Just one more, then I’ll stop…

Hand-stitching is a bit like eating chocolate…

Once you start, it’s very difficult to stop.

Do You Know Lovely Lisa?

I do and she is lovely.

A little while ago I made quilt. When I had finished I decided which fabric I would use for the binding only to discover that I had none left.

I looked on the internet, but couldn’t find it anywhere. It seemed that it was no longer available.

THEN…

I went to visit Lisa’s beautiful blog and discovered that she was using the exact fabric in extraordinarily crafty ways.

When I asked her where she had bought it she went right out and bought some for me. She bought it just for me! 

Look how beautifully she presented it.

Lisa is so lovely (and a bit naughty) because when I opened my parcel I found more than just this piece of fabric.

Inside the little package was more beautiful fabric. Lisa may, in fact, be a mind reader because I have been looking with love at these fabrics for quite some time!

Thank you so very much, Lisa. You are incredibly generous and thoughtful. Keep an eye on your letter box. Something special is on its way to you.

Before I go, Lesley asked me to show a photo of the whole musk stick quilt.

Here it is, as requested…

Musk Sticks

(are yummy!)

Someone at my Pete’s work had a baby this week. A baby girl. My Pete, who rarely asks anything of me, asked me to make her a quilt.

So I went to Kirsty’s shop to find some beautifully girly fabric and used it to make some beautifully girly flower appliques.

When I finished I thought how much these lolly-like colours reminded me of musk sticks.

As luck would have it I live very close to a shop which sells musk sticks…

so I bought some. Just for this photo shoot, you understand.

Then, because I abhor waste…

I ate them all up!

Well, I work and I work and I work

Then I sew…

I have been so incredibly busy meeting short timelines at work.

I come home looking for distraction from a busy mind.

These fabrics made into three tiny dresses are just the antidote I need.

Bliss.

Rescued

A Viking has arrived to rescue me from being lonely.

Now I can hem those little dresses that have been waiting patiently.

Welcome to my family Viking. I’m so glad that you came home with me.

Even though I’ve only known you for one day. I love you already.

Old School

I still find myself so lonely without a sewing machine.

So I’ve had to indulge myself with some old school hand stitching.

It’s a very good use of my time.

On the Day of Her Birth…

We discovered this.

Sitting forlornly didn’t help.

Luckily her dad knew how to fix it.

He supervised and offered advice while Miss Ashy did the hard work…

and bore the weight alone.

She managed to find a willing helper though…

Happy Birthday Beautiful Ashleigh. We all love and adore you.

An Up and Down Day

Today has been an up and down day.

In the morning Ashy made pancakes. The most delicious pancakes ever. Light and fluffy on the inside and with a slight bite on the outside. Oh so good.

Just look at my pancake…

Do you see that beautiful heart shape? I think it is because she loves me.

This afternoon I had to face the fact that my sewing machine was just not performing at its best. It is making noises no sewing machine should make.

So off it went to the service centre.

Now I am sans sewing machine, nary a sewing machine in sight, not a single machine to sew.

I am going to be so lonely until it comes home again…

Cherry Lovin’

I have been looking for my quilting mojo. It seems hard to find at the moment, so I decided to just go ahead and make a quilt without it. Maybe it will find me in the process.

It started with a cherry and became a heart.

I like it a lot.

Unfortunately it causes my mind to drift off to that song of the early 90s. You know – a band with big hair, small pants comparing their true love to a cherry pie. A song my son plays on guitar hero far too often.

I looked for another cherry song as an antidote, but only found frozen strawberries.

It helps…

Holiday List

Me to Pip: So, do you have plans for these holidays? Anything you’d like to do?

Pip: Well, I’ll be quite busy, actually.

First I have to get my hunter to a level 80*.  I’m going to need to complete quite a few quests to get all the gold I need for that.

I need to complete my art book. That will take a while. The drawings are quite detailed.

I have to buy Guitar Hero 5. It just came out. I’d like to have most songs at expert level before I go back to school.

I also have a song to pracitse on my guitar. The whole band is practising it so we’ll know it for our first rehearsal after the holidays.

For one brief second, after hearing that list, I imagined that I would like to be a teenaged boy. Then I remembered how they all smell after a day at school and changed my mind.

This is the song he has been practising. He sounds pretty good – especially when I accompany him on vocals. He won’t let me join the band though. I’ve asked, he tactfully refused me…

* A reference to his character on world of warcraft.