After 3 years...

it is finally done....and I love it!

Now to take it to be framed, then into storage until it can be hung somewhere in the "new house".

Reading...

I have powered through my last few books, unable to put them down as they made for great or compelling reading...

Today whilst the sick one snuggled and slept on me I began this. It is such a pretty book to look at and after a few hours reading today, I am thoroughly enjoying it..

Sleeping Beauty

The Kindness of Fellow Quilters...

A couple of weeks ago I celebrated my birthday. Over at EB Newbie Quilters, we have done an FQ swap for the past couple of years. In my haste to pack up in readiness for the renovation I totally forgot to take a photo of all the beautiful fabrics I received. Thanks ladies for the lovely FQ's, they will all be wonderful when I get back on track with my Dear Jane...bring on my sewing room, I say!!!

I was also sent some lovely extras, chokkies, hand made cards, pretty little pink scissors, gorgeous little "business type" cards which I guess are for scrap booking but I am going to use them as gift tags and for my art journal. The beautiful Nic sent these absolutely divine little dolls for my girls - they are already well loved, taken to bed each night and we have already have lots of fun playing with them. Thanks Nic for such a special gift, it is truly appreciated, and you are a very clever girl!

Finito

Feels good to finally complete another quilt, it has been some time! Thanks again to the talented Emma from Sampaguita Quilts for the beautiful quilting. Once this house reno is completed I WILL do a machine quilting course, I must!!!



The Horn cabinet will be packed up this week, I need to sandwich and quilt a quilt to get the binding done as well as get the bindings on 2 other quilts. I had hoped to get it done the past couple of days but with one of the princesses with a tummy bug that idea was shut down pretty quickly.

A packing weekend then a sewing Monday and Tuesday is the plan..but we will see!

Life is full of....

boxes and trips out west at the moment...

My beloved Nanny has been very sick, in and out of intensive care. Then last Thursday she suffered a massive stroke. There have been a lot of journeys out to where she lives, 3 hours away. It is exhausting but worth the effort to spend precious moments with her. She has responded well to the stroke treatment so we are hoping the prognosis will be positive as time moves forward...and if it is not then I pray for it to be quick and painless.

The other crazy element of my life is our renovation. The building is due to commence at the end of this month. ARGH! I thought I was prepared and organised for this to start, but when you get down to the nitty gritty there is so much to do...

We are all plodding along, making the most of family time, special moments and packing and sleeping as time permits.

No quilting whatsoever though, sadly! I hope to indulge this week sometime!

Fathers Day...

A celebration of my husband, my best friend and fantastic daddy to our 2 angels.

A Joyous Morning!

Nearly every morning I awake somewhere between 5.30 and 6am and go for a walk with my pooch. I love this start to the day, the fresh air, the solitude, it really sets me up for a great day, and I can feel the difference in myself, and the dog, when I don't do it. I was delighted that this morning it was finally warm enough to wear just a long sleeve tee, without a jacket. Spring has well and truly sprung and I love that! We got caught in a massive down pour and got drenched but this morning even that didn't dampen (ha) my spirits.

As I do every morning, I logged into the council website to check the status of our DA. A long 77 days ago, we submitted our plans into council. Imagine my ecstatic whoop of delight when this morning, dripping wet, I logged into the council website and saw that our plans have been approved and a letter is on the way to us!

So soon, our dream home will be a reality. It will be hell on earth to get there as we are living through the build but it will be more than worth it in the end!