Help Please

Hi all,

I have come to the end of my Bliss project and struck a blank wall…I should not of looked in my closet nope should of kept that door closed.

You see upon opening my closet this beautiful green with white flowers jumped at me ….so I tried it on as final border and then bias would be white????

Then I tried white final border with scrappy bias from left over charms (bit worried about bulk in all the joining.

EDIT- if I didn’t use the left over charms for the binding I have a runner I can use them for.

Am all over the place now, so I though uh huh go to the Blog World get some input..please

Cheers Vickie

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Button BOM & Bliss Pinwheels

Ah yes yipee tra laa laaa, my fabric that I ordered from Sarah for the button BOM  has arrived, so I can now start another project woohoo. C’mon now you all know I am bent and must have many on the go.

And and and remember I am working away with 2 gorgeous charm packs of Bliss.

Oh look at them yummy pinwheels all ready to be stitched together ,maybe tomorrow.

Update on knee is..Specialist wanted me to have another 2 weeks of work arghhhh..I said no please please let me go back for half days…he looks at me ummmm..I say c’mon otherwise I will have to come and draw all over your nice new walls…

Ah yes that hit the spot..I am allowed to go back to work next Tuesday, but only for 4 hours a day and a total of 12 hours a week-for the next 2 weeks (17/5).

Happy Dance ok alright Happy Limp happening.

Cheers Vickie

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Happy Easter to everyone.

 

Where ever you are and what ever you  are doing, I wish you all a safe and happy easter.

Tonight we are going to a 60th birthday party, I mean like c’mon what do you get a bloke for his 60th eh? Well I put the thinking cap on and  since it is the start of our dry season-I whipped him up one of these.

It’s a novelty item “peter heater” he will get a laugh out of it.

Also got him a tweeny mosquito catcher thing that looks like a pair of twisted tweezers-can’t take a photo as it’s all wrapped up.

Where we are going is insect capital and I am frazzled as to what to wear, due to the swelling in my knee I cannot get any long pants on and no dear hubby I will not wear what you suggested “denim shorts and long pink & black striped sock’s” indeed NOT.

I have made 22 mini blueberry cheesecakes with flaky flake topping to take along.

Hmm yummo can we start with afters/desert please.

On the sewing front I have started making something with my gorgeous Bliss charms, I did start of making a pattern from my Schnibbles Times Two book but there was too much wastage so it has now turned into a bit of this and that Vickie Project and I’m loving it.

There you go a sneak peek..oh so yummy..so bright and fresh looking.

Cheers Vickie

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Retro BOM & Tis the season

Yeah yipee happy dance Blogger is going to let me play this late afternoon.

Firstly I have completed block 4 of the Retro Nine Patch BOM by Lyn ,

I am loving the brightness of these blocks.

I finally have managed to use the sewing machine and sew borders on my Tis the season blocks for April.

I am so liking the greens.

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Cheers Vickie

Civil War Blocks

I have been forgetting to post my civil war blocks the free weekly pattern from Barbara, I am enjoying doing a block each week.

Now I must of boo-booed my measurements with Block 13 and wasn’t even going to post the picture-I may not even use it in the finished product.

Block 13 Little blue basket.

Block 14 Fox & Geese.

Block 15 Fort Summer.

Now the 4 diagonal pieces were to be red to symbolize lines of fire from the shores,(as told in the story by Barbara) however I had no red. However I am very happy with how this block turned out.

On the knee front-pain is reducing, still is hard to get a full nights sleep.  The muscles above my knee are slowly starting to work..yipee.  And and I can now stand (albeit very gingerly) to have a shower, oh ok sorry too much information..

Cheers Vickie

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Bummed (not meant to offend)

Well truly that’s how I feel..with my options for comfort being limited to being on my butt in the recliner or flat on my back (yuk yuk yuk ) on the bed.

And my butt is complaining. Can only spend a very short time sitting at the computer, I do have a lap top in the lounge but I’m just not in to laptops lol.

And I can’t go jump in my car and drive down the street, as I still have too  much pain on movement.  I am doing some passive exercises that will hopefully allow me to drive on Thursday.

Ok  I’ve had my whinge.  The results from the surgeon were good, it was what he thought a medial meniscus tear and he also found a piece of cartilage floating around..so he scrapped the tear and removed the floating cartilage.

He gave me a sheet of colour photos of the inside of my knee, showing me the floating bit and the tear…seeing the photos made me feel a bit squirmy – and I was like wowed at the same time.

I start physio Thursday and I  have to stay home from work till I go back to see him on 27/4, hoping he lets me go back then.

I noticed late yesterday I was feeling really down and sooky.  Have stopped taking the prescription meds and this afternoon I have noticed my inner being is feeling better.

Thank god the weather here has turned a tad cooler with a nice coolish breeze during the day, saving me from having to turn the air con on.

Stitching little bits, and flicking through magazines has been filling in some time. Oh yes and I have been sleeping-sleeping-sleeping as I am a big believer of the body healing itself during rest.

Ok enough of my rambles for today.

Thank you all for your kind wishes.

Cheers Vickie

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Grounded

Yep I am grounded….no I have not been naughty.

Had my arthroscopy on my knee On Friday 8th. Knee is swollen and looks outta shape-I am being good and walking little bits and weight bearing..applying ice packs when needed and taking pain medication 6 hourly.

Am doing a little bit of hand sewing when the mind isn’t to foggy.

Can sit at my computer also for a bit when the mind is not in an altered state.

Don’t know what the surgeon did to my knee, but will find out when I go see him tomorrow.

I am very fortunate to have such a wonderful husband tending to my needs.

Oh and hey I am grounded to the house and the veranda as I can’t get down the stairs LOL.

Cheers Vickie

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Open for business

Oh wow don’t we all love a new shop, Tess from Raggedy Station has opened a new store –Homespun & Beautiful- and to celebrate she is having an awesome giveaway.

(Pic form Raggedy Station blog)

So go on I bet you can’t not go take a look,

Cheers Vickie

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