JUST PROUD

That is what I am, Just Proud.
Proud of Annette,
just look what she has made,
This for Rebecca, just because...



The Polar Bear Quilt,
also for Rebecca as she mentioned she liked them,
what a lucky girl she is...



AND
just look at this box of goodies...

Yep. Hexagons for the Bushfire Appeal
300 of them...

Do you understand why I say I am proud?
Well done Annette.

BAGS OF STUFF

Lots of things to show you, my own private Showtime as it were...

I start off with a lovely 'Lets go fly a kite' card from Shellie S
Fabricards swap group, thanks Shellie, love it...

These were made for the 'CIRCLES' swap on Fabricards, BUT;
oops, I have only used one fabric on these so they are not usable,
back to the drawing board...

Close up the blue one, this was on a felt'y sort of wash cloth I bought
from Poundland, very pleased with the result...

Mini daffodils coming up in my garden...

Last tree; Going..................Shredding............................Gone

Bought these little beauties in Poundland...

Waiting to be quilted... 1 - 2 - 3 ...

4 - 5 ...

6 - 7 - 8 ...

This is the Quilt I made with my Batik swap fabrics on Popular Patchwork Forum,
waiting to be quilted;
- 9 ...

This is to show you how I take my photos, so I hopefully!!
get them square on...

Here is the result of the Wonky Stars,
this will be winging it's way to Australia very soon...

Here is a block Annette has made for the BFQ Appeal...

She has made FIVE, so they will go with the quilt from the Macs...

We did a Charm Square swap on the Popular Patchwork Forum,
I received PINK, so decided I would make more Wonky Star
blocks with them, first I cut them all to 4 1/2", they were 5"
Then I managed to make these 5 blocks...

I joined them all together, to make this little Quilt, which will be sent to my
lovely Forum friend Tessa, for her to finish off as a Linus Quilt,
that kind of balances things out, one for Australia and one for us...

After I had trimmed all the 5" squares to the smaller size,
I was left with lots of bits of fabric,
as I hate waste,
I got out my Postcard vylene and pressed all the bits on,
I am actually quite pleased with the results I got, these are now ready
as base's for cards I will make in the future.
Just look how many I managed to prep...
The PINK offcuts...

The white offcuts...

Ohhh!
They have given me an idea; this is the waste bin I place all my bits in
and when it is full I take them over to the school...
I can see lots of good bits for prepping cards in there...
No, they will go to the school...

Lots of lovely bags,
the black one I made to go with my outfit I wore to Suzanne's wedding,
I had a green trouser suit with black accessories,
the flower is the same fabric I used for all the favours I made for her guests..
The Log Cabin bag is one I saw in a tiny advert in a magazine many years ago,
I drafted it out and gave it to Suzanne, it has found it's way back to me now though..
The small beaded bag is my first attempt at beading...

Annette made these two for me,
can you tell I love purple,
hopefully
you will click on them to see the beautiful bead trim...

This is a bag the school had made for all the children,
they got them to draw their faces
then it got printed onto the calico,
can you see Rebecca...

Mmm, this beauty is a one off,
yes I know I have already put it on here before,
but feelit is worth another look.
My friend Sheila gave this to me,
it is made of Leather and Suede completely,
it is just gorgeous,
I made a journal page of this bag as I loved itso much,
thank you Sheila...

There we are my Showtime ends, I hope you have enjoyed it.

LOOKING GOOD

Hubby had a really busy day in the garden today, I'm afraid I was really lazy today, I felt so tired I haven't a clue why, apart from maybe the acupuncture I had yesterday!! Does that make you tired I wonder! He seemed to get on better without me there anyway, apart from pointing where I wanted the plants to go. Yes. Time to do some planting at last. He has creosoted the bottom fence, nice and black now. Also the side fence which is ours, her painted/creosoted a nice dark brown, I was sick of the red cedar. He says it is growing on him. I love the smell of creosote so kept wandering into the garden.

This first picture shows the Ceanothus we already have being tied to the trunk or a nearby tree, it was leaning right over as the conifer had pushed it over. Maybe it will regain its upright, maybe it wont, we shall see. Just trying to 'coax' it a bit.

This is more or less the same view, showing the planting he has done, also, see the fences, very smart now. Ceanothus' and Clematis' have been planted in situ, along with some Polyanthus, that we are hoping will 'naturalise' down there amongst the Snowdrops and other bulbs that I - OK He - will be putting in. The trunk from the thinnest of the trees has been nailed to the others to give the plants something to grow up, also to try and blot that horrid view. Annette said, will they be covered by Sunday......Corse they will!!!

This next picture is almost the same as the last I know, but you can see the horrid red cedar fence of next doors, our new brown is much much better. Don't you agree?

This basket of bulbs we found under the conifers, how it got there, who knows!!
These will all be planted in the ground when they have finished flowering, poor things.

Here, at long last are my mini Daffodils. Not too many this year, again, I don't understand why this is, maybe I will have these up and replant elsewhere and start afresh next year!

Close up they are fine as you can see, just not many of them.

They were so pretty the first year we put them in, they looked a real treat.
Have to have a good think on this.
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This evening I managed to stay awake long enough to make 5 more Wonky Star blocks, bringing my total to 9. I have decided I will use my PINK charm swap pack from the PP forum, to make wonky star blocks for the BF appeal..........that's BUSH FIRE..........link in the side bar.

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Thursday I had the first of my Acupuncture treatments, I had 12 needles altogether, 6 each side, from hands, up arms to neck, I bet I looked like Herman Munster with the needles in my neck. I was warned they may leave bruises!! it --my neck-- may hurt quite a lot for a couple of days, because it has been stirred up I guess. Oh Joy. It has ached a bit, felt a bit weird, but I just feel so tired. So on that note I am off to my bed. Goodnight everyone, hope you enjoy my news so far.

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WONKY STARS

I made these four blocks this evening, I have to tell you I loved making them, I love the look of them too, once you adjust your straight eye that is!! Such freedom. Great stuff, I shall have fun making more, but do pop over to my friend Ros's Blog and view hers, cos they are really gorgeous. I am going to rethink my fabrics, thanks Ros for the idea.

Oh, these are for the BUSH FIRE QUILTS APPEAL.

Annette is busy making Hexagons, I cant remember how many she has done so far, but this evening apparently she cut out a load more.