Two years later .....

... and it's finally finished.

I am really happy with the finished quilt although the back is a bit puckered. Next time I will spend more time getting the layers flat and basted. I hand quilted rows of small stitches down each panel which gives it a lovely crinkled look. I found a plain red doona cover which matched perfectly for the back but I think it was a bit too thin and this didn't help with the puckering. I had trouble mitring the corners as the binding is quite wide but this is my first attempt at quilting so I ended up folding the edges over.

The finished quilt on Georgie's bed.

show and tell

We have just come back from a very busy holiday in Emerald. The kids were kept busy fossiking for sapphires, riding the quad bike and the motorbike, feeding a friend's calf, fishing and surfing in the channel.


A few of these came back to live in our pond.


I managed to stop at 1 op shop on the way up and got these patterns. I have a husband who doesn't like stopping on long road trips. Luckily I was driving when we went through Childers.


Empty nests collected on the farm.

Summer Skirt

Not very good timing on this one considering it is starting to get quite cool in the mornings. I made this skirt using this tutorial. Not sure about the pockets. They are quite big and impossible to iron.

Fabric for sale

I have just listed some of my fabric for sale on Craftumi. Here's the link.

Easter Bunnies

My talented mother has been knitting easter bunnies. I am going to use these for teachers gifts. They are designed to be used on boiled eggs but I'm going to put mine on Easter eggs to give to the teachers. Aren't they cute.

I've been reading a lot of blogs lately and there are lots of posts on recycling clothing. My local op shop had a half price summer sale so I picked up a man's shirt for $2.50. A few alterations and I now have a new skirt. As usual I forgot to take some before shots but it was a large short sleeve button up shirt.

Burda patterns

I never thought I'd say this but Georgie needs some clothes. Over the holidays I got to do some sewing for her.

This top pattern is from Burda Magazine 8/2010. The fabric is an embroidered cotton from my stash.

These shorts are also a Burda pattern no:9559. The fabric is from Spotlight.

Happy Australia Day

I missed wishing everybody a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and then there were the terrible floods which affected so many people so it has been a long time since I've posted. Derick's family live in Emerald but luckily are far enough out of town to not be affected. We had planned to spend a couple of weeks with them but unfortunately we couldn't get there. We were also lucky where we live in Brisbane to not be affected by the flood. I can only imagine what those people have been through and are still experiencing. Having not been directly affected the whole thing seems very surreal. I must say today especially I feel very proud to be an Australian.

We have had a few additions to the family over the last week. Two new chickens which will hopefully lay eggs.

Snowy

Stormy

And some guinea pigs which I have been promising the kids for ages. These two girls are sisters and about 7 weeks old. So far they have been absolutely smothered by the kids. Chocolate has been sitting with me while I type this post.

Chocolate

Caramel

Our house is turning into a menagerie. We now have about 25 pets if you count all the fish that have been hatching in our pond.