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.....

Happy New Year

Well another year is just about to close and what a year it's been,I give thanks to all my wonderful internet friends who make life easier by being around when there is no 3 dimensional people near by....I have had a very productive day today have made a RAK(Random Act of Kindness) gift for someone out of scrap fabrics and it turned out quite good-was nearly one of them "Oh I better keep it for me things"but no I was good..I also made a healing heart(had to stitch the heart on by machine(used a decorative stitch)'cause I still can't sew by hand...and I made a block to be sent away for a gift quilt that is being made..I pray that in 2008 at some point of time I will be able to have proper use of my arm back(gawd it's so annoying) ....

I have decided that I will do at least 1 RAK a month for 2008-so you just never know one day you may receive something from me-for no reason at all and nothing is expected in return..Happy New Year to all cheers Vickie

steps 1 -> 4 done

Woohoo I have all 4 steps done on the mystery quilt..thanks too the never ending rain and storms last night I could'nt sleep so I just sewed LOL well c'mon what person in the sewing mind would'nt....then I could hear drip drip,arghhh alas water coming in my sewing room - out came some towels(bandaid fix till hubby gets home)..LOL hubby comes home looks yep rain coming in , and he says he will get up in ceiling in the morning(well like it's morning now but alas he has been calledout to work)....but it gets betterah.... when I went too go too bed at 1.15am... drip drip on me grrr arghhh heck no water coming in through the fluro tube right over my side of the bed..so hubby just hauls the bed over too the other side of the room....well dang more towels ....and yep you guessed it he still aint home golly hope he returns soon the rain has held off for a few hours......then I guess I'll be washing a big load of towels.... any wonder I am actually looking forward too step 5 this is soo much fun-and when the darn camera decides to work I will be able to post some pics..ahh life is blisss

Ok so here is a pic of the finished blocks so far--umm yep it's lookin a bit murky too me so hoping next step has more accent colour??? But hey it's all a mystery ain't it LOL

Changed my mystery Quilt colours

note the brights I used in mystery MK1 LOL yep I'm totally going out of the square with this one...

ladybug mystery as I was calling it is still a mystery but will be sitting as a wip for awhile as there was a fabric shortage problem due too an big booboo...LOL...So now I have stared all over again using florals(once again not me) and a tone on tone pale green for accent..so far no mistakes(not doing a happy dance yet)...I think it may look a tad muddy when done but that's the mystery of it all eh?

Christmas Swaps

How lucky am I too receive this haul in an

advent swap so many goodies and the table runner

and placemats with matching coasters .

Oh just so clever is the giver thankyou .Maree

These items were received from a Secret Santa Swap...

..they are all soo great and so me colours I felt very lucky to recieve these..

I survived Christmas

Yes I have survived Christmas...however I must say it has been the most blandest(if that's a word) christmas I've ever had..apart from a couple of ferrals calling in on chrissy day for the odd ale or three...that was our christmas day just me and hubby(just as well we enjoy each others company)Hubby was on call for work and got called out early christmas day,and then was home until next call out at 11pm grrrrr...So I kept myself entertained in and out of the pool and with my mystery quilt-hmm well yes after all my froggin the other day I have now started all over again with different fabrics this darn thing ain't going to beat me...

The Mystery Of the Mystery Quilt

Well I spent most of yesterday froggin it(yep ripping apart lots of blocks)..I think now I will survive the mystery just a couple more days before the next clue so I will be patient(grr) and see what Bonnie posts.

Some Pics

I made this table runner for a friend in QLD.

This was made from a no-sew swap.

These were made for a placemat swap-

unfortunately for me the reciever never sent any too me

Xmas table runner I made for a swap.

back again

Welll I've finally made it back here -am not happy with my mystery blocks so far as I've made a big booboo and looks like I now won't have enough fabric-so I am sitting back till Bonnie post's the next clue..

Finally

Have not been on the computer much or sewed much these past few days as I've been suffering from a nasty reaction to a bug/wasp that bit me on the butt(grrr hurt like heck) ...anyways now I am on antibiotics to kill the infection that has spread thru me and I my stomach feels like a washing machine agitator.....and my butt is still painful..hence can't sit still for ttoo long..But I have progressed with doing the mystery quilt ....
Well finally I have made up my mind that yes I will do the mystery quilt and have even purchased my fabric (woohooo big sale at spotlight and fabric only cost me $3 a metre) and am only using 3 diff fabrics and am using 2" as too Bonnies 1½ " (cause 1½' wa sjust that bit too small for me) I have even given my mystery quilt a name "Ladybugs in my garden" ...