Trading at CURVES Girls' Night In

I will be one of the traders at this fun event. Come along and join in. Let me know where you saw this notice for an extra 'gift with purchase'.

ONE MORE SLEEP AND "GIRLS NIGHT IN"

IS HERE......

6.30 P.M. COME ALONG AND LEARN LINE DANCING

AND CHECK OUT THE STALLS

(Last workout is 5.30 p.m.)

BYO - Plate/wine

WINE & NIBBLES....Proceeds to NZ Breast Cancer

Look forward seeing you all....

CURVES BREAST CANCER

MONTH

Exhibition Notice

The Auckland Quiltmakers

present

  Small Works VI

An exhibition of small multi-media and textile works

The Depot Artspace - Outerspace Gallery, 28 Clarence Street, Devonport

Saturday 24 September to Wednesday 5 October 2011

Opening 3pm Saturday 24 September

Gallery hours: Mon 12noon-5pm, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am - 4pm

See you there!

Mine is a very small (miniature) green and black piece titled 'The Lost 9 Patch' and was made after an inspiring retreat where many of us felt moved to make the dissappearing 9 patch into a quilt.

I always did enjoy making miniatures!


Here is a larger version of the same quilt.

 

If you can't make it to the opening, I hope you can make it at another time. I will be at the gallery on Sunday 2nd October from 12 noon to 2 pm if you would like to stop by.


Happy crafting

Helen.

A Change is in the Air

It has been a while (again) since I posted here. It is nearly Daylight saving time (next weekend, actually) so summer will be here just as soon as this spring weather wears itself out.

So while I wait for summer, I am preparing for Spring Sales and Christmas Sales. Jewellery is going well and I am now selling my creations at Craft World at Westgate Mall as well as Matakana Country Park Craft Co-op.

Some of my latest pieces include these 2 gorgeous pearl necklaces, one big and bold and the other more of a classic, but both of them using a mix of coloured pearls, either shell pearls or Swarovski Crystal pearls.

'Chics Mix - classic' are 8mm pearls and 'Chics Mix' are 14mm pearls. You will find them on my website  along with other pieces of jewellery made to delight.

More than Jewellery

But now there is more to life than jewellery. I love playing with the colour and design and I will continue to do so, but I have a new 'best friend'.

'Nellie' has joined our family and lives in my studio. I have to say she takes up most of the space there, being 12 feet long. Nellie is a longarm quilting machine and I am open for business, to quilt your quilt tops. You may see me around as HelHO Quilting service.

An Invitation

Nellie and I invite you to join us at an open home on the 1st October at 2.00 pm.

For further details, go to my website and contact me

We would love to see you, and bring along your quilt tops too.

There will be more about the Quilting Service shortly.

Now I am off to bind one of the quilts I have finished.

Ciao

Helen.

Wedding jewellery - custom made

I have been working on Custom Jewellery for a wedding. The Bride, of course, and 3 bridesmaids. It will be a summer wedding and these pieces have an ethereal look. It has been fun to create for someone else's dream. This lovely lady wanted something a little different from the traditional crystals or pearls.

If you would like some custom made jewellery, for a wedding, special birthday, ball or to match a special outfit, please contact me through my website or leave a post on my blog.

See you again soon.

Helen.

It's the shortest day - or it was when I tried to post this!

Summer's on it's way. And the Rugby World Cup. So I am turning my creative energies to some NZ iconic items for you and your friends to remember the occassion, and this great country we live in.

I hope you enjoy these and others as I make them and move them to my website.

With all these beautiful crisp cool mornings, I just had to take some photos of those spectacular sunrises. They are such tremendous shows of colour - they make my heart sing.

Looking over Stanmore Bay.

Have a great week.

Flower Power wall art Bustier

I have added this bustier to my website.

Helen H Originals website

I hope you like it. I loved making it. The red silk was great to work with and including the patchwork and the mixed media (organza and bead) flowers, it turned into a really fun project.

More items to follow as I update the website over the next few days.

Have a good day.

Bags, Bags, Bags

I'm a quilter. I hate waste and try to recycle when I can. So when I had some yardage of calico that I had used to practice my machine quilting, I wanted to find a way to use it.

Eco Bags!

These are great bags, quilted to protect your goodies, whether it is your crafty stuff for your next Girl's weekend or the refridgerated items from the supermarket.

Sizes are Super large to small. In this photo the Super Large and the Medium size.

And here is the Large and the small bag. Love the small bag with the outside pocket.

I will have these with me at the Auckland Quiltmakers show this weekend (see previous post) or you can buy them from my website and I can send to you.

Don't forget: introduce yourself at the show and say you have seen me on the internet, and you will recieve a free gift with purchase.

Thanks for visiting my blog. See you here again soon, or on my facebook page.

Auckland Quiltmaker's Annual Show and quilt Sale.

I have neglected my Blog and my Bloggers for nearly a whole term. So now I am about to make up for it. Starting with an invitation to our quilt show:

The Auckland Quiltmakers' Quilt Show & Market

Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 May 2011

10am - 5pm

Parnell Community Centre, Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Rd, Parnell, Auckland

Entry $5, children under 12 free

This year our guest exhibitor is Rosemary Rush, our own award-winning member. This is a great opportunity to see many pieces of Rosemary's exquisite work all together in one place.

As well we have our usual 'once-exhibited, second-time-around' sales table, and our loyal merchants,not to mention our own wonderful exhibition of quilts - something for everyone!

See you there!

Feel free to share this link with anyone who might be interested, or print and give to your friends.

So what have I been doing that has kept me away from my blog for such a long time? Well, over the past 3 weeks I have been concentrating on machine quilting 2 quilts, and finishing the hand quilting on a third quilt, all for the exhibition. Now they are all bound, labeled and have hanging sleeves on them ready for you to come and admire on the 7th May.
 
I have been doing more that just quilting. Watch out for my next Blog to see what else is afoot.
 
See you at the show, and if you introduce yourself as having seen me on the Internet (ie, my Blog, Facebook or Twitter), there will be a 'FREE GIFT with PURCHASE'.