Tuesday's treasure and a finish

I like the idea of remembering things I am thankful for so I am linking again to Melody's Tuesday's treasures here.  I have chosen a corner of my bathroom ... I had an awful bathroom for many years so I was incredibly thankful when it was 'done up' a few years ago ... and this corner of it has many treasures.

We bought the antique corner cupboard, it was just the right size (small) for this spot.  I made a curtain for the bottom half to hide all the unattractive but necessary cleaning products.  Paul bought me the beautiful wash bowl and jug for Christmas a couple of years ago and a dear friend bought me the white heart.  Each time I enter the bathroom this little corner makes me smile!

I picked up my little cross stitch today on the way home from work ... all framed so it is now finished!

Me and Thee, source unknown
Stitched on 32ct linen with Cottage Garden thread No 504, Lilli-pilli

It will eventually hang in the main bedroom, but as most of the wall paper is stripped at this stage it wouldn't make a very nice photo!  One day ...
Thank you for visiting, happy stitching.  Wendy

Long weekend happenings

We have had a long, mostly wet, weekend - a great chance to get some sewing done.
I finished block 8 of the Boys Story quilt ...

This is Charlie's favourite cartoon strip because the boy gets zapped!!
I have also finished piecing together the table runner so now I am up to quilting it...

On Friday, husband Paul and I went to a garden centre and bought a Blush Babe apple tree and a Satsuma mandarin and Paul planted them straight away ... yum ... we can't wait to get our own fruit!

A productive weekend!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
Happy stitching, Wendy

Homework, Homework, HOMEWORK!

Recently, I've had enough homework to snow-in a yeti and, somehow, my teachers expected me to have it all in on the correct dates!!!  I've had essays, reading responses, math exercises, totem poles, and a diary!!

To get it all in, I had to work late and get up early-woohoo (not)!!

Our criteria was to make a diary for one of the people in "I Heard an Owl Call My Name". Ever read it?

Our cover page was worth 30% of the mark and it had to be fancy...sooo this is what I did:



My owl diary

  Hopefully my teacher likes it!!!

Somehow, during all this hw, I managed to fit in a bit of baking!!! I made one HUGE chocolate cake, and 4 cupcakes...with real chocolate icing :)



Three for me and one for you all to share!!!

Happy stitching, sewing and long-weekending!!
Charlie

Some progress and something new

I had a good day stitching on Sunday afternoon and again on Monday night so this afternoon after work I was able to quickly sew together block 6 of the Boys Story quilt ...

I really like this little robot, I think he's pretty cute!  And this block was quite a quick one to do.  Now I am stitching an alien ...

And my something new ... well, I really love the look of table runners (I made two last year for furniture) and I wanted one for our dining room table ... so here is my start ...

It is a pattern from the Homespun magazine, Vol 12.3, by Heather Mulder Peterson.  Quite tricky sewing for me and then there is a little bit of applique to add.
Well, an alien is calling my name!
Happy sewing, Wendy.

Sightseeing and sewing

On Saturday the youth group travelled to Te Aroha, about a 1.5 hour drive, for a tramp up Mount Te Aroha which is 952m to the summit.  The group didn't go all the way to the summit, instead walking to a lower look-out about 45 minutes each way. 



Mt Te Aroha.  Image from http://www.kiwiphotographer.com/

I was lucky enough to enjoy a hot drink with a beautiful view with good conversation and get some sewing done while the kids tramped!! 


View from the cafe

After a swim in the hot pool and dinner of barbequed sausages with hot chips, we headed home.  It was a really nice outing, the kids had a ball!

On the sewing front, I have completed block 5 of the Boys Story quilt.

I am still unable to leave comments on most blogs but I am enjoying reading them!  I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend., Wendy

Homespun stitch-a-long

If you get the Homespun Magazine you may have seen the new free Stitch-a-Long quilt designed by Lenna Green from Stitching Cow.  The first block was in Homespun magazine and the other designs so far are available here on the website.  For further details on the quilt then take a look at the Stitching Cow website.  To celebrate, Lenna is having a fabulous giveaway of a kit for this beautiful quilt.  To find out more about this giveaway visit Lenna's blog and then help to spread the word.

Good luck!

By the way, I have been unable to leave comments on blogger-friends blogs the last two days, hopefully things will return to normal soon?!

Hexagons and cross stitch!

I managed to get some more hexagons made over the weekend so I have 13 flowers now for my second row.

It feels like all my projects at the moment are big ones, so on Monday night I had a look through patterns and found a little cross stitch pattern that I knew I could complete quickly ...


Me and Thee, source unknown
Stitched on 32ct linen with Cottage Garden thread No 504, Lilli-pilli

 I really enjoyed doing something different and quick and, as always, loved the look of the variegated thread.  Instead of sewing the current year I put 1993, the year Paul and I married, I thought it fit with the sentiment of the stitchery, and I think I will put it in our bedroom.  (It is so small you probably have to click on the photo to see the date!)  I now have to decide how to finish it, I think I will start by looking for a cute frame.  So ...  almost a finish!!

Take care and happy stitching, Wendy