Saturday, August 16, 2014

it's finally happening

I went to see the surgeon at the hospital last Thursday ... for a review / checkup ... and he told me that they really could not expect me to wait any longer for this operation that I need so they are going to do it on the 26th of this month .. They still want me to lose as much as weight as I can before hand ... so I am doing my very best although this weight has really become very attached to me ... lol ... I have been gearing up for this procedure but did not expect it so soon .... the last they told me I was going to have to wait 3 to 4 months to allow me to lose the required weight ... oh well .. I am not complaining ... although I am a little bit unprepared really ... not just mentally but all round ... oh well ... best I get ready ... haha 

I do want to get as much sewing done as I can in the next week as it will be a while before I am going to be able to sit up at the machine I guess ... they are saying the normal 6 weeks to recover ... hopefully it won't take that long at all ... 

If I can get some things organised for handsewing that maybe a better option ... will see how I go with it all ... 

Maybe I will try to make a couple of these from HERE


thank you so much for the tutorial Shez .. they are just lovely ... I really want some 



hopefully I will be back over the next few days with some photos of some more work I have been able to get done ... I would like to get another ring cushion ready to go too ... let's see how much I can actually get done ... 







Sunday, August 10, 2014

we have be getting visits from ..

This gorgeous creature ... now normally I do not like these little things ... especially when they come as big as this one .. reckon it is about 6 foot long ... I am not about to get my tape measure out to find out exactly .. but it would be about that size ..




And this is one of those rare types that we have here in Australia .. A python ... we call them Carpet Snakes ... I find them truly beautiful and it is harmless ... well maybe not harmless but it is non poisonous ... which in my book makes it fairly harmless ... unless of course your a baby bird .. an egg .. or a smallish rodent .. then .. look out cos you will probably end up on the menu ...






Now we first noticed this bloke on the 25th of July ... he was just wandering around the yard ... probably looking for lunch and the birdlife was giving hin a terrible time ... and then he found a hidey hole away from the pesky birds and rested for the afternoon in a semi sunny spot .. then later that afternoon we saw him travelling and I am guessing it is where he currently lives .. but he headed for back under our house ... 




And that was the last we saw of him until this morning ... he appeared again ... this time definately from under the house ... which I will say I truly do not mind as he will keep the mice population down and we have not had any in the house all winter and that is fine by me ... would rather a Carpet Snake than a mouse any day ... 

anyway by the time I stopped the dog from barking at it and went to get my camera he was gone ... up a tree ... and I could not see it ... the only way I knew where it had gone was cos that is where the dog was jumping up and barking her fool head off... 

anyway .. I found him ... way up on the top branches of the custard apple tree ... sunning himself in peace and quiet .. well he will have that until the birds spy him then they will hound him off again ... they are only protecting their young ... and some of them have those too .. we have a heap of baby lorrikeets about .. I hear them scretching for food ... now these birds are beautiful to look at ... but oh my they sound dreadful ... haha .. 

here he is ... up the tree ... can you see him???





now ... off to do some sewing ... may be back later today with some photos of what I have done ... 



Saturday, August 9, 2014

tops .. tops .. and more tops ...

When will they end ... all these UFO's ... haha ...  possibly never .. I have so many to complete .. and these are just the easy ones .. The ones that just needed straightening and a border or two added ... there are so many more to do tucked away in the cupboard and tubs ... and only a couple with just borders .. the rest are major construction jobs ... and some are just yards of uncut fabric ... but those ones will possibly be the tops left to last ... I am still not to the point where I want to pull them out and count them yet ... 

but this past week I have managed to get 3 done ... 







I also started on a ring cushion for a friend's daughter who is getting married in October .... and while I was at it I thought I would have a play with a smaller one like it ... this one will end up about 7 inches square while the one for my friend will be bigger ... 




Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Look what I got today ...

Isn't he just beautiful ... 


no .. not really ... haha .. but he really hasn't been here very long and really needs to fit into his skin with air and other stuff around him .. so that may take a couple of days ... and then there are those forcep marks ... 

Our little great grandson Harrison Benjamin B came into the world rather reluctantly this afternoon ... a nice healthy weight of 6lb 13oz ... arriving at 1:37pm ... both babe and Mummy are doing fine .. Daddy on the other hand thinks no one is doing anything right and is running everything past his mum who is just about ready to hit him on the head ... but is trying to reassure him that the nurses and doctors actually do know stuff about babies and mothers ... haha ... 

Welcome to the world little man ... Grandma will be down to visit you and have a cuddle or 10 before you get too much bigger ... oh and by the way sweet little one .. I love you .... 

Sunday, August 3, 2014

A quick finish for today ..

I started  this cushion cover awhile back ... along with many other things that are poked away in my cupboard ...  I had made one like it some time ago in greens ... but this one I finished today ... and I really like the blues ...




Getting a little excited about what else I am going to pull out and finish off ... I think I will start with the easy ones ... all those 'almost finished' quilt tops that are just missing their borders ... yep ... I have a few of those in there ... along with multiple other tops that are in various stages of incompleteness ...

I will go have a look later tonight and decide then ... 

but for now ... I think it's time to think about what to have for dinner ... 

I have worked up a bit of an appetite ... 

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Leader & Ender blocks continued ...

Last night was the first Friday of the month .. so I thought I would join the ladies over at 


It was my first night with the ladies there and I did manage to get some sewing done ... and what I did was to my amazment a fabulous nights work ... 

now some time ago ... like back in May of 2012 I had started a few blocks of some leader and ender bits that I had been sewing together as I went ... there are some pics HERE to show the progess at that point ... 

well over the past couple of years I have managed to put all those 2 and 4 inch patches into 80 x 8 inch blocks and those into 20 x 16 inch blocks and last night I sewed them altogether into a quilt top that now measures 64 x 80 inches ... I had planned on a smaller quilt in the beginning but this is a great size ...  

It is the first scrappy quilt I have made too ... and I love it ... 




I have more 8 inch blocks made waiting to be put together into larger blocks too ... I wonder how many more years they will sit before I put them together ... 

Thanks for a great and productive night Cheryll ... see you next month ...