Toasty and Warm

Our wood heater was installed yesterday

it was so nice to wake up to a warm house

after 2 weeks of a very chilly house

it certainly pumps out the heat,

and from the deck this morning, its a bit overcast here

and progress on my Friends for Christmas

Block 4, Three Wise Penguins, 

they still need their crowns, and the end

one needs his arm, beak and a star stitched on

Block 5, Racing Reindeer, 2 need feet stitched on

and blocks 2,3 &4 stitched together, now I can do the missing

penguin arm and star, and stitch the last 2 branches down on 

the tree block

Block 6 is a work in progress, it is by far the biggest block

but should be complete by the end of the weekend.

Today I am sitting down and stitching in front of the tv and fire,

I have picked up a nasty cold and am feeling very very blah, so

it is a full day of doing not much for me.

FNSI results and another OPAM finish

I managed to get the binding sewn onto my

Bear Paws quilt yesterday after I got Henrycat to

relinquish his sleep spot

Then Henrycat and I watched the tugs 'Bulimba & Warringah' head out

to meet the woodchip ship that Webby was bringing into Port

He blasted the horn and come out onto the Bridge wing to wave

eventually after dinner was cooked and the kitchen cleaned and everyone

was organised for the evening I got time to sit and start to sew down 352 inches of binding

of course with Henrycats assistance

its offical name is

'Summer Stomping Ground' and it was a kit from

the fat quarter shop which I bought late 2010

and ta da, at 1:30am this morning the final stitch was sewn it was a 7 hr

stitching session. I did ask hubby how many nights did he think it would take

he looked at me a said, 'My bet is you will sit and sew until it is done'

he knows me well :)

I love the colours, love that it has such a long drop on each side

its a biggie at 88" square, its very 'ME'

and Henrycat has made it 'his' as you can see by the fur he left behind

after his 10 minute power nap this morning

I now offically have a UFO free sewing room and todays mission

is to find something new to sew.



Sewing, DIY, Happy Mail & other stuff

Its been a busy kind of week for me

Last Tuesday I bought a desk for the computers

and I even put it together myself

ta da

please excuse the mess beside it and I need to get

some cord tidy things

I worked on my Kaleidoscope Hexagon Quilt

I have 2 rows to add to the side and then 2 rows to add to the top

it will just be a topper, its so happy and bright and I am

loving it

I worked on my Some Kind of Wonderful Quilt

I have 2.5 blocks left to stitch then I will sew it all together

We watched the Super moon Rise

both photo's taken from our deck

yesterday hubby brought the

Bark Endeavour into Port, we are lucky and get a personal

guided tour tomorrow after school

and this ferry which called in to refuel as it is on its way to Noumea

Happy Mail time,

I ordered this book on March 28, it has FINALLY arrived

and my sneaky shopping

LOVE LOVE LOVE Gail Pan's designs

and I LOVE these 2 as well

The Rosalie designs are for when I have no hand sewing to do at night

time, which will be very soon as my SKoW quilt blocks are almost done

and my KHQ is so close to being finished.

I Love Happy Mail :)

and my long legged girl Emma came 2nd in the Cross Country on Friday

this Friday we are off to Wolumla so she can take part in the

Far South Coast Zone Cross Country. We were very proud of her

especially as the bulk of her run last Friday was on sand.

Today I hope to get those extra rows made and ready to sew on the KHQ,

I am housebound waiting for the Austar man to come and connect our 2nd box

hubby is suffering football withdrawals



Shipping, Shopping & Small Quilts

I am still plodding away with the frustrating

Kaleidascope Hexagon Quilt.

I have 7 rows sewn together,

that leaves me with 6 rows to sew together

and the extra rows to make it big enough

 hubby bought in a woodchip ship

on Tuesday

as it sailed past he blasted the horn for my benefit

it did make me giggle and it was sooooo loud, once he did that I

locked the house and went to Merimbula and

bought a desk for the computers.

and this is my baby version of Aprils Small Quilt of the month

I am a member of Kathleen Tracy's Yahoo group

each month she gives us a small quilt to make out

of one of her books.

They are alot of fun and quick to make

this baby 9 patch doll quilt measures

13.5" x 9"

hubby asked last night when I was making another 5,

when I asked him what he was talking about

his  comment was

'well it's a placemat isn't it'

that did make me laugh

So thats all that has been happening in

my neck of the woods.

I best get onto those hexagons, I just want it finished

so I can start a new project guilt free :)

oh and might have had a little shop online Monday night

so I had best check the PO box and see if it has arrived :)

a pattern by Gail Pan

and

2 Rosalie Quinlan kits.

but shhhhh thats a secret