Sentiscrap quilt!!!!!!!! |Quilting done!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finished the hand quilting and now for the binding. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have now started the garden. We don't have a front gate that leads directly to the front door. Just have the big gate for the car. Now have to do something with the path and here is the start. 

Pots with bright color geraniums in, very colorful and also hardy plants.

Havin fun in the mud!!!

Neil is enjoying a late morning mud game. Enjoyed this so much that it made me wish I was a small kid again. hehehehe I was not allowed to play in the mud. We were little girls and girls did not ever get dirty. This seems to be a boy game and Neil had lots of fun as you can see.

A finish and a start!!!!!

Finished tiling my craft room floor and now to get everything in a nice place and tidy up the whole area. Which is taking some time as I am sorting thru all my stuff .

Today is the start of the quilting of a new quilt for my bed. I have named this my Sentiscrap quilt because the blocks are all from my fabric collection over the years and have lots of meaning to me. Some have been gifted and some have been bought by myself. So putting it together sentimental and scrap pieces gives it a nice name. Just love naming my quilts. I am using black crochet cotton nr 5 and also have bought some thin tape and it works just great to help me keep my quilting stitch lines straight. Just love new goodies!!!!!

Life in Port Alfred

Well have not been around here much so sorry!! We have been a bit busy with finishing up my craft room floor and spending time with Neil. It terrible to think we live so close to the sea and don't visit her often enough. We decided to take Neil and the dogs, Lucky and Coco, for a nice walk along the beach. The dogs were in the water more than Neil, but he has not been well these past few days with ear infection. Will post picture when my craft room is all ready for me to enjoy. Its the first time I have this whole huge area for a craft room. I feel very privileged and although it does not have designer units in it is very special to me. I hope to spend many happy hours in it stitching.

Another fun project!!!

I just love having a blackboard in my kitchen to jot down whatever groceries I need to get when going to the shops. Well I made my own one. I used Granny B's red paint and I now have a redboard. I also used an old frame that was bought many years ago, while visiting my Mom, and repainted it to match my kitchen cupboards. All those decor items are such fun and will be changing them from time to time.                                                                                                                                                      I have also been busy painting the inside of all the built in cupboards, which have not been painted since they were installed which was 30 yrs ago when this house was built. Also need to remove the previous owners smells.  Its such a boring job but it need to be done. Well I have finished the one and halfway with the other bedroom cupboard. Then our built in cupboards also need to be finished in and outside.                                                                           

                                                

Some stitching projects done!!

I have been so busy with all the small finishing touches to the house and have now had some time to do some stitching again. Well l decided to cover these chair cushions that have been coverless for a while now. Just love the new shwe shwe fabric colorways and seeing as my craft room is not on the sunny side of the house I decided to use the reds. Made the curtains and then decided to cover the cushions in red in a different print. Well its came out very nice and now l have decided to paint the wood in a red color with Granny B paints. Well before anyone says one does not paint wood, these are old chairs and not so solid anymore but still work for extra seating in my sewing room. They have been through floods and have been used very rough by kids and me and pets.So after all their hard lives they now need a new lease in life with a bit of pampering in color. Had fun stitching these covers. First it seems that I forgot how to put in a zip the proper way and when I got to the last cover I had remembered how to and that got me laughing as I have put in many zips over the years and here after not sewing in a while I just could not put in a zip the proper way. Well at least its now done and they look great already.

Hubby and Matthew have started putting up the fencing to have a bit of privacy from neighbours and its looking so nice. Have noticed here in Port Alfred you dont use iron anything because of the rust. So we decided on this fencing and it looks great. 

Have been working on a scrappy memory quilt for our bed and have decided to use all the lovely fabrics I have collected over the years and have cut just squares and joined them into a very basic block quilt. While cutting the blocks and going thru my fabrics, I can remember the history of most of my fabrics, so I will name this my scrappy memory quilt. Will post a picture of the quilt top when done!

Well we went to Port Elizabeth on Friday for the first time since we relocated here and it was to buy some tiles and stuff a bit well a whole lot cheaper than in a small town like ours. I am really so over travelling all over the country that I am in no mood to travel any distance further the the mall or to town. So this week will be tiling week again but then its the last on our list of tiling and its my craft room that gets tiled at last.                                                                                                           

Coral trees!!

We have a park across the road and its all nice and green and also have these huge Coral trees growing and are now flowering so here are they with Hubby to show the size of these trees. There are quite a few of these parks around in Port Alfred and its so nice to have all this nature around us.

Kitchen nearly done!!!

We have been fixing our home when we moved here 5 months ago and its nearly all done. We are now in the kitchen adding all the finishing touches and then we will be sitting back and admire all the hard word that went into this new home. Here is the before and now photos. Still busy with painting all the left over places and then will post another of the completed kitchen. Then its onto the outside and getting the garden all nice.
Well I did get some hand stitching done and made this peg bag for a gift.
Also made a outfit for my daughter. 

Before when we bought the place. Very tacky indeed. 

Now

peg bag

My daughter and her hubby

Bathroom redo

 We are now getting the bathroom done. Just waiting for the carpenter to add my new bathroom cupboard.

wall hanging up.

Shower door has been installed.

Mirror hanging at last. 

busy busy!!!!!

Bathroom nearly done!!!!! We are doing all the tiling ourselves. 

This is what it looked like before!!!!

This is what it looks like so far. Waiting forthe shower door to be installed

 and then onto all the finishing touches.

Having fun!!!

Well here is us having fun with Neil while the toilet is being installed. We are changing the bathroom and its all getting done by our Son-in-law and we have to keep Neil busy so that he does not take all the tools and run. Well we do have some tired muscles but its just great fun having them around.

Time flies!!!!!!

Wow have not posted here for some time!!!!! We have been so busy getting all nice and settled and there is still a lot to do!! This move is one of the hardest I have done, think it has to do with getting older hahahaha!!!! Now I realise why most elderly don't want to move and stay put till they are unable to take care of themselves. Well now that I have shared my feelings with you lets get going on the nicer things in life!!!!

Getting daily hugs from grandsons is priceless and being able to be closer to the kids have given us more meaning in our lives instead of just being. Even Hubby has admitted that he is enjoying every minute with them esp Neil, who has now learned to say Oupa(Grandpa) and its his favorite person at the moment. hehehehehe! Even keeps Grandpa on his toes, both vehicles have to be in their places and even the doggy poop needs to be picked up everyday, no slack allowed or else Grandpa get hauled in by the hand. heheheh

Well I have been working in my sewing room and having fun getting it nice and sorted and cosy. Now I need new curtains and also have to get new covers on the chairs in here. We also have the office here and now Hubby can play games while I sew. Also have a desk here for when Matts comes and has to do some homework. Even have my radio here to so I can work to country music which is my favorite.

Now the fun begins and I can start sewing again. Will show and tell when I have something completed. Well I have been knitting hand gloves for both kids and am busy with a pair for Natascha too.

Well will have more news soon.

We have relocated!

We have moved to Port Alfred a seaside town in the Eastern Cape to be closer to our daughter. As one gets older there are lots to consider when you live far from your kids. Well their work is here and will not be leaving soon so we decided to come closer to them and also downscale. Hehe well the downscaling was not huge. We have had to do lots of cleaning up, but l love this home already, just need to get my handworks hanging and then we can start having fun. The best is having the grandkids around with lots of hugs!

Life is changing around here

We have decided to relocate to be nearer our daughter. We are getting older and the distance to visit is just too far. So we put our house up for sale and I knew someone that was interested in buying a house, well I told them on Friday and Monday they had a look and bought it immediately all cash and the only condition was that we have to vacate it end March. So now we are moving cross country to Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape. A lovely seaside town. Then we don't have to travel over 1000km to go visit the kids and grandkids. We realize that time moves on and the kids also agree we need to be closer to one of them. Well our son is in Upington and that is not an option, but my daughter wants us to be near to her, so here we go. At this age its not easy to relocate to another place after living here for 20 years now, but we are doing it while we still am able to do so ourselves instead of having the kids come and just take over everything which is a lot of strain on them.

I am now in the process of sorting thru all my stuff I have collected over 20 years and its just so much work, uhm think I will have to take control of this fabric addiction very quickly. And now starts a new journey for us and am looking forward to it.

A Quilt for Matthew!!!!

Starting a new quilt is always so exciting.
This is the color fabric that Matthew got to choose himself.
Now I have started and this is the nine patch block and the center of
the blocks.
Am taking this step by step, because as you know by now
I have a love hate relationship with my Nina. This is all going to
be machine stitching so she is happily singing along now.

Dear Jane Blocks!!!!

Started this just for fun and do a small embroidery piece daily and this is how far this has got. uhm think this peace sign is upside down heheheh will have to remove and start that centre over.

I have been very slow doing these but here is another block of the Dear Jane
blocks, hoping to get a few done this year!

Made this bag for my SIL she has a walking cart and needs a nice basket
so
I made this for her. had to put the buttons on when we visited her to get the correct height.

Just a daily life!!!!

We have had a lots of hot very hot days here and I have been able to get a few projects lying around here done. So here is what I have been working on.

 

Finished two of these telephone book covers for very
dear friends

Temperature taken on the 18th January 2017 at 2pm.

Daily life!!!!!

Busy embroidering my new diary

A great selfie of daughter and family on a
beach in Port Alfred. Had a great holiday.