OPAM finish

its only a little finish, but a finish none the less

March SAL pincushion

now to get back to my Civil War Journals Quilt

A Flimsy, A Finish & more

Tail Feathers is now a flimsy

I need to wait for the holder up-erers to get

home to give you a full photo, Henry's legs just aren't

that long :)

 the backing fabric & wadding

Butterfly garden is underway

Block 1

Block 2

some close ups of the stitched patchwork blocks

I lost count of exactly how many french knots

(I actually do candle-wicking knots, much easier)

Block's 3 & 4 are waiting for me to prep them today

My Stitch A Long Tote bag for Feb

and news on my mum.

Hmmmmm, I had a very sad day on Thursday but I was

blessed to spend it sewing with good friends which kept me

from wallowing in sadness

Mum underwent a CAT scan 2 weeks ago, to see what was happening

with her lymphoma and to make sure her treatment was working,

she had an appointment Wednesday for the results well

I forgot about the scan results appointment until late Wednesday night

so started calling her at 8:30 am Thursday, no answer, 8:45am no answer,

I called my sister, no answer, I called mums mobile, no answer

then my daddy called me from the doctors rooms and told me that

her lymphoma was under control and she needs 12 months of

1 treatment per month 

BUT

 the scan showed that the lung cancer was active again so its

more radiation treatment and nasty chemo for her.

We aren't to sure when her treatment will start, and we are all

going home at the end of March for her 70th birthday which

I am really pleased I am doing now. 

Cancer Sucks, it really really does

Be Still My Beating Heart

I have a little stitcher in the family other than 

myself.

Sophie has jumped in with both hands and feet

and has amazingly made 26 smaller yo yo's for her monkey

in 4 hours, 

 and she has needed zero assistance from me

other than to be shown what she had to do.

As of tonight she has her very own needles, scissors,

reel of cotton and a nifty little case to keep it all in

Imogen was making the large yo yo's but was

quickly side tracked so Sophie has taken them on too

Henrycat has spent a good part of today sitting in this

position trying to work out just how he can sleep on

Homecoming Lane now its hanging on the

wall

Is anyone one else doing 

Photo a Day for 2013??

I downloaded a fabulous app for my phone

called project 365 and it was free

and yesterday I got a new clothesline

this one winds up and it's straight too

and a nifty basket holder that hooks on

really its the little things that excite me,

you should see how excited I get when

new white goods are entering the house

and Lancaster progress, after being ignored while 

Mum and Dad were here, I got back into it last night

and finished off the vines, tonight I got to start all those

flowers and leaves....

We are expecting 30 degrees tomorrow which is rather warm for

our little town with zero sea breeze to cool us down, so I am thinking a

trip to the beach is in order once we have the housework done, then

home to hide in the cool of the house, and work on 

Lancaster and Sophie will no doubt make even more yo yo's

(this monkey better be worth it lol)

I am taking part in the 2013 Stitch A Long again, just waiting for the

Red Home book to arrive in the mail (hopefully tomorrow) and I will

finally get to make some thread catcher baskets, Sophie is definitely

going to need one ;) 

and as soon as the sign up call goes out I will be doing

 OPAM again, good way to make sure I don't get sidetracked

(like Imogen did)

I am not sure what my 'thing' for 2013 will be

2011 was the year of the UFO

2012 was the year of Stash Busting

2013 will be the year of..........