Sunshine?

This morning started out with blue skies and that yellow ball in the sky that I believe is called the sun. On went the washing machine and oh how lovely to peg outside in the sunshine ... but wait a few hours and what do I hear on the roof? ... quickly racing outside to bring the last of the washing in before getting wet again!

A trip to town 45minutes away was a real treat on Thursday ... we and many others had their first day out after flood waters receded enough to cross the bridge. Time to replentish the 'wet weather' grocery stock items along with collect the mail (2 weeks worth) and a few other things we'd been waiting on.

There's been more sewing than usual lately but I'm certainly not complaining about that. Working on a very special quilt for a very special event next month ... the marriage of DS and his beautiful fiancee ... so exciting!

Once I dug 'Catalicious' out of it's hiding place I was keen to get it together so for a change of sewing, strips were cut and sashes added ... throw in some un-sewing because my math just didnt' add up ... finish the sashing and add the final border ...

 

 2 rows with 2x1" sashing between the blocks and 1 row with 3x1" sashing does not an even lenght make. So I had to remove the centre strip from the middle row. The finished top is a big tick towards my PhD for March but will have to wait before being quilted. For a close up of each stitchery go to the 'Catalicious' page at the top of my blog.

Tomorrow should herald some sort of, dare I say, routine with a return to work. And just maybe that big yellow ball in the sky will make another appearance :)

Enjoy your weekend or what is left of it.

>^..^<

PhD Check In

Thankyou Cheryll for the reminder :)  I have been doing just a little to a couple of my PhD's. As my attention span is very very short, having multiple projects half done can be a bonus. At the start of the year I numbered 6 projects for a small online group and each month a new number is chosen and we work on the corresponding project. Although I can't see any of them being finished just yet, at least they are having progress made.

This also keeps me on task for Cheryll's PhD Challenge so here is what I've worked on so far.

This quilt I posted about in January when I added the black border.  Finished the month with cutting the blue strips and gold squares. Just need to purchase fabric for the wider border and get sewing.

February was Red Delicious month.  Not much happened but I did get the next 3 part block ready for hand applique.

March is Catalicious month.  All this one needs are the darker strips cut, join it all together with a wider border in the lighter fabric and the top will be finished.  Hmmmm! Doesn't sound like much but .... we'll see :)

I do have a small finish to share ... those petals from FNwF have been stitched together and this would be my favourite flower so far.

And for my own records when next year comes along and I have this year's blog posts printed into a book ...

... today is day 9 of being cut off by flood waters. This crossing was over 3 metres deep yesterday but has dropped to just over 2 metres today. We've had lovely sunshine this morning but the clouds are still about too.

>^..^<

Not Again!

Sitting safe at home with nowhere to go ... only time will tell when this lot will go down and there is more rain predicted this weekend.

If you click on the photo you might see the flood marker (left side middle) clearer but it's showing 1.7m deep.

I've been adding your '1 Xmas Item' photos as I visit so please, if you don't find your photo on the page by the end of the month, let me know...I don't wish to miss anyone out. Thankyou for sharing your makes as it's great to see all the lovely gifts and decorations.

Pieces of Me

Still here :)  Slowly getting into a routine ... I like to have a routine! Going with the flow is OK for a while but then I crave routine. Not sure when I last left a comment but I've been trying to keep up with my fav blogs ... reading from my Google Reader list. So many beautiful projects happening out there.

5 ladies from our Patchwork group travelled for a workshop last Saturday. We chose a design to start on in the morning and after lunch we were given instructions for the beginnings of a mystery quilt. After sewing some jelly roll strips together, pressing and cutting into 4.5" blocks, the layout was revealed and I'm looking forward to seeing how each of our fabric choices come together.

I leave you with a few photos of the time between now and my last post. With 2 consecutive days home, I have a LOT to catch up on. Firstly getting the house into some sort of order ... bookwork to finish off before it's time to start the next lot ... and there is some sewing planned as well.  Then I'll be back on the 25th with my February 1 Xmas Item (luckily this was finished way early).

 During and after the floods ... the road I travel to work.

A little squishy

 

My blog book for 2012 arrived

 

Kitty swap blocks arrived

 The garden is blooming

Workshop sewing - before lunch

After lunch - mystery quilt

Now then ... coffee and lamington time :)

February Already

Update:  11am  -  Thankyou to the guys working tirelessly to return everyone's power ... we are back online.

Update:  No change here at our place although the waters are dropping and just maybe we can get somewhere soon. We've heard that the roads are a mess to say the least so that will have a large bearing on just where and how far we can go. Still waiting on power to be restored also.

This is a little of what I've been doing. The radio is our friend ... the ABC local channel is doing a fantastic job of keeping everyone in the know.

 

A few hexies, a little bit of embroidery and boiling the kettle for a coffee.

 

Till the next update ...

Chillin' With Hexies

Update: Thursday 31 - no change
                                   - mobile coverage too slow for photos

Update: Wednesday 30 - power out 9am (pole down)
                                      - roads still cut with flood waters

Update: Tuesday 29 - power back on about 2pm.

Just popping in to say that I will be on a bit of a bloggy break for an unknown, hopefully short time. Today is day 4 of being flooded in and day 2 of no power. We have a generator to power fridges and freezers for periods through the day and I can recharge the laptop and mobile phone but I am being careful about usage. We are safe, just isolated and thinking of those who are have a worrying time ahead.

Thankyou to all the lovely elves who have posted about their 1 Xmas Item for January and left comments ... I promise if I haven't yet visited you or added your photo to the page I will do so as soon as our power is restored.

Now that the rain has stopped I've been sitting on the verandah for some natural light and making a few more hexies. Our new additions think they're keeping me company.

I did give in to temptation and made 2 thread catchers on Saturday while we still had power.  My 'Red Home' arrived just in time in Friday's mail.

Time to save power and go make some more hexies. Might make a start on my February 1 Xmas Item Stitchery too.

Stay safe everyone xx