Just thoughts

Hubby's sister was visiting here and I was unable to post and also did very little sewing. We fetched her as she is now 72 and unable to drive such long distances anyway. She came on a trip to see all the places that she used to go to when she was growing up in this area. Very nostalgic. Took her back this morning and had tea and cake and then returned home. It was awful as I would have loved to do some shopping but hubby was in a hurry to get back home. We love having visitors but also having the house to ourselves after a whole week of visitors is also great. I am on a diet and having guests is not easy. but I willl persist with it this coming week. Not a very strict diet but just to get too loose a bit of weight. I will now be able to get back to my sewing this week and stitch up a storm. The week was too long without all my sewing to keep me company. We the patchwork group is now finished with all the squares and stuff for the last of our mystery quilt which is named "the torture mystery quilt" and it was really torture to make all these small pieces and use a lot of new techniques. Thanks to D for all her hard work to make this mystery quilt so interesting. She even cut the fabric pieces beforehand so it does not take so long to get the squares finished. So next Thursday all will be revealed and I cant wait as I did have to do a lot of machine stitching which is not my favorite hobby.

Just another day.

Well it was just another day but I have much to be thankful for. I have worked on my fairy pillows and hope to have these ufo's finished soon. Then I can get to work on a new project again. Made a decision to do a ufo inbetween new projects. Trying very hard to keep to this decision. hahahaha

A First for everything

We had been trying to talk to our oldest grandson this morning and was not able to as he was sleeping when we phoned. So tonight our son phoned as he asked to so that he could talk to us and this is the first time he wanted to talk to us over the phone. It is his birthday today and I cannot believe that he is now 6 years old and will be going to school next year. Time flies by so quickly. We are so blessed to have such cute and handsome grandsons, all three of them. Well I took the calico quilt and a few small items to the shop and when I walked in at the door there is a scented candle burning and boy did I get hayfever from it. Walking in sneezing does not seem very nice, but the sneezing continued as the shop is full of all those lovely candles. Luckily there was no one in the shop except the owner and she knows me so she knew that I did not have a cold or the flue. Thank goodness for that. Hope that my quilt get sold quickly and then I can buy something from the shop that I would like to have but not necessarily need. It always seems to be my problem lately with I dont have that shade or that pattern fabric and am forever struggling not to get more as I have to get all these other ufo's finished and buying more fabric will not do. Or shall I get some fabric for the sashings that I have to have to put the angel quilt together to finish.??????????

Grandsons are the best

Went to visit my son and his family this weekend and also went around about way to them. We went through to Springbok to view the flowers and saw very little of the flowers that everyone is talking about and it is also very dry there. not much rain that way. The grandsons are so cute and our oldest one is going to school next year, where has the time gone??? The youngest is really cute to and always smiling and loves his food. He has the most gorgous blue eyes I have seen, inbetween his mothers light blue and fathers darker blue eyes. But his is much bigger. Very friendly chap. It is the oldest grandsons birthday tomorrow and I pray that the Lord will hold him in His love all of his life and give him many blessings. I love being a grandmother. It is such a special blessing to see them grow into handsome men oneday.

What a day!!!!

I always seem to have a problem to get into routine when we have gone visiting. Like today I am not sure that I got very much done. I have finished the calico quilt and it and a few other items are ready for the shop. Also my brother and his family received their gift of the 12 mini calender quilts and just love it. So I will have to get a grip on myself and start doing some work and also lots of sewing as I still have lots of ufo's around.

Thoughts

I have had a lazy day just finishing off some of my ufo's and getting small things done. Also finished the calico quilt and washed and ready to take to the shop. We are visiting our son and his family this weekend and cant wait to see our 2 handsome grandsons again. Have not seen them since March. Have had lovely weather and the tourists have taken over our town. Hate it as some note some of these peoples think we dont have any idea how to drive and seem to put the road rules aside and just do as they please. It seems that some just dont think when they are on holiday.

Thank you Lord for helping me finishing this huge tasks and having the support of all my quilting friends worldwide.!!!!!!!!!! Here are the last three. Finished!!!!!Now I have been wondering what next, but I am now busy with a single bed quilt in calico and have it all tacked together and have started the quilting. It is for a shop that has opened here in town.The shop will have its opening fare on the 20th August and hope to have it done by then. We also have many tourists in this town and it is like a beehive with people coming and going all the time. We have all these lovely wild flowers for all to see. Am taking a trip to the coast to see some nice flowers and the car does need some exercise too.

The next three

Finished

January
February
March

This is the first three and I will be posting 3 every day for you to see the end of these mini quilts.

Had a great day and also feel very blessed by the Lord with all the good things in life. Have been doing some sewing and hope to have my pillows for the lounge done soon

This is a pillow top that I made from a Australian magazine by Viv and I used some fabric of Agapanthus flowers to finish it off. I just love the flowers but am unable to get them to grow in my garden and around this suburb lots of people have them growing in their gardens, I am so jealous of that, but will have to leave it as hubby is also tired of trying to get them to flower.

Thankful for old friends that are visiting here at the moment.

I have been visiting with old friends and am enjoying the visit very much. We have been in the veld today to see some flowers. It is a lovely site but their faces were closed as the wind was blowing today. But I think that it is too early for the flowers to show us their beauty yet. there are some patches but not much. Being in the wide open spaces were great for myself.

This is a pillow top that I made from a Australian magazine by Viv and I used some fabric of Agapanthus flowers to finish it off. I just love the flowers but am unable to get them to grow in my garden and around this suburb lots of people have them growing in their gardens, I am so jealous of that, but will have to leave it as hubby is also tired of trying to get them to flower.

Thankful for old friends that are visiting here at the moment.

I have been visiting with old friends and am enjoying the visit very much. We have been in the veld today to see some flowers. It is a lovely site but their faces were closed as the wind was blowing today. But I think that it is too early for the flowers to show us their beauty yet. there are some patches but not much. Being in the wide open spaces were great for myself.