Change is good?

Kindly excuse any mess you may see whilst I redecorate, many thanks
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$1 yep just one dollar

Oh wee oh wow, happy dance happenin-yeah small things I know…but hey look at this

Oh this is so soft and umm what’s the word pliable? easy to seperate..sooo soft-not sure what I will use it for yet..hmm maybe a santas beard and hair would be superb-ah blah I don’t do christmas stuffs-ah yes I could make one as a gifty..hmmmmm

and at just $1 I had to bring it home.

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Swap items

Look at these wonderful swap items I have received lately, from online craft groups.

One was a Christmas in July swap where you sent your partner items beginning with the letters that spell Christmas.

C=chook pourer and bowl

H=Herb –wire chook pot holder

R=Ribbon assortment

I=heart photo frame(in love)

S=Stained glass chook

T= Trivet with a rooster on it

M=Mitts with chooks on them

A=A design by Ann Francie Dimmer=lovely needle case

S=Staionery made just for me with my name and chooks

Can you see a pattern her hmmm anyone would think I like chooks eh?you got it I do so long as they are not real. Great job Lauren I love it all.

Next swap was an apron or peg bag  swap-I couldn’t decide which I would like so I typed surprise me…

I was speechless when I opened it up to find Judi had made me 2 items woohoot…Judi had made me a peg bag and an apron..

Oh Miss Jenny are you reading this one..

eh looky here see I do love girly stuffs this is just so awesome-

This peg bag will not be going outside, I reckon it can live in my sewing room and look after some lace and trims for me..the fabric in these items is gorgeous.thanks heaps Judi I adore them greatly.

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I have sewn

Yeah it’s true I have done something these past weeks..just been slack in the bloggy dept…am going to endeavour to improve that from here on in….

Remember awhile ago  I enlarged and stitched this Wonky Houses designed by Jenny from Elefantz… Well it has sat on my work table since –I would spy it every now and then and think hmmm what will become of you-and then the light popped on and I got sewing….

And there we have it one Wonky House toaster cover.

Mental note to self iron item before taking a pic.

Now ona  totally different scale of things, a lady I know had a b-day last Monday, and I decided in all my wisdom to make her a frog-cause she is mad about frogs like I am chooks….

I had this pattern that I bought awhile ago-it’s 3 diff animal pincushions..so i decided I was making the frog…ermm well this blasted thing took 2 days to make and has bucket loads of fart-fiddly hand stitchin.The pattern lacked many instructions. From somewhere inside me came the determination to finish this beasty and I did…Hubby thinks it’s kewl for a frog LOL….

When I took it downstairs to show hubby it tried to runaway and jumped in this stump…

Then on the way back upstairs in jumped in here

Suffice to say it is now packed in a bag ready to go to it’s new home.

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Some crafting

I have been playing with the hot glue gun..gotta love that thang..

One on the left is an 8oz jam preserve jar and the other is a 16oz mason ball preserve jar.

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A blog win oh my goodness.

Isn’t this so cute..funny how I have made several of these but have never made one for myself-lucky me won this one-yes me I won something-

from Lissa @ frabricologist anonymous..it was wrapped in this lovely fabric photo does not do this fabric justice it truly is beautiful umm oriental style.And inside the bag was this.

Gotta love them charm squares …and the crème smells good enough to eat..Thankyou soooo much Lissa.

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Territory Day

Territory Day/Cracker night is a fun filled evening that is slowly  being pushed to be scrapped thanks too idiots who let crackers off without care and injure innocent people and light fires and leave them unattended- for the majority who take care and enjoy the celebrations fun is had.You can only buy crackers on the 1st of July between from 9am till 9pm.So many don’t even know why the Territory Day celebration is for…1st July 1978 is the day NT Govt dared to be different and self government was attained….

Ok enough of the lesson here is a couple of pics from our celebrations that are held at our place every year.

Above pics of ermm about half the firecrackers we had..got a tad carried away and forgot too take a pic at the start.NOO I did not buy them all everyone who attends brings a bag or box of crackers and they are all placed out and you just grab and play –safely of course.

 

umm confession to make I was having so much fun I forgot to take pics of the big boom sparkles…

  

Ok I musta looked up …LOL isn’t the moon lovely…

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Secret Sewing

Well ok not really secret, but well I liked the quiltalong that Dana from  Old Red Barn Co was doing, so I decided I’d follow along at my own pace and in my own time(not much of that lately)..anyways I had to go with whatever fabric I had so I was thinking hmmm…it’s dry season what colours do I see,I see brown and green and pink and red-so I pulled some fabrics from the cupboard and said right just cut it….

   I did not hesitate the cutting as I know I would of started going oh but that don’t go with this blah blah you know how it goes eh?        

Now when I went too start sewing this cat CYA had other ideas,she was not going to move and if looks could kill that sure is a killer look eh?

Gosh it almost looks like ermm dare I say technicolour scrap heap.

The photos don’t do it any justice

It truly looks ok..the pic above showing the cut fabric is a good pic of the colours..the individual blocks ended up measuring 11”when sewn up and my quilt measures 6 blocks by 8 blocks and when completed it may just live on the horrid lounge (brand new and I never knew I would have a reaction too microfiber) –always have to have a cover on  it….

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FOG in the top end

Well some will find it hard too believe with our day time temperatures always being around the 30 degrees mark, that we do get fog during dry season I just had too take these pics to share…and this was at 8am.

I know there  is a road out there somewhere.

Wow I usually can just see the house up behind us, but with this fog no chance.

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