Thursday, March 13, 2014
On Friendships and Corduroy
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Gobsmacked –You have to see this !
Saturday, January 12, 2013
eight-teen (s.o.b)
Sunday, August 22, 2010
The worst photos you will see on this blog
Friday, September 26, 2008
Granny's quilt

OK - Now for the binding .....any opinions. The green of the outer border so the binding sort of blends in - or the cherry pink of the small border?
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Keep your knickers on!!!

The sashing is actually cream and has a very small tonal pattern of leaves. I had to snap these pics this morning before work and it had been folded up all night so please forgive the rather crumpled look.

Sunday, August 31, 2008
Annie kicked my butt!



5:30
Bye Annie......
Stay tuned folks - this could get interesting..............or it might all end in tears.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Doing it!

Its just that they....you know .....do that thing.
They've all been doing it for a while, and doing it together for years ......they all love doing it, they adore doing it. They do it alone or in groups and they do it as often as they can. They are kind of addicted to doing it.
And that's OK - I mean I am pretty open-minded, each to his or her own I say......its just that ........well...........I 'm not that fond of doing it. I don't really enjoy doing it and and I kinda suck at doing it to be honest. That's not to say I won't ever do it, and I'll do it a little bit just to be social but yikes a whole day of DOING IT !
Maybe its just not my thing? Perhaps I could just follow their lead and bluff my way through? I could make the coffee when it all gets a bit intense right?
Surely it would be better for everyone if I stayed home and finished off some monkey limbs, sewed the back onto my scarf, worked on the cushions, re-jigged the new softie, finished the ill-fated fabric birdcage and drew up some new dollies.

Tomorrow- I quilt !
Friday, March 28, 2008
It's back !!



Well it is true, I am very excited............................... and I have renewed crafty energy.

After all, finishing that quilt top means I get to add all these "extra" greens to my stash !
Friday, January 25, 2008
Still quilting............



I have decided to quilt and join these two pieces before I start to piece the last third, simply because it takes ages and drives me slightly batty.

I was disappointed to find out today that the French word for Tampon is......................Tampon. Not even the French can make it sound attractive!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Not to put too fine a point on it.

I finished off quite a few of these little guys. They are so great. I got the original idea from the gorgeous tutorials over at Moonstitches and made some before Christmas. They were so popular that I whizzed up another dozen on the machine and then just popped them in the car craft basket to finish off as the the opportunity arises.


Remember murphy? Well when I gocco'd him I made quite a few and later fused on their bodies and popped them in the car craft basket as well. I blanket stitched this guy and when we got home turned him into a handbag.

It was a long day but we got lots done and the kids were excited with some of the "junk" they were able to acquire. They just loved these.........

and Grandma gave me this for safe keeping. This was her first ever ballet dress, made of parachute silk (that's all that was available at the time).

Monday, January 14, 2008
Thanks for asking

I am unwilling to commit to projects that take longer than two days to at least "look finished"
I do not understand projects that involve more ironing than sewing
I do not like projects that require special equipment
I do not like having to remove special equipment (see above) from sewing machine every time I give up on the "big" project to tackle something do-able.
I do get bored with the same fabric after about 3 hrs.
I do not understand chopping up about 300 m of fabric to sew it back together into something only 2m in size.
I hate basting
I hate pinning
I hate exactness
I embrace the wonky
I hate enormous things that require rearranging my house just so I can lay them out to look at them.
I hate that no-one told me that just winging it is not actually a bona-fide quilting term....because it is a totally STUPID thing to do.

Yeh, so the quilt is coming along nicely, thanks for asking. No it doesn't take much time. Just a few minutes here and there. Yes I have only done one third, yes I haven't even laid out the other two. Yes I am sure I know what I am doing, so what if I have never done the quilt- as-you-go thingo before. Oh no, it's no problem to just make up a pattern, I really enjoy a challenge, Oh yes that's right, I will get so much enjoyment and self fulfillment when this is finished...........I mean ...I will....won't I? You know just like childbirth.....you never remember the pain afterwards.