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.

Block 2 Pies

I found it difficult to take a decent picture of the last 7 appliqued blocks together so excuse the crappy photo (they really need a press) :) Crappy photo or not i still want to keep documenting my Slow Progress

I found a new way to baste the fabric on the pieces which is so so much quicker , so hopefully block 3 wont take me 6 months.
Sue Daley the creator of Pie and Tarts posted THIS tutorial using SewLine Glue Pens .
It is awesome i already love English Paper Piecing and this makes me love it even more

Vege Patch 2010

We have nearly finished planting out our Vege Patch.
This year we have Potatoes, Spinach, Strawberries, Carrots, Capsicum, Zucchini, Beans, Peas, Spring Onions, Red Onions, Lettuce, Apple and Green Cucumbers, Squash, Watermelon, Pumpkin, Corn and 6 Large Tomato Plants and have 2 cherry tomato plants to go in :)
We have effectively doubled the size of our vege garden this year and i cant wait for the yummy veges we will have in abundance in a few months.

Spring Gardening

Its very rainy here today but our plants are loving it ...
DH this year tried to grow some things from seed and it has gone really well.... in our little hothouse/tray we have Zucchini, Spring Onions and Lettuce all growing beautifully :)
My Christmas Lily has made an appearance again , cant wait to see its beautiful flowers too.
In our garden beds i have planted beans, peas, capsicum, pumpkin and strawberries but its a bit wet to take pictures down there today .

Pennsylvania Dutch Block 12

Im a bit excited to have finished all the blocks on this quilt :)
I need to get into gear and get the sashing and borders done in the next couple of weeks.

I Heart Flowers

My gorgeous daughter Sienna spent her walk home from the bus stop picking me these lovely flowers.
She snuck them into the house and arranged them into an old coffee jar before presenting them to me ...... lovely girl!!!!!

Pies oh lovely Pies

Here are the final 7 pies of Block 2 Pie and Tarts ready to be appliqued onto there squares.
I love all the fabric used in this BOM so bright and out there. Now onto the tiny little tarts which come together really quickly.

To Be Read Books

After my WIP of sewing projects i decided to do a list of books that i have here ready to be read......

I'm going to TRY and not buy anymore books until this list is considerably shorter ( very hard task :P)

1/ What Alice Forgot- Alice Moriarty
2/ Death Mask- Kathryn Fox - Finished
3/ The Dead Of The Night- John Marsden-Finished-
4/ Breaking Dawn- Stephanie Meyer - Finished
5/ The Winding Ways Quilt- Jennifer Chiaverini
6/ The Runaway Quilt- Jennifer Chiaverini
7/ Atonement- Ian McEwan
8/ Faces- Martina Cole
9/ 7th Heaven- James Patterson
10/ The Story Of Danny Dunn- Bryce Courtney
11/ Covet- Tara Moss
12/ Road To Paradise- Paulliina Simons
13/ The Girl Next Door- Elizabeth Noble
14/ The Best of Times- Penny Vincenzi-Finished
15/ Women of The Outback- Sue Williams
16/ Centre Stage- Judy Nunn
17/ We of The Never Never- Mrs Aeneas Gunn
18/ Rules- Jane Beaton
19/ Perfect Skin- Nick Earls
20/ The Cross Country Quilters- Jennifer Chiaverini
21/ Red Desert Sky- John Lomax III
22/ Heritage- Judy Nunn
23/ ToyBoy- Holly Hill
24/ Knit Two- Kate Jacobs
25/ One Fifth Avenue- Candace Bushnell
26/ Eat Me- Linda Jaivin
27/ Now or Never- Penny Jordan
28/ Territory- Judy Nunn
29/ The Glitter Game- Judy Nunn
30/ White Gardenia- Belinda Alexandra
31/ Australia Street- Ann Whitehead
32/ Hopetoun Wives- Fran Cusworth-Finished

WIP

I have been going to do a WIP List since KAYSCHA posted hers a year ago but haven't got around to it :)
So Today MAREE threw out a similar challenge and so i have gone ahead and made my List........
Some things i haven't started so technically aren't WIPS Yet but if i have started or have a kit or the fabric ready to go it went on the list :)
Its in no particular order just as i came across them

So here we go....

1/ The World as it Should Be- Bookmark
2/ The World as it Should Be- MY World Needlecase
3/ Prairie Flower Pincushion
4/ Noah's Star Quilt Finished
5/ Down In The Garden BOM
6/ Life Is Beautiful BOM
7/ Pennsylvania Dutch BOM
8/ Pies and Tarts BOM
9/ Wool Pin Cushion
10/ Baby Nephew Quilt Finished
11/ Mums Dresden Plate cushions
12/ Melly and Me Butterfly
13/ My home cushion
14/ Square Dilly Bag Kit
15/ Cat Wall Hanging
16/ Friends forever Cushion
17/ Welcome to our nest Wall hanging
18/ A Gardeners Journal Quilt
19/ A Family Gathering Quilt
20/ Gail Pan Threads And Things Bag
21/ Lily Doll Quilt Finished
22/ EB Newbie Quilters Round Robin Quilt
23/ Gail Pan A Christmas Wish
24/ Making Tea Wall Hanging
25/ Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt

Only 25 Things not too many at all :)