Chrissy Sewing...

Geez Christmas is just around the corner and I still have so much to do... 

plus I am going to Perth on Wednesday to pick up my daughter and my MIL... 

do some Christmas shopping as I have done very little and a food shop and I will fit a tidy up at the hairdressers before I head back home as early as I can Friday morning to get home before the heat that day and expected temp of 40...

mug rugs for some footy fans and the mug writing idea off Pinterest...

 nephew

 bro-in-law

 another bro-in-law... he is boss at his work.

 I found these in the home ware shop ''Matchbox''

 and made a mug rug to go with them

this one is for my sis-in-law

 and this one for my niece...

 more Christmas cooking

 Peanut Brittle

it is so yummy and morrish that I had to put it away quickly...

recipe as follows

Peanut Brittle

2 cups white sugar

150g unsalted butter

250g salted roasted peanuts

Line a baking tray with baking paper. Combine the sugar and butter with 1/4cup water in a large heavy based saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir gently until sugar is dissolved. Bring to the boil, then boil rapidly, without stirring for 10 to 15 minutes.

Working quickly pour the mixture onto the prepared tray and tilt to spread out. 

Use a metal spoon to help it spread. Place tray somewhere cool and wait for brittle to set. Shatter into pieces and store in an airtight container.

enjoy...

Cooking...

Christmas cooking that is

the pudding is made

the Christmas ice-cream is made

and 

I have made Christmas cookies

hearts

stars

and

boots

 and

my partner in the 

''six item Xmas swap''

has received her parcel...

 something to read

something to eat

something for the sewing room

something smelly

something for the tree

something for under the tree

and this is was she has under the tree

 a modern Xmas runner

it was windy...

Birdie Stitches Finished...

Yep its done and dusted

all quilted and binding done

and 

I am very happy with the finish

drum roll..........

I am so glad I chose to finish it off with the orange

I quilted in the ditch everywhere first then

cross hatched the 2.5 inch squares...

This pattern was a free BOM on the Internet and can be found here

that's another one off my list... number 17 it was...

now to do a couple of mg rugs for Xmas presents

and then choose another off the list maybe??

It's Been Raining...

And we needed it everything was getting very dry around here and more would be so nice... 

we had 31 mls over the last 3 days... 

the rain has been from thunderstorms in the area and good that there has been rain with them as some of the lightning has been pretty severe too...

and we have had 3 fires in the area already this start of summer...

this morning when I got up at 4.45am this is what I saw...

 fog everywhere

 I was going to go for a walk and see if I could see the house once I walked into it

 but Hubby was still sleeping and he might I come looking for me especially if he heard the gate 

(he is a light sleeper)...

Our water heater *%#@ itself so we needed to replace it...

now don't be shocked some of you as this is what a lot of Aussie use to have for hot water in the early days... we still have one and they give the best hot water ever plus we have crappy water so a solar hot water system is out of the question...

 the very sooty inside...

 the old drum that sprung leaks

 the new drum all ready to go in...

these hot water systems are called ''donkeys'' and I am not sure why... we use drums that have been used to store honey in them as they are thicker than some others... once heated up for the first few weeks the water smells like cooked honey in cakes...

it's a messy job so I took off my clothes and helped in my bras and knickers when I was called for...

WOW it has been awhile...

It has... but I have been doing heaps and back and forth to Perth...

I now have my car back all pretty from her trip to the ''car plastic surgeon'' no little dings from kangaroos are visible now either and no evidence of the car accident...

Christmas sewing has been happening and a lot of that has been secret... mind you I just seem to be having trouble getting into the ''organising of it'' Christmas that is... I am so behind with present shopping and ordering hams and turkeys... I need to find my "Christmas Spirit" or maybe an injection of it... you watch I will do a mad panic a week before and start sorting houses for guests and it will be in the mid 40's heat wise... ho hum hahahahahah

two Xmas mug rug pressies...

 this mug rug is for a swap theme ''toys...

 block lotto blocks theme 

"yellow flowers and blue borders" each side to be a different blue...

 swap blocks in and out

 in between ''secret sewing'' 

I have been doing some more spiderweb blocks with my ever growing pile of scraps...

 19 new ones...

 8 swaps ones that I have received...

another 16 that I had already made... 

one day they will all be another large quilt I just need to keep adding more... 

grey centres and scraps webs is the theme for these...

 and looky looky looky... 

this was my stash I received in a bonbon swap isn't the heat mat just gorgeous...

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we are going to be Grandparents

this was at 9 weeks

and I went along to the 12 week scan

and my oh my how wonderful to see they even do a 3D one

just AWESOME

we are so excited

due first week of June...

baby will be 4+ months old at their wedding... 

little bit of an unplanned pregnancy

but very much wanted and loved...

Aussie Hero's and Brides...

I can't believe the last post I did was on 15th October so long ago...

so much has happened or I should say I have been busy...

my biopsy came back with out a nasty result, the lump still needs to come out 

so a future minor op I will having...

I have had another trip to Perth in that time as well but for something wonderful....

wedding dress shopping with my girls...

spent the Saturday at 3 bridal shops with our middle daughter and tried on so many gorgeous dresses

the one I like is by an Italian designer and vintage lacy and it did look beautiful on her...

the only problem going on a Saturday is that there are 9 other brides with their bridal party and Mum trying on dresses as well so you don't get to see some of the ones you may like... 

when I go back down we will go on a week day and hopefully it's not so busy...

eldest daughter was dresses shopping on Sunday and we went into Fremantle to a little shop that sells dresses by a designer from the east coast of Aussie... the shop owner opened early for us so we had the shop and her to ourselves... gorgeous floaty dresses with a little bling on them...

well she tried on 4 dresses and chose hers so we paid for it and it is expected to be ready in February... one bride done one bride to go...

my car is in at the ''car plastic surgeon'' and will be ready in a few weeks...

 

in between all this travelling up and down to Perth I have been doing a little Aussie Hero sewing..

first off I received a heap of blocks from Jan-Maree that needed squaring up

enough for 2 quilts...

 once done the sewing began...

 one pile of blocks made this quilt...

 another pile this one... love the limes.

and this one is the top I made early 

and will be traveling overseas to one of our Hero's also...

 it was an awful windy day yesterday 

trying to catch a break between the showers and wind for photo's took awhile...

 all labeled and ready for their new owners...