A busy life.

Still keeping up with my hexi's. Trying to think of ways to fill the centers and having fun.

A lovely cool foggy morñing and a walk to the beach with dogs!

Made these bacon snacks 

Neil at his first valentine's dance! Gee only in grade 1. 

Went to Grahamstown for car service and walking down main road and these donkeys were standing in the shade. They roam the town freely.

Bought these lovely fabrics at Jacksons. Its Da Gama speciality. Love the nice modern colors.

Made a new pincushion for my  on the go project bag.

Embroidery for Christmas

A nice light rainy day here and just love this weather. I am home and happily stitching away.

I am working on my Father Christmas blocks a long time embroidery project. Now just 2 more to go!!

My hexi Block!

I am slowly stitching on my hexi quilt blocks. Its difficult to think of all different stitches to use, sure a challenge but am getting inspired working on these one at a time!

 

Life picking up speed!!!!

Just some update on what is happening in my life now and I have to get used to another routine.

Neil, who broke an arm just before Christmas,  has started big school now and Matthew went back to school grade 111,  after doing home schooling for a year. I seem to have a lot more time now to get lots of ufo's done.  

Off to school

Walking into grade 1

Neil at his desk ready for school

A ufo from a few years back, need to get another 3 done!

A bag request finished

New body bag and masks for school

some embroidery

Nr 17 and 18 hexi's done

170 stitches done at last, have not done any x stitch for ages!!!!

 

Redwork!

I have taken this project, that l started many years ago, out as my ufo to first complete before working on a new project. There are 8 different blocks. #slowstitching

#slow stitching

Block 15 and 16 done. Have lots more embroidery to do!

My hexi journey

I have stitched another hexi! My stitching time has been a bit slow because of the holidays. 

Christmas day!

Spent Christmas day with daughter and grandies. Neil was very hungry! Hard work doing everything only having one hand! 

Christmas time!!!!!!

We have had a busy time ahead of Christmas and the worst was when Neil ended up with a broken arm, after jumping out a tree that has been done many many times will be spending Christmas taking it slow playing around. Neil has just finished kindergarden and is going to grade one next year. So he will be starting his schooling career with a small hiccup. He is unable to swim in the sea and just has to be careful not getting sand in that arm.

                                                   A Blessed Joyful Christmas to all!!!

Just before he broke the arm he decorated this tree for me.

I have now got 55 hexi's ready for embroidery and think this is not enough but thats okay, I have lots more fabric to use. Not one of these are a repeat. hehehehehe and still the stash is not less. grrrrrr

Thia hexi with the blue cats are the last of my first piece of fabric that I started my patchwork hobby with! That was many many years ago. Maybe 36 years ago. 

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Where has 2021 disappeared too?

This year has passed to quickly. We have been so busy just living life and enjoying every minute of it.

Being thankful for everything The Lord supplies us and also the time to enjoy being with the grandkids. Also had our son and his family visit us for a short while made it very special. Luckily the end of the year our weather also changed and after the terrible drought we have had lots and lots of rain. Our water tanks are full all the time. Also had a water pump installed which made life easier for us. Also not having municipality water in taps, made us install it faster. Now need to start saving for solar panel!

   

I have got two more hexi's done! This is going to take some time it seems. Looking at my fabric and threads has not got less. But by the time I finished this at least the stash will be less.

Neil put up our Christmas Tree and I am not going to change it. So special to watch him concentrating 
 on putting all the ornaments on this small tree.

Its amazing to see all the people here in town for this holiday. Truly a blessing esp for businesses in town. They have suffered a huge loss esp the staff having no income. We did our best to support small businesses but it was not enough. Thanks to the Lord for holding our hands and show the nasty persons responsible for all this suffering world wide that Africa is in His Hands. 

Hexigons!

Still making hexi's!