A portrait of my boys once a week for a year.
Linking up with Jodi's 52 project.
02 February, 2014
01 February, 2014
Got A Bit Excited
I showed you the new yarn colours I have for the crochet along. Well I had to start something to test them out didn't I? hehehe...
Rather pleased with the colour way myself. (Unlike that last lot I prefer not to discuss! lol )
Thank goodness I am having a bit of practice. I haven't done any crochet for a few months & can tell! Stupid mistakes in not reading properly! lol But I got there.
Absolutely love the Catalina square. Terrific pattern! & gorgeous result! Well I thought so!
Having the crochet in action & DJ wants to Make too. Well of course he does. So I got one of my old left over squares out for him to stab with a hook. He pokes them through all over & pulls threads, so I want to avoid that really on the new ones. But he had fun!
ETA: I do reply to every comment I get so I apologise to those that don't hear back from me. That means that you are a NO REPLY blogger. Poo. I don't like those cos I like to answer everyone who takes time to comment on my blog. So thank you if you do comment & you don't hear back from me!
31 January, 2014
Things I'm Loving
I have been discovering some new blogs. I have been having a look around Pinterest & crossing over to many new to me blogs! It's been lovely. I had a good clean out of my list of blogs I was following, though not so well it seems. There were quite a few that haven't had new posts in a few years so I was well behind. Ooops... So I had a clean up of my reading list. It feels good. I have started following some new blogs of things that interest me in my current crafting state! Isn't it funny how things change - & really you don't even realise it much. Well I didn't anyway!! It feels like a fresh new start.
I'm loving my new colours for a CAL over on Ravelry. It starts this weekend. A 12" square every 2 weeks. I have even done a square to give it a whirl to see how it goes. It's different yarn than I have used in the past. That was always acrylic. This is actually wool! Posh! lol But it feels lovely so far. It should be very warm for who ever the lucky person is that ends up with it.
I'm also loving that this is the really old computer that is currently working for us. Lucky for us that we have it to use right now.
I'm still enjoying the slow summer days very much. I am not looking forward to school next week as at the moment I still have 3 lazy week day mornings. It's bliss. It's going to be a challenge I think to begin with for all of us this 5 day a week school business!
Linking up with Meghan.
29 January, 2014
January Sew Crazy Challenge
Well I finally got to it. On the first day of the year I saw this challenge. It came up a few days later. There were a few options on what to make. This is what I picked to try. I can sew, yes. But I am scared of zips. I haven't done many. In fact, I usually avoid them. But I need to move on from that don't I! So a couple of weeks ago I got the zipper pouch cut out of stash. Yay! I even had the zips! Double Yay!
But then time was an issue. & then the computer was an issue. I finally had some time in between adjudicating boys again today. I have got them all sewn up. Only took about 10 minutes!
Well there we have it. Two little lined bag things that I don't really know what to do with! The flower one is the left overs of one of the shopping bags I made around Christmas time so I might send it there. A matching pair! Then she can decide what to do with it. lol
28 January, 2014
Happy!
Well you certainly have to be happy with a long weekend! Especially when the day is as lovely as the day before! It was nice that we had this day at home to hang out after our busy one on Australia Day. We could just relax. Stuart still did potter in the garden. Of course a garden is never done. Always work to do. Always house work too but with the boys at each other in the morning I was spending my time as adjudicator more than anything.
Things picked up during the afternoon with finally getting the boys outside. Sprinklers work a treat! A picnic was also in demand. Stuart came out with the camera obviously! lol Not a good picture. Oh well. But there we are!
Stuart had a laugh at me. It's not the first time I have sat outside in summer working on stuff! Yesterday was a bit more hand stitching of binding. He took the pictures & laughed & said I had to blog it! So here I am! Yes, sitting outside on the deck enjoying summer. But I can't sit there & do nothing.
Finally I did get that sucker done though! Here is my Happy Quilt in all it's glory. I was going to get some better pics cos the colour quality again is poor but that extra pair of feet under there is just a bit cute! This is the fabric Happy by Me & My Sister from a couple of years ago. I really love it. Obviously! It was a jelly roll. I don't think I had a pattern. Just sewed the rows in sets of 4 & cut them. I can't remember now as the quilt top was done a couple of years go. But the rest was on my list to finish off! So I have quilted this one the other week when I did the whole bunch. This is the last of the bunch that needed the binding on. So I am happy & done with that for now! I love this fabric. This quilt is mine. The designers have had a few since but I still like this one better than all of them.
Finished off with a perfect evening out on the deck with some beautifully delicious baked food out of the barbeque. It's a new barbeque that was for Christmas but we only got last week. It bakes food beautifully! Roast chicken & jacket potatoes tonight! Delicious! It will be a great one in winter for a baked meal I think.
Got to be HAPPY with a day off like that one!
27 January, 2014
Australia Day
Our 4th Annual gathering at Fell Farm was yesterday! We had a few less people than we have had but it was still a lot (over 20) & it was still loads of fun! The weather was perfect. Not scorching hot & no wind to spoil it. Just perfect for a barbeque, jumping castle & sprinklers!
We are lucky as friends own the castle that goes up easily. What a bonus that was to have it here for the day!
Stuart had to get in to help the little ones up onto the slide top!
DJ was the first under the sprinkler. This was a hit with all the other kids. They were under it for ages. That made it extra worthwhile for Stuart to make it!
I got these cute little dixie cups for the children to have their icecream in. That was a hit. They had their choice of toppings too - chocolate or strawberry topping, sprinkles, nuts, mini marshmallows. Couldn't go wrong with that could we?
We needed shade as our sun here burns in no time. So this is always well used on the day.
Another perfect day! Another enjoyable day catching up with old friends & the family. Great start to the year & a great end to the holidays as school routines are soon to begin.
26 January, 2014
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