where did the day go

Well darn it's 7.00pm and I have been on this dang computer all day..mucking around here and there changing blog stuff and ending up totally po'd..so I guess I'll be spending most of the evening here till I'm happy with it...grrrr

Carolina Crossroads -Top Done

I have been at my sewing machine all day-ouch my back is sore ....my arm is canning me..BUT ...I've got my CarolinaCrossroads Mystery Quilt quilt top done...

now these colours are so not me but that was my intention to go totally out of my comfort zone.I don't usually make anything out of pretty florals ...I am happy with the way the green has stood out and I will put a border of green around the edge.....and I'm not thinking about the quilting part for a least another week....

woohoo step 7

woohoo step 7-final step is here....still not liking my blocks they are so not me...anyways here is a pic of the block for Step 7

...now comes the assembling part that will happen over the weekend ...

I am

I am - I don't know what I am ,well what I am feeeling actually..have had another follow up appointment with the specialist.I told him that since physio on friday my arm has been canning me......I also explained to him that the pain that is starting too come back in my arm in the bottom elbow joint,his reply was "hmm rest it-don't use it"-well I told him well get the knife and chop it off,for crying out loud I'm right handed and it's my right arm...He them says if the physio is hurting too much don't go-like balh-bleep-booop...ain't the physio suppossed to help...grrrr...then he says if I am still feeling these pains in 2 weeks then I'm too go back and have another cortisone inj(I want that like a hole in the head)..so here I have been in blog land trying not too think about it all....

Handy Tutorials/Tips

 I will be posting some link to sites that I have found helpful during my quilting/stitching journey here.
Cheers Vickie
Thanks for dropping in.

mystery quilt so far

Ok I have been sewing on and off(bloomin arm somedays I wanna chop it off) anyways I have managed to complete step 6...I guess looking at my made up blocks so far I can definately see what Bonnie meant when she said about choosing your colours..mine tends too have gone muddy looking ,however I happy that I have actualy come thus far so will continue(since this is the second attempt).

.resting from the machine now until next week....weather here has been crappy all weekend and we had a huge house rockin' thunderstorm last night ewww...so i am draggin me feet today

Oh too be a dog...

Well if you are going to take a nap I guess one may as well get as comfortable as possible eh?Well that's what one of my dogs little Delta does....

Cyclone Over & Step 5 done

Well we had a cyclone here on Friday night-lucky for us it was only a Catergory 2 so wind gusts up too 130km/ph and surprisingly not much rain..was a damn horror of a night but we survived and no damage done to us(well sleep deprivation makes me AKA Super Bitchy-but DH said nope I was fine too him hmmm ) or our property, quite a few branches spread around the paddock and a damn pool that looks like a mirky/filthy river..although I have been out working in the pool all morning and it's nearly clear again...so now I reckon I've done my stint of outside work and the computer was calling me hehehe...

and last night I managed to finish my step 5 -Of Carolina Crossroads Mystery wooo hooo

Aye PAY IT FORWARD

Ok I've decided to take the plunge a do the Pay it forward..
Look over there on the left down the page a tad..
from here you will have till end of 2008 to send your gifts..
....lets see if anyone joins from here?????

SWAP likes/dislikes

 Sometimes it can be difficult to work out what to send to a swap partner you don't really know so that is why I have made this page I sure hope it assists you.

Items that make me smile 

-chooks /chickens ,fabrics, ornaments

-anything chooky

-bright fabric's

-country colour fabrics

-1930's fabric prints

-civil war fabric prints

-trims,buttons,ric rak
-I loooove the colour pink

-embroidery cotton/floss

-needles for sewing machine

-embroidery needles

Items I am not really into are.

-anything blue

-cross stitch(l used to love doing but it is getting too hard to do)

-Scrapbooking of any nature 

-Batik fabrics 

 

Carpenters Wheel

Well here is a pic of the quilt top I have been working on...Kerri-A made a carpenter wheel quilt for her daughters b-day (18th i think)..anyway I really liked it and thought yep I want to give it a go.Ka said it really was'nt hard hmmmm....SO on the spur of a moment I went yep I'm going to do it...and this is what I achieved..and hey it really was'nt that hard-hardest bit was working out the colour placement for centre.....next time I will make sure I have enough fabric LOL ...t'was a struggle finding 4th colour to blend in as I ran out of the other fabric...well it fits on our king size bed and covers the pillows(think that's called a sham?)..

Hope to finish it before too long.....