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

Re-Visiting an Old Friend

I decided during the week to revisit with an old friend,

this old pal and I first made acquaintance in 2009 and the

friendship continued into 2010, then life took over, we shifted 

states, and our 'friendship' suffered for it.

Yes that Old Friend is Dear Jane

My progress over the last 2 days. 

All handpieced and appliqued and my 

Scrappy Jane 

will be a mix of Tula Pink, Cotton & Steel 

and whatever else takes my fancy. I'm using 

Michael Millers Cotton Coture in White/snow

as my base fabric.

B3 Mirror Image

8 pieces

B1 Batchelor Buttons

5 pieces

A7 Dad's Plaids

8 pieces

A3 Hunters Moon

6 pieces

A6 Uncle Homer

9 pieces

A8 Florence Nightingale

11 pieces

Friday morning with blocks prepped and 

ready to stitch

B8 Water Lily

12 pieces

C9 Janes Tears

5 pieces

B9 Tinker Toy

13 pieces

C1 Trooper Green's Badge

13 pieces

B2 Sweet Tater Pie

16 pieces

our much used washing machine died, halfway through

a load, on a Sunday.......1trip to the local

laundromat and a visit from a repairman later

we have a new washing machine, a 9.5kg beast

its perfect, its quiet, and works

miss 15 and I took over the boardroom at the 

hubsters work and pin basted my Confetti quilt

ready for hand quilting

1 quilted hexagon later

Miss Walli decided it was a great place for a snooze

just keep quilting

I've designed my Mary Tolman borders

well I tried to until this happened

all finished the next day

and this is the face of someone who had to catch the bus home 

this afternoon from the next town over, because the hubster was

at golf and I didn't want to drive 30 minutes there to collect her

and another 30 minutes home.....its  

mean mother central here today