New Year

I knew it had been a few months since I last posted, but truly can't believe it is almost 1 year!!! So my new year resolution is to post at least every month..Many things have happened in the past year, I have a new grandson born March 29, I went to Tonga with a friend and had an absolute ball. I went to New Zealand and spent Christmas time and New Year with my daughter and her family, I have made a few quilts, and that is just last year!!! This year, I arrived back on Jan. 3rd and hit the floor running with work, I usually only do holiday relief, but have worked 13 days out 18, which since I am semi-retired is a terrible lot! I came home determined that I wouldn't start any sewing until my sewing room was clean and tidy and reshuffled. That all got finished this week, I moved some big furniture out and now have more room for the quilting frame, so might use that a bit more this year. I plan to finish off some UFO this year, and whilst cleaning, found some squared that I had started a few years ago, so they are now trimmed and ready to be joined. and thats about that,,, a whole year in a few paragraphs. Mmmm, just tried to load some photos, but guess I have forgotten how to do it!! Till next time, Cheryl

Getting there

I have eventually finished the Turtle Quilt, did I mention the turtle quilt before? Anyway, I was sure that all of Greg's grandchildren had a quilt, but I missed one!! Of course, she felt sad cos all her sisters had one and she didn't, so her's has been made with her likes in mind. She loves turtles, likes green and pink and likes dolphins too, so here it is,, TA DA ,,,,,

No time, no time, no time, no time

It doesn't seem long since I posted, but time has just run past me!! I have had a few things happening, but the most important was to get a quilt done for Gr.Nephew Jake, he hasn't been born yet, but his grandmother (my sister) left Australia today to get to England to be in time for his birth and to look after his sister Rosa. So yesterday, I got this finished,,, long story that I won't bore you with!!!!!

Ooops

Not sure just what I did, but somehow I have deleted quite a few comments!! This was certainly unintentional my friends so please don't think that I don't like to read your messages, quite the opposite in fact!!!
Nothing much happening here, just little bits and pieces, although I am making headway with the Turtle quilt, lol!!

Once it is finished, I will then make a start on some baby quilts again, and I thought that all the baby quilts were done!!!
Cheers till next time

January 2012

I haven't posted for awhile so I do hope you are all into 2012 and things are working well for you! Nothing much happening here, the weather has been so hot it is nearly unbearable, it has been hovering around 33-35degrees, that's centigrade these days, and the humidity has been anywhere between 50-65%, so the only cool spot has been out the back yard in Greg's "office".
I have made a few more aprons for my daughters, am still working on the 'turtle' quilt for the grandaughter who missed out on one and today I put the tablecloth in the previous post on the frame and have started quilting that.

I do hope that you are all enjoying the weather wherever you may be, from snow to cool to warm,
till next time,
Cheers
Cheryl

Few projects done

I guess most of you are still rushing closer to that time of the year, in this house, things are plodding along, we will be having an extra quiet day and then children and grandchildren arrive on the Monday, so there will be no time for posts then! First off, my warmest wishes to everyone, may you all have a lovely time with family friends or even foes!! 2012 is just around the corner, so it might be time to start thinking of those resolutions that we all love to make... I am thinking of making one resolution, and that will be that I don't buy a new magazine until I have made something out of the current one!!!! I guess I will be extra rich then!!! rofl rofl.
I have completed some things lately,

The sashiko center is going to be a tablecloth for one of my sisters, it was going to be a xmassy one, but time has ran out. The two aprons are for Kim who lives in NZ, I wonder where she got the idea of wearing aprons from?? I don't think I have ever worn one....
Till next time,
Cheers

Home again

A cruise around New Zealand is most delightful holiday that I recommend wholeheartedly, got home Saturday after a fantastic time. Read 4 books, nearly completed a Sashiko kit (thanks to Indigo Junction for getting it to me in time, met up with my daughter in Wellington and some more of NZ (I love that country, if I wasn't an Aussie, I would be a Kiwi!)
I handed the three quilts over to Kim after some of the ship's crew and customs officers wanted the bags until they found out that there were quilts in them, that's when a female officer stepped in and she wanted them!! All done in a joking manner with lots of laughter of course. Everyone loved their quilts including the 16yr old when he realised that some of the stars glowed in the dark!
Got my machines out of their holiday camp where they were pampered and oiled and adjusted (thank you Corbett & Sons for a lovely job, and have already completed block 2 of the Sentimental Journey quilt and only have 2 more blocks to catch up with the forum friends! I also want to finish the Chocolate quilt, which has 2 blocks missing and also there is one grandchild who missed out on the first round of quilts (not sure how that happened) and then of course two more baby quilts due, one of which will be my son's first child, yahoo! OK, time for some photos and then start the day going,, Cheers till next time,
Cheryl