Saturday, June 30, 2012

July block for Karen P

I have finished my block swaps for the first half of the year ... yay!!!! and am now into July on a positive note with one swap already completed .... 

Here is Karen P's block .. she asked for a Plaited Block from Quilters Cache .. It was an interesting block to do .. and half the fun was finding the 'bright' colours that Karen asked for ... hope you like my choice ... 




The weather here today was much nicer than we have had for ages ... hubby took his motorbike out this afternoon for a run ... he was gone for about 3 hours and is hoping for another nice day tomorrow so he can go out again .... once upon a time we were both right into riding the bikes everywhere and the weather didn't bother us too much at all .. but these days I don't go on the bike and he has become quite the 'fair weather' rider .. apparently that happens when you get older .. haha ... so I am hoping it is a nice day so that he can get out on his bike ... there certainly are not many days through winter that are nice for riding ... and .. if he is out then I am free to do whatever I want ... and that is ... of course ... sew ... 


Thursday, June 28, 2012

Sail boats and wintery weather ...

These are the blocks that I did for the 6 inch swap ... Sue B was my partner ... she asked for these sweet little sailboats ... pattern from Quilters Cache 




I have not been able to get do much sewing so far this week .. the weather here is shocking and we have had people coming and going for the past couple of days ... 

It is a present blowing a gale outside .. and raining cats and dogs ... and it is so bitterly cold ... and for me to say it is cold ... it really has to be cold .... I just check the local weather site on the net and it says currently outside at midnight it is 9 degrees ... and also says it feels like it is 5 degrees ... our outside thermometer says it is 6 degrees here ... and i reckon it feels like 3 degrees ... 

Now I know to some of you .. that is not too bad at all ... but for here in 'sunny' Queensland they are saying it is the coldest 'snap' we have had in 5 years ... so you will have to excuse my whinging ..hahaha ..  I am just not used to this sort of thing ... and honestly do not particularly like this sort of cold weather ... 

But it will pass .. and it will be summer soon enough ... and guaranteed .. I will be back whining about the heat ... .... yep .. there is just no pleasing me ... 

The men folk don't mind this sort of cold snap though .. cos I tend to cook and bake when it is like this .. the heat from the oven helps warm the house up ... tonight they had home made pies for dinner .. and then for sweets .. a nice serving of bread and butter pudding ... with lashings of cream .... i had a small serving without the cream ... but did enjoy a lovely chicken and vege pie ... 

sorry no pics .. they ate it all before I could get the camera out ... 



Sunday, June 24, 2012

more blocks ..

Here are the blocks I have made for Leena ... 

This is the replacement Spool block .... this time using the right pattern ... 



and her block for the Christmas Swap ... 




There will be more blocks to come ... would have liked to have done them tonight .. but I am just a little tired and my wrist is more than a little sore .. lol


here's hoping ....

I am hoping to get some sewing and quilting done in the next couple of weeks ... I have been rather busy with an added extra in my household in the form of an 18 year old grandson ... and a couple of broken bones in my wrist ... the wrist is probably the lesser of the two as far as not being able to get stuff done ... 

I never realised how much time gets taken up running kids to and from work and feeding them ... OMG .. I forgot just how much teenage boys eat ... and eat ... and eat ..... haha !!!

Our Ricky will soon have his drivers license and will no longer need me to 'supervise' his driving ... which is a plus for him and a very big plus for me ... it is just a good thing that I love this kid .... 

Over the next 2 weeks hubby is home on holidays and said he will run the lad to and fro so that I can get some time in my sewing room ... so I thought I would start today and catch up on some block swaps .... it is all a bit slow going due to the wrist pain ... but I am getting things done ... 

This block I did for Noelene F .... my QBSA partner from May ... oh aren't I norti ... 





And this one I did for Leena who is my QBSA partner for June .. 


but .. it is wrong because I did not read the email properly... not the 'spool' block I was supposed to make .. so it is back to the machine and cutting board to do the right one .... 

I also have another block to make for Leena ... for the Christmas swap ... and ... a 6" swap to do for Sue B ... and then there is a couple of quilts I really have to finish ... so off I go to do them now ... but will still be interrupted soon to feed the menfolk ... but I should get one block made before that happens ... 

see you all soon ..... with more photos .......