I have now started on my next project and will be adding a lot of embroidery.
Will be adding lots of pretty flowers.
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| Christmas decorations are now up and this is what it looks like before the lights are switched on. |
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| Here I have started with the embroidery after joining the blocks together into rows and now joined 2 rows I will be doing two by two and then join with the centre row. |
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| Well I am a very sentimental person and this proves it. We received a lovely set of different crystal glasses from my Mom and slowly over the years they have broken out and this is the last one left. Well I could not throw this one away and strange enough they all seemed to break just under the round of the glass. There is a lovely crystal ball just above the foot of the glass. So looking at it I turned the foot upside down and there we are I have my very own crystal ball in a nice snow bubble. Now I have preserved this piece of history for many years to come. |
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| Here you can see my crystal ball when the sprinklers have settled down. |
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| Okay here is what everyone has been waiting to see. Here I have laid out all 25 blocks of the crazy quilt and as you can see they are not arranged the way I wanted. But be assured I will be posting this when completed. |
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| All done, 10kg apricots into jam. I get apricots yearly and have to make into jam because the bought ones are not so tasty and also lot less sugar and no preservatives in. This will last us about a year. |
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| We have a huge problem here in South Africa, Lots of elders are being murdered and someone decided to do something about it in using a protest march and it was decided that to do the march on an old holiday that was removed from our calender by the new failing government. It is named Red October and will be a unofficial holiday in future! I was not able to attend and after starting the day with a down feeling, I saw the postings coming in from fb and they all used red balloons and red t shirts I got my inspiration to complete with this little banner. |
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| This is what I have been working on and its was not easy working from a picture and trying to get it look right. Well after a lots of undoing I achieved this. |
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| A bit more seams done |
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| This is a very special flower for me, its the beautiful violets, not those we know as african violets but the ones that Louis Leipoldt wrote in his poems of this area, these are what the real traditional ones look like and I just love the colors in this color chart and had to make new curtian for my guest toilet. Well its a bit dark now but hardly gets used and I like it anyway. Still have to crochet the toilet cover. |
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| We spend another day in the veld around this area and there are always lovely flowers to see. The yellow is the "waboom" protea and the lovely red ones I have no idea what their name is. |
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| These are (not sure how to spell these) tjienkeretjies in our garden that are now flowering and they are around our small piece of lawn in our garden and hubby has been pampering them so that they become more and make a lovely border. |
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| This is the sight that people come to see from all over the world. The Clanwilliam winter wild flowers |
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| Another block done and am now busy with nr 20 |
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| This is my carnation made with organza and threads |
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| Fuchias also done |
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| Bouth these lovely threads from "House of Embroidery" here in South Africa and they are really lovely |
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| And of course an Angel also needs to be embroidered here. |
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| Did another broad seam. |
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| Did a bit of organza stitching. |
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| Another filler done |
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| Had to add some beading |
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| More seams done, just love working on the black velvet fabric. |
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| Seam done |
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| Charka annoyed with me |
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| Nice chilly day for "waterblommetjie" stew made by hubby with a local sweet wine. |
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| Another filler done. |
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| Got a few seams in yesterday! |
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| Its winter time here and we have had a lot of rain in time for all the wild flowers to share their beauty. |
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| Still working away and really enjoying the journey |
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| Busy crocheting this stashbag from a group challenge just have to work away the ends and add a lining. |
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| Here is a close up of a bit of seam that I finished yesterday. |
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| The block now nearly completed |
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This is my new block with a before photo
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| Charka testing another quilt which is not complete yet. |
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| Busy with this Angel |
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| A bit more on this block |
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| This is a close up of the section I am working on |
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| The front of the garden with the bouginvillas flowering |
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| Bouginvillas on the neighbours side is flowering so much flowers |
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| This is the side in our garden with very little flowers on our side but its a nice coffee seat early mornings and afternoons. |
Well time goes by so quickly l have been so busy lately. Its winter school holidays and nearly over and it just flew by the grandson goes ba...
