Must be Mad

Okay, I finished piecing the black and white quilt. Surprisingly to me, there is only one join where the squares don't match up enough to notice :) that's pretty amazing don't you think :) I can count on one hand how many pieced quilts I have made, so I am happy with that :) But now that it is all put together I have realised how big it is and that I have to fit it under my domestic machine :( where is that long arm I dreamed about? Aren't our dreams supposed to come true?:) So I might go a bit mad(or madder) pulling and prodding this thing around my machine.

Just started on the black swirl, loving doing the free motion work

Went for a run with the kids this afternoon, training for cross country so I run too, need to train to lose 10 kilo's :) and we saw a koala, it is in the first branch on the right of the tree. Just gorgeous.

And this doesn't look real but this was a storm a couple of days ago that looked like a tornado was going to hit us. It was an amazing storm, the wind going through the trees was so loud and violent. It rained enough to wet all the kids just in time for school pick up :)

So now I am off to make a delicious beef stir fry. Was in the butcher and the smell from something cooking was soooo divine. I asked them what they were cooking and they said the stir fry so I bought it  since it smelt so good. What a good marketing tool :) and so easy for me to cook. Nice. 

I need something to read. Any suggestions????

Jane

Black and White

I have finished painting the black swirls and I think that it looks all right....

Now to iron it and then have more fun with the free motion. Sometimes I think about owning a long arm where it would take me a day to do this, such a nice dream :) and so much fun. Only problem would be finding somewhere to house the thing. I really need my own sewing room, maybe the kids can share :) because that would make my life easier hehehe, but then again, it wouldn't matter as I could just escape into my sewing room :). Oh well, back at my desk with the kids fighting with each other over minecraft. 

I got another urge to cut up fabric, so this time I am trying a black and white design, will post photos when there is more than just squares to show. Or maybe not at all if I stuff it up :) my skill is not in piecing at all. 

Reading another Michael Connelly at the moment and really enjoying this one too. Want to read a really good family saga/chick lit but the ones I pick all suck so I will just keep trying. 

School back countdown: 3 days. (it's the noise more than anything else)

Jane