a week of drama

Last week was a week of drama…you know the ones??? …..where nothing seems to go right and everything that can go wrong, does!  Particularly when you have a deadline to meet! I had both my sewing machines at the doctors last week….3 times each, as neither wanted to play fair, and as I had to send my SSCS gift on its way, my fingernails became shorter and my hair became greyer in a very short space of time! But, just in the nick of time, I got one of the cheeky little beggers back on Friday morning and it began to behave, just a little…still some naughty business but we sorted that out between us!  I can’t show you my SSCS just yet, until Christmas day, but I can show you it has gone….. along with some other FQ swaps, birthday swaps and the wonky log cabins!   I was also in a mad rush to finish off my Christmas swap gift for our Guild break up…I really didn’t think I’d make it but…… ..it DID get finished!  (and the lovely Nola who received it thought it was wonderful!) some applique with a few beads and some hand stitching… and some FMQ (when the machine decided she’d like to play along!!!)…. All whilst making these little gifts for the lovely ladies who join us every fortnight or so at our meeting place! All in all, it turned out well, despite all the drama, we had such a fun time on Saturday at our break up sorting through quilty puzzles and left-right games, prizes galore and food to boot!!!!….. all the swap gifts got sent, only a day late, and hubby took me on a lovely drive for brunch on Sunday!….aaaah bliss!   But I’ll leave that for another post! Sugary hugs xox  :O)

a week of drama

Last week was a week of drama…you know the ones??? …..where nothing seems to go right and everything that can go wrong, does!  Particularly when you have a deadline to meet!

I had both my sewing machines at the doctors last week….3 times each, as neither wanted to play fair, and as I had to send my SSCS gift on its way, my fingernails became shorter and my hair became greyer in a very short space of time!

But, just in the nick of time, I got one of the cheeky little beggers back on Friday morning and it began to behave, just a little…still some naughty business but we sorted that out between us!  I can’t show you my SSCS just yet, until Christmas day, but I can show you it has gone…..

along with some other FQ swaps, birthday swaps and the wonky log cabins!

 

I was also in a mad rush to finish off my Christmas swap gift for our Guild break up…I really didn’t think I’d make it but……

..it DID get finished!  (and the lovely Nola who received it thought it was wonderful!)

some applique with a few beads and some hand stitching…

and some FMQ (when the machine decided she’d like to play along!!!)….

All whilst making these little gifts for the lovely ladies who join us every fortnight or so at our meeting place!

All in all, it turned out well, despite all the drama, we had such a fun time on Saturday at our break up sorting through quilty puzzles and left-right games, prizes galore and food to boot!!!!…..

all the swap gifts got sent, only a day late, and hubby took me on a lovely drive for brunch on Sunday!….aaaah bliss!   But I’ll leave that for another post!

Sugary hugs xox  :O)

M.I.A.?????…..never!

Just a reminder that tonight (well, our time in Oz) is the FNSI….you can sign up over at Heidi’s blog….being Friday the 13th, I’m sure there’s going to be some mayhem going on!!!!…and it will be lucky 13 for someone! I’ve been MIA again lately……but I HAVE been busy…… ………..doing a big tidy up of my craft mag stash……they breed, you know!!!! (especially when you’re not looking!) - ……..finishing off a mug rug for my non blogging partner Leena for our Christmas in July swap - Well….I can’t show it all now could I???? That would spoil the surprise! ……..making a log cabin block for our guild’s block lotto - …..designing  and making borders for a mystery quilt I started…….oooooh, I think about 10 years ago!!!!!…..now come on……I know it’s not only me that does it……….. ……starting two more Market Baguette Bags for a lovely nurse at the hospital who begged and begged till I gave in……I’m a sucker for sob stories…. …but this time, with BLUE handles!!!! ……working on my stitchery Marilyn sent me for my birthday ….baking fudgy chocolate brownies with my own Masterchef son not that the waistline needs them but chocolate IS good for the soul! …and sending off a parcel in our Fat Quarter Swap for July….with a Christmassy theme can’t show too much….Raelene may be watching!!! ….and today?????…….vaccuuming!!!!  I think it is well overdue! Sugary hugs

M.I.A.?????…..never!

Just a reminder that tonight (well, our time in Oz) is the FNSI….you can sign up over at Heidi’s blog….being Friday the 13th, I’m sure there’s going to be some mayhem going on!!!!…and it will be lucky 13 for someone!

I’ve been MIA again lately……but I HAVE been busy……

………..doing a big tidy up of my craft mag stash……they breed, you know!!!! (especially when you’re not looking!) -

……..finishing off a mug rug for my non blogging partner Leena for our Christmas in July swap -

Well….I can’t show it all now could I???? That would spoil the surprise!

……..making a log cabin block for our guild’s block lotto -

…..designing  and making borders for a mystery quilt I started…….oooooh, I think about 10 years ago!!!!!…..now come on……I know it’s not only me that does it………..

……starting two more Market Baguette Bags for a lovely nurse at the hospital who begged and begged till I gave in……I’m a sucker for sob stories….

…but this time, with BLUE handles!!!!

……working on my stitchery Marilyn sent me for my birthday

….baking fudgy chocolate brownies with my own Masterchef son

not that the waistline needs them but chocolate IS good for the soul!

…and sending off a parcel in our Fat Quarter Swap for July….with a Christmassy theme

can’t show too much….Raelene may be watching!!!

….and today?????…….vaccuuming!!!!  I think it is well overdue!

Sugary hugs