One of those days...

...when nothing much is accomplished...

Where did today go?

It started much like ay other Monday morning. Drove the girls to school, hung out a load of washing, sat down with Hubby to do our daily "to do" list for work...

Garbbed a coffee and headed down to Penrith, where Hubby had to drop some car parts to a friend's workshop. I popped into Spotlight for half an hour...came home with a new rotary cutter (my previous one had been a hand-me-down from Mother in law), some needles and new scissors.

By the time we were heading home we realised we were running very late for Maddie's orthodontist appointment.  The plan had been for me to drop Hubby back home and then pick Maddie up from school and go to the appointment, but we realised we were not going to be able to do that. We made it just in time for her appointment and headed back home.

Then dropped her off at the chemist where she works three afternoons a week, picked Cassie up from the bus-stop and headed home. By that time it was 4.30pm!!!

I had not done any work other than answer phone calls and email, the house was not looking too good, and I had not even un-packed my goodies from Spotlight...



So here we are, almost time to call it a day (I go to bed fairly early by most standards) - tomorrow is my "early" morning, I have to be up at 5am and out the door at 6am for a weekly business meeting...

I am planning to get up around the same time every morning, but use the time for some sewing every day other than Tuesday.



So - here's to the day that was. Not much accomplished but I did sit down for half an hour to pay my bills. You see I get paid monthly - which means once a month I catch up on all bills etc...call me crazy, but gee it's a good feeling! I never fail to give Thanks for being able to do that...

Hope your day was more "creatively" productive than mine.


Good night all.

Sandra

UFO's

As promised, here are two of the unfinished projects I hope to be working on this year...

This is Karen Cunningham's Antique Sampler, the very first full quilt I worked on back in 2003. I used my favourite Autumn (Fall) colours and really enjoyed the hand-stitching as well as the companionship of getting together with some very talented ladies once a month...

I just have a couple of stems to applique on the fruit and then it's ready to quilt. I love this little quilt so much that I think I will get a professional to quilt it for me. Hubby has the perfect place to hang it - over an antique console we inherited from an old relative of his.


The next quilt I want to complete this year is another design by Karen Cunningham - "Miss Emma". This promises to be a very large quilt, just the right size for my queen size bed!

So far I've used only fabrics already in my stash for these patches, unlike the Antique Sampler which was made from fabrics bought especially for the project.

I've made four of these "stars", which form the centre medallion of the quilt (please excuse my lack of terminology, I'm such a novice!)

The pink fabric on the bottom right hand corner is what I may be replacing the centre of the flower or star as I feel the bright cool yellow that I used somewhat clashes with the rest of the quilt...


I've made all the blocks that make up the next row -

...and these are almost done. I've machine pieced these, they now need a circle in the middle and "petals" on the outside so they will look like flowers...

The fabrick at the bottom is what I will use for all the blocks so they will "tie in" although they are very scrappy. The colour is not true to life, it is much more cool green than what it has come up as...


...and just for fun, look who found a comfy spot inside one of my sewing baskets! It's Presley the four month old kitten...don't get too comfortable!

Here's to a productive week!


Wish me luck...


Sandra

Disorganised

...well, maybe not actually disorganised, just need to get my act together when it comes to my sewing...

Where did Saturday go?...literally, I blinked and it was gone!

My girls and I had a hairdresser's appointment at 9.30am, which meant we didn't get back till 12.30pm !! as I stopped at the fruit shop along the way and stocked up on some much-needed fruit and veg for the week.

Spent the next two hours having a bit of a tidy up as we had someone wanting to see our place at 2.30pm...so we took Ollie and the youngest kitten in the car and drove around the neighbourhood while the Real Estate Agent showed our house...

Quickly grabbed something to eat (supposedly lunch) and got changed as Hubby and I had to see some new clients at 4.30pm...got back home at 6.45pm, just in time for Hubby to get changed as his band was playing at a 40th birthday party (yay! paying gig!) and eldest daughter Maddie was sleeping over at a friend's place. Cassie (youngest daughter) and I decided we would treat ourselves to some nice Thai for dinner but couldn't be bothered getting dressed up for the restaurant, so we picked some up on the way home...

...ate waaaay too much Thai and a glass of red wine...

I'd thought this would be the perfect time to do some hand piecing...had a nice time chatting with Cassie and hanging out with the Kitten, then got into bed with Cassie on a computer game next to me, and decided to read some quilting blogs for inspiration...I certainly was inspired, but I could also not keep my eyes open any longer!...LOL

So, after Hubby let me know they were packing up and yes, someone from the band could give him a lift home, I rolled over and promptly fell asleep...

aaaah Sunday morning...lots to do. Washing to catch up on, followed by ironing so the girls can start the last week of term in some sort of order. At least the house is very clean and picked up due to yesterday's inspection. Fingers crossed we'll get an offer we can't refuse ...OK, any offer would be nice ;)

I hope to be able to take advantage of the lovely afternoon light in my bedroom and take pictures of my UFO's...and post them next time.


Enjoy your Sunday everyone!

Tell me - How do you "make time" for your sewing...? Does it just happen? or are you organised enough to schedule the time into your day?


Sandra

Exciting!!

Well, I have taken the plunge and started a Blog about my patchwork adventures and everyday domestic life from my little weatherboard mountain home.

I recently decided that I had spent way too much time working hard on our business and had left my "creative" self by the wayside...
Here in my Blog I hope to chat about my endeavours to complete some quilts which I started a few years back...I will post some pictures as I go, and hopefully get some advice along the way.

I have just enrolled in two classes at Post Office Patchwork in Glenbrook, at the foot of the beautiful Blue Mountains, where I live.

I will be going to general classes once a week with Rhonda, the lovely owner. At this class I hope to be able to improve my techniques and I figure by going along weekly, it will keep me motivated to try and do some sewing every day...

The other class I have enrolled in is run by the amazing Karen Cunningham...Karen and I met in 2003 at a Patchwork shop in Wentworth Falls, and I attended classes with her for about 18 months. It was during this time that I started a couple of quilts which I can say are very close to completion.

I adore English piecing, love sewing by hand. I have almost completed a machine pieced quilt, and have done a little applique...these last two are techniques that I am hoping to improve and I hope to challenge myself constantly to take on stuff I am not 100% comfortable with.


Hubby and I have two gorgeous teenage daughters, an adorable Silky x Maltese named Ollie, and two cats - Tammy aged two and a half and Presley the kitten, who came into our family on Anzac Day this year.

Our cottage is on the market at the moment, and once it's sold we are moving to a bigger weatherboard cottage on 3.3acres...very excited about starting a "new" garden...but will miss our home of the last 18 years...

So this is My space for all things creative and I suspect some "everyday" stuff will also find its way here.

Til next time. I will post some pictures of my UFO's


Sandra
xx