Monday, August 26, 2013

I have been sewing but I can't show you !!!!

I spent last Friday sewing ... but didn't have my camera to take pics of what I had done ... and even if i did have it .... I wouldn't be able to post any photos here because what I am working on is for a S S S ... which stands for Santa Swap Sack ........... and it could also stand for Secret Squirrel Stuff ... which also sounds like it could be a lot of fun too doesn't it ...

but what I can tell you is ..... it is is a Christmas themed quilted thingy ... for my not so secret partner ... yeah .. we know who our partners are (and she knows who I am) so that makes it hard to brag about what you have been making ... and totally impossible to post photos of what you have done on your personal blog ... so you will all just have to take my word for it when I say it is just absolutely gorgeous ... and I love it ... of course I haven't finished it yet .... and it is not quilted .. so there is always the possibility that I could stuff it up and it could end up and non event ..... but .. it has been awhile since I super stuffed up something ..... so I dare say this one will get finished ... and when it is done and finished and photographed I am allowed to post a finished photo of it HERE ........... eventually ... we have until the end of November to have our things finished ...

and I can't even share a photo of the fabrics cos that would give away the identity of the item too ... so ... will just have to wait ... until Christmas time .. when my partner finally unwraps her gifts from me ... all 6 of them ...

And so far I have completed 1 ... and have 3 more in the process of being made .... I will be cheating and purchasing a couple of things that I will be sending ... only because it is too hard for me to make these things .......

But .. what I can show you is ... where I am sewing these days ... but those pics will have to wait until tomorrow .. cos I didn't take the camera up there with me today ... 

As you all know .. my bus is not quite drive-able again .. haha ... it has no wheels on it ... haha ...  that's right Bobbie .. laugh ... it is better than the alternative ... .... anyway ... my son has made one of the 'workers' houses on the property available for me to sew in .... I can spread myself out a bit and make a little bit of a mess if I want too ... the bus is good ... but doesn't have the room to really make a chaotic mess ... haha ... sort of like I am used to ...

It is very basic and nothing flash or fancy ... but there is a large table ... and lots of room to put up the ironing board .... and ... there is a little room off from the kitchen ... i am sewing in the kitchen ... it gets lots of sun in there and is nice and toasty warm .. anyway ... in this little room I have my sewing tubs ... and although I don't have the stash that I once possessed ... what I do have is very precious and oh so useful ... and I realised today that 2 of the tubs could get packed away and not dragged out at all .. cos they only have finished quilt tops in them .. yes .. 2 tubs full of tops waiting to be finished ... I will have to start saving my pennies so that I can get someone to quilt a couple of them for me ... some of them I can do myself ... but there are a couple in there that I would love some custom designs done on the blocks ... just to make them a little more special ...

I went back up to the house today and did a little more on some of my SSS bits .. I am really really happy with the way the bits are coming together ... especially as I have no pattern to work from .. just popping it all together as I go along ... haha .. 

well .. I am off to bed now ... have an appointment in town tomorrow to see a podiatrist and get my horrid little feet seen to ... Hopefully she can help with a couple of painful issues ....

Will catch up again real soon ... with pics of the house ... and hopefully of some other things that I may get done ... 


3 comments:

  1. well... I am glad to hear you are not just sitting around doing nothing!!
    Hope your footsies get sorted...
    Hugz

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  2. you have been one busy lady,good luck with your feet.xx

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  3. Gotta love ssshhhh secret sewing with no pic's...lol but you sound busy with it all! Hope the tooties feel better! :)

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