Back to needle and thread

Called into a friends place earlier on this week, and she grows beautiful orchid.  I brought this lovely flower home. The picture  photo doesn't bring the true colours out.

 It is just divine.

First time last night, for I don't know how long I had needle and thread in hand amazing feeling.

This is one of many I need to finish.

 Found so many while unpacking last weekend.

This weekend in South Australia is a long weekend. I am going to try and finish the last 12 butterflies over the next few days and put the border on.

That's my aim for this weekend.

Now of to work,   have a great day   cheers marc   

A great day

All boxes have been unpacked from storage, so finally I now have my room set up, looking forward to finishing some unfinished started tops, I am sure you understand that feeling (chuckle). Really nothing much other than unpacking, sorting, cleaning and rearranging happen over this weekend. Off to organise the evening meal then, spend some time with DH. 

  Until next time - Cheers Marc

A mess A BIG MESS

Hi I am having so much fun well at the moment my feet as a bit sore from standing on , for most of the day, up at 6 am this morning to start on the boxes that have been in storage since last  June 2009, went to the library quickly to get some books, then a quick cuppa with the  outlaws  oops mean the in laws, then back to the unpacking.   I have so much to sort out, so thought I would take a break and do a blog post
Quite awhile ago I remember reading a blog where someone (I know someone sounds so rude)  has an interest in iron on transfers I have found some in one of my boxes. I not sure if they will work any more but If someone (sorry) would like to have them please email me your address details and I will post them to you,

also I have so many beads, if again sorry for the rudeness if someone would like these beads please email and I will send them to you  ( not the toes) and now I  back to trying to see the top of my table (chuckle), I have a TV in my quilt room, So I will be watching  New Tricks and The Bill while soaking the feet .   



yes one big mess





Maybe tomorrow the mess might be sorted  ha! ha !


Until next time  cheers Marc



finally

Yes finally my furniture for the quilt room has arrived, Friday at  1pm  a much awaited furniture delivery truck pulled and un loaded 4 well wrapped pieces of furniture.  After several hours of unwrapping  about 7.oopm last night all was unwrapped and sitting in the room.

cheers marc

Where has this week gone

Wow this week has gone so fast, back to work last Monday after having a few days off, so plenty off paperwork to catch up on.  

Spending this evening with DH watching the football Collingwood and Geelong, I am  really not fussed who wins  just nice to spend the evening with DH and finally after so many months, I am doing some needlework,

yes needlework.

My furniture for the Quilting room was suppose to arrival today, just my luck after waiting for nearly 6 months to get some furniture for the bare room, being told it will be delivered today, then receiving a phone call yesterday afternoon for the delivery company, not delivering  in the Riverland area this week due to not having enough deliveries in the area.

Well there is always next week (chuckle)

see the room is bare (empty)



Well back to some more needlework  -----    cheers Marc

A bit of fresh air

Spent a few hours this afternoon, sorting a few boxes of quilts in them, that have been in storage for over 12 months, needed some airing out. getting a bit restless, now I have ordered the furniture for the room, really would like to be moving in. Still I have waited this long whats a few more weeks ? off to watch New Tricks on ABC then The Bill.   Until next blog post   cheers Marc

 

well it is a start

Things are looking up (chuckle) DH added this to one of the walls in the bare room.

Well it is a start, I have just finished making some goodies for tomorrow,

My birthday  tomorrow , the family are calling over for afternoon tea.

usually we all go out for tea, but unfortunately son # 2 has to work tomorrow evening so, we will all go out another night together.

 

Right place right time

I had the day of from work today, well paid work anyway, Don't know how I get time to go to work, spend the morning washing quilts, unfortunately as my quilting supplies are still in storage until the furniture arrives, and as this region has had so much rain recently, some of my quilts in storage (in the shed) have had some water damage, and  several of the quilts have stains on there are a result on the rain, The stains have after washing lightened off a bit.

Needed to go into town, and I was in the right place at the right time. 

remember I mentioned in my last post I would like another suit case. WELL I needed to call into work and drop off an assignment that needed to be sent today. So on the off chance I called into the same second hand shop I was in yesterday and  wow   this was sitting there

How would have thought it possible another antique

 case ........ maybe I will buy a lottery ticket (chuckle)

don't know what I pushed this post is not suppose to have this tinting in the wording ----oops

still no furniture

Well as you can see, still nothing happen in my quilting room. Last Friday was another day in Adelaide, with my Justice Studies Course. The weather was unbelievable , rain rain and yes more rain, the lecturer finished earlier than scheduled, so together with two other girls we went furniture shopping, and finally I found a few pieces to put in my room.

The furniture will not be available for several weeks , as you see the room is EMPTY.

feeling a bit sorry so I thought I might put something in the room (chuckle).

Would not mind having a least one more of these lovely old cases.

Had the afternoon off from work today, so had a look in some second hand shops didn't pick up any old suitcases but did found this little beauty.

A hat box the picture doesn't do it justice it is a lovely deep heritage green in colour and in great condition, I asked the lady in the store if she had any history on the hat box, she said the hat box and a few antique pieces on linen where at the back door when she got to work this morning, how lucky was I this lovely hat box only got in the store this morning.

Well got to go back to work, study night with two others.