A Day With Hudson...

Our grandson came over today for a sleep over...actually he is sound asleep as I type...and I hope to join him very soon..
We started our day of going to the Emmaus College Carnival, there we got to see lots of noisy rides and a few camels...yep you heard me...they had camel races today and Hudson just didn't know what to make of them...

Then we came home for a picnic in the backyard while we watched the chooks eat the bread we threw for them..
Hudson first had a cupcake..

Mmmm not to sure what to do with it....just licking my finger to see what it is...

Oh Now I get it....

And get it some more...

Then it was time for a bit of golf..
I will just move this ball while no one is watching...Check out my new gumboots...























Nana what big pumpkins you have...

The Lorikeets wanted a feed too...

Oops, sorry Nana, they don't bounce like the balls did...

Nana thinks I need to go to bed now...I have had my shower and I am suppose to be lying down...
Nana must be having a senior moment cause I am not tired...lol

If I give Nana a big kiss she might just let me stay up a little longer....

Night Nana...hehehehe

A Little Catchup Stitching...

I have been involved in a 12 Months of Christmas stitch along with Suzi from  http://stitchscrapsew.blogspot.com.au/ .
Each month we sew something to do with the months theme...I have gotten a little behind and promised Suzi I would catch up...somewhere along the way I even lost a month, don't know how that happened but I put it down to a Senior Moment...lol
I have finished two items so far...one of the themes was a square tablerunner...well you know me and I kinda can't handle being told what to do - I think my husband calls in being stubborn but that can't possibly be it...
I did a circular tablerunner - can you call it a tablerunner if it is round??? Maybe Table Topper..
Anyhow my project was from Lynette Andersons book - Stitch It For Christmas..and boy was there alot of work in it...

A little close up....


















April's theme was a stocking and today I finished it - Yes I do realise it is May and not April but I am getting there.  This is another project from the same book as the Topper...

So that's is where I am up to...now I just have to quilt February's Tree Skirt and finish March's Tablerunner.   I plan on doing them next as they are already started just need finishing and then I can not only be up to date with the Stitch Along but I can cross them of my list.....
Catchya later all...

Happy Mother's Day - Lots of Photos...sorry



 

I have had a wonderful Mother's Day with lotsa love, food (ok maybe too much food), and pressies..

Last year I had a photo like this one done and so this year I thought - yep lets see if I can talk all the kids into doing another one...

This was the best photo (from heaps taken) but unfortunately my grandson was not in it...do you know how hard it is to get a one year old to lie on the floor with everyone else... He thought we had all gone nuts or we were at ground level to play...

This is a photo with him in it...but he seem to be more interested in his mother's chest than looking at the camera...oh and thanks Michael (my son-in-law) for taking this photo for me..

Poppy and myself feel that Hudson deserves a tickle.

 

And then some more tickles....hehehe

 

and then maybe some more ....

I did get a little sewing done this week...I have not had much time to blog due to me trying to organise some projects to get finished and taken off that stupid list.....

I had 24 items on my need to finish or already started list -  I pulled two apart....I know - don't say it - but I made my decision and these two were just not going to be finished for one reason or another...

Dont look any further if you can't handle it - it was a masacre...lol

Now you see it...

Now you don't...
I kept some bits for my scrap box...

Another one...remember, don't look if you can't handle it....

A pile of what once was a quilt top is now just scraps for the bin.....

There was one other quilt top but I didn't get a photo of it - I just bagged it and put it in the bin...

So that brought my stupid list down from 24 to 21...and I have started working on those 21 or at least some of them...will take some photos later in the week of what I have been working on and hence will hopefully take that list down a peg or two...fingers crossed...

Now I did mention that I have been doing a little sewing.   The Tuesday Girls are working on the Homespun Block of the Month - It's Time For Christmas and I have completed this months block..

Well thats it for now...hope everyone has had a great day...I have been stalking alot of blogs but have not left many replies because I am trying to stay focused on that stupid list.......lol

So just like to let everyone know that I have loved reading your blogs and I think everyone is doing some wonderful things...catchya later....

 

 

 

I Don't Want To Play This Game Anymore

The Tuesday Girls....
MMM well I have no photos to put up today just a little story...
You see today The Tuesday Girls played this silly game of counting the number of UFO's we currently have on the go..
We laughed so much today - firstly bravely adding to our own lists off the top of our heads and then when we realised how long our lists were we changed tactics and dobbed in each other to make someone elses list longer than our own.
It got to the point where we were afraid to talk because it brought on some memory of a UFO that someone else may have forgotten to add to their list..
One Girl - no name - LAUREL - started with proudly stating she had only two UFO's waiting to be finished.  By the end of the day we had her up to nine.  hehehe.
Now this got pretty serious at one stage with all of us rumaging through our hosts- Helen - sewing room to find UFO's in which she may have forgotten to add to her list.
We did have rules - having an untouched kit did not count but if you have actually cut material for a project then that was added to the list as a UFO.
I think we all realised that we all have a serious problem and maybe we should join a project-aholics group somewhere.  I came away with a list of about 13 - and this number was a bit of an eye opener.
We all decided that when we got home we were to go through our boxes, draws etc and write down a factual list.  Well I have decided that I don't wont to play anymore...my total today has come to 24 so far.  Thats 24 unfinished projects with most of them being quilts. What was I thinking or is the problem that I wasn't thinking. How did this number get so big.  I did joke today about turning some of mine into cushion covers, wall hangings, bags and after looking at this pile I am seriously thinking of doing that.  We also laughed at the idea that if we did not want to finish something that we could pass it to someone else and this would be added to their UFO's list.
Surely our group is not the only group out there with this affliction...we can't possible be alone with a rediculous amount of UFO's to finish...are we??????
A second list was discussed with regards to projects we intend to start but have not done anything about except either by having purchased a pattern or book - I am too scared to even think of this list now - I just don't want to know...
And yes I can hear you all - why is she sitting here typing this blog when she could be sitting in the sewing room working on a UFO.....DENIAL...one of the first stages of learning one has a problem...lol
Well I hope you have enjoyed this little story...I am going now to put my head in the sand...lol
 cya

A couple of finished blocks....

Just a quicky post....not much chatter just a few piccies....
Harvest Gathering blocks 4, 5, 6 and 7....

Time for Christmas (from the Homespun Magaizine BOM) blocks 2 and 3....

And Summertime....  That's all folks....I did warn you that there was little chatter...cya

A Busy Weekend

Well here I sit, tired as usually, reminissing over the weekend...longing for a nana nap...
My three boys went to the Supernova on Saturday down at the Gold Coast...
From left to right - Keelan, Jaxon, someone I don't know, and James...
James dresses up every year in some aname character, please don't ask me who but I think he is someone from the Vampire Night series...

This is his costume before he left home....I even had to die his hair black for the day...
I don't know where he gets his compulsiveness from - if only he was interested in fabric....lol

 

 

While the boys were at Supernova, we - Wayne, Amelia, Hudson and myself paid a visit to Meg (Wayne's mother and Hudson's great nana)..

 

















Hudson enjoyed running around his great nana's unit, although I tried not to freak out when he went near the railings....we were very high and I don't go near the windows or balcony myself, so you can imagine how I felt during our visit...I did stay calm on the outsided and I had Wayne there to help with Hudson..
While there, Meg gave me this beautiful woollen rug. It was spun on an old spinning wheel by Alvah (Megs Brother) and hand dyed by his wife Yvonne and then woven by Alvah on a frame he had made under his house.  It was hard to get a good photo of it so I hope you can see it. It has a lovely soft feel to it and is very heavy. I don't want the kids to use it so I will put it on display somewhere, just not sure where yet...

Hudson had a sleep over Saturday night so we decided to introduce him to pumpkin scones for morning tea.....he loved sitting outside while we ate.


















Now I did get some sewing done last week, remember I said I was too lazy last blog to take any photos of my projects...
I finally took those photos..
The first one is a new dolly dress for my doll...I know  - most people make a new doll but I have this one I like to play dress-up with...This is her third dress that I have made for her (mind you - she still had her christmas dress on before this one).























A new 12inch mini quilt for my stand - the only other one I had was a christmas one so I did need something else to put there.

And last but not least...two little tiny quilts to show off some pretty buttons...
They are about 5cm squared....  I had fun making these and it was a good way to use up the little hangers I found in my stash of bits n pieces - and it was also a great way to show off some buttons.
I think I will make more of these - they look great on my wall unit..

That's it for me, time for that nana nap....hope everyone is having a good weekend...I am hoping to sleep what's left of my weekend....cya

A Tuesday Girl's Birthday and A First Swimming Lesson....

 

Norreen is our latest Birthday Girl....and guess what she is holding in her hands...could it be, it might be....is it one of Helen's beautiful Tags.....I think it is....and doesnt she look very pleased too I might add....lol 

Norreen is not a FIS gal so we cannot take her off the 'Do Not Have One List' and put her on the 'Have One'  list...lol 

I didn't get a photo of all her pressies - what was I thinking (maybe of the cake that Helen had made for the day)...  Doesn't it look delicious....it has a pineapple filling with cream and pineapple on top...

OMG....I love it when the girls bake....we need more members for the Tuesday Girls because we NEED more birthdays to celebrate....maybe another mmmm 52 (that should cover one a week)..

There is a little story that goes with this cake tooo....It was Helen's husband - Gav's Birthday on Tuesday as well and you see she made us this cake and bought him a little one from coles...lol

I could just imagine the look on his face when she walked out the door with this cake that was not made for him on his birthday....No she is not a mean person - his celebration was later that night, but it did sound funny.....or maybe we are just very very special friends....and now all The Tuesday Girls have a tag to prove it...lol

 

Now you see it...now you don't....one piece left.....mmmm who should get the last slice....no no we didn't fight over it, we sent this bit home for Gav...mind you Helen did have to leave real fast before we changed our minds...


















I was also the special recipient of another pressie for my birthday.
Teresa gave me this beautiful little bird for my wall unit and some gorgeous fabric  and if you look in the back ground - yes you would be right - it's - CHOCOLATE.....
Am I a lucky girl or what....don't answer that....lol  Thank you heaps Teresa (Cassie) I love my gifts and sorry choccies are already gone....


















Now for some grandson pics....Today was his very first swimming lesson...My daughter and grandson got into the pool and.....Do you think he enjoyed himself ?...

I think he was the only little one there with his own cheer squad...I got to go and watch and so did his pop and his uncle....we took heaps of photo's and video's (being very careful to only catch him and Elle on film).


















I think I might have to get in there with him next time....it was great hearing him laughing and splashing...
Move over Mummy - it's Nana's turn....lol

I am sorry this has been another one of my long blogs, I think I eat to much sugar and my mind just races, I sometimes have to run to keep up with it...
Or maybe it is because I am feeling alot better and can't wait to participate in the world again...I wonder if their is any cake left????  
Cheers.