that I can upload these photos - I've tried a couple of times before today, but just can't seem to get it to happen for me.

OK, so far so good, but this is taking some time here.

Ooh!  got another one in - I hope it stays there when I hit the "publish" button.

Oops - lost one!  I don't know how, but I'll try again, then think I'd better try to publish before I spend all morning here uploading photos then looking for them again.

OK, after a few tries, I have it up here again.  I promise I'll get better at this ... and faster.
Now I just have to show Jo how she can do this too - are you ready Jo?

Take care,
Kate