Last Friday my friend Yvonne came for the day to sew 🙂 I managed to get the binding done on Daniel’s quilt! Yay! I did it on the machine with a herringbone stitch. I thought it would be quicker, but in the end it turned out to be very fiddly. Over the past few days…
I’ve just come home from visiting my parents in the Dandenong hills. We always have a lovely relaxing time, although it went by far too quickly. We made a quick visit to Mrs Martins, and I didn’t spend much at all – so why do you think I was punished by slipping and falling over…
My only finish for this month is the above tablecloth. It took me longer than I expected to make, since I did frayed edges. I should have taken a photo of all huge ball of threads that I pulled out! The tablecloth got smaller and smaller… thankfully I started big enough 🙂 I bought the…
My goodness! You’d think it was spring here! We have three mother chooks and two more sitting on eggs. So much for lots of fresh eggs everyday… but, I have to admit, the chicks are just gorgeous! The photo above is of Silky with her three. The other two also have three each – I…
I love going opshopping, especially when I can find things like these magazines for 20c each! Just in case I need something else to do, you see 🙂 There were a lot of Homespun ones which is great since I don’t have many of those. I’ve often picked up the Handmade or Patchwork & Quilting…