Well the festivities are over here. Boxing day lunch was lovely with more family and a good catch up. The kitchen received lots of comments and everyone managed to fit in. And it was another day of eating. I really am over eating for a while. And I’m really over dishes too. But you’ve got to […]
{Keep Reading...}Grandma Betty’s quilt – finished!
December 23, 2011 By 19 Comments
Well, I had visions of myself sitting up until the early hours of Christmas Day finishing this quilt. But look here. Finished. Before 9am on Christmas Eve. I’m thrilled. And relieved because I have to clean the house top to bottom, do 5 loads of laundry, put clothes away and start baking and preparing for […]
{Keep Reading...}one quilt top
December 23, 2011 By 5 Comments
Well I flopped into bed at 2.30am this morning. But it was worth it because here is the finished quilt top. I’m just waiting for little people to nap, be quiet, have a little lie down and I’ll get stuck into sandwiching it all together and maybe even quilting it today. So I’m going to […]
{Keep Reading...}chunky rocky road
December 22, 2011 By 9 Comments
Well my local supermarket is all out of mini marshmallows. I’m guessing the locals are making a lot of rocky road. Rather than panic I went over to the lolly aisle and bought a bag of large marshmallows. Ok, no I’ll admit it. You know me too well. I bought 2 bags of marshmallows and we ate […]
{Keep Reading...}making a quilt for Christmas
December 21, 2011 By 9 Comments
I may just become queen of the last minute quilt for Christmas this year. Earlier in the year I said that I would make my Grandma Betty a quilt. She told me it had to be big enough to entirely cover her bed and reach the floor, be in her favourite colours of green, yellow […]
{Keep Reading...}our kitchen renovation : day 23
December 20, 2011 By 22 Comments
Well I’m cooking in the kitchen! Now that’s what I call a great day in a kitchen renovation. We’re not entirely finished as I need to get the painter back to the cornices and skirting boards and a few touch ups and then we’ll be finished. And do you love the chux hanging over the […]
{Keep Reading...}our kitchen renovation : day 22
December 20, 2011 By 12 Comments
OK, so technically this is day 26 because the electrician has just finished up 3 afternoons of work here. But I’m showing pre kitchen photos today as it’s a big day here. The rip out! I don’t even know how I lasted 3 years in this kitchen. And you wondered why I never showed you […]
{Keep Reading...}Lecien Colour Basics Giveaway
December 19, 2011 By 228 Comments
As promised, another giveaway sneaking in before Christmas. I love Lecien Colour Basics. They are great fabrics to make contrasting trims, bindings, backing fabrics, clothes, craft projects, anything you like really. So I’m giving away a 4 metre bundle of these fabrics – you’ll get 1m of each fabric shown in the picture. Talk about […]
{Keep Reading...}settling in
December 17, 2011 By 15 Comments
Well we have power, the builder has finished up and the electrician worked late to give us power and my pendant lights. He’ll be back today to put the foxtel out the back and put all the lights in. But it hasn’t taken us long to settle in. Keira and I stayed up late to […]
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