Still Getting Birthday Love...

These sunshine yellows came from Simone

 this parcel of squishy was from Dzintra

 and look what it contained...

 so much goodness in one little parcel...

Thank you Simone and Dzintra for making my birthday special 

and last a little longer xxx

 these two opened up this week,

how HUGE are they

and just beautiful...

 there is a lot of this happening at the moment

and

 a lot of this, 

as it is too freakin cold outside to even think of doing anything else...

 I had some left over bits from projects, next best thing... 

sew them together, quilt them, make binding

 and make some mug rugs.

 and a book bag for Grandie no1 for his Thomas books,

that go everywhere (plus his Wiggles one)

Thanks everyone for my birthday fatties and all the wishes xxx

Birthday Pressies...

Our eldest daughter had a birthday on Friday so I did a little sewing for her...

She is a lawyer for a firm in Midland and last week we had a cuppa with her while we waited to go to Hubby's dental appointment... she has a very nice tea cup that she uses but no mug rug for her desk... so whats a sewing Mum to do

 but make her a signature muggie of her own 

(the girl she shares and office with is very jealous)

 using Michelle's letter patterns

plus I made her a little wristlet bag

 this was the trial one and a trial one it is and mine

as the lining was sewn back to front on one side... plus I do not enjoy sewing zips!

 this is a dog we found yesterday morning trotting along the side of the road...

we stopped and enticed her with a bit of water and then she happily got into our car...

she was very hot and exhausted...

once home I printed up some posters and went for a drive to put them up...

we also put it on the Perth facebook page for lost and found animals... 

there was lots of response and we found her family and she was reunited last night.

apparently she got a fright from some guns being shot in the area, her owners are away for the weekend and the in-laws found she was missing... her owners friends saw the facebook write up after they had put a photo on there of her... she was very happy to see some one she knew last night...

beautifully natured dog.

Yesterday...

the weather was telling us that it had been kind to all in our region for long enough and was time to get the heat cranked up for summer.... 38 it was!!!! but the next few days it is mid 30's... the heat doesn't bother me that much and as long as I can go swimming in the pool I am a happy girl (mind you the pool needs water) and last night the first sarong came out for the days ahead...

even though it was that ''warm'' I still did a little sewing with my trusty fan blowing on me BUT if the heat is here the little air conditioner for my sewing room will be starting its summer run...

yesterday I made this little wristlet bag

 this one I made a lot quicker than the first so now I am thinking I could probably cut a few out and do them all at once now...

and I made my first apron...

this fabric is so gorgeous... and the pattern was so easy... just plain no pockets...

I have been thinking as to why we stopped using aprons... I tell you they would save our clothes from all those food splatters while cooking... this one is a pressy and I will be making one for me as well...

I Have Never...

Yesterday we had an unbelievable storm come through here... well several storms... they started about 3 am and went until 9 pm last night... the clouds rolled on and big and black and loads of thunder at and at times the lightening was spectacular... at the same time hoping the lightening would go away as there is so much feed around that bush fires are going to be a horrible thought this summer in this area... there have already been a couple of fires north of us in the Meekatharra area...

The I have "never" is these????

 when I was a child in and lived in the city area I did see hail stone that were huge but these and look how different they are... does anyone know why???

 they look like crystals???and these were falling in the front yard?? where as these bottom ones were falling in the back of the house????

 the different sizes were unbelievable... we stayed inside as they were hitting hard as they landed and shooting off in all directions...

 and on the sewing front this little bag... 

I added some machine embroidery as the buttons didn't appeal to me...

 and this is the pattern I purchased from the ''Fat Quarter Shop"...

Another Caddy... and A Visitor

It's a friend birthday and she had been admiring the sewing caddy that I had been making... so while in Perth a few weeks back we saw this fabric great fabric... I ended up getting a couple of metres as it really took my eye even though hubby chose it for this friend... can't say who the friend is either as I don't think she has the parcel yet...

Don't you just love the fabric... it was bought in Spotlight and it is called ''SUNBURST Allover Black/Yellow"... I used some dyed fabric of my own hands for the lining...

Our middle daughter is home for a week or more... the family she nannies for has gone to Spain for a month... the Mum is from Spain and her family have not seen the little fella at all except for photo's and he is now 15 months... he is gorgeous and such a little character...

Yesterday we made sausages... the flavours were "Roma Tomato and Caramelised Onion"... "River Mint and Lemon Myrtle"... "Merlot and Cracked Pepper"...

We were having trouble with synthetic skins so the last batch was made into patties... we ended up with around 36kg of sausages and patties... we share them with our kids and some of their friends...

I have been checking out some great blogs... if you get a chance have a look around as there are some wonderfully talented ladies out there....

Luv T xxx