May!!!!!!

 

May!!!!!!

 Yes it's May and the middle of the month. My wifi has been down so my
 computer has had no internet, the printer wouldn't work and I had to bite the
 bullet and call the tech guy in Wollongong, who is a bit arrogant which is why
 I put it off for so long, anywho after him fiddling with the system we're back!

A lot has happened since the last blog post, I went to Scrub Stitching, that
 was a great weekend and I met so many lovely people and got so much 
sewing and quilting done. The Magpie bag was my gift in the make it, bake it,
 fake it draw. Then the printed bag with all our names on it. Oh and the goody
 bag! I made a project bag from a Kmart tea towel with koalas on it, I was 
finishing it the day before leaving home and I realised I had the koalas upside
 down so I ripped off the binding and re did it, I was hoping that one of the 
overseas visitors would get it and Deana did, so I was happy.

Above is the group photo and also the chookshed stitchers. I got the quilting 

finished on Grant's quilt, it just needs the sashing and binding done. I 

assembled my Moda Love quilt as well.

Then a few days after I got back we got a kitten! this is Livvy, Dave didn't 

want a cat but he has taken responsibility for feeding her, hence the lamb

 shank in her bowl.

Then I put two quilts in the Gunnedah Show and got Firsts for both I was

 pleased and surprised. I got my Churn Dash quilt quilted by Jackson of House

 of Jackson, Chooky picked it up and dropped it off for me I just need to bind

 it. I had better get off to work so I can pay for more quilting.

It's been busy here

 Howdy, It's been a while, in my defense it's been busy here and there's been a few minor traumas. 

I had a tooth pulled, face flared up and was very swollen after 35 minutes of the dentist trying to find the broken root, then an infection so not much fun. 

We went to the Dip and got our wood hopefully we have enough for winter.

Kate and I went to Dubbo for Craftalive it was a great day.

I have read a few good books as well.

I got a puncture on my way to Coolah sewing group, a very nice man stopped and helped, inmy defense I could have changed the tyre myself but he noticed I was wearing white and thought I wouldn't want to lie down in the red dirt. subsequently my car ended up with a wrecked shock absorber cover so I was off the road a bit.

Then we went to Wollongong for a friends memorial service, it was sad but nice to catch up with people that we haven't seen for years.

The local football club had a fun day with pig races as a fundraiser, it was a great day.

Recently I had a bit of an accident/incident where a 30 kilo aluminium plant stand was pushed into my foot and it popped my big toe nail off so I was out of action for a week until I could put a shoe on.

Friends stayed and painted our garage ans the eaves around the house.

The garden is going great the little flower bed at the back door has Marigolds popping up everywhere.

Brad and Sophie came up for the Easter weekend. 

It has been a bit hectic.

I have been doing a bit of sewing as well but that can wait for another post after Scrub Stitchin....

Sew it Show it- Shades of Blue

 

The Challenge: This one is Shades of Blue. Easy, peasy.  Add shades of blue to your project. Show us your winter blues. It can be any stitched project, just make sure there is a shade of blue somewhere.

I love blue, so I decided to join Carla from Creatin' in the Sticks even though it is mid summer here so no winter blues. 

I made this quilt as a donation quilt for a woman here in town whose daughter suicided a few years ago, I don't know the woman but she works at the local Woolworths supermarket and she is always pleasant and friendly. She runs a raffle every year for Beyond Blue which is a suicide prevention organisation , so I asked her if she would like a quilt for her raffle, she said yes so this is it. 

The quilt is called Warm Hugs and is a Meadow Mist Design quilt pattern by Cheryl Brickey. I am quiltinig on my domestic machine a very simple straight line design.

Go and check out the other bloggers listed for today

Mrs P Designs USA

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Words and Stitches

Just Sew Quilter

Thank you for stopping by.

January 2023

Well Hello 2023 I feel like this month snuck up on me and knocked me over. IThis post has a lot of pictures.

We ended the year with a quick trip to Wollongong, Anorina from sameliasmum.com and I caught up for a shopping spree and lunch, it was great to see her again, watch out if you do see her she is an influencer of fabric buying. I bought some lovely clothes and a lot of fabric.

Son no.3 and his partner came up to our place for Christmas day and stayed for almost a week it was great to see them, then my niece and her little family came for a couple of days. We took the boat out to Lake Keepit with a new skitube, the little girls wouldn't go on it after seeing Brad being dumped from it, there was too much air in the tube and he couldn't stay on.

It was a bit overcast but a beautiful day.

A gorgeous Lily popped up in the garden, it wasn't there last year. My cute pink tree makes me smile.

My neighbours night flowering cactus was amazing.

Sophie and Brad have there first quilt, I started this over 15 years ago it was the second quilt that I machine stitched, I lost some of the pieces for the borders so it went into the cupboard for a long holiday.

This is a project bag that I made for a friend I amazed myself with the quilting it turned out so good. This is the first book fininsh of the year it was a great story set in Queensland but a lot of the places mentioned were around here too.

That's it.

December Already?

 OH MY how is it December already? It's obviously a sign of old age that the year has slipped by so fast.

What have I done this last month..... I read a few books, and I enjoyed the first two , Where the Truth Lies was a bit disappointing for me the main character was a feel sorry for me I drink too much character.

I finished a UFO from a few years ago My Ugly Fabric Tumbler quilt, it measures 84" x 72" which is the biggest quilt that I have done so far, I didn't get a photo of the pieced back it is in keeping with the ugly fabric theme. I do love it though.

Last weekend I went off to Coolah and joined the lovelies from Coolah Country PAtchwork for their Mystery Jelly Roll Quilt. The jelly roll that I picked was Sanctuary by 3 Sisters, it is very pretty. The first step was the cutting, then marking the 320 2 1/2 inch squares on the diagonal. I was cursing Catherine thinkiing all sorts of horrible things. I started sewing just before lunch. They always put on a beautiful spread for lunch and morning tea and that day was no exception. I have been pressing and trimming my blocks for what seams like hours but still don't have them all ready for the next step.

We had a friend come and stay a couple of weeks ago she was so surprised how nice the town and outlying area was all the media has been about floods and how ravaged the countryside is so it was nice to show her how nice the place is.

Pickles season is here I have pickled a few jars of beetroot and Cucumbers so far, we have fresh beans blanched and frozen it's all about to start. The tomatoes are looking great so far, if we can keep the birds away we will get a lot of sauce made.

The garden is looking great everything is thriving.

My good friend Anorina from @sameliasmum has started her monthly stocktake again so here goes. If you'd like to do your own monthly stocktake, here are the prompts which I used. Happy stocktaking!

Making: My mystery Jelly Roll Quilt, finishing a few bindings on quilts, sewing blocks for my Brontes Stars quilt

Cooking:A christmas cake, Pickles , pickles , pickles, 2 loaves of bread each week

Reading: Exiles by Jane Harper

Hearing: The Willy Wagtail that doesn't sleep in the trees outside our bedroom window

Wishing: Someone would put the Christmas lights up for me

Enjoying: The warmer weather, it's not too hot yet.

Eating: Nothing fancy

Buying: I bought a few things in the Black Friday sales my no fabric veto has gone I got 9 metres of fabric from Spotlight for $52.

Watching: The Jacaranda trees in full flower they are beautiful. I'm also watching The great British sewing bee.

Needing: To get off my butt and do something.

Wearing: my summer unisorm is denim shorts and a t shirt

Following: A few blogs, @jessicadayon on insta 

Sorting: my sewing room still I have a mountain of scrapbooking stuff to use and pack away or pass on

Saving: I don't know certainly not money

Feeling: Very grateful to be living where we are no rush no worries but I'm also looking forward to going to see everyone in Wollongong near Christmas