A Shopping Expedition

for school shoes and sneakers

man of the house bought some new shoes and offered to get me some

I told him I would prefer a quilt rack

a trip to Calico Crossroads and I had my new 'shoes'

and this little sign

I choose the smaller one as it had to fit into a

smallish spot between my bedroom and

the living room

it holds 4 quilts and has a little shelf at the bottom

where Henry will sleep once he works out

how to get into it, he has been studying

it since it arrived home

we are off to see grandma a bit later, I have cooked her a

quiche for her dinner, she just needs to do a salad.

We are not to sure how long she will be home for, before being sent

back to Queensland, especially after the devastation of yesterdays

inland tsunami that hit Toowoomba and surrounding areas

Other than financial aide I feel a bit helpless and my

heart breaks for the families of those who died yesterday

and for the many who are now missing.

May they rest in peace.

Wounded Warrior

thats what my mum is,

she has been in central Queensland for the past week with the Red Cross at an evacuation centre doing her thing, unfortunatey she now looks like she went a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson while she was away.

Mum is sporting to black eyes, a swollen knee (sof tissue damage) and a huge split lip with 6 stitches. She had and I will quote her 'a little fall' at the moment she and I are both concerned about infection as she fell in a contaminated area so she is off to her doctor tomorrow

But she is home and she is safe and she will heal so we are all happy

although she didn't want dad to worry so I got the job of telling him the truth before we went to the airport to get her.

I have a photo but she would absolutely KILL me if I shared it, I did have to show the girlies at her insistance so they wouldn't and I'll quote her again 'be afraid of her' when they see her tomorrow.

My poor mama

oh my biggest baby arrives home in 13 big sleeps, grandma and I are very excited :)

Down in the Garden progress and Treasures

I am almost caught up....ALMOST in the Down in the Garden BOM phew, there have been a few late nights while I stitch away but I have to admit, I am rather enjoying it.

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Block 4

Block 5 (working on this one ATM)

I still have to do the little dresdan plates to do and applique the butterflies on and

add a few stem stitch centres, once all the stitcheries done and I will add the

missing applique bits

and my treasures....

remember on my New Year post I said I found a treasure but forgot

the photo, well here it  they are

I found this little sailor boy who is now

a companion for this little sailor boy, who has been

in the family forever, my grandma received this one

from the crew of a ship she and grandpa sailed on,

here they are together

and Dolly, well she has been in my mums family forever

Grandma passed her down to mum, who when I had Miss I in 2003

passed it on to me.

she has 2 left feet

and dangly earrings

we have no idea how old she is, where she originally came from or her worth,

but to me she is priceless and I feel honoured to have her.

I just need to decide WHICH of my girlies receives her when the time is right....

Called in to Calico Crossroads today to collect the next 2 installments of

Friends for Christmas (not that I have done the first 2 yet lol) and I found the

perfect quilt rack, which I am going to buy for myself, very very soon :)

 

I think I will stick to sewing Quilts

I have discovered making clothes is not in my vocabulary for a very good reason.........

I made my skirt today I even learn't to sew a buttonhole

but

when I tried it on it is too big......

so do you think I could get away with just running in the side panels an inch each side??????

or am I back to the drawing board with the correct size skirt tomorrow????

sheesh and I was assured it was an easy anyone can make it skirt lol

Photo Overload

starting with New Years Eve

Can you guess where we stayed?????

Changes around the house

  A cantilever umbrella for the deck, it spins it tilts, we love it

the trench is gone and in its place are birch trees, azaleas, hellebore's, capsicums and chilli bushes

agapanthus and clivia's

the mess is gone from the path too, oh I forgot the herb garden photo

my new years eve purchases, a pattern for the girlie's room, needle threaders, 1/2 inch hexagon papers

and Melly's book Kaleidoscope

the skirt pattern was also a purchase from my NYE shop I got the fabric today and the binding clips too

an old bread tin (loving it)

can you guess whats in the box?????

Nope it wasn't Henry cat it was this little baby, in perfect condition

and it works

the diary I found in Latrobe, and I couldn't resist the old threads

I did make 1 other special purchase but forgot to take a photo.....

oops, will share tomorrow

And we are off again

but only for the day

PHEW

but I m excited because I am off to pick up 2 treasures I found on the weekend, while man of the house is other wise occupied.

I promise PHOTOS are coming :)

otherwise we have been busy in the garden now that the trench has been filled in I have been busy planting it out, I have been planting vegies and herbs and stuff in amongst the big garden bed, just need to keep the doggie OFF the tomatoes, we barricaded the herbs in as they have been planted where he likes to sleep and launch himself into the backyard..........

and I have been stitching up a storm, I am on the block 4 of Down in the Garden, with block 5 traced and ready to go and that means I am now only 2 behind.........

Progress all the way :)

Photos to come soon I promise

The Wanderers Return

well we returned about 3pm unpacked the car and our bags then sat on the couch and chilled out

we have had an experience that neither of us want to repeat in a hurry lol

and yes it involved

plumbing issues amongst others issues

but we all saw the new year in even the girlies

I'll be back tomorrow in the daylight hours with photos of New Year, some quilt shop purchases and some antique shop finds, and our sad tale of more plumbing woe's,

at least it wasn't OUR plumbing  lol lol