tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9973856208662081052024-03-14T04:15:20.005+11:00hootandganderMaxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552612676096375710noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-997385620866208105.post-42248834143949853722013-06-30T09:02:00.001+10:002013-06-30T09:02:29.971+10:00Follow my blog with BloglovinMaxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552612676096375710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-997385620866208105.post-25818668029175783252013-04-14T21:23:00.001+10:002013-04-15T06:58:34.042+10:00Good Ol' Nan.......86 years old<div style="text-align: center;">
Yep, that's what my girl always say when Nan gets herself into a predicament. Good Ol' Nan. School holidays very rarely go by without Nan doing something interesting and just when we thought not this time, well lets just say nan did not let us down. We were all at Highpoint shopping centre, at least 35 minutes from home, when I missed a call from Nan, we tried to call her back several times but got the engaged signal. Nan has not hung the phone up properly again, so we keep trying over the next half an hour, eventually Nan calls back. I' ve had a bit of an accident in the garden, " I've stuffed my hand I think". Okay I am on my way but I will be about 35 minutes is that ok, yep was the answer. Now DD14 was in movies at a birthday party and luckily DD22 and I had just had lunch with her girlfriend who then drove me home so that DD22 could wait for her sister. I arrive at my mother's and followed the trail of blood, only to find her sitting at the table with a blood soaked towel around her foot. When I said " I thought you hurt your hand" Nan replied " well first I put the garden fork through my foot then I fell over getting out of the garden bed, bugger it". All I could do was laugh, as I checked to make sure the bleeding had stopped and looked at her wrist, it was fractured. She said " what now" well we are off to hospital because your wrist is fractured, "are you sure". I think after 30 years nursing I know what a fractured wrist looks like. Her hand was at a very strange angle and swelling before my eyes and as she was complaining that she could not hold her pen to do a puzzle while waiting for me, it's a bit sore. So I go round up all the things I need to take with her , but then she is gone, as I look around I see her through the window standing at the car door. She even had put her shoe back on. I just shook my head and laughed, tough old buzzard this one. Anyway got to the hospital walked in on the foot she had stabbed, still waving her hand around as she answered questions, the nurses and Doctors were just shaking their heads saying this generation is tough. Eventually we convinced her that she needed some pain relief before X-rays and plastering along with Tetanus shot and wound cleaning. But then came the best part we went to the plaster room and I said to the Doctor can I just see if my DD22 has arrived as she is a student nurse and would like to see the plastering. Dr said " sure if she likes she can do it I'll teach her". Thankfully DD's had arrived and there was a great squeal of delight about palstering her Nan's wrist. So the lesson began, alignment of wrist acheived then plaster applied and plaster observations explained. Result very happy Grand mother and Grand daughter. Who knew that Nan's unlucky break would result in a lucky break for DD22.</div>
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Well here I am at last, have been a bit busy running around with DD14.</div>
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What did I get up to?....... Well last month DD22 was admiring a double hour glass 12 " block I was making for my swap buddy ( except she calls it a cotton reel) when she asked " can I have a quilt made with those". DD22 does not have many quilts because nothing seems to be modern enough for her. So I pounced on this and said well there is a jelly roll that has been begging to be made, have a look see if it is suitable. Surprise, surprise yep that's good. So before she changes her mind last night I stitched strips together and even got some of the blocks done. Today DD22 is wanting to know if her quilt is finished yet, no pressure, think I'll take my time make her keener.</div>
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Well I have had a strange March, not really achieving much but here are my finishes.</div>
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Morning, well it was my first Friday Night Sew In and I was so ready for this, desperately needed some soul stitching. Girls were forewarned, croissants with ham. cheese and tomato for dinner or help your yourself. Out to the craftroom I go, cranked up my new CD- Into The Bloodstream by Archie Roach, Archie is an indigenous singer songwriter and he to is one of the Stolen Generation. This new album really speaks to me, it is soothing and uplifting, or maybe that's where I am in my journey of healing. I am not a religious person but the gospel sounds are lovely.</div>
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I started to piece together DD14 Grandpa's Little Treasures quilt top by Teddlywinks. </div>
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I had one block to piece, but the peepers were weary, and both me and one of our four legged girls were covered in loving. ( my girls refer to the endless threads that drift around our house as pieces of loving ) So into bed I fell. First thing this morning out to the top I went and attached that last block, yes cheating seen it is now Saturday, but you know somewhere in the world it still is Friday.</div>
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When the top was revealed DD22 BF asked if he could have this quilt ( as he does every time one comes off the machine ) he was very quickly told " get in line buddy, the next ones mine" by DD22. His face falls, I have never know a boy so desperate for a quilt of his own.</div>
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Shhh...... just between you and me a quilt for him is now in the planning. I will have to design it first as he is a real country boy and deserves a country boys quilt with at least his beloved ute on it.</div>
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Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552612676096375710noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-997385620866208105.post-46190483513439772152013-03-10T21:09:00.000+11:002013-03-10T21:09:10.576+11:00Soooo.... over this heat, just like everyone elseYep, the heat makes us cranky sometimes because it makes our life just a bit more challenging due to our health issues, but oh well we're happy to be here and most days can get out of bed. Well my DD22 is struggling with that, but this to will pass. Yesterday we decided that we would go to the movies in a desperate bid to keep cool, DD14 chose movie, so off we went to see Silver Linings Playbook with our free movie tickets. It was great, highly recommend it, thought provoking and laughed alot out loud as usual.<br />
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I have also started work on Sylvia's wedding sampler from Elm Creek Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini. I have all of the novels so far, love them and thought it was about time I made some of the quilts. I am making a scrappy version from my stash. I think I have made about 15 out of 140 blocks. No hurry just an in between project, here are some.<br />
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Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552612676096375710noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-997385620866208105.post-58288393968505501652013-02-28T14:10:00.001+11:002013-02-28T14:10:01.536+11:00Has anybody seen February? It's gone.....<div style="text-align: center;">
Oh my I do not know where February went, I will just have to start over again. It had taken me a while to get into our craftroom this month mainly due to DD22. When DD22 gets in the creative mood and works in there it becomes a snow dome even though she finished her creation the room is not the same, will need to address that. DD22 was creating a wedding canvas as a gift for her friends, can not show finished item yet as it has not been given. I think it is beginning its journey to Adelaide via Warnambool this weekend, stay tuned.</div>
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On Valentines Day DD22 got a bunch of lovely coloured tulips ( her favourites ) from BF, they got even more beautiful as they opened. We also decided to have chicken schnitzels for tea so off to our local butcher who cut chicken breasts into schnitzels for me. How lovely heart shaped schnitzels for Valentines Day. YEAH!!!</div>
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Well it seems that frugal is a hot topic at the moment, maybe due to the economic state of the universe, every second person seems to be thinking about it or acting upon it. Simple is another word that seems to go hand in hand with frugal. Whilst chatting to our coordinator at our neighbourhood house this week simplifying life was her mission for 2013. This chat made me think of how I had slowed down my production/ work on my creative projects and had become more engaged with it, in the thoughts behind my work, but especially the rhythm. I am enjoying and savouring the rhythm of stitching whether by hand or machine or using sewing needle or knitting needles. I feel this has come about purely as a result of not purchasing one project after another, not acting on whim and having to really think and plan what I am doing to maintain my goal of being frugal. So already I have discovered a very big plus from being frugal and simplifying my craft life. Along my journey another word keeps popping in to my minds space and that is nurture, so nurturing is being added to the mix. Nurturing myself, my family and my home, stay tuned on that front. I feel that being absorbed in the rhythm of my stitching is already nurturing my soul, that has to be a great start.</div>
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Slowing things down and really looking at life must get added to the mix. I was at my craft group for the first time this year, we had been given the new program and everyone was watching me read it. When suddenly after someone made a comment I truely looked at it and the cover and there to my delight were some of the buttons I had made in clay class. Everybody laughed when I finally realised, talk about not seeing the forest for the trees.</div>
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Did you notice the new back drop in photo? Well for the past week DD14 and I have been crawling around her room laying these new floating floorboards, no easy feat I can tell you. It took us quite abit longer than the average Joe Blow as we have to adapt how to do things because of physical limitations but we got there in the end. We are very happy with our first attempt. DD14 is now moving back into her room, already it looks like a young teenager's room instead of the little girl's room that it was. </div>
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Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552612676096375710noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-997385620866208105.post-79336135962277317332013-01-13T21:29:00.004+11:002013-01-13T21:29:59.289+11:00Trying to get organised for 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
Well for the past week I spent a few days recovering from our holiday( as you do, or at least I do ) then for the others I have been busy totally up ending my craftroom, a total rearrange. this also leads to a rearrange in my bedroom as I also have a sewing space in there. I hope to have it finalised by the end of the week before the heat sets in, but as I have DD's birthday and DD14 also has a friends birthday party the day after I may be pushing it.</div>
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This year I have decided to really concentrate on developing my free motion quilting skills and to learn thread painting both of which will take lots and lots and lots of practice. So I have joined a few sites to hopefully help with this endeavour. I also want to start to explore creating art quilts, these intrigue me and I am drawn to the multi media aspect of them, I would love to hear from anyone who is starting a similar journey.</div>
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I am also tidying up and updating my blog and trying to learn new skills with it, I am still very basic here. Soon I will add WIP, UFO and KART lists and add new buttons of sites I have joined. But as with everything in my life this happens slowly and can often be interupted.</div>
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Well my year of being frugal is off to a great start. I had been hanging on to a $10 club points reward voucher from Lincraft for so long it was about to expire. I have also joined to do Leah Day's quilt along this year and needed about 1 meter front and back for the project, I had already bought black homespun for another as yet unstarted project and did not really want to take from that project. Whilst out shopping with DDs tonight I noticed Lincraft had a half price sale, so in I trotted to have a look. Well seen it is half price I'll buy the 2 metres and 1 more for good measure ( you like that oldie ) and I had better use that voucher. So the girl cut my homespun then put through the voucher and then told me it would cost me 47 cents then rounded to 45 cents. Yep that's right 3 meters of black homespun for 45 cents. Gotta be happy with that. When my girls found me I was doing my happy dance.</div>
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Hi everybody, I hope that each of you and your families had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Sorry that it has been a while since I last posted but I had some health issues to deal with...but anyway back on deck and now I have some glasses YEAH !!!!! can finally see again. Whilst I was having some down time I reflected on my crafting and decided that like everyone I needed to tighten my purse strings and find more frugal ways of doing things. When you multi craft and have daughters who also dabble the cost and supplies can get quite out of hand..... so we have a plan.</div>
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We decided to keep a tally of costs and to only purchase what we need rather than what we want, well we all know that is how it should be but..........</div>
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We have just come back from a weeks camping holiday at Lorne where we had a great time being with friends. We go with DD's BF's family and neighbours and it's lovely. Lots of time to rest, do hand work, squiding, lying on the beach and playing beach cricket, this years holiday was the best I have had in a long time ( and to think I didn't want to go because I was too tired). it was just what the doctor ordered.</div>
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I had decided this week that I needed to ground myself as I had been doing too much over last 2 weeks with hospital days and classes at Hidden Creek. So the plan was to rest and only go out for 2 afternoons that way I could do some work in the garden but the sudden heat put pay to that. I also think a quiet couple of weeks may be more appropriate. But this does not stop the planning I have decided that November is all about Christmas, gifts, decos and such. Some of these items will fully make it to the blog but others will have to be mystery shots as these will be gifts for my girls. I am not sure if secret Santa snooping will lead them to the blog, but just in case. Despite busy times recently I have still managed to squeeze in some sewing, so here are some pics of what's been going on.</div>
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<b>Today once again I was at Hidden Creek Neighbourhood House ( my home away from home) having a go at screen printing. Our instructors are brilliant and very, very, very patient. First we learn to cut our own stencils by hand, this can be a slow process depending on how fussy or creative you want to be. Last time I hand cut a tree and enjoyed it but this time I wanted to concentrate on the printing side as I had forgotten almost everything I learned before. So I chose a simple teapot da dahhhh....</b></div>
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<b>Now here are some of the prints I made today some are just on calico to practise ( I need alot of practise) and maybe these will find their way into pot holders I think, we are always looking for one. Others are on tea towels, I am very happy with the end results seen I am just a rookie.</b></div>
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<b>Well today's class I underglazed them, yes I know they are somewhat loud/ bright, this a learning curve so it will be interesting to see how they turn out. I was also thinking that when I get the quilt button sizes right maybe I could put them on my quilt cards and then the recipient could then take button off card and use it on a quilt. What do you think?</b></div>
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Today I attended my local Hidden Creek Community House to participate in a ceramic pendant making class. But of course I did not want to make a pendant I wanted to make oversized quilt buttons. This was soooo..... much fun it was hard to contain myself I was much quieter than normal due to the fact that my mind was a whirl of new possibilities. I had taken some of DD21 stamps ( don't tell her ) to try just to see if they could be use, yep sure can. Here are some of the buttons I made today this is only half, but I was so excited of the possibilties that I forgot to take more photos at the end. Next week we will be glazing and starting on some Christmas ornaments, because guess what we decided to continue each Thursday, YEAH!</div>
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I have also been doing something new and absolutely fabulous today will post later night as I have to go watch DD21 play netball now. Toorah!</div>
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I had mentioned previously that a new WIP, is a sampler in violets and greens after making a log cabin for my swap partner. Well I had already made one for my sampler because I just fell in love with it, but over the past few days it kept telling me that it could not be the only log cabin in the quilt. So it came to me that it needed to have one in each corner of quilt, so here we now have four.</div>
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Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552612676096375710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-997385620866208105.post-73177794013759038652012-10-13T07:42:00.001+11:002012-10-13T07:42:34.526+11:00Why did I never think of that?<div style="text-align: center;">
Whilst I was making a swap block for my October partner Tanya I became smitten with the colours Tanya had requested, violets and greens. The block requested was the log cabin which I had not made in years and as it grew so did my liking for it. When finished my girls thought it was beautiful and asked why I had not made a quilt in these colours, as purples and greens are my favourite colours. I was that smitten I had already made a matching one for myself. So I now have a another WIP, to make my first ever sampler quilt with these colours. I am going to use favourite blocks from Elm Creek Quilters books and elsewhere. </div>
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A couple of months ago DDs and I went to visit a friend who lives at Poowong, in Gippsland. Now my girls will tell you that there is never a road trip that does not involve a quilt or craft shop stop. So of course I found one Craft Quarters in KooWeeRup, what a gem beautiful fabrics lovely helpers they even carry glad press and seal. Yes I bought some because I heard it was hard to get, now i just have to figure out how to use it. Anyway whilst we were there DD13 fell in love with a quilt that was displayed in store by Liz Stanway called Grandpa's Little Treasures. So we bought the pattern but then DD announced that she wanted exactly the same fabrics, much searching on net to no avail. So I phoned Liz who was very helpful with the range name but not hopeful we would still be able to get, but at least I now had a name. the search continued for sometime, eventually the Tinkers cart were able to help us. Where was i going with this?....... Oh yes I have now got all of the applique and stitchery assembled ready to be worked here are a couple.</div>
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Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05552612676096375710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-997385620866208105.post-39382777488546991642012-10-04T20:19:00.002+10:002012-10-04T20:19:42.951+10:00Whose eyes, and what are they for?<div style="text-align: center;">
Whose eyes are these, well you'll have to visit Craftroom page to find out? </div>
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"What on earth are you doing with those?" is what my girls asked me when they saw me digging in cupboards and assembling a pile of bits and pieces. You should have seen the eye rolling when I tried to explain my plan. Curious, well you'll have to visit In the Garden Page to find out.</div>
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