A thought for today...

"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit...Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad."

Sorry I've been missing in action - hope to catch up soon.
Hope you're having a good week!

Some things that make me happy...

(My little boy's apple - I've also been known to make bananas into Bananas in Pyjamas..this is the currently cheaper version..though nothing rhymes with apple...sigh...and he's not going to be excited by a Zuchini in a Bikini....)

1. Going to look for the dishwashing detergent and finding it missing. Doing a search and finding two little boys with bubbles. One the "blower",the other the "burster" - and all still in their pj's as it's school holidays!!


2. Scraps from a secret gift I am making for a Christmas in July Swap. This especially makes me smile as I signed up online, I'm using a charm pack I won online, using a pattern I downloaded online and buttons I was given from my online quilting group. The internet..it's opened up a whole new world!!

3. This fabric from the fabric line Sherbet Pips...just love the girl on a swing...reminds me of me when I was little! This is the fabric I am going to use if the new family baby is actually a new niece!


Hope you're having a happy week! We're off to buy new snails for the recently cleaned fish tank..... If they do a good job keeping the fish tank clean I might buy some for the whole house...

And finally..some sewing

With my Sister-in-law's due date now looming close, I thought I had better get back to the baby quilt I've been making. I sewed on a couple of borders last Thursday when I went to sewing class.

I thought I would re-use the original border of the panel so I sewed it back on.


It's a bit tricky to see but it's kind of 3-D now (and ignore that string hanging out the top..cut that off as soon as I get off this computer.) It was fiddly to do and I'm not really sure it was worth it, but the theory was that it made it a bit tactile...


The backing fabric should have been some plainish something but I fell in love with this flannel from the Oz Material Girls - so many of the same animals - and it's flannel which might be good since this will be a winter baby.

It's interesting to get to (near) the end of a quilt and consider if it's really worked out. There's a few things I might change about this little quilt, but generally I feel it's a bright cheery thing and suitable for a little person to spit-up/poop on! *smile*

Hope you're having a good week!

Quilt Show

Well, a week has gone past and so I'm running a little late to tell you about our weekend at the Quilt Show at Darling Harbour but here goes anyway.

We headed off on the Friday and got there in time to check out the Powerhouse Museum (it had an ABBA exhibition...not sure if Gorgeous Girl actually knew who that was!!) and then went for a quick look through Paddy's Markets. Back to the hotel for a wee rest before heading out for dinner and a night time trip on the monorail. Then bright and early we headed off to the Myer's sale - shopped like mad women - then met up with our lovely friends to head into the quilt show. I was luck enough to pick up a free ticket from the Busy Thimbles blog - what a bonus!!


It's great to see all the wonderful creations and check out the latest things in the Crafting World. I admit I get a bit overwhelmed and usually buy very little - well, very little compared to some of the serious shoppers out there!! Here's my purchases:

Some templates to use with Jelly Rolls from Just Patchwork




Some lovely buttons using Japanese fabric from Kimono Girls.I hope to make a broach out of these.














Some Kaffe fat quarters from Fifi's Fabricology (that's a bit of a tongue twister! LOL)

At the quilt show I also got to catch up with some of the lovely ladies from my online quilting group, Patchnchat!

(On a less positive note my poor Gorgeous Girl was being bossed about by some of the women at the show, she got pushed and shoved and one even told her to get out of the way of a stall as 'I deserve to have a look more than you"!! The cheek!! And frankly some of the ladies use their handbags as lethal weapons!!)

After the quilt show we headed out for a slightly crazy dinner at China Town and then went to see Mary Poppins. It was absolutely terrific and I thought the Capitol Theatre was amazing!

We had a lovely time and would have loved to stay longer. Hopefully we'll get to go another year.

Hope you're having a great week!

A Quilting Limerick

She thought she would like to learn quilting
To fill in some quiet, spare time
But the hobby I did mention
Became an obsession
Taking up every spare space, second, dime.

(My Gorgeous Girl has been writing limericks at school. It is also slightly addictive!)

Fabric - Brooklyn Heights, Kitty Yoshida

Some poetry....

She started a quilt on Monday
Her stitches were very fine
She forgot to defrost the dinner
So they went out to dine.

(from Tractors and Teapots - a recipe book by M Charlesworth)

I'm a lucky duck

Yesterday I received in the post this lovely charm pack that I won on Gone Aussie Quilting. It's the new Denyse Schmidt fabric called Picnics and Fairgrounds. I was pretty chuffed to win - putting my "I never win anything" theory to rest! If you haven't checked out the Gone Aussie Quilting blog please do -I love her quilts, especially her use of colour!

And my new charm pack is resting on the new addition to our home. I was at the local tender shed, looking for a wardrobe and came home with a piano!! I figure with four kids, one has to be musical, right??!! (actually, seriously, we were looking for a piano as Sunshine Boy is going to start learning next year). I love that it's old, and just slightly battered. Slightly battered things work better in our house as I'm not good with the stress of trying to keep new things new with four kids! I'm sure with a polish up and a tune it will be great. (I did have it checked out by someone who knew pianos as my piano knowledge is very limited!)And it was a bargain - who sells a decent piano at a tender shed??!!

Oh, and if you are in the market for a huge old four-poster bed with posts the diameter of a pumpkin, and a fully carved wood canopy,do I have the shop for you!!

Hope you're having a good week!