Big stitch quilting!

I am having a lot of fun quilting this quilt with big stitch quilting and using crochet cotton nr 5.

Cat quilt

I now have my quilt on my frame to start hand quilting. I just go with wbat l want each section to look like. I prefer little quilting it keeps the quilt together! Dont like the quilting to be overdone!

So much happening here!!!

There was a special sale at Head's and I just had to get myself a lovely cute dragon. Going to be a pillow for my favorite chair.

 Matthew our grandson also had a win with his swimming.
A huge congrats.

This is a block for my next row in my newest quilt. A disappearing triangle and very easy to make.

Well here is a snippet in our local newspaper Talk of the Town and its a picture of the quilt that was made by our Kowie Quilters and it was  my special technique that we used to each make a block. Donated to local Child Welfare.

My new quilt!!!!

Finished the top of the quilt now have  to add borders all round to get the size I want.

Daily life in Port Alfred.

Arranged with the neighbour to rise the wall for more privacy and also
busy laying concrete in this sections. Doing it ourselves and one section at a time. Need to keep the dampness away from the houses walls. Also helps with the dust as lawn does not grow there. 

Treated ourselves to a nice lunch at Guido's and that is the entrance to the Kowie River.

Our first planted hibiscus is flowering, the double yellow!!

A sad day today, we had to renew car license and change our number plates. This was ours for 20 years and now have to get used to the new ones. 

Very Blessed and Thankful!

Have not posted here for a while. Reading a post today made me realise that l prefer blogging to being on fb. So here goes!
First photo is Hubby supervising the baking of Christmas cookies.
Next is Neil our youngest grandson with the Christmas tree and when he switched on the lights, he bumped the tree over. But seeing the enjoyment he got from the lights was so special to us.
Third is the first hibiscus being planted in our garden. We have now finished inside and have started changing the outside.
We are so thankful that our daughter lives nearby and keeps us busy with the grandkids around here daily!

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.