Block Three...

Emu's...

now that isn't very bright as the fabrics I chose are a wee bit more colourful than that...

never mind you can still see the progress...

today I will add the sashing and start the middle row which has a tree in each block plus more...

and thank to to those that left comments yesterday...

 I went to reply but they are deleted from my hotmail account which could be my fault OOPS... 

yeah I need to learn a little more about my i-phone hahahahaha

Block Two...

the next animal that I have chosen for the quilt is the

dingo...

and 

yes he does have a knife in that paw 

and 

he will have a fork in the other paw when the block next to him is constructed...

onto the emu and chicks block now...

I would have got quite a bit of sewing done on this yesterday but.........

I had no power for 7 hours due to one of the batteries in the solar power set up causing it all to shut down...

even the back up generator didn't want to play with me...

and 

it was 42 degrees yesterday so I had no fan

and 

I couldn't open the fridge as Hubby was out for the day 

and 

he didn't get home until 3 pm and this all happened at 8 am...

so a very boring day...

life in the bush...

The First Block...

Some friends have asked me if I would make a quilt for them

as they were expecting their first Grandie together 

and of course I said yes...

they were looking for something very Aussie to do with animals in our area

and some not hahaha

so I chose these patterns

 the Grandparents were quite excited and loved the patterns

 so I have chosen with them some of the animals from each pattern to use in one quilt

and this is the first block...

so cute I think...

and I have the dingo done just need to do the hand embroidery on it

there is quite a bit of cutting out and sewing in this quilt and it will be so worth it in the end... Oh! and the baby has arrived and it is a girl... now I can add bits of pink here and there...

do you like pin cushions?

check these out here

Nappies....

Look at all these blowing in the breeze

 and would you like to know how old they are?

these belonged to my MIL and they were used on my hubby

and he is going to be 55 this July...

I used them for all three of mine plus others I purchased...

when our eldest was born

I had disposables for the long trip home

and............... 

she decided that she would have an allergic reaction to them 

so they never touched her wee bum again after that...

I have soaked these overnight and they have come up just beautifully

some of them are still in remarkable condition even though they wont be used as nappies

some will stay whole and some of them are going to be turned into burp cloths...

there will be two piles one for the grandie that is coming

 and 

another pile for our eldest daughter to put away... 

It's A ...............

BOY

 sorry for some reason it wont rotate for me...
but you can see he is waving to us all...
and
 look at what has come out of the shed...

 my Dad made the cradle when we had our first baby 27 years ago
and Hubby has been refurbishing it ready for the first of our Grandies to arrive
it has come up beautifully just like when it was first used...

 and because it is custom made we had to get a new mattress made for it too

 and that meant new sheets too...
so I tried my hand at fitted sheets
and I must say they came up quite ok...

Hubby is going to take it down to the expecting couple next week

A Visitor And A Finish...

yes look who came into the yard looking for a dog bone to chew on...

 and not very impressed with me either

 see how he puffed himself up giving me the warning...

 and
I finished a pillow/cushion for a birthday girl who is turn one on Sunday
she is having a party in a park and her Mum has been busy busy busy planning the very special day for her

I tried to use some of the same fabrics that I used in her quilt when she was born
and I used some Perle for some of the quilting...

Easter Eggs...

 Look what I have been making...

secret women's business

and you can find them here

A Bit Embarrassing...

Why you ask... well we have done no work in our vegie/fruit garden for the past couple of years as we were/are selling but after having nothing fresh to eat from our garden and no jam making happening we have had enough and if the sale goes through the new owners will have a vegie garden...

so yesterday Hubby worked most of the day in there chopping out bushes and he took away 3 trailer loads so far... (he takes it out the bush and dumps it in the paddocks so that bush seed gets caught in it and when it rains it will germinate new bush growth there)

 this morning before the heat I spent 2 hours raking, chopping, turning and pulling...

compost bins all tidy 

 tyre beds all deweeded and turned ready for some sheep poo

 a couple of weeks ago we had some awful hot days 48 to 50 degrees

well the lemon tree didn't like it at all and dropped some of the fruit and leave...

 the lime did the same

 hubby has removed the two over grown bushes from here 

and this will be the next area to be worked on

 then these two beds

 dirty old feet and my lime nail polish is covered up