My life in Pictures

Christmas came and went, we had a full house with our DS and his

partner, my dad and his wife + the usual residents of our house

Walli's first Christmas, the Christmas Tree was a great

source of entertainment for her

Henry loves Christmas.........

My crazy kids

I made Zucchini Pickles, Chilli Jam and Tomato Relish

they are divine

I've worked on my Confetti quilt

Some of what I worked on during 2016

Confetti just needs the borders quilted, I'm just going 

to crosshatch them, I must say I did enjoy the

hand quilting process

Steam Punk, I have approx 15 blocks left to make

then I can start sewing it together

The colours Ive used this year!

We've had cruise ships visiting

Mary Tolman progress being made

I changed the cream hexies out for  Kaffe Fassett

Silver Spots, it looks much better

Miss 15 says Henry looks like a loaf of bread

we went camping for a week, lots of progress made

on Mary Tolman

We fished

we read books, played cards, I stitched by LED Light

DH and Miss 15 packing up the trailer, I don't assist when

it comes to setting it up/packing it up. 

The resident alpaca's, one of these chased Miss 15 and I 

on our set up day, its a very stressful process

Mary Tolman 

I love this place

1st day of the 2017 school year, Yr 10 for 2 and year 8

for my littlest one

Ive taken a break from stitching and picked up 

my crochet again, this is my Attic 24 Hexagon blanket 

which will eventually live in Bertha our Vintage caravan

its passed the sleep test

Miss 13's Spice of Life blanket

from the driveway last week,

SOL progress, Im now 3/4 done

determination is his middle name

Im waiting for he post man to deliver this pattern

'Majestic Lanterns'

and these luscious yarns are also on their way

Bertha has a new permanent home, where we love to go

camping, dh has been working hard on getting her

ready for us to use, we taken out the double bed and

put a queensize bed in with storage underneath, he's fixed 

the small leaks, windows, fly screens, he's wired it up for 12vt.

We still need to get a new 12v/gas fridge, some lighting strips,

curtains and gather the supplies we need for a solid annex

but Bertha will be back in use by Easter. We can't wait

My crochet hexagon blanket will suit Bertha perfectly

Finally

I have a chance to update the blog

last post I was at home after the family bought me

home from our camping trip, well, I put my big girl 

panties on and re joined the family that afternoon and

after the initial shock I am happy to say

I had a nice relaxing time away

we went fishing

we all caught fish, some more than others (me)

mainly flathead and 2 bream

and the pelicans enjoyed the fish frames

I came home to a package at the PO for me,

I won a prize on Lynette Anderson's blog

I made her 21 000 comment.

I just need some time to sit and stitch it

and the next Lancaster package

this was delivered to me as we were driving out

the driveway the day we went away

and lots of Tail Feathers progress

Block 4

I don't fancy needle turning those little dots, so do you

think satin stitch would work

Block 5

Block 6

that means I only have 3 blocks left to stitch and lots of 

log cabins to sew

The girlies went back to school yesterday, YAY

and I have decided that I will attempt to cook something

yummy for their lunch boxes, today they took pizza scrolls

tomorrow they will get a slice of banana cake with caramel

icing and a bacon, cheese and zucchini muffin

if anyone has some yummy recipes to share I would really

appreciate it.

MIA, for the next 4 days

I am being very very brave and heading off

on a camping trip tomorrow.

DH, myself, Imogen, the

pre teens and their hormones

in a TENT.........

Lordy what am I doing

So in preparation for 4 days of doing as little as

possible I have prepared 3 

Tail Feathers blocks,

16 Japanese Jane blocks

packed 3 books

ear plugs, panadol 

and alcohol lol

Do you like my old fishing creel basket, I picked it up

at an op shop last week, I think its fabulous and its

perfect for my sewing

and inside is my

Head Lamp, Tail Feathers x 3 blocks, glasses and 

glasses cleaning spray

Japanese Jane and the DJ book and my camera

the ironing basket is empty

the camper trailer is packed

Sewing machine has been put to bed

and Block 3 of Tail Feathers

wish me luck, I am going to need it