Back again ...

I thought I had best get in here an do a post before you all starting thinking I had really fallen off the face of the Earth ... I have just been busy with a few things and life in general ....

A few things being a bit of quilting ... a bit of finishing off one or two UFO's ... and that is about it for the sewing / quilting side of things ...

And life in general ... we moved .. as you may have read a few months ago ... and our son and family moved close to us not long ago ... so it is so wonderful that they are near us again ... I just love it ... these grandies are lovely and close and life could only be better by them all being this close ...

With their move came changes ... they are both working and we are currently on school holidays ... so Nanni has been babysitting .... not that they need too much in the way of looking after ... I am doing it at their place so the kids have everything they need to keep them happy ... they are all very self efficient and know exactly what they can and can't do ... what they are and are not allowed to eat ... and I only have to fix snacks and meals for young Master Chance who is a big boy now at the ripe old age of 5 ... He does keep me in smiles ... My life will return to 'normal' as of Easter .. they all go back to school the Tuesday after .... I think I will miss them ...

The quilting I have been doing as I said was some UFO's .... actually just a couple of placemats ... I love the way they have come up ... just a 12 inch logcabin block ... 3 inch slabs of fabric on two sides to give them length ... a bit of quilting ... backing made up of odds and sods of left over bits .... and binding with a dash of red also thrown into it ... looks rather elegant me thinks ... and Hubby really likes these .... so I will be allowed to use them freely on the table ... lol .... like he would be able to stop me anyway ...

 I am really happy with them ... 

My daughter approached me a couple of months ago and asked if I would make her a quilt for a friend who was having a baby ..... as she had no idea what she wanted ... I sent her photos of different quilts I could do for her .... she picked out one quilt ... and such a gorgeous one too ... Remember Whooo Loves You ... and she wanted pinks and greens please ...

Then after sorting out that quilt another message came through on my phone .... 'ummm .... could you make me another one as well please .. please .... please ??' ........ this made me giggle .... she wanted another one .. simple little charm patches with hearts ... ....

This is what I mailed to her yesterday ... the simple little heart applique quilt ... it is sooo cute ... and the colours in the fabrics ... just gorgeous ... 

The backing was just a combination of all the fabrics on the quilt top ... it just made sense to do that ... 

This is the Whooo Loves You quilt ... I love love love the way this one came up ... 

the colours are much brighter than this pic reflects ... 

Again I did a pitchy-patch backing ... and out of all the left over pieces I had I made a small quilt that the new mummy could use in a pram or basket ... 

I know ... I really should have made another owl for this one ... but ... she will just have to do without ... 

and that is it for my sewing feats thus far ... 

We did have a bit of rain a couple of weeks ago ... around 12 inches over a 3 day period .... and while it rained all was good .. the rain just soaked into the ground ... which was very very dry ... and the grass was dying rapidly so the rain came just in time for many farmers in the area ... 

but the day after it stopped here the river below us started to run ... and rise ... it came up 12 metres .... and looked absolutely incredible .... the road was cut by the rising water but we are very very safe here ... the house is a long way up from where the water collects ... and it would take almost biblical rains for it to affect us ...  

BEFORE

AFTER

    

I tried to get the exact shot as the first photo ... almost had it too .... 

And here are some other pics of around the property ... 

a close up of the photo above ... 

Well here it is April ... next week end is Easter ... and I have done almost nothing with this year ... it is raining again today ... my life is going wonderfully well .. and ... it is raining again this weekend ... but the river is playing nice ..... at the moment ... 

 I will try to do these posts more often .... 

 Have a wonderful week people ....