My Cross stitching is coming along too.

Cant wait to finish this one.

It is called "Angel of Romance"

My sewing bag

I did a course on Friday and
made this lovely sewing bag with
so many pockets which is just
great.
It is made from my Australian
Country Threads Magazine and
was designed by Ann Dimmer.










This is the front of the bag.
There are 60 10cm blocks in
this bag.
I did not realize that I had so
much fabric as everyone is
different. So now at least
I know how much fabric I have.
Some of the pieces are the last
10cm squares that I could get out.
The lovely red roses fabric is from
a very dear friend in England.
So it every piece of the fabric
used here special gifts from
friends.

This is the back of the bag

This is the inside of it. Actually
it is 2 bags joined with a zip and
that give me another pocket.
So now I have a great sewing
bag and place for everything except
the kitchen zinc.

A needlecase for a friend.

This is a needlecase that our Potpouri group is busy with
and I just had to make it for a friend's birthday gift. Still
needs the needle holder but have to get some felt for that.
It is so cute as it has lots of pockets. This pattern is in
an Australian Patchwork and Stitching magazine.

Completed at last!!!

Have now completed this "Fairies in Shoeland.

Already started my next x stitch project.

Wait and see what it is?

This is how far I am now with

this x stitch and hoping to get it done soon.

My Angel Quilt Top

My Angel Quilt top is now complete.

Have to put the top, batting and backing

together and then I have to do the quilting

only then will my quilt be completed.

Floods in this part of our country

This is a picture of the dam overflowing into the

Olifants River. The towns below the river had lots of

flooding and even Vredendal town was cut off for

a few days. We need this though so that the underground

water system can be filled up again. So now everything has

subsided the roads need urgent mending.

Matthew, our grandson

We have had a visit from our daughter and family

and it was like a few minutes in heaven having them around.

Matthew has become so cute and chatty, very friendly.

Here he is having a competition with the dogs to show their

tongues. So cute. Well they have arrived safely at their

workplace and now we are having a rest. He is a very busy

little guy. Even gets through the fence at times. Once he

got stuck and could not get his ears through so that was

the end of trying to escape.

My new cross stitch plans

I have a lot of sitting time still do do.
So I have now started these.
I like to change my work a bit,
as one could get bored working on
just one pattern at a time.
So I now have two x stitcheries I am
working on.
Still 3 weeks on crutches.

I have found this wonderful fairy

patterns for 12 months and have

completed the first one and now have

11 to go.

This is another fairy x stitch

that I have started it is called

"Fairies in Shoeland".

A Tribute to Blackie

This was the last picture of our

cat Blackie taken on the 2nd June 2008.

She was 21 years old and we had her put out

of her misery on the 3rd June 2008. She got to

old and had no life at all. It is such a sad time for

us after having her around for all that time was such fun

as she was a very proud lady, was pitchblack all her life

and turned grey from old age. Loved chocolates and

also icecream and anything the kids had to eat.

We will all miss her very much.

Another ufo completed!!!

I have finished another cross stitch picture.

I started this in December 2007 on our trip to

visit our daughter in Namibia.

I am in awe to how everything comes together and

how the colors blend so well. Then finishing it with the

black thread makes it look so cute.

Thank you too all who design these cross stitch pattern.