A mini!

Just love stitching miniature patterns. This is a fan in mini. Thanks to @berry_birdy for sharing this video. 

Such a busy day!!!!!!

Had a very nice busy day.

Its a very windy day here and hoping that we get some rain soon. Dust everywhere. grrr Hate housework but have to do it myself. I hurt my hip last week and need to take it easy to heal.

I will do a deep house clean next week. 

So onto more interesting things.

This amaryllis decided to start opening up this morning. Just love the beauty of flowers.

We went for a nice walk on the beach this morning. Coco just loves to have a nice swim and Lucky just walks along in the shallow water.

Then l just had to do some stitching this afternoon and decided to do this qayg{quilt as you go} block designed by Pattern Poole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRcPvsHFVoU

She is just great as she has all the instructions and how to on you tube. All very clear, precise and also interesting.

 

Another Block done!

Got there hibiscus flowers from Matts this afternoon.

Another block embroidered. Having fun doing the embroidery now.

 All lovely House of Embroidery threads.

 

Christmas!

Collected these rings from our milk holders last year and now finished them all! In time for Christmas!

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.