Thread Catcher

Well today I decided to take a break from the long long task of quilting the Carolina Crossroads quilt,and make myself this dandy little thread catcher that I located a FREE Pattern for on the Internet last night.

Jst sat it a top a sewing machine too show a fuller view.

I just used some scraps to make it and ONLY altered it a tad-like hey you have too add your own touches.

So here is the little beauty in situ...gawd why I have not made one of these sooner I will never know and t'was soo quick and easy too do-and bonus I made it with bits and bobs I had laying around the house....

Cheers All Vickie

Quilt give away

well we all like to receive a freebie eh? so why not pop on over too -Dana 's blog

-Old Red Barn Co..and leave a comment re the 200th post giveaway....

how generous hey

Carolina Crossroads contiued

So I am still travelling with the Carolina Crossroads quilt..have unpicked it all into rows and am quilting appox 1/4" inside all the blocks of my accent colour...here is some progress pics


three rows done and sitting together



circle/square showing stitching



star showing stitching,
ok back to the machine I go..

Kindness of others

Here is a pic of the charm pack won from Vickie's Blog-

ain't they just soo cute..

Someone I know up here went back home for cple weeks and thought of me..and bought some Batik from Jakata..she is going back in 6 months and said she will bring me back some batik from a diff area which will be brighter...will jst look at it for wile not sure what I'll make with it..the colours are lovely..

This is a wee panel that I was given with a b-day fat 1/4 from C-R-A-F-T B-Day Swapper..soo cute,so I finally made a cover for my overlocker/serger..even practiced some random quilting(I suk at that)..but overall am happy with the end result....

wow --- here is some pics...

Finally have taken some pices of some oppy shoppe bargains I've got this past couple of weeks..

These 2 lots of fabric all now washed and ironed cost me $6 for the lot..lady in the oppe shoppe said I looked like someone that would put it too good use..hehehe

all these cottons was 2 little bags for $2..great for them I just want a wee bit of that colour..

this is the $4.75 pain reliever..oh my goodness I can't believe how much easier this has been on my shoulders/neck and back-I truly have suffered no pain since purchasing and using this stool..the pic is axactly as I bought it-I just placed it in situ and away I went...

Well can you see the price tag on this cutie?$3.75 yep and I just looked at her and thought my I love that fabric and them stars-think I'll pull it apart and re-do it some how..oh and she has beautiful wings as well..

still got broken main puter arghh

oh well my puter is still one dead machine..I am soo not happy, ( am gratefl that I have this ancient lappie thou)I am going to try and find all you in blog land whom I visit and add too my blog..grr like it better thru IE 7 but have no choice for the moment...hopeflly will be able to post some pics of some recent grabs at the oppy shop..sooon..oh and the darn u key on this only works sometimes....still battling away with my carolina crossroads-have pulled all the rows apart and started to qilt the green pieces-don't look too bad..will be fun trying to sew it back together..no neck or back pain for me anymore when sewing woohoo I'm so darn ahppy abot that and the cure cost $4.75 from the local oppy shop..will trly try and post pics this week sometime..cheers for now...

Missing my daily fix of reading blogs

Hello to anyone who actually reads my blog-my computer has died waaaaaaaaahhh..have all my fav blogs listed on it(DH can retrieve the data-when he gets time grrr)...so I am sadly using a very old laptop it does not give me the power to travel blog land..took nearly 1/2 hour just too get my blog open..ahh alas am praying DH will have time real soon to get that data...I have not been doing much sewing 'cause it's lonely in there without my puter going...and today I started pulling apart my Carolina Crossroads quilt top so I can kinda piece quilt it-or whateva yah call it..back is killing me from leaning over the top....tried doing it by hand(yes it woulda taken ages but hey lotta work in sewing all themm bits tog) bt alas my darn arm wouldna allow it...so then I tried doing it on the machine but dang way too much bulk and tghe arm went err e'scuse me no way lady--su yah see to pull it apart was the only solution-otherwise it woulda ended up on it's way too the thrift bin.....hope all fellow bloggers are doing well...
cheers for now Vickie

I"ve been tagged

I've been TAGGED!
Thanks Khristina
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.

2. Post THE RULES on your blog.

3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.

4. Tag 7 people and link to them.

5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

Ok so 7 things about me..

1.I need to think about this.

2.Dang can't think at the moment.

3.Will have too get back too this.

4.Did you know I'd give you the shirt of my back if that'd make you smile.

5.Umm I think,I'm thinkin too much about this.

6.I grew up on several different farms in Hamilton,Victoria.

7.I've got too follow the rules and tag 7 people arghhh.... I dislike rules so I'm tagging 4 people...

Ok so the poor unexpecting victims are..Vickie , Brooke ,Rose ,Angela

Bloomin Heck

Where has the days gone..geez I've been lost out in bloggin land reading other peeps blogs-and neglected my own..wahh sob sob..I'm sure it will get over it..
I 've been working on a swap item-can't show pic's incase the recipient happens to drop into blog land.....woohoo I won a some fabric on Vickie (another one yes her name is spelt the same as mine)..so that really was a buzz into my week....
Have been reorganizing my sewing/computer room and am happy with the way it's turning out-hubby just needs to make one more bench for a cutting table higher than what I have so I can hopefully use it without to much stress on the body parts....
Saw the Dr again this week and he says I may be back at work fulltime in 4 weeks-but will prolly be on restricted duties still....
Did an oppy-shop-hop today and picked up some cool sewing stuff--heaps fabric like a grocery bag full for $6...and 3 small sandwich bag size, of machine cotton for $2 each -so that was kewl I like to have a varitey of cottons and a lot of them had not even been opened....
Aw well I best go start on dinner,miserable wether we been having here rain-rain and more rain..
Vickie

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.....