Tis The Season Blocks 2 & 3

March blocks complete and a whole week to spare ...Yay!!!!!

Noahs Quilt

Noahs quilt is finished and on his bed and he is now a very happy little boy .
This quilt is from Anni Downs book "A Boys Story" its such a simple design but i think its lovely.

The stars are wool and appliqued on using a wool thread.

The weather here is very Autumny and perfect for a lovely sleep under a new quilt.

The Future and The Past

This picture came today in an email titled "Who said Photography isn't art" and i had to share it.....
I hope that it is me a Nana in many years to come and it also reminds of great times spent with my nan watching her craft. She is a very accomplished crafter who has dabbles in many different crafts... All of which she excelled at :)

Block 1

So here is my first block for Tis The Season... These little guys just stitch up so quickly and are just so cute :)
Hopefully will have the next two in the next couple of days......

Tis The Season

So i have joined in the 2011 Tis The Season Stitch A Long.... in an effort not to fall behind today i traced March's Blocks.
The Fabric i am using is Lumiere De Noel by French General fabrics, so im already to go and cant wait to see everybody elses works in progress :)

A Gardeners Journal Blocks E and F

These 2 blocks have been a long time coming ... sort of lost my momentum there somewhere along the way.
I can safely say im sick of sewing 1.2 inch squares but besides that i really enjoy the piecing of these blocks :) I still have a little stitching on Block F but am going to get right on to that after this blog post .....
So that leaves me with Blocks B,D,H and I to go and 2 days left until the new Stitch-a-long starts , oh well i tried and am determined to get this finished soon .

Dear Jane Cross Stitch

I have seen this cross stitch on a few different blogs over the last few months and finally caved in and added it to my collection .
I found it HERE at The Village Patch.Check it out they have so many beautiful patterns .
I havent done any cross stitch for a long time and never one this big so it will be a challenge .

Rainbow Knitting :)

I have cast a new knitting project ..... the plan so far is for it to be a blanket . They may change depending on how bored i get with it or it may end up in the drawer and come out for a few more rows every month or so.
My inspiration came from a blanket that a friend brought over to show us and Sienna and I just fell in love with ..... it was so colourful and soft and made me want to lay on the lounge and watch movies under.

Cadens Quilt

My newest nephew Caden was born in late October so im not too far off with his quilt, he has it well before winter :)
Such an easy quilt that sewed up really quickly, as with all my quilts it took my ages to sew on the binding because it really is just such a boring job.

First Zucchini of the Year

So it has finally warmed up enough in the last couple of weeks for some veges to really take off....
2 Zucchinis tonight Yay!!!! There are lots of tomatoes on the bushes waiting to go red.... It wont be long.
I spent time this evening watering, tying up tomatoes and pulling out weeds, very relaxing and rewarding when we get to eat the yummy veges!!!!

Counting my Blessings :)

I am feeling very lucky today after watching all the devastation that is taking place in QLD. The flooding up there is unbelievable so many lives lost so many houses ruined..... so so dreadful.
I am happy that that is we live in a safe place that at this moment is free from disaster, i have beautiful kids that don't fail to put a smile on my face everyday.

RIP Tiger and 2 new family members :)

It was a sad day on Friday (7 Jan )that we had to say good bye to our faithful friend Tiger , she lived to the grand old age of 15. She had just had enough and couldn't walk anymore so now she is in doggy heaven :(.

A week before that we added to our zoo with two new miniature lop bunny rabbits. So introducing Ashes and Ebony, they are very cute and really placid.

A Night in Sydney

John and I had a lovely night away in Sydney this past weekend. It was so good to recharge the batteries and have a little time away from the kidlets.
These pictures are the view from the rooftop pool ..... was so so nice.
We stayed at Old Sydney Holiday Inn which is right in the heart of The Rocks.
We walked a lot and ate some yummy food, we had dinner at Pancakes On the Rocks which was beautiful!!!!

A little bit of sewing....

Sewing had taken a backseat to Christmas for the past few weeks but today i started to quilt Caden's quilt.
It was nice to get to the machine :)

Beans Beans Beans !!!!!

A few days ago we got our first crop of beans :) Havent had a chance to eat them yet but we will be tonight .
We have had oodles of rain and hopefully we will get some heat and sun and get the rest of the veges growing faster .

Christmas Lily

Two years ago my darling husband gave me a Christmas Lily for Christmas ( obviously) it really is the gift that keeps on giving.
So today the weather here is extremely windy, stormy and quite cold and of course the lilies decided to open up today, so i snapped a few pictures .

Nothing too Crafty

I haven't been too much crafting here over the last couple of weeks ...... this jigsaw has been taking up a lot of my spare minutes.
My husband is an avid Holden fan and has had this jigsaw for ages but never got around to doing it , so i thought i would give it a go :)
We plan on getting it framed and hanging it on the wall sometime after Xmas.
I actually forgot how much i liked Jigsaws so i might do a couple more in 2011 , it is very relaxing.

Miss Lily

Miss Lily recently turned 5, hard to believe that my baby is 5.
Lil absolutely loves baby!!!! So my baby nephew gets lots and lots of love from her.
Yesterday at preschool they had there end of year Xmas Party and she was so excited to bring home her portfolio and the book that Santa had given her.
Her book is "The First Christmas Story" and is a lovely story , her portfolio is awesome the effort and time the teachers put into these is amazing, they are very much appreciated and will be well looked at for years to come.
She was very excited because she asked Santa for a pram for her baby and he said yes if she is very good..... Lucky Santa has that one all wrapped up :)

Finger Buns

This was one of my creations today , believe it or not i have never baked bread before.
So i decided to make these yummy scrummy finger buns, in hindsight i should have made a double batch because they didn't last long.
Next time i will work on the shape of them a little more but really it didn't affect the taste at all.
I used THIS recipe , it worked a treat and has gone straight into my recipe book and I'm sure it will become a favourite.

Xmas Gifts

I am super un organised with teachers gifts this year . my plan was to buy terracotta pots and pot flowers in them but i left it a little late.
So this evening i baked some Choc fudge slice and lemon slice and wrapped them up in some pretty cellophane.
We made a total of 12 packages for teachers, teacher aides and all the preschool teachers, i hope they like them.