Nature's best!

Our Amaryllis are now flowering. 

What to do?

 My daughter asked me a very difficult question today.  'Mom what must l do with all this cross stitch stuff when you pass on? She doesn't do much handstitching. Doesn't have the time and no interest. She loves painting. 

Well l said what you don't want throw it away. That was not a good answer at all! I now realize how much this was bothering her. It is causing her lots of stress it seems.

Well that ended in tears and it was very thought provoking for me. She replied ' how do you expect me to throw something away when l know how much time you spent working on them and also how you enjoyed every stitch!'

So l pondered for a while and contacted a friend that loves cross stitching and she said that her stitching friends have decided to give a name and number of a friend that will take all their stitching stuff and share it to other crosstitching friends.

Wow so l asķed if l can give her name and number to my daughter to pass my stuff onto. She accepted my offer.

That is just the way stitchers who care help each other.  Only sad thing is that l am far from that group but my daughter can send it all to her.  So relieved that l am able to sort thru this hickup.

So now l need to find a person to take all my fabrics too.

Will sort that out when l get there. One step at a time as the saying goes!

Now back to crosstitching on 'Little Women'!

A few nearly finishes!

 Hi from a coĺd mid winter's day in South Africa.

Have been so busy lately which is great. I feel so priviledged to have a roof over my head and a nice warm bed to sleep in. Also being able to have our own vehicĺe and food. You know to cut it short 'Thank you to The Lord for all our blessings every tiny one'

We had a nice lunch at Sacramento Restaurant in Skoenmakerskop yesterday and it was great seeing all the ships sailing by and the beautiful blue of the sea.

I have now got all my chandelier blocks sewn together and now square it off and then sandwich and quilt it. Amber got annoyed at me for draping the quilt top over her to take a picture. Hehehe

Am also doing the finishing of my winter theme cross stitch projects. Adding some wool and beads to give that really snowy winter feeling! The beads take forever!

Well thats all for now and just finished a lava cake as per request from grandson.

Thinking of all the loss in Texas. Huge hugs to all!😢🙏

Time!!!!

Wow haven't been here for a while.  Life seems to get busy! We had a nice 2 week trip 'down memory lane ' even went to the tip of Africa. 

Busy getting Matilda goes to the beach #finally a farmgirl design done.

This is a block we made as a group 'The Ragdolls'

Here we are where the two Indian and Atlantic seas meet!

 

Crosstitching Station!!!!

Made myself a crosstitching station using a nice wooden tray we got full of goodies when we bought our new small car. The black is a nice triàngle foam covered with black fabric. I bought it to hold hubby's tablet but he never used it, prefer holding in his hand. . So it holds my clipboard with pattern and lots of space to store all my goodies. I put my thread holder box underneath when finished  stitching. I have a cute cat new project started this week and working on it tomorrow still. Will then swap out with another project already working on!

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Blessings everyday!!!!

I have been so busy with daily life, which l do with a thankful heart.  Everyday is a blessing esp if one has the privilege to see our grandsons moving forward in life. Just realized that the oldest is now married and has been transferred to another town and promoted. Next one finishes 2nd year of studies this week

 Next is now in 12th grade and last year of school and also got his drivers license and a truck. 

Then there is the youngest at 10 years old grade 4 and playing his first rugby match this afternoon. He is so excited and of course we have to go and support him. 

We are so blessed to have our daughter and her 2 sons just a few steps away. Our son and his family is over 1000km away. But technology keeps us connected!  Hubby had his 80th Birthday on the 21st April and we are truly blessed to have him healthy and of sound mind around to keep us in reality. 

Been working on 'Little Women the whole Easter weekend as a sal with a South Africa group of Facebook friends was really slow gowing because l do want the border to match up.

Put a ric rac border around. Need to find a charm to completely finish

Joined this interesting sized blocks together. The squares were made by my quilting friends 'The Ragdolls'. Didn't join classes to make squares as glue is involved and l hate sticky fingers.

Slowly moved up to left corner got some large colors done. The confetti takes so long so l needed a break after finishing the confetti on the previous page. I want to get to the top of the page soon.

Finished the chandelier blocks for our bed. Went thru my scraps and wow l found some lovely pieces just waiting to be used. Now to complete layout and join. 

Well l wish you all a creative blessed time till my next posting.

Take care and lots of 💕

 

Just daily things

I made a plan with the large water bottles. The plastic handles don't last long so l made a small bag with handles

 

Finished the stitching of this funky cat cross stitch and still have to get it fully finished.

Life has been busy!

We have been so busy lately. Can't believe Neil is done with the 1st term of Grade4. Time goes by so quickly. He also had his 10th Birthday. 

 

I am now working on my dragon. Nearly finished another page but have so much confetti that l need something with a bit more body.

 

Stìtched 70 blocks for my Chandelier quilt. Will lay it out soon.

Our vygies are just blooming so much just when we think they are done out come more flowers.

On our morning walk we saw this family taking their morning walk too. 

Got tired of all the confetti stitching and now starting this cute small cat project.

Kitty's Sewing Lesson completed!

Made this gorgeous pumkin!

 

Nature is so special!

 

Matthew grew this rose from a cutting. And now she is rewarding him for taking good care of her!

Slowly l am getting the back stitching done. I am doing one or two strands a day, as Anna @stitch roadies says. 

We also bought a smaller car for us last week. 

Our Amaryllis is now flowering and it looks so beautiful.

I have finished a pumpkin for my autumn collection. 
 

 

Life has its blessings!

We have a very small garden but all the gray is not my idea of living. I bought these hanging containers to have some height and not much on the lawn. Well we thought this beauty was nearly dead. Its now, with hubby's green fingers is blooming to its fullest. 

At last completed this Owl project after it was designed by Lesley Teare in 2019. Yes 5 years ago now done. Need to fully finish it later. 

A dear friend Anna @stitchroadies from Portland USA always says when finished a project start a new one! I have been reading a very old book, slowly and enjoying it immensely, my sister sourced it for me, l saw a flosstuber @Sarah'sstitchyspot had cross stitched it and l just had to start it. So here l am starting 'Little Women' designed by Micheal Jolly! 

Now this beauty this morning! We had it for many years now and it just brought us so much joy seeing it flower every year. So hubby has repotted it here and now she is showering us once again with her love. This morning we had a very light spray of rain and the drops look like diamonds on her petals. Thanks to The Lord for these special seconds in life for free! 

 

Time!!!!!

 Well time sure goes by quickly! Wish there was a shop where one can buy some extra time! Days seem to run from me. 

Now am busy with doing granny duties. Getting up, making lunch box, getting him dressed and last not least driving in the morning traffic and getting to school on time is exhausting. Luckily he is in after care and enjoys it so much. We only get a visit once a week now, just to have him around a bit. We had him by us every day and last year we noticed he needed to be with kids his age to learn to socialize. Since relocating and adjusting to new way of life he needed this, other than just school time! Its quite boring here. But still a privilege to have them still close to us. 

Big brother is now doing apprenticeship and working outside in the big world. He is doing well and its been an eye opener for him to be in a big city too. Traffic and also experiencing that its a rat race out there. Luckily he is still at home and not in his own place. Hehe recently started making the sums of what needs to be paid to live on ones own costs a lot of money. So he is saving up every penny now to get a head start. Grandpa just keep reminding him of not having debt too early in life. 

Our eldest grandson is getting married end November. Wow time sure goes by quickly. So now we have a kitchen tea coming up and luckily for us,  both her grandparents still live here in town. So we are going to the one on her parents farm not far from here. We don't travel far distances anymore.  Hubby's back and neck is slowly getting worse which we expected and he can't sit longer than an hour at a time. I do most driving now. Hehe seems he needs to give me driving lessons still after 50 yrs of driving!

Life has changed so much in these few months we have been here. Living in a big city is an adjustment but we need the specialists closeby with ageing. Also lots more driving to places and getting to know the area takes time. 

Went to the local nursery and found these cute frogs and had to bring them home. 

After being busy all day l needed some relief and with grandson visiting for a few days while his Mom is away, we got to have pizzas. His favorite!

I had to stitch 42 scrappy blocks for a charity quilt. The small quilt group 'Ragdolls' that l have joined get donated lots of fabric. They then make charity quilts and hand them out wherever they are needed. Took 2 days stitching on my machine. I don't like spending so much time in front of my sewing machine. I am a hand stitcher most of the time. But when its got to be done in a few days there is no way l am going to do it by hand.

Very slowly working on my back stitching on Kitty's Sewing Lesson will get it done sometime hopefully by end of year. Still big stitch quilting om my hexi quilt. Trying to do just one large hexi at a time. I do stab stitch and have to push through multiple layers and that tires my fingers a lot. But seems to be getting better by the day. 

Amber is enjoying some sun time, we had a few days of cloudy weather.

And of course Coco had a pamper day at the doggy palor which is needed as her hair grows so quickly. I have decided to rather have her hair cut at the dog palor here near us. Now only noticed she is also ageing, all the grey now that her face is cut neat. 

My fingers were too sore after straining these  muscles pulling something heavy. Using the scissors would be damaging them even more. 

She came out and l could see she was so spoiled by the wonderful staff. 

Well thats enough chatting for now. Till my next post have a blessed, creative time!