Down in the Garden BOM

Block 5 is done and dusted

so this afternoon I traced and have sewn

block 6 together....the stitching starts tonight :)

block 7 is in the mail so I am caught up

YIPPEE



Fabric Shopping

I bought the most divine Amrican patchwork magazine last month, it was rather expensive but I found the perfect pattern to make 2 new quilts for Miss E's bedroom,

here is the fabric for her new quilts

Central Park By Kate Spain for Moda

and here is the picture of the finished quilt

Then I have been checking in at Esmes each week to see what new fabric ranges she had in,

today I hit the jackpot

this is the fabric for Miss S and Miss I's new quilts

Manchester by Nancy Gere for Windham fabric

(reproduction heaven)

and this is the picture of what the finished quilts will look like

so these 4 quilts will be keeping me busy as soon as my biggest

baby and his girlie leave at the end of the month

he arrives on Saturday :)

A finish

1 Gardeners' Journal

Quilted, Bound and hanging in the hallway

on the quilt rail man of the house put up last week

I love it

Sigh

I am wondering what I have done to deserve the run of totally bad luck I have been having

first was the major plumbing issues

now its a leaky deck, we went to my parents for dinner last night, and sent the girlies off to bed when we arrived home, then the bunkers came back upstairs to say there was water all over their lamp table,

the big crack we came home to last year obviously didn't want to be water tight yesterday so it started to leak,

Today I have had a good portion on the deck ripped up, some waterproofing stuff painted on and tomorrow a leveler thingie will go on, not a new problem but one that has just progressed more and more which the man of the house has put off and put off.........until today and as I said to him, it was cheaper for it to happen now than when he is away because then I would have had to get a builder in to fix it and the girlies ceiling

he is due back at work this week (yay) so when he gets back in 7 weeks, we will be pulling out the bunkers ceiling and re plastering it........ and I can see lots and lots and lots of tiling being done outside very very soon.

Fun Fun Fun

then today I bought a new lamp, its a gorgeous lamp, a mother and child lamp

but

it has to go back on Monday because, when you turn  the mother lamp on there is an instant stench of burning and a buzzing noise in the control box thingie.............the child lamp is fine though

so by my calculations that is my 3 and my luck should change now....

fingers crossed please

Great Stitching weather

its raining here, not a solid downpour but constant drizzle.

Nothing comapred to what Queensland and now Victoria are facing

Parts of Tasmania are flooding and roads are closed, but for my family to be flooded in we would need a flood of biblical proportions. We are safe up on the hill.

there has been alot of Connect 4 and Uno being played and today we
have some new DVD's to watch
and
 it's perfect stitching weather.

this block of Down in the Garden just needs the verse stitched and the flower centres done

then I will move onto Block 6, which means I will be caught up

with this BOM :) as block 7 will go in the mail on the 17th of this month.

Don't forget my Flood Auction item, details and your bids can be found/made here

please bid, all money goes directly to Queensland.

and I have to say I am so proud of my parents

My dad is getting ready to head to where-ever the Red Cross need him,

they contacted him yesterday

mum will be off  as soon as she has made a full recovery from

her fall.

Thats means we have her home for another 2 weeks.

which I am very happy about.

My biggest baby arrives in 1 week and 1 day

I can't wait to see him, and the girlies will be sooooooo

excited to see him, as we haven't seen him since September 2008......

Stay safe, stay dry and remember to bid on the many auctions that are

happening in blogland.

Flood Appeal Auction Item

A complete kit to make

'Twas the Night Before Christmas'

designed by Helen Stubbings

the auction rules are as follows

1. Bidding will start at $ 50 Australian

2. Place your bid by leaving a comment on this post with the amount and your email please

3. Postage for Australia is FREE and $35 for international postage

4. The Auction will start NOW and will END midnight Monday 24th January

5. I will notify the winner at closing

6. Winner will pay direct to Premier's Flood Relief Appeal

7. Once proof of payment has been received the Kit will be posted.

8. Please ensure that you leave an email address so that I can contact you should you be the winner.

Remember that every single cent goes to those people who need it in Queensland

 

good luck and please dig deep,

 

Queensland needs all of us to help in anyway we can

Qld Flood Appeal

Bloggers Unite

Toni at Make it perfect is organising an online auction

and the Gum Tree girls have put out the call too

I am heading to my sewing room tomorrow to help the Gum Tree girls

I also have a complete kit by Helen Stubbings that I will be auctioning for Toni

photo to come tomorrow

please help if you can.