Daily life and having fun!

Well I have had a busy week and needed some stitching time this Saturday afternoon.

Hubby has to go to have the second cataract removed by specialist in Port Elizabeth and I have to go with to drive back as he is not allowed to drive after the treatment. 

So I have to wait in the car,  I am not allowed in with him, because of the covid regulations. Grrr!!! anyway I have now prepped the hexi flowers and leaves to be appliqued and it will keep me busy for a while. Having fun with this wall hanging and changing it to include lots of my favorite techniques. I have added lots of hexi's and stars. Using all left overs of other projects I completed recently. I am just adding stuff as I go along. Next will be the small flowers to the leaves that I embroidered, but am unsure what I will be adding. Then onto a border, quilting and binding. 

Saw this on our walk today in someones garden and just had to have a photo of the beauty of this flower.

A few finishes and then Christmas time!!!

Finished this mandala from a new book by Di van Niekerk and Hazel Blomkamp. Added the mirrors.

Finished this very old table cloth received from an old friend. Added a nice border too.

This is a basket that I got from my Mother many years ago and had to 

decorate it in her favorite color and flowers.

Tonic has now forgiven me for taking her to the vet to get the cancer sore on her nose

treated. The sore is now healing very nicely. Thank goodness.

Our small tree decorated by Neil.

Put up some lights.

My dwarfs also put their lights up!!

The geranuims are looking great. Need to get some bigger pots.

Need new quilts for my bunk beds,

Started this quilt a few days ago. A nine disappearing patch.

Some stitching done!

I am busy stitching this printed tablecloth. Its very old, it used to be very popular in the older days! Finished this quilt top. Color chosen by matthew. Da Gama Textiles are the best quality cotton and colors.

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.

Wip (work in progress) update!

Nearly done, just bit quilting and binding. Started loooong ago!

Wow still embroidering!!!

Wow still embroidering slowly but surely. It is very hot here and temps are over the 40*C daily here and its is a bit warm under all this fabric on my lap.
 I am trying to work something in the mornings. Hubby and I were chatting this morning how just more and more ideas of embroidery possibilities are still coming in my head for the finishing of the crazy quilt. I have decided that I did not want the separate blocks to show but will embroider over them to have a nice overall crazy quilt. Here is what I am doing. Using some of the embroidery that I did on the blocks and taking it further over the other blocks to form a nice overall flow. 

Here is where I have added more of the same embroidery
over the seams to have a continues flow of
embroidery and not block by block

Here I joined the blocks with a lovely bright green leave and
shades of pink french knots. The leaves came out great.
I did a long stitch and then went over that with a chain stitch
and then using the weaving technique I wove these lovely leaves
through all three legs.
uhm thinking I will have to make some more of these in the rest of the
quilt as it was so nice and easy and also fun to see that the leaves
did not all turn out to be exactly the same. 

Here the 4 seams come together just to show that
I am now embroidering on the seams after joining
my blocks together

Joining at the new seams

Last but not least, at last I have now wrapped all

the Christmas gifts and just hoping the grandsons will

enjoy them. 

Busy Busy as always!!!



This is the sight that people come to see from all over
the world. The Clanwilliam winter wild flowers


Life just seems  to go by so fast and I have been very busy. Sister in law came for a visit and also had another 2 days bowling tournament's food to make. Well its over now and still the days seem to fly by.

Another block done and am now busy with nr 20

This is my carnation made with organza and threads

Fuchias also done

Bouth these lovely threads from "House of
Embroidery" here in South Africa and they
are really lovely



And of course an Angel also needs to be embroidered
here.



A very creative day today.

This is what I have been working on the whole day and it just looks great. Hubby was at the bowling club playing bowls all day and just got home after I had finished this. It was a very creative day today and just loved every minute of it.

A bit more embroidery

This is the completed section of a tribute
to my Mom



Another section done.