Little Baskets and WIP's

20 more little baskets to add to my ever growing pile... not sure how many I have sewn so far it could be around 130 and I must start organising a drawn up plan on how I am going to put them together... colour wise that is as I am going to do the quilt as you go method... still making up my mind if I am going to machine quilt or hand quilt with an embroidery thread????

WIP's
I have started a ''WIP's'' list on my side bar and as I complete each one I will delete it from the list and hopefully that means I will have done them all in 2010......... well that's the big plan... and then maybe I will have a box of ''handmade presents'' all ready for Christmas...
These are ''friendship stars'' to add to my ''Ostrich quilt'' that I am doing via IFQ... go check out the gallery there and see what others have done... mine is more of a traditional round robin/ row by row...
These are all cut out ready for the rest of my friendship stars.... stay tuned for a photo in the next couple of days...
The weather has been in the 30's last week but it has slowly risen this weekend and will be in the 40's this week coming... by Friday they are saying it will be 44...
Luv T xxx

Oh Look What I Got...

Have a look at my new sewing machine that my hubby gave me for Christmas.... a PFAFF 4.0 and do you know what.... I need a license to drive it hahahahahaha... and do you know what the first thing I have done with it..................... mending hahahahaha... it has loads more room for bigger projects and loads more decorative stitches.... yes I am excited but scared of the ''new beast'' at the same time hahahahaha

Snow Bound

The first block in the new Bunny Hill BOM

so head over and have a look and print off the pattern and while there check out the other free patterns on offer...

The weather has been much cool this week 41's and the difference from 44 or 45 is big... even though some of you might not think so.

Luv T xxx

I Have Started This...

I have started this six month BOM over at Vicki's it is called ''Flirting with Flowers' it is so sweet and now that I have finished the first block I am itching to start the next one and I have a month 3 weeks to wait hahahaha.... The instructions for the block are in ''needle turn'' but I am not a needle turn girl so I am doing buttonhole by hand...
These are the fabric's that I am using... I picked them up in Spotlight last year as a fat 1/4 pack... I will of course be adding some other fabrics that will blend in with these. The fabric reminds me of the nursery rhyme ''oranges and lemons''
26 More Little Baskets
Yes I am behind but these will make up for December and now to catch up with last Sunday's 5 and today's 5... mmmmm maybe they will have to wait until next week and I will do 15 then...
We have had a week of temperatures in the 40's.. 43.. 44.. even a 45... I love summer and I love being able to swim in the pool but what I don't like is the nights when they don't get down below 36 and you have about 3 or 4 cold showers during the night then fall into be dripping to keep cool with the fan blowing on you...
Luv T xxx

Some Sewing In This Summer Heat

I finished the last stitches on these this morning and you will find these at Paula's blog ''Quilt Happy, Quilt Often" here http://pacificpatchwork.typepad.com/quilt_happy_quilt_often/ Paula has a ''Free Seasons Quilt Along" happening and the stitcheries are very cute... But I decided that I would use the patterns for other things so...................

This afternoon I made a table runner with them... at first I thought it would be a cushion but once again I changed my mind hahaha... thankyou Paula for the lovely patterns...

Today it reached 43 and in my sewing room with the little fan and the little air-con it was 40 hahaha.

Luv T xxx

On This Hot Day....

Today I finished off two cushions... the lime green fabric was given to me by my good friend Val... as she knows I am a fan of the colour... The larger cushion has crystals glued onto it... Both stitcheries are done in navy thread and will take up home on my bed..

Dirty Smelly Goats...
They might be dirty and they might be smelly but they are worth money... around an average of $35 a head... in the yards we have 859 of them all mustered over four days... there are 521 billies and 338 nannies...
We send out on average between 1500 and 2500 a year... they are what are now called a ''rangeland goat''... they do a fair bit of destruction to the bush and eat your stocks feed... the nanny averages two kidding's a year... so they breed quite well...
Luv T xxx