Hobbies and Crafts

"You want more? More! "

oh dear I can only sew one at a time.
however I do have another on the table, half done. well the top is almost finished, but I dont have any batting for it , or any backing fabric.
You see I blew my budget on getting my ancestors will and having 3 hours of research done from the NRO. which I havent paid for yet.

and then there is Christmas presents to get for my clan.


oh and I made one block of a pattern that my mother had made. Its the Pfaff "Field of Dreams design" And this one is a very long term project. this 36cm square block is using a feature called fabric weaving, with pipped prairie points. very slow going. and each block teaches a new technique within the design.
so I dont think this strip quilt is going to get finishes until next year
I hope Im not being too adventurous with this one, as i may never get it finished.
. Annette xx

Moonbi, annette, how about a photo of the piece that you have done to show what fabric weaving, with pipped prairie points looks like? It doesn't have to be a finished quilt.

I am going to add quilting to the title of this thread.

Well, I sat down and sorted through my stuff intending to start on Christmas cards, but the sun is shining and it is hot and I can find no inspiration whatsoever.

oh Christmas cards !
I havent begun those yet either. Infact Ive lost my mojo too. I still have a bout 5 left from last year so I must dig them out and see where I go from there.

Things is my eyes had been going funny, so I went the weekk ago to the optom, he did a very good exam, and I needed new lenses in. today I am going in to pick them up, but calling at the bank first as cant get 426 from the atm as my withdrawal has a lower ceilng on it.
another hole in my pocket this week, but I cant do without good eyesight.
my nephew and his wife in Adelaide had a new baby boy on the 28th. first grandson for my brother, who has one gdaughter

best wishes, annette xx

Moonbi Congratulations on your Great nephew, another little bud on your tree. Hope you find a big improvement when you get your new 'eyes'. What is that in UK pounds do you know?


New cards on the blog from Sallie. Now there is a lady with a lot of good ideas. I think I might 'pinch' a couple of her ideas to get me started.

Ann, glad you got them okay. By all means 'pinch' as many ideas as you like.lol!!

Did you see my email Sallie? You thought you had sent 17 but I only had 12

No I didn't see your email Ann. We sent 17 altogether, so don't know what's happened to the rest of them. I'll get Alun to sort it out later on this evening. Sorry!

Thanks for letting me know.


Love, Sallie.x

I received 3 e mails Sally, the first two had five attachments each the third had two attachments.

Hi Ann,

We sent 4attachments Ann, the first three with five on and the fourth with two. So goodness knows how that happened.....I'll get Alun to look at it later on, when he gets home from work and had his dinner.

Love, Sallie.x

You will have to check which ones are on the blog against the ones you sent to find which attachment didn't send.

Ann,
using the currency converter the Aus dollar to british pound

$426 aus is equal to 260.919 Pounds

About the same as we'd pay then Moonbi

Spent an hour or so cutting shapes on the Cuttlebug. A lot of my cards are scrap book style. i.e. pictures matted onto different colours, the cuttlebug is proving to be very useful. I also took a couple of cards with robins on and managed to cut a circle with the picture of the robin in the centre. Quite fiddly but I feel pleased with myself!!!! (doesn't take much does it? Matted onto red card the robins look great.

Getting fed up with trying to keep this thread alive, we used to have lots of participants. I think I will let it sink.

More cards on the blog

Thanks Ann, I have just sent you some more I got them done while I had no laptop, suprising how much one can do when tinternet is down....
same with buying on line, but I fell into temptation and managed to order a few things when it started up again.....lol..... love Jean xxx

Jean, I'll put them on the blog tomorrow.

Ann, e-mailed you my cards, eleven in all, hope you get them OK.

Thank you.

Love, Sallie.xx

all 11 on the blog Sallie. Sometimes they don't come out very clear because they are taken by flash so they 'white out' But I have done the best I can. Some nice cards there Sallie.