Never any time!!

Well I am slowly getting there in my scribble design :) I used a gorgeous #30 weight thread for some of the design, but I don't have a 100" needle and it just tore up the thread! It's amazing how much a difference a needle makes. So I need to get some more needles.

Such a busy week doing all the normal stuff plus a whole lot of extras. The best part was that I rediscovered the best op shop!! And it now has a designer section!!! Sooooo good! Went with great friends and had a great time. Brand new designer jeans that fit like they were made for me for $5!!!!! Two brand new pair of shoes for $20!! They have a $2 section and I got great clothes from there too. What an adrenalin rush that was :)

It had been raining all day and it kept getting worse here yesterday and getting home from school took three times as long and I was lucky to get home. There was so much flooding people got stuck everywhere and the highway was still blocked and jammed at 10pm!!! My brother got stuck in a train and had to stay overnight as the highway was blocked and a bridge was damaged from a car hitting it.  A bit of fun really :). 

Been watching The good wife again, such a great show. I think I love kalinda the best and since it seems like she is getting her own show, then I am super excited!!:)

Off to do some sewing before I have to hang another million loads of washing out.

Jane

Finished!!!!

Well I finished them and I now will put one on etsy and one to my friend :). Next one is going to be a whole cloth quilt of many colours. Can't wait to start! 

Went to a gorgeous creek with the kids today, they loved it and had a ball exploring. Check out my photos on Instagram, same name as my blog. It is so beautiful and relaxing there and I think I might go back all by myself just to breathe :) 

Wish I didn't have to make dinner every night, I am even out of ideas and motivation, wish you could eat take away every night and not get fat!!:) 

Oh well, off to cook dinner.

Jane

A New Direction

So I had some very fun paper that I had bought a while ago and I thought, better use it..... Sooooo came up with this idea :). The last picture is of real life people! Shock horror!! :) once I had made the first one I trout it would work great as a collage for family photos, so I made another for a friend and I think it turned out quite well. I am going to add this idea to my etsy store. 

Talking about etsy .... I want to get bigger with my garden, but seeds and seedlings cost too much and it makes having the garden more expensive than buying vegetables :) I was reading another blog and they had the same problem and they found bulk seeds on etsy! I never would have looked there, and I'm so glad I did. They are so cheap and full of cool varieties. I am going to use All about seeds and I'm most excited about buying lavender plants and starting my own lavender plantation hehehe 

If I can grow enough, a small stall at my local market will soon be buying my produce :) I think most people would love a lavender plant don't you think?:) and I can imagine ask walk up to my door, lavender all the way along and smelling divine :) ahhhh now that's relaxing, which is what I need with school holidays happening:). 

Jane 

Trees and school holiday

I finished the mosaic tree art quilt. I love it and had so much fun doing this one!!:) I am hoping to sell it on etsy for $1000,000 hehehhe. Well I think it's worth it. Imagine the sewing machine I could buy for that!! :) 

So I want a new sewing machine. I do believe I can hear my poor little sewing machine slowly dying. I can hear it slowing down bit by bit. So I am saving my money for a really great sewing machine. I am going to get a Janome horizon. Once school is back, I am hitting sewing shops and test driving that thing and seeing if it is any good. I will try other machines too, fun fun fun!:). 

School holidays are going a bit better than I thought. One more week left and I intend to keep them busy. We have been to the beach and swimming so much I still have water in my ears :) movies and friends over have helped with the arguing too. I am feeling good about myself that I only lost it about twice hehehhe, it's the arguing that does my head in!!!

Here's my future sewing machine

So now I have begun on a bed quilt for my bed, this will take me a while and I need to work out how long it actually takes me, as that's handy for future clients I think :)

Gorgeous colours aren't they!! Love them and I can't wait to see it all together.

Just read notorious nineteen by Janet Evanovich, I used to love these books, but his one I didn't enjoy so much. I know she has a few more, I am debating whether to try another. Such deep decisions!!! 

And talking about deep stuff.... Tv has come back from their break, and castle is a bigggg disappointment. Castle already gets you to suspend all reality, but it does help to at least have some semblance of a storyline!!. Anyone else seen the latest episode? It took me all afternoon to watch it due to school holidays hehehehehe

Now off to make dinner, I am getting my kids more involved in cooking, so my oldest is going to make dinner with my assistance :) burritos should be a good start :).

Jane

Japan trip

My husband just got back from Japan and got me some cool yummy chocolates mmmmmm 

So I will try the chocolates and let you know how the green tea kit Kat tastes :) hehehe 

Also working in this.....

So this is trying to look like a stained glass window :) it is so much fun to paint again after such a big break while making other quilts. I am loving blending and getting different hues to each colour. So fun.

Last week of school, I am going to enjoy the holidays, I have been sooooo busy these last few months. So will be looking forward to taking things a bit slower. Off to look at awesome photos of Japan and cool GoPro videos :) oh and eat chocolates :).

Jane