Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Oh who needs cameras...MEEEEEEEEEEE

Well after trying to download this weeks efforts I have run out of time for trying to get the camera working..
I havent done much on the sewing front as I worked all last weekend but did manage to get four Sawtooth squares done for my Calling all Angels quilt and also the right hand side block of the cain of angels..Slowly coming together....
I took a photo of a lovely little butt ugly angel I found in an op shop last week...Amazing what you find in op shops and also amazing how their prices have increased..I use to pick up a magazine for 20cents now they are $1.00..for a good cause thou so I shouldnt complain...
I will add photos when I get the camera working..
The weather has been beatiful with spring so very much here.We have a long weekend this coming weekend for Labour day and I am hopefully going to get the winter garden into a spring garden.Winter in the mountains seems to last a long long time with all kinds of weeding raising their horribe little heads...
I have also done the side panel for Love notes and looking forward to getting block 2 next week...then again a photo to follow...

Monday, September 20, 2010

My forgotten pics... from yesterday..

Caiden Charles...........................Shower Tea present for new grandson due in 5 1/2 weeks...Reily Mark.....

I NEED HELP.......

I need someones help PLEASE..I have tried for ages over the weekend to get the   "The blogs I follow" column up on my page..I and seem to find the right way about adding it..Can someone please help me with this, I would really appreicate it...
Over the weekend I didnt get much sewing done as I worked Saturday but yesterday I managed to get the teddy bear blanket finished for my 3rd daughters "Baby shower tea" which we had lots of fun at..
She is due in 5 1/2 weeks and having a baby boy..This will be my 6th grandbaby and my 4th grandson..His name will be Reily Mark..
I did manage to snap a pic of my 4th grandbaby yesterday while I was giving him a swing..His name is Caiden Charles and he was 1 at the end of August..A cutie pie.He lives with me as his father (My son) has custody of him....
Today Im off to the local hospital which is about 40 mins drive, to take my daughter for a drs appointment and I will call into a wonderful Patchwork shop while Im down the mountain..Never know what I might find.
I will this afternoon get the boarder done for my "Love notes" and also another block of "calling all angels"..Well this is my hopes for today...

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Off the track for a moment.....

Its been a sad day today.I work in a nursing home and see lots of people passing away but a very special lady passed away while I was at work today..She was a gentle soul and 90 years young..The most aware 90 year old that I have met and so alert but nearly 3 weeks ago she had 2 strokes and came back to the home not the same person...very unaware of everything that was going on...with a decline that she would of been so sad to see herself in...May you rest in peace Jean and thank you for all our talks and all your caring...I will miss you heaps.xxx

Friday, September 17, 2010

Years of UFOs stashed....

What a beauitful day in the mountains today..I just love Fridays that are nice in the spring.(Friday being my day off from work.During the week I came across three UFO quilts that I started years ago.The first is one that I started when my eldest daughter was a couple of months old, she is now nearly 27.It was my first attempt in a class I went to..Its a single bed one with 8 blocks..Just lovely.
The second is a hexagon flower in smoky pink and cream..It is finished but I never got to the outside boarder.It would be double bed size.
The third is one that I did within the last 8 years but I tried to put on too thick a wadding and never changed it so it became my third UFO...I ask ...... who else out there has  UFOs or do I have a mental problem..LOL..
The main problem is that I dont know how to finish them and have said for years that I need to go to a class to get them finished..I will..I promise myself that its just getting the time.
Now for my updates on the projects I am working on at the moment...
"Love Notes"    well I finished all the blanket stitching around the first block..Getting materials ready for the boarder for that..
"Calling all Angels"   blanket stitched all the two angels in the top block, just have to add the "I beleive in Angels" star in between their hands and that will be done.
Then the panic Baby blanket for my youngest daughters baby shower that is this Sunday.. So it was started and I have finished the blanket stitching around the bear..I have to add the stars and a little glass or something under him and then I will put on the back and edge it ready for Sunday..
So that is a run down on my week ..Back to work tommorrow and roll on Monday..I dont work Mondays or Fridays so between housework and my sewing it isnt hard to pick my favourite job of the day...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Starting on something I just love

Hello,I came across a beauitful quilt while looking in an oldish magazine. It is called Love Notes by Judy Gray.Of course when I saw it I just had to have it so quick on the net and find it..lol..I received the first block on Friday and just couldnt wait to get it started.I am very impatient when it comes to things like waiting..

Pieceing it all together

Hello, Another busy week with work and work and more work.I worked on joining all the strips together on Friday.I have altered the pattern as I made a slight mistake and cut down the heart squares so to make them the right size I put strips in that I will embroider with hearts.But it is looking nice.
Thank you   to the two ladies that have left comments for me.Lovely to meet you both and when I work out more about blogging I will be able to join in on so much more.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Well I tought I had the hang of downloading..

Goodness I cant seem to download more than one photo at a time...They download but then dissapear..I will work on it..But in the mean time I will do one photo at a time...
After a busy weekend and Fathers Day yesterday here in Aussie..My 1 daughter with her 3 children and my son and his son my mum and dad and I went for lunch to a nearby town called Lithgow for lunch..It was a nice drive thru the countryside from home to there.Some really lovely spots to look at which included a lovely Craft shop which I just love going to...
It was a nice day..So no sewing got done over the weekend and I am back at work tommorrow after a week off..I was going to start my spring cleaning but that didnt happen...

Friday, September 3, 2010

Well I think Iam getting the hang of downloading

Well a wonderful peaceful day

I did have a lovley day with only a few interuptions here and there but I got alot of my quilt done..It is called Heart in Bloom by Kerry Thomas...I cant work out just how to get the photos and writing in the right place and with my computer experience it may take some time to work it out so patientce is needed...

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Well the very beginning

Today I have a totally free day..No work, no running around,very little housework (as I did most of it yesterday)and I plan to sit in my sewing room  music on and start to sew up all the squares I have cut out for a quilt I am making for christmas for my second granddaughter who will be 1 in December.
I am currently working on a 16inch Golly Wog for my grandson for christmas. He was 1 last week.I have to also work out the new camera so I can download some photos today..I am usually awake at 4.30am most mornings as I go to work early and as I have this week of on holidays sitting in bed at 7.52am is an awesome thing for me.lol...Well I will get going because before I know it the morning will be over...Photos to follow today..tata