Friday Night with Friends

Well here I am at last, have been a bit busy running around with DD14.

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.

Thanks to Cheryll for hosting and Thanks to you for stopping by :)

Happy Easter

Well I have had a strange March, not really achieving much but here are my finishes.

A friend of mine who had been admiring my mug handbag asked if I could make her one, so here it is.

Finally finshed this Christmas runner.

DD22 BF is still a big kid, he was so sad he could not have the last quilt so I made him a pillowcase. He loves the Cars movies this should stop him stealing DD22's Minnie Mouse pillow.

1st Friday Night Sew In

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.

Well what did I get up to?....

I started to piece together DD14 Grandpa's Little Treasures quilt top by Teddlywinks. 

Ta Dah....

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.

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.

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.

Well off to netball now hope everyone had a great sew in.

Toodles.

Soooo.... over this heat, just like everyone else

Yep, 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.

Prior to this I have been trying out some new cards, as I have been a bit slack on this for sometime. So here are a few.

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.

Friday night with Friends

Well it was my first Friday night with Friends and i was a bit unorganised but here we go. For starters I finished off the last of the blocks for DD14 Grandpa's Treasures quilt. So bears got some faces and the bees got done then I finished off the ivy

 

Then I put together my class project from the Craftsy site Hand Stitched Collage Quilts now I am ready for embellishing, YAHHHHH!!!

Has anybody seen February? It's gone.....

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.

Due the heat I have not been able to do too much but I have been watching some online tutorials one being Thread Art on Craftsy and here is my first creation from that.

I also made myself a skirt

 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!!!

Oh yes there was also some more cupcakes by DD22, beautiful and they flew off to her work

Well that is about all for now, Bye!

Frugal seems to be on everyones mind

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.

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.

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. 

Sad but lovely at the same time.