Lazy Logs

I have never done a proper Log Cabin designed quilt before.  I guess I should really say I haven't still.  But this is a Log Cabin of sort.  A very, very lazy one though.  No measuring, no straight cutting if I couldn't be bothered.  All scraps...  A very odd assortment I must say.

There are 20 squares on the floor.  I actually have 40.  Hmmm...  Enough for 2 charity quilts maybe or one really giant one.  Don't know yet.  Will leave them at this stage for now.  I might try quilt-as-you-go with one set, just to try that method out.

I don't really like this pattern though I have decided.  Too ages to make these.  Well, maybe a weeks worth of nights.  Not sure.

Also, I still have a lot of scrap fabric left!  Not getting very far it seems, but having given what is left a bit of a sort I think it is getting to be less.  Finally!

A First

Big moment for the little one.  His first cinema experience.

The boys gave me movie tickets for Christmas - coincidence that there were two adult & two children ones.  lol

Also included in with their tickets were pictures of Snoopy they had drawn or coloured.  So it was the Snoopy movie we had to go & see.  They know I love Snoopy.  So we watched that today.  DJ did struggle a bit sitting there.  He did better sitting still when we went to see the musical of "The Lion King".

Anyway, we had a great experience with him.  Nice movie.  So well done I think.  They kept the look of each character so well on the big screen.  Was quite like reading a comic that moves a bit!

A New Project...

...For a whole Year!

Yes, a year.  This is the start of the Town & Country Quilt Block of the DAY!  It's an amazing piece of quilt work that the designer has come up with.  Work got on in on it with fabrics for sale.  We love it so the 3 of us at work are all making one.  

Every week I will get our 7 new patterns for the week emailed.  I can finish these 2 from this night sky set on the weekend.  I haven't actually sewn these yet.  Just fused them on.  It's going to be quite different when sewn.  So stay tuned.  Hang out with me all year while I hopefully keep up won't you?

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A portrait of my boys once a week for a year.

BJ - In trouble at Lower Crackpot.

DJ - Amazing what you can find in the middle of a maze.  

Linking up to the project for 2016.  It is going ahead after all!  lol  

A-Mazing

We've spent most of the day at Tasmazia.  

Lots of fun.  A lot to see.  It was actually the boys birthday present from Grandma, her taking them there.  Only 6 months late, but it was worth waiting for summer.  

There are 8 mazes or something to navigate through.  The boys loved the lower ones as it wasn't quite so intimidating I think.  Lots of things to find though in the "Great Maze".  Toilets, Humpty, the 3 bears, 3 little pigs, secret tunnels, more mazes within the maze...  busy busy...  

Taking Stock - January

Making :  quilt tops from scraps of fabrics that breed when you don't look.  
Cooking :  sausages usually for the boys, to go with the salad that I throw together.  
Drinking :  Raspberry smoothies, with the raspberries DJ picks.
Reading:  The Light Between Oceans.  The book Stuart gave me for Christmas.
Wanting:   Summer to go on & on...  just not too hot!  lol
Looking:  at too many books I want to read that sound interesting.
Playing:  Monopoly with a 7 & 4 yr old is interesting!  
Deciding:    What day to go & watch the Snoopy movie.  Boys gave me movie tickets for Christmas so we can all go!  
Wishing:  BJ had different teachers this year.  But I should give these a chance first, I know!  
Enjoying:  School holidays & the stressless days. (well mostly stressless anyway!)
Waiting:  for specialist appointment for BJ to be fast-tracked!  
Wondering:  if the really cool shop that burnt down on Christmas Eve will ever reopen.  
Loving:  The lazy days between Christmas & New Year.
Pondering:  how busy work might be when I go back.
Considering:  type of car to change too.  It's hard.
Buying:  A car I think soon...
Watching:  movies from out of my cupboard while there isn't much else on TV.
Hoping: for a busy day at work when I go again.  
Marvelling:  at DJ's language & how his vocabulary is growing so much!  
Cringing:  at the thought of school starting in a month.
Needing:  Sleep!  Been way too hot & combined with a late New Year's Eve (unintentionally!) I am so tired.
Questioning:  Friends.  Are they really?  Or am I better off without them?  Are they (dare I say it) "toxic"?
Smelling:  My Daniel Morecombe roses.  Just beautiful.  
Wearing:  shorts!  Hopefully for a while longer.  
Noticing:  I am a better person for not being on facebook much.  lol  
Knowing:  holidays won't last forever!  :-(
Thinking: about how to fit everything in over the holidays that the boys want to do but still do "nothing".  (is that even possible?  lol)
Admiring:  Princess Mary.
Sorting:  Fabric scraps.
Getting: too many books.  
Bookmarking:  quilt patterns I would like to make.
Disliking:  nights that are too hot to sleep well.
Opening:  online purchases when they arrive!  
Giggling:  at Calvin & Hobbes cartoons.  
Snacking:  Christmas treats.  
Helping:  DJ try to pronounce some letters correctly, on those few moments when he is interested in trying!  lol
Hearing: too many requests for food from little people all day!  
Feeling:  Tired so I am going to bed.  Goodnight!  

Happy New Year

Barbeques.

Beach.

Jellyfish.

Icecreams.

Waterslide & sprinkler combo.

What a great start to 2016.

May you have a great year & find lots of love & blessings.