A quilt and the birds

I have finished Tony's quilt and have loved every minute of the process.
It is paper pieced and hand quilted although hand quilting a quilt in Australia in the summer is not pleasant. Here is a mental picture you might want to forget me in my underwear quilting the alternative is me dressed normally with the air conditioner on full blast and the family dressed in winter clothes.

and the label



It has been hot here and the birds in the neighbourhood have been enjoying every bodies sprinklers and bird baths here are some shots I took the other morning.

missed the bird got the water droplets LOL.

Our neighbours bird bath is quite the place to be there is much splashing and quite a lot of bullying.

and then it is up in the tree to dry.

Not enough time

Christmas madness has hit.
Are these not the cutest little things. I was luck enough to win these in a give away. Lisa and I have been chatting for years, she takes lovely photos and knits gorgeous thing some of which she sells. I have put a cotton reel in to show their size. I have the sneaking feeling that these 2 will disappear from my house and go live with Gemma as she loved them, or perhaps I commission Lisa to knit Gemma some as I think I would like them to live with me.
They are knitted in the softest wool.

My SSCS parcel has arrived from Lyn ........ cute little pudding ornaments.
Thank you Lyn I will wait patiently to open my other gift.
A BIG thank you to the elf supremo for organising the swap.

One of Lucas' friends asked me to make a stocking which I quickly whipped up yesterday.

and finally some cuteness our friends dog had puppies 3 weeks ago they are the sweetest little things. This one had just had a big drink and could not lift its belly off the ground.

Making, baking, knitting and I hate winter.

I saw a little skirt in "Molly Makes" it is a great magazine.
I whipped this one up in no time this morning as a shop sample.

Posted off some bunting for Jackson, it is for a friends grandson so is winging it's way to the USA.

I was asked to make a dog from a book.
Meet Fido.
I dyed the wool just to get it right.

a couple of books one for Gemma so we can play bake.

and this little beauty for me so many cute tea cosies to knit.

I think this will be my first one.
I will have to con someone into the croqueting a couple of flowers for me.

and this is another reason me and my washing machine hate winter.

Monday evening sewing

We have had a few girls come to the shop asking if we did classes making children's clothes etc. I thought it is something I could do so starting Monday 12th September I will help those who need a little guidance with bags, toys, children's clothes.

If you are interested ring the shop the class room will be open from 5:30 for those who would like to come straight from work and perhaps eat some tea before hand.

Random stuff

I finally got around to finishing a quilt for Sean. He wanted a quillow I am yet to make the pocket. Not a great photo the wind was blowing.................. this quilt caused me problems from the start it is a really easy quilt when you cut enough fabric........... which I didn't and it went wrong from there. It is the same fabric range as Lucas' quilt. It is even more appropriate for Sean as it has a sea theme.

I couldn't help myself I went into Borders while I was doing the work banking and left with this.
Being a bit of a bag lady I couldn't go past it.
I am sure I will be making something from it very soon.

How lucky are the kids of today aren't these just the best sprinkles.
Gemma came over and cooked some cup cakes last weekend and had these to go on the top.

I made this little basket as a shop sample it is from "ink and spindle". Lorraine is going to stock their kits this is one of them. Their fabric is lovely I have one of their cushion kits waiting to be made. I have the same fabric.

If you are not fond of spiders perhaps signing out now would be a good thing.
I am fairly sure it is a Golden Orb Weaver.
It has been at my sisters house for about a month getting bigger and bigger.
They are fascinating to look at. The small spider on her abdomen is the male.

Sharing and some snaps

I'm not sure if I am the last person to discover these but if not let me tell you about it. It is the best thing it holds 10 threaded needles. Perfect for non stop sewing. Once you have threaded your needles and put them in you wind it up and the threads are kept neat and untangled. Each needle and thread just pulls out when you want it. It's hard to describe but I love it. It is a clover product called Dome Threaded Needle Case I got mine from Hettie's Patch.

It has a lid to keep everything safe.

Another great buy is this case also from Hettie's

It is strong and large enough to hold all my English Paper pieces and material for

this quilt.

Tony and I went to Encounter Bay this weekend here are a few shot,
we went for a walk on Saturday afternoon.

we walked around the bottom of the bluff to a small jetty where a lot of men were fishing with out much luck because this cheeky fellow was having great fun in and amongst their lines.

he caught a fish and popped onto some rocks to eat it isn't it the cutest face.

Sunday morning I was up early for a walk

along with lot of fishermen heading out to sea.

I love swallows they remind my of my dad this little fellow was happy to sit on our balcony rail.