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April nine patch blocks

So with just over 24hours left I am skidding in at the last minute with my nine patch blocks These are the fabrics, not my usual colours but I am trying to be outside my comfort zone And these are the finished blocks I think they look pretty good I still need to tidy the threads up though  ( just noticed when I posted the picture) Can t wait to see everyone s may blocks If you pop over to Barbs blog she has already posted hers..... I hope your hands are working on a project you love Ciao Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

some exciting news....

after my really sad news that i announced on the GDITC blog the other night i now have some exciting news after 20 years  i will finally have my own sewing room with Miss M leaving the nest late last year Miss S  decided to move rooms and i have inherited her room it's the smallest bedroom in the house but that's ok it will be super cosy this is my current sewing space at it's very worse usually i keep it alot neater,  but i have been busy renovating Miss S's new room and my sewing area unfortunately becomes my dumping space Miss S's newly painted room My new sewing room after all the painting in Miss S's room i was thinking of  not painting this room but gadget talked me round and tomorrow this room will start to get a  freshen up i think i will keep the red wall as a reminder of Miss S's red faze i actually quite like it, now i am used to it the other 3 walls will b

a couple of finishes

okay to be totally honest i finished this about a week or so ago but i have been a really slack blogger so this is the absolutely gorgeous note book cover we received the kit for at GDITC it was designed by the gorgeous Kerry   since i am a bit into reproduction fabrics and purple  at the moment i decided to use my own fabric  which i purchased at  cottage on the Hill   on the GDITC weekend i also added a some antique lace that i had acquired from somewhere i am really happy with it and it has gained a permanent place in my handbag i have also been playing with crochet i discovered  attic 24 a few months ago and have avidly read so much of her blog i discovered the patterns for the teeny tiny stars and Teeny tiny hearts i decided to use some twine, so i could get a very natural look the twine made it a little more challenging for a novice crocheter regardless i managed to  create

Feedly

As you all know a few months ago Google announced that they were removing google reader from it's services i was initially unconcerned until i logged in one day and found that i could no longer access google reader through the google home page i decided i needed to find an alternative that i could use to check all my favourite blogs easily so like a good computer addict i googled it i found this really informative post  at  lifehacker showing all the alternatives to google reader i had a peep at a few of the alternatives but decided to give feedly a go mainly because i like the description  "   Its interface is less traditional and a bit more "newspaper-like," but it's very pretty. " so because it was pretty i downloaded it the  program downloaded this little button onto my safari  toolbar i simply click on the button and feedly opens up you can view your blogs in a variet

a clever little egg

Ok this is an official PROUD MUMMY WARNING Miss S is in the middle of year 11  and she is studying both textiles and art this is the work she created for her first year 11 art assessment they had to do an art work that depicted the influences of society on the individual it was amazing watching this work grow i just wish it hadn't been created in the middle of my lounge room apparently though she needed foxtel to inspire her......lol and i have to  say there is no visible evidence of her painting in the room although when i got home from work one evening there was  ALOT of evidence of painting on her it was everywhere this is one part of a three part assessment, they had to work with three different mediums so she did a photoshop image and an ink image and this painting unfortunately i did nt get a chance to photograph the other two items i am pretty proud of her i think it is a really great imag

Caring with Quilts.....Quilt

I know i have posted some of these pics before but i feel  the quilt deserves  a post all of it's own so as you know a few months ago i made the insane decision to make a quilt for chooky's "caring with quilts" charity i headed off shopping looking for a jelly roll to create a quick quilt i didn't find one but i did find a heap of fabric i loved so  i created my own Jelly roll                                        after after lot's of cutting i had these gorgeous piles                                                         lined up beside Victoria                                                           (the sewing machine) the quilt started coming together rather quickly and i love that i had Miss M's bed to lay everything out on i had the quilt completed about  two and a half weeks before GDITC although it came together really quickly we just had a really busy period