December Angel

The December Angel is now completed

and now I just have to finish all

12 of them up with the beads and then I will leave them

till I get an idea how to finish them into

small wallhangings to fit on my perpetual

calender.

Another Completed.

This is a dove block done by a group of

friends.

Just!!!!

I just had to make these
Christmas Stockings.
They are so cute.












The picture is not very nice
but here are both hanging in
my home.

Finished

This is my banner that I have finished today.

The pattern is at Tozzscorner.blogspot.com and she is a

wonderful designer and this was avaliable for free.

Thanks Tozz.

Hot very hot!!!

This is Zazu eating watermelon and
loves it, she uses her paw to hold it down and
then nibbles it away.












Bella does not always eat watermelon but
as it is so hot here 35*C she also decided to
eat hers.

Christmas decor!!!

Well the Christmas decor is up and me thinks I need

lots more things but am taking it slow by making just

a few things every year.

This is 2009 Christmas project done.

I still have the wallhanging that

needs completion and every year I decide that I am going

to finish it in the new Year but have not got that right so

far, well the next new Year is on its way so maybe. ????

Some more finishes!!!!

I seem to be ending this year with a bang.

I have some more ufo finishes.

This is the group Christmas tree project

but the bottom panel was a stitchery that

was laying around here since last Christmas.

Now have included it in the tree and it looks

great.

In this picture is also my pertetual calender

which I love and change every month. I will

be using my Angels next year.

I have also finished this snowman banner

and it is just so cute dont you think!!!!

It is another ufo from way back.

This is the beading that I used to join

the banner together.

Painting!!!!!

This is one job that hubby hates

and that is painting but the

garden set needed a coat of paint

very badly and I have not been able

to do any painting as I get hayfever

from the smell. He completed all

8 chairs and a table by this afternoon

and feels very proud of himself. No mess

at all which is a wonder because whenever

he has a paint brush in hand there is always

an accident of some kind.

Finished!!!!

This is my crazy patch mat that
I have completed for myself
Its done in crazy patchwork and
the process was a great step
for me to overcome as I dont
or shall I say did not have a good
relationship with my sewing machine,
but now that is all done with and I really
enjoyed this very much













Here is my sewing corner and
I have lots of plans for it, but
here is the mat now laid and
ready.















The sewing machine in place and also
with its own cover.

Froggie,

I have made this frog for Matthew,
he does not have a name yet as
Matthew will have to give him one.
I found it in Patchwork and Stitching
Vol 6 No 9 and its designed by Cheryl Ross.

November Angel

This is the November Angel now
completed, well I still have beads to
put on most of the Angels.
I have now started December Angel
Nearly there and its then another
huge project completed.

My Belly Dancer

Another ufo completed,

this belly dancer teddy was started

about 2 years ago and never got completed

well now she is nearly finished. I dont have

the glass eyes yet but when I get to a big

city will get them and also some earings.

She is pretty cute. Hmmmm

I would love to learn to do belly dancing but

no one here knows anything about it.

This is the new tar road to
Pakhuis Pass that is nearly completed.
We can now drive smoothly as it was an
awful gravel road. Had a lovely cloudy
day today so far.

Just a bit further and just look at those

rock formations. It is so different everytime

we take a trip which is often. Well now with

the tar road the poor plants on the side of the road

will not suffocate anymore and stay green.

Me in front of a rock just to show that

I was also there.

Hubby sitting with Bella under a rock

that looks like, I think it looks like a flower, what do you think

it looks like????

This plant is so interesting, when it gets top heavy it

falls over and continues to grow.

Cellphone bag!!

This is a cellphone bag that I had to make
for someone as a birthday gift and it is something
that I will never use.
It was a challenge as I have never done
any crazypatchwork by machine yet.
So I have overcome another hurdle yesterday.

Now completed!!!

This is my completed Christmas tree.













This is the hair on my Quilt Diva
Friend











This is a cross stitch face in a clock
made by Jessie, one of the Chatting
Chicks group.

Another of the Midget Dear Jane blocks

Completed and so cute!!!

This is "Skillie" our grandson Matthew loves

tortoises and I made a pillow for him.

Here is Tonic so you can see the size

of it.

Skillie decided to check out the garden

but also wanted to hide away from????

The Potpourrie Group

Meeting on the 12th November 2009

At the Weskus Hacienda near Graafwater.

A lovely little Guest House near the West

Coast of South Africa.

Here is our new leader in pink

and the man there just came to say hello

to all us ladies. hehehehe

This is our Christmas Project we are

working on now for 2009

Amanda is the first to have hers completed.

My how fast Matthew has grown. This was taken at

school.

This is another Midget Dear Jane block and

has taken me 2 days to complete. It is going

to take forever to get over 200 of them done.

October Angel

I have now completed the October Angel

and have started the November Angel.

Hope to have these finished soon.

Drum Roll please

This first now completed quilt
is one that I started with
the International Friendship Quilters,
named Home Sweet Home, I have named it
My Africa home













The words on it says
" Home the spot of earth supremely
blessed a sweeter spot than all the
rest"



















This is my wallhanging "Verandah View"
I have now completed. It was designed
by willowberrydesigns and was a bom
that I followed. The saying is
"as you stroll a long your path pause
a moment to enjoy the view..."

More of our day in the veld.

Here our dog Zazu is looking for a

small stone we had thrown in the water
and below is the stone she decided

was big enough for us to see

This is what my hair looks like after a

recent hair cut.

Lovely day in the veld.

Took the dogs for a swim in a local
dam called "Koos Louw Dam". they sure had fun and
Bella just loves all the swimming.















These I found on the roadside and
they look white but when closed they
are a lilac color

Here it is even closer but I have no clue

what its local name is. Will have to find

out from one of the older generation that

knows the name.

These are chinkerinchee's (star of Bethlehem)

is growing in the garden and all over in the veld

where there is still some small bits of water around.

These are the last of the flower season and now it

is going to be hot and dry.

Better picture

This is a better

picture of

August Angel

and she is holding

sea shells.

August Angel

I have now completed the August Angel.

The pic is not that clear as you can see its done.