Our New Home!

Here are some photos of our new place. 

We had a carport and patio added.

Also needed a cupboard in the kitchen. We found the right place, in front of the fridge with lots of space to open the fridge door and see whats to eat, the guy that installed it did a fantastic job.

Now its just a case of finding the right spot for all my art work hehehehe

 

At last!!!!!!

 I have not been here for ages and its been a very busy time in my life!!!

We decided to move to Port Elizabeth and very quickly sold the house in Port Alfred and also got a townhouse that we loved and also bought. 

Daughter has also relocated to Port Eklizabeth because she needs a bigger salary to survive and also needs some challenges in her life. Well she has been continuing studying while Matthew was writing Grade 12 exams and she reached another goal and passed that exam with over 80%. Also Matthew did really great with his as he received so many awards and stuff and was also 4th place from the top 10 students well with the year end he moved up to 3rd place and has 2 distinctions and did very well with all his subjects. He has the world now and is ready for this next phase of starting his life's journey. Matthew is the tallest guy on the right!

  

A few finishes at last!

I have been so busy lately and enjoying every minute. I really feel so thankful that l am able to still afford to do all these crafts. Also am able to sit in a warm cosy room and have snacks to enjoy while stitching. We had a lot of rain lately and its so wet that we can't have the lawn cut. Luckily it grows slowly in winter. Loadshedding is really bad now. Had a 2 hour daily now up to 10 hours daily. Anyway l am all prepared and working on completing my ufo's. I am resisting buying anything new. Just if l really need something to complete a project! I have a lot of stash scraps that need to be used up and also have lots l still want to make. So now that l have finished all 4 grandson quilts l can get all the small projects completed!

 Finished this owl in diamond dot art! Frame from a branch of tree in garden

Nr 8 owl done!

Another cross stitch completed.

Mr wise owl done for hubby. It also diamond dot art.

Finished the cute angel. I won this pattern in a draw!

Finished this large tomato pin cushion today.

Every stitch!!!!

Every stitch l do gets me closer to the finsh line. Am nearly finished with the tomato pin cushion! I am now a monogamous stitcher. Makes me less stressed having to change my project every week. It then feels like l get nothing completed. I prefer to do one at a time. 

busy busy!!!

Received these beautiful flowers from my daughter for my Birthday. 

Our front verandah looks very colorful

My cross stitch project l work on at night. Joy of Winter!

Bought a loveĺy red glass for my water. Just enjoying life using a fancy glass. 

My early morning cross stitch project

I am busy big stitch quilting this and it is 42 bloc and still have 16 to go. 

I have to keep my hands busy  with watching flosstubes. My new hobby is watching flosstubes. I have to keep up to date. So the flosstubers keep me updated. Beware they are enablers for sure!

Family!

Neil being the valet at Matthew's matric dance! Grandpa was chauffeur!

Family photo!

Neil fancy dress at school!

Had a lovely day at Bathurst Show with both kids and 3 of 4 grandsons around us. Blessings for us!

Busy busy!!

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We have had a very busy time for March but loved every minute of being able to share in Mathews Matric dance. Here are some pictures of his experience. 

Amber relaxing in the front garden chair with us in the morning while we have some coffee.

                                          Coco joining us inside the truck for some sea viewing. 

                                                  She noticed some kids playing in the sea.

 

 Early morning  the front of garden after the previous evening of showers.

                                                              

                                                                  Hexi quilt top done!!!

                                                                 My perpetual calender got a new Autumn hanging

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                                                                Matilda found her forever home at last.

                                                                  These beauties just came up in the park,

                                                                  across the road from our house and have been blooming for                                                                        few weeks now.

 

Biscorni Finished!!!!

Have now completed another challenge to stitch a biscorni. Well done. Joining it was not easy. Hope to remember to do chain stitching instead of backstitching 

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front and designed by Rainburst Embroidery.

A lot of work done!

 Started quilting this quilt. This is a quilt for 4th grandson. An inheritance to remember me by. So now all 4 grandsons have one.

This is a biscornu that l am cross stitching. Its something l need to try. Am going to put it in my bowl with the strawberry. A few turquiose pieces together!

Doing some diamond dotting and
then have just one huge one left. 

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These wild flowers are now flowering in the park across our home!

Am so lucky, decided to pop in a small shop after grocery shopping and found this cute frame. Now l can put a few seasonal cross stitch pieces together instead of having a few nails in the wall. Also change them out with seasonal things. So lots more cross stitching yeahhh! Hubby is glad about less holes!

This is a small cushion for my best friend to put in her wooden bowl

Done at last!

Finished my turquiose strawberry at last. It matches my thread bobbin on the cross stitch. Now busy with a biscornu in turquiose! Having lots of fun with small cross stitching! Still have a few pieces to finish!

Time just flew by!

Hi, l have been so busy lately! February is nearly done! Its been drs, homework, food and pills  shopping. Neil has karate 2x weekly in afternoons so waiting for him gives me reading time! Also having loadshedding of 12 hours a day also needs to be taken into consideration. Urgggg this government is useless and corrupt. 

Anyway l am now trying to get my hexi quilt top done. 

Also have Liams quilt top done and will start sandwiching it next week.

Have lots of 2 1/2 inch squares left and going to add prairie point with the binding.

This is my working table where l do most of my diamond dotting for a hour early morning around 5 to 6am. I then go onto some folding the prairie points getting ready to add when l have finished quilting it. Around 7am l go and sit in lounge and work on my hexi quilt. Lots of daylight needed. When there is loadshedding early morning l have  small precharged lamp to see where l am working.

Tonic our cat loves catnip and l bought a small ball of it from a recycle shop in town.

Coco watching from inside the truck at kids playing in the sea. Was to hot for her to sit in the back of our small truck, the mat is black and gets too hot standing in the sun. 

Made this cute pillow for my best friend.

Finished stitching this cross stitch piece.

Our son and his family went on an overseas trip for 2 weeks. They went to a few places and also Venice  so of course l requested them to go the Murano the glass blower island and they brought me a thimble and magnet holder and hubby got some type of drink mix. They went to Ferrari factory, legoland and had lots of real pizza's. 

 Well now l am up to date with my life. Today its cloudy and nice. I am finishing the last of the hexi's then l am going to try to get Liams quilt sandwich and going to watch a Harry Potter movie with grandkids this afternoon. I have not even read any of the books. Hehe. 

Take care and keep crafting.