I made a quilt

Don't Faint!!

I started after dinner on Friday night and went through to 3am Saturday morning. At that point the top was complete and I had basted it, ready for quilting. Then after dinner on Saturday night I quilted it (very simply) and started hand sewing down the binding. I lasted till 12.30am and just had to go to bed. Thank goodness Wimbledon was on, it gave me something to watch! The binding wasn't finished at that point but I couldn't go on.

This is the back.....

The whole quilt....

a close up of the very simple quilting

this is a good colour representation of the fabrics......

Thanks to my quilt model, DH and a huge thanks to SIL who gave me a load of FQs back in August. I picked the prettiest pinks for this quilt. It was a christening gift for DH's newest god daughter - Isabella Rose. I continued to sew the binding in the car during the hours drive to the church and during the ceremony and finished on the way back to their house! Nothing like cutting it fine.

It is very plain and simple, but I really like it. I always make things with the recepient in mind, but this is one I could have kept.

Jodie

Mt Tamborine Botanical Gardens in Winter

I have always wanted to go up to the Botanical Gardens each season during a calendar year. Haven't managed it yet. But on Sunday we got up there for the first time ever in winter. Not a lot in flower BUT it is still beautiful. There were lots of "scarecrows". The girls and their friend where not too sure about them though.....

Jodie

stillness

 

after all the rain

Jodie

run daddy run

sometimes the 'big kids' have just as much fun as the littlies......

Jodie

at the beach

a yabby in an oyster shell

a blood worm

a yabby

a running race

Jodie

Yep! Some More!!

 

 

 

 

That's right, more pencil rolls. DD2 was invited to another party. Twins AGAIN! But get this....

The party was to be held at a local park, on the same day the local council had a day on. The idea, the council stuff was an added attraction.

So DH kindly took both girls, DD2 to her party, while he and DD1 could wander around the exhibition.

EXCEPT.... no one was there for the party! Now to be fair, the weather was iffy. BUT the Mum who had organised it didn't make contact. DH rang her from the park - her mobile was turned off. They walked around for two hours, by which time he had had enough. Poor DD2 was in tears.

Finally today at a Kindy function came face to face with the mum. She had this story for me about how they were there early on, how she made contact with others and how she didn't know how to contact me. Now firstly I rang her mobile to RSVP the party, so she could have found my number, but secondly and more importantly, WHY WAS HER PHONE TURNED OFF?

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but this one has really irked me.

Ok, Ok, rant over...... as you should always look for the good side in any situation - I am now two pencil rolls ahead in my quota for the school/parish fete craft stall!

Jodie

Yesterday's Picture

currently on the design floor....

Jodie