Tah Dah! Another Finish!

It's finished - I stitched the binding while I watched tennis last night. Another exciting night coming up tonight - our own Lleyton Hewitt v Marcos Baghdatis - of course I am a loyal Australian, but that doesn't stop me thinking Marcos has a certain charisma!

This little quilt is a gift for a wee baby boy - 7 months and pulling himself up on furniture already. I used Quilt Lite for the batting, so it will be lovely and soft and cosy for him!

Dear Stepahnie from A Ditching Time Quilts has chosen me for the Lemonade Stand Award - check my Sidebar - a lovely gesture, but now I have to choose 10 people to pass the award to - oh, just a little difficult for me - I have so many favourites - I will have to think about it ....

Have a lovely weekend everyone - ours promises to be hot!

Hot Days - Busy Days!

Our heatwave continues - I am ever so happy to be in my lovely, cool house! It makes me feel a little spoiled and greedy knowing there is such hardship in the world, so I do count my blessings!

I have been making a baby quilt for a little one who is 7 months old - just the binding to do! He is just starting to pull himself up on things, so I must finish it and give it to him!

Trialling crochet - I have been playing with tutorials from Attic24 and do you mind if I knit - started with soft, gentle colours, but have the urge to do 'colour'! I really love the 'thicker treble' stitch created by do you mind if i knit, it is so very neat - that's the larger square on the left!

I was unable to show you these last Sunday - too difficult to upload with computer problems. I am so proud of my Danielle's artistic talent - this painting of our infamous Ned Kelly she did in 1992 and has just given it to her brother-in-law, Ben, for his birthday. We all love it!

By the way, talk about computer problems - all caused by my firewall being taken down and not reinstated - easily solved!

I also took this pic to show you - our Australian Anzac Biscuits - ever so popular, they were demolished before we started our barbie last Sunday!

Must move out of my igloo and get things done in the real world today - happy day everyone!

A Weekend Sewing?

Oh, my goodness - all my good intentions haven't happened! It has been more than frustrating trying to work out why I can access the Internet via Google Chrome, but not through Internet Explorer. One thing I have learned is how to upload a pic through Picasa and now I am able to talk to you!

I have managed to finish off one secret RAK and make another - thanks to all who told me you thought my fabric choices would work - I think they have! The knitting bag is made from a pattern of mine that was in DUQ last year - Happy Bag!

With all the playing about with the computer, I have managed to answer most of my emails, still a few to go, I always seem to be lagging behind. I have all my family coming around in an hour or so and Ben, son-in-law will cook a barbie and the rest of us will stay inside in the cool, air conditioned house - oh, we are so lucky to have it on a day like this - a scorcher!

Hope you are enjoying a happy weekend!

A Girlie Christmas!

It has been one of the most enjoyable Christmas Days I have had - so much peace and goodwill shared by us all! I could write a little book about it all - I'm sure most of us could do that!

Such wonderful gifts with so much love and thought put into them - this little angel came to me from Caryn at Pieceful Chaos - when I opened this parcel, I was so thrilled all I could do was stare at her! I have always loved dollies as most of you know and it is such a joy to feel my heart give a little leap - later in the day I said to Heidi 'you can look, but do not touch!' - Heidi gave a shocked little smile! Hey, Chookyblue ... what do think about this, Gorgeous Girl?
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So many beautiful gifts, so much joy to share, there were 16 of us for dinner at my place yesterday evening, so there's one tired little old stitcher today and that's exactly what I am going to do!

Just Filling in Time!

A little sneak peek at what I am working on - only the binding to be done!

My dearly beloved scissors turned up in the cutlery drawer - Oh, I think I told you that! Here they are, another pair engraved and the lovely fob 'be yourself' from Caryn!

Who else but Byron - fresh from the hairdresser and of course had to show his coiffure off to Nanny!

Hmmm, nice profile view!

Two of my friends, namely the above and his sister, went to Ikea yesterday - not the ideal place for children, but they wanted to visit the playroom, of course eat and drink in the cafe and then proceed to maraude the customers with their shopping trolleys. We were about to turn the corner to their home and a little voice piped up 'I hope they aren't at home!' - why? - 'then we get to sleep at your house, Nanny'! The Pied Piper and her children plus one are off to Garden City to see Santa today, then for a consult with an orthopod up that way! Is this spreading the goodwill too far?

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The postie has brought me gifts from the USA again - from Darlene and Myra - oh, what fun! thank you both so much and I'm using a lot of self-discipline to leave them nicely in their packages.

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I'm off to prepare for the onslaught - hope your days are all happy and quite organized - perhaps even with a little time for stitching!

The Race That Stops a Nation!

Hello Melbourne! It is your day! Today the Melbourne Cup will be run - this is Australia's richest horserace - so I hope all you punters out there will go home rich! Have fun at your luncheons and parties!

Flemington Racecourse will be stunning with the display of roses and I have picked a few little buds from my garden - the yellow ones are for you Miriam !

' The small rocking horse quilt you've posted appears in the book, "Wisconsin Quilts: History in the Stitches," written by Ellen Kort. It appears on page 166. It dates back to 1935-1940 and was part of a WPA Handicraft Project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Maribeth Schmitin historic Cedarburg, WisconsinNQA Certified Quilt Judge'

I received the above email this morning - it came Anonymous, but I guess it was written by Maribeth - a nice little bit of information to have, thanks!

My Stitcher's Angel parcel is jetting its way to Sweden and we've had a SSCS reminder from Chookyblue today about our SSCS - I'm almost there with posting later this month!
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I still have PIF's to do and of course, friends pressies! Oh, maybe I should get to that sewing machine today! Have a wonderful day everyone!