Some pretty flowers today!

Neil picked this flower in the park across the road.

Our red bottlebrush flowering and the bees have been busy before the sun appeared

I am decorating my baskets I have collected over the year for my shelves.

 

Family is the best!!!!

We had a wonderful weekend. Our son and his family surprised us with a visit and wow its so special as we live far apart and being old now don't want to travel that far again. They visited here 4 years ago when we had just moved to Port Alfred. So we had great fun just relaxing and visiting. Sadly the older 2 grandsons were not visiting. But just being able to spend some time with ones family makes us feel so blessed.

 

At last! Embroidery

 

Wow I have finished 40 blocks and can do the embroidery at last. Hoping it will look great. I am going to make a double bed quilt. Not sure the 40 blocks will be enough but will make more if needed without buying fabric.

 

More hexi's done!

Have completed 35 l think. Going well stitching these. Will lay out and see how many l need. Then the centres need some lovely embroidery.

A few more completed!!!!

I have made a few more of these and slowly getting it done! In total I have now completed 30 blocks. Have to start deciding how I am going to arrange them into a quilt. Well first things first and will embroider them first then see what the quilt is wanting to look like.

 

So many blessings!!!

Just sitting here this morning and reading all my favorite blogs and thinking how blessed I am to have such a lot of nice people who inspire me to be a better me but still just be me!!!!! Especially reading Jenny's blog at https://www.elefantz.com/ . Made me realize that for me all this lockdowns we are having is to make the world slow down a bit. I used to just go to the shops and walk around looking to what I feel like buying. Nowadays I just go when necessary.

 Made me realize I for one don't need that much stuff to survive. I also, sadly though don't visit my favorite haberdashery shop, https://www.facebook.com/Holly-House-Port-Alfred-1670331229903352/  , as much as I used to but still go and buy stuff that I need. I need to thank her when there again as she keeps the shop fully stocked and ready for buying whatever I need. I have been buying stash and then not using it. My hands work more slowly than my stash buying and ideas in my brain of what I still want to make. But I am always thankful that I am able to use my hands to make some precious things for our home. 

Still working on my hexi's and have made 20 so far. have a lot more to go as I am going to make it 250x250cm square and my bed. Also have to add some embroidery in the center using my  whole set of house of embroidery threads.  https://www.houseofembroidery.com/     these are just great and the colors are so pretty when embroidered.

I am using the idea for the hexi's that I saw on Emma Jones's website. https://campsite.bio/vintagesewingbox   She is the inspiration for me using  epp hexagons again. 

Now lets see if me using the links to places I like works. 

I need to give give thanks to the people who help me enjoy making my latest quilt the recognition they deserve

Slow stitching!!!

I have always loved stitching by hand. I have a love hate relationship with my sewing machine.

It seems that lots of quilters are now also doing slow stitching, which means stitching by hand. We here in South Africa seem to have a lots of electricity failures and then have to keep busy. I have been so lucky as I also love to hand needle turn applique too. Well here is what I have done for the weekend. 

 

Octopus!!!!!

 

I have now finished these 13 octopus and now all wool is used up. Won't be doing much more crochet and knitting as my hands are getting too tired. Will now be doing lots of embroidery which does not tire my hands out so much. 

I am doing great but at times the crazy world is getting me down. So many has lost their lives because of the crazy virus. Well I then go off to my sewing world and forget all that is going on. 

We have our kids and grandsons and they are all well and going about life and enjoying it.

A change!

I have decided to make my url a bit easier and now its quiltysue.blogspot.com and it will be so much easier if asked for it. 

A sad goodbye!!!!!!!

Had to say goodbye to this sweet cat Tonic yesterday. She was 17 yrs old and was a very loving cat. She shared to much ups and downs with us.                                                                                                        
 Now back to daily life, hehehehe!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I need to remember to add hashtags to all my posting to show who had inspired my projects. I want to show respect to the designers whom show us their wonderful designs and also allow us to use it. I only use all the items I make for myself and no selling here. It takes too much time to make and people don't really want to pay for all the work that goes into handcrafts. Well I can't afford all the lovely designs I see. Have bought a few patterns and also many quilt mags though. But somehow I just start following the chosen pattern and then change the whole thing to my tastes and continue from there my own style. But one has to have good manners and give thanks to the designers of the original patterns.                      

                                                                                                                                                                       This is a project I started and its such fun.

  I worked out the templets myself and then made them. Let me see its from 

  https://www.instagram.com/vintagesewingbox

She has some great designs and I love all the pretty things she makes.

Also the threads I am using is from House of Embroidery.

I am also using a combination of  Da Gama Three Cats fabrics and lots of fabrics that have been gifted and in my stash.

Hope I have done this correct!!!!!

Have a wonderful day!

Crochet octopus !!!!!

Ok 8 octopus done and onto 9th. I want to complete all the balls of wool and then finish them up!

Added 2 more of these! Will do some embroidery when l have a few more done! Don't know where l am going with these but am enjoying making them!

Had to make venison pies, hubby cooked the meat. Also put the mixture onto dough but did not clean his fingers when closing them so l have spots of meat all over the pies. But sure are tasty!